Siofra Cleirigh Buttner ran a time of 2:02.11 to win her quarter-final at the NCAA Division 1 East Qualifiers in Lexington, Kentucky on Friday May 26. It means she qualifies easily for the NCAA semi-finals and finals next month. Buttner, running for Villanova, was third at the bell in 59.65 secs but moved up a […]
Sara Treacy, who will run the steeplechase for Ireland in the Rio Olympics, showed impressive form when she won both the 800m and 1500m at the UK Women’s League Div 1 match in Swansea. Treacy’s huge personal best of 2.06.84 for the 800m beat the Treacy family record; mother Siobhan ran 2:07 for the 800m […]
Teams from Clonliffe Harriers and Dundrum South Dublin represent Ireland at tomorrow’s European Club Track and Field Championships Group B in Leiria, Portugal. In the men’s competition, Clonliffe take on clubs from Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Greece, Slovenia and Slovakia. Leading the team is 400m specialist Brian Gregan who has a season’s best […]
DSD’s David Gillick continued his comeback at the Belfast International Meet held in conjunction with the Irish Milers’ Club at the Mary Peters Track in rain-sodden Belfast today. Running his specialist 400m, Gillick finished second behind English athlete Theo Campbell, with Campbell timed at 46.24 secs and Gillick at 47.27 secs. John Travers of Donore […]
DSD’s Anita White threw a season’s best of 51.37m to win the women’s javelin today’s Spring Throws meet in a chilly Santry today. White’s target is the European Championships qualifying mark of 57.50m. Cushinstown’s Shane Joyce won the senior men’s 800g javelin with a best of 53.62m while junior Garreth Crawford of Lifford Strabane threw the […]
Javelin thrower Anita White of DSD moved closer to the European Championships qualifying mark with a throw of 51.43m at the opening day of the Winter Throws Meet in Arad, Romania. White’s throw came in the first round and she finished 11th. Her target is 57.50m; next outing is in Swinford in a few weeks’ […]
Carlow’s Marcus Lawler celebrated his 21st birthday by winning the 200m with a new stadium record of 20.96 secs at the Glo Health National Indoor Championships in Athlone. Lawler had warmed up for the 200m by finishing a fighting fifth in the 60m won by Shercock’s Craig Lynch in 6.81; Lawler ran 6.92 secs. Dominating […]
After a hard winter’s training Irish javelin champion Anita White begins her campaign to qualify for the European Championships at the end of the month. “I was able to take time off work thanks to a sponsorship deal with Vlogby, a video production company and the support I got from Beacon Face and Dermatology where […]
Wins for Mary Cullen in the 5000m, Mark Christie in the 10,000m and Anita White in the javelin proved the highlights of the first day of the Glo Health National Track and Field Championships in Santry. Christie, of Mullingar Harriers, ran a smart race in the men’s 10,000m letting Raheny’s Mick Clohisey take the lead […]
Six stadium records fell at the Ton le Gaoithe – Night of Sprints meet in Waterford on Tuesday night. They were: 100m women: Kelly Proper 11.54 +1.2 100m men: Jonathan Browning 10.59 +1.3 110mh: Ben Reynolds 13.62 +0.2 200m women: Kelly Proper 23.35 +1.1 200m men: Brian Gregan 21.26 +2.0 HJ men: Barry Pender 2.13m […]
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