Maria McCambridge not only won the 5000m for her club Dundrum South Dublin at the European Clubs Championships in Amsterdam, she lapped the entire field. DSD’s other winner was Sarah Mulligan who led from gun to tape to win the 3000m in 9 mins 37 secs – a new best for her. There were also […]
Michaela Walsh of Swinford set new inter girls’ shot and hammer records at the Aviva Connacht Schools Track and Field Championships last week. She threw a mighty 51.11m in the 3kg hammer and 14.92 with the 3kg shot. Zak Irwin of Sligo Grammar was out on his own in the senior sprints winning both the […]
AvivaMunster Schools Track and Field Championships, Cork IT Girls: Senior – 100m (-3.0): N McNichol (Stella Maris Tramore) 12.69, 2 R Harrison (Villiers) 13.08, 3 S McGeever (ColCluain Meala) 13.29. 200m (-3.9): 1 N McNichol (Stella Maris Tramore) 25.46, 2 R Harrison (Villiers) 25.90. 400m: 1 J Bromell (Castletroy College) 57.34, 2 A Donnelly (Christ […]
Truly you couldn’t have made it up. Wearing No 1 at the Terenure 5-Mile in Dublin was Catherina McKiernan, one of the universally respected figures in Irish sport. Wearing 318 was the controversial figure of Martin Fagan, who has recently served out a two-year drugs ban, and is the focus of much discussion in sports […]
Siofra Clerigh Buttner of Colaiste Iosagain ended her Leinster schools athletics career with a new 800m record on the second day of the Aviva Leinster Schools Track and Field Championships in Santry on Saturday. Cleirigh Buttner’s time of 2 minutes 7.03 seconds broke the previous record by over two seconds and saw her finish […]
Kevin Baker won Tuesday’s ESB Beach 5km on Sandymount Strand, beating Myles Gibbons of An Post by three seconds. BHAA stalwart Vanessa Sallier was first woman. The Beach Race suffered because of a clash with the Star of the Sea 5km in Stamullen n Co Meath, which attracted over 400 starters. Winner was Conor Healy […]
Lots of good races and records at the opening day of the Aviva Leinster Schools Track and Field Championships in Santry. It all started with two record-breaking runs – Kate O’Connor of St Vincent’s Dundalk winning the minor girls’ 590 in 1 mins 17 secs and Mark Milner of Colaiste Choilm Tullamore setting out hard […]
Clonliffe’s Brian McMahon was a clear winner of the Lucan 5km, honouring the memory of club stalwart Tom Byrne. McMahon’s time of 15 mins 26 secs put him comfortably clear of Peter Mooney and Gary Condon, who was the first over 40. Sarah Mulligan of DSD stuck with the leaders throughout the race and finished […]
Amy Foster of City of Lisburn finished third in the 100m in Clermont, Florida with her time of 11.40secs equaling Ailis McSweeney’s Irish record – and also the qualifying her for the European Championships. Although she made the qualifying time for the 60m at the World Championships earlier this year, Foster opted not to run, […]
Everything I got now up; anyone got the full result? Or the South Leinsters? Minor Girls 80m: 1 Patience Gumbo Gule (St Vincent’s Dundalk), 2 Molly Fitzgerald (Eurkea Kells), 3 Kathleen Ariyo (Wilson’s Hosp Multyfarnham). 500m: 1100m: 1 Amy Clarke (Scoil Mhuire Trim), 2 Eva Cummins (OL Greenhills), 3 Susan Glennon (St Finian’s Mullingar). 75mH: […]
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