Deja vu at Terenure 5-Mile. TT Racers tops at Wicklow Way Relay

For a second year, regular Irish visitor Peter Brandon Somba had a narrow victory at the annual Terenure 5-mile in Dublin beating  Raheny marathon man Mick Clohisey – only just back in training after the London Marathon last month –  by two seconds. Somba was timed at 24 mins 8 secs – over half a […]

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Round-Up: Leon Reid runs 10.26 secs at Ton le Gaoithe. Mitchell 15:50 for 5000m at BMC. Leinster team for CSIT

Menapian’s Leon Reid dominated both the 100m and 200m races at today’s wind-assisted (mostly) Ton le Gaoithe track and field meet in Waterford. In the 100m, Reid ran two races, clocking 10.27 secs in the first with an assisting wind of 2.9 and 10.26 secs in the second with the help of a +4 wind. […]

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Steeplechase win for O’Brien at South Munster Schools

Winner of the junior 1500m steeplechase at the South Munster Schools Track and Field Championships   at Cork IT  in his first-ever  steeplechase was Frank O’Brien of Midleton CBS. Father Liam made it to the semi-finals of the steeplechase at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and won eleven Irish titles between 1978 and 1994. […]

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O’Flaherty and Mitchell chase Commonwealth times at BMC Solihull

Rio Olympian Kerry O’Flaherty leads the entry for the opening British Milers Club Grand Prix meeting in Solihull tomorrow. O’Flaherty goes in the 5000m along with QUB’s Emma Mitchell. Mitchell is chasing the World Student Games standard of 16 mins 15 secs for the distance, while both have their eyes on the Commonwealth Games qualifying […]

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Pollock and Christie for Highgate Night of 10,000m PBs

Annadale’s Paul Pollock and Mark Christie of Mullingar Harriers lead the Irish entry for the annual Highgate Harriers Night of 10,000m PBs at the Parliament Hill track in London on Saturday May 20. Other Irish entered include Tullamore’s Liam Brady, Kevin Dooney of Raheny Shamrock, Derry’s Declan Reed, DSD pair John Eves and Killian Mooney, […]

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Letterkenny International to feature top class fields

A star cast of international and home-grown athletes is expected for the fifth Letterkenny International Track and Field Meet on Friday July 7 (7.0). Feature event on the programme is the Letterkenny AC Sub 4 Minute Mile Challenge event. Last year’s mile saw England’s Lee Emanuel running 3:59.66 in an exciting finish. The 2014 race […]

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