Fionnuala Britton of Kilcoole went under the European Indoors qualifying mark (4.14) when she won the 1500m in huge personal best time of 4:13.96 at Day 2 of the Woodie’s DIY National Indoors in Athlone. Britton already has the mark for the 3000m and will race again over this distance in Stockholm on Wednesday evening.. […]
Ciaran O Lionaird ran a personal best 3:52.10 to finish third in the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games and move up to fourth on the all-time Irish list. O Lionaird’s 1500m split time was 3:36.85 – well inside the Euro Indoors mark of 3:43. Lopez Lomong won the race in a sprint from Matt […]
David McCarthy of West Waterford ran a time of 7 mins 51.24 secs at the Valentine Invitational in Boston last night to qualify for the European Indoors. McCarthy had 19 seconds to spare on the second finisher, Stephen Sollowin. * At the Armagh International Road Races, also last night, Mary Cullen set a new course […]
Tomas Fitzpatrick of Tallaght recorded one of the best results of his career to date when he won the Enniscorthy 10km in a time of 30 mins 13 secs today. Fitzpatrick forced the pace from the start and by the 3km mark, had a 10m lead on the 2012 winner Brian Maher of KCH and […]
Former Irish 400m record holder Paul McKee won the M35 60 in 7.19 secs and then set a new Irish record for the 200 of 22.36at the Woodie’s DIY National Masters in Athlone.UCD coach James Nolan, another former Irish international and Olympian, set a new M35 record of 4:00.76 winning the 1500m after pushing the […]
Siofra Cleirigh Buttner Siofra Cleirigh Buttner of Colaiste Iosagain continued her five year winning streak at schools level when she took the senior girls’ title at the Aviva Leinster Schools Cross-Country Championships in blustery Santry on Wednesday February 6. Only with 400m to go did Buttner move to the front quickly building on a gap […]
DSD’s Siofra Cleirigh Buttner finished fourth in the junior women’s race at the European Clubs Cross-Country in Castellon Spain. Buttner lost out on a medal by just one second finishing in 13 mins 48 secs. Winner was Silvana Dias of Uniao Desportiva de Varzea in 13 mins 34 secs. Clare McCarthy was second of the DSD […]
North Sligo’s Mary Cullen set a new course record of 25 mins 55 secs at the Axa Raheny 5. Cullen, who hasn’t raced in over two years thanks to a succession of accidents and injuries, set a blistering pace from the start holding off the challenge of last year’s winner Linda Byrne of DSD who […]
* Some pics at www.lindie.zenfolio.com A smell of barely dried paint and traces of sawdust greeted competitors at the National Combined Events Indoor Championships – the second official event held at the magnificent new indoor track in Athlone IT, following Tuesday’s AIT v DCU match.A few technical glitches meant that the event ran well over […]
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