Aviva Leinster Schools Cross-Country, Santry Demesne, Dublin. A few pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/ * Full report at www.herald.ie Girls – Minor: 1 Sarah Healy (HC Killiney), 2 Natasha Twohig (Mt Anville), 3 Lara Gillespie (Wesley). Teams – 1 Mt Anville 50, 2 Castleknock Community College 65, 3 Holy Child Killiney. Junior: 1 Jodie McCann (Rathdown), 2 […]
Mary Cullen of North Sligo AC leads the entry at the International Brooks Armagh Road Races on Thursday February 20. Also entered in the women’s 3km race is DSD’s Ava Hutchinson who, after a long break from the sport, ran 34 mins 43 secs for third place at last weekend’s Chichester Priory 10km in England. […]
West Waterford’s Joe Gough broke the over 60 world record for 800m when he ran a time of 2 mins 14.06 secs at the Leinster Indoors in Athlone. His time broke the existing best of 2:14.23 held by Horace Grant of the USA. Gough will now go down in the history books are the first […]
Tomas Fitzpatrick of Tallaght made a winning return to the Creane and Creane Enniscorthy 10km after a year interrupted by surgery on a troublesome leg. He proved that he is back to full fitness by pushing the pace from the start and winning in 29 mins 59 secs. In the battle for second place, Galway’s […]
Lisburn’s Amy Foster missed out on World Indoors qualification by one-hundredth of a second when she ran a time of 7.33 secs to finish fourth in the women’s 60m at the opening day of the British Indoors in Sheffield. Foster had steadily improved on her time running 7.36 secs in her heat and 7.35 secs […]
Phil Healy, in her first year at UCC, proved the star of the Irish Universities Track and Field Championships in Athlone when she ran a time of 7.36 secs – a new Irish U23 and university record. In the men’s 200m, Marcus Lawler of Carlow IT improved on his own Irish junior record with a […]
A number of Irish athletes are heading for Sheffield this weekend where they will compete in the British Athletics Indoor Championships. After opening her season with a 7.40 second win at the Open Indoor Games last weekend, Lisburn’s Amy Foster, who ran 7.40 secs last weekend in Athlone, goes in the 60m. Richard Morrissey of […]
UCD’s Mark English set a new Irish 800m indoor record of 1:46.82 at the Woodie’s DIY Open Games in Athlone, breaking Daniel Caulfield’s 13-year-old record of 1:47.21. The time was also inside the World Indoors qualification mark of 1:47.00. After pushing the pace from the start, English finished second behind Thijem Kupers of Netherlands, who […]
West Waterford’s David McCarthy ran a time of 3 mins 42.33 secs to finish third in the men’s 1500m at the Vienna Indoors last night. McCarthy’s target is the World Indoor Championships from March 7-9 in Poland. In the women’s 1500m, Claire Tarplee of Dundrum South Dublin ran a personal best indoors 4:14.61, also finishing […]
Mark Christie of Mullingar Harriers was an emphatic winner of the 30th AXA Raheny 5 this afternoon, clocking a time of 23 mins 57 secs, despite the windy conditions. For second place, Michael Mulhare of Portlaoise just held off the fast finishing Mick Clohisey of host club Raheny Shamrock. Their times were 24.06 and 24.07. […]
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