In an exact replay of last year’s race, defending champion Bartosz Mazerski from Poland just held off the challenge of Clonliffe’s Gary O’Hanlon to win this morning’s Cork Marathon. His time of 2 hrs 28 mins 38 secs put him just seven seconds clear of O’Hanlon. Peter Mooney finished third – almost four minutes behind. […]
Kenyan Freddy Keron Sittuk won the Walled City Marathon in Derry in a time of 2:25.44, with Inishowen veteran Pauric McKinney a distant second. Anne Curley of Donore Harriers was first woman in 2:57.51. SERGIU CIOBANU OF Clonliffe finished almost a minute ahead of Rathfarnham’s Sean Hehir at the Sixmilebridge 10km in Hehir’s native Co […]
Harry Purcell of Castleknock College set a new Irish schools record of 1:49.42 on his way to victory in the senior boys’ 800m at the Aviva All Ireland Schools Track and Field Championships in Tullamore today. After a fast opening lap, Purcell held on to win from Gormanston’s Rob Tully, with both breaking Sean Tobin’s […]
Lucy McAlister, who runs with Bristol AC, but appears to have Irish nationality, finished 5th in today’s Stockholm Marathon with a time of 2 hours 41 minutes. That puts her second behind Nicola Duncan on this year’s Irish rankings. McAlister, aged 36 and a mother of two, is a a former UK international athlete who […]
After last night’s fourth round, Peter Mooney and Charlotte Kearney ended up topping the tables at this year’s Pat Finnerty Memorial Mullingar Road League. Since 2007, this has has been held in the beautiful surroundings of Belvedere House and Gardens. First man over 40 was Maurice Looby, with former Irish international athlete Tom McGrath finishing […]
Two of the best races on the Business Houses Athletic Association calendar took place on Tuesday – and both attracted record crowds. At the Dunboyne 5-Mile, a flood of late entries stretched the race organisers to their limit, but all ended well, with the usual huge spread of food, thoughtful prizes and plenty of time […]
Gary O’Hanlon, the Clonliffe running machine won the Newry Marathon in a “respectable” time of 2 hrs 36 mins 15 secs. Freddy Keron Sittuk had to battle for his half marathon win, with Stephen Duncan finishing just 15 seconds behind him. Finishing 10th overall and first woman was North Belfast’s Breege Connolly. Judging by the […]
David McCarthy from West Waterford ran a time of 3 mins 46 secs to win a tactical 1500m at the AAI Games held in Santry. From the start, McCarthy tucked in behind John Coghlan who made the early pace. Not too far behind this pair was Andrew Coscoran of Star of the Sea who will […]
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