World 50km champion Robert Heffernan from Togher finished second in the men’s mile walk at the Millrose Games in New York with a time of 5 mins 39.75 secs. Winner was Andreas Gustafsson from Sweden in 5:34.45. Heffernan’s record of 15 indoors titles was equalled by Ferrybank’s Kelly Proper at the opening day of the […]
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 […]
Paul Robinson of St Coca’s finished second in the men’s 3000m with a time of 7 mins 58.56 secs at the Hunter Track Classic in Glendale, Australia. Winner was Kevin Batt of Australia in 7:57.11. Finishing fourth in 8:05.73 was Leevale’s Mark Hanrahan. In the women’s 1500m, Laura Crowe of Riocht finished third in 4:11.49. […]
Raheny’s Aoife Talty was a clear winner of Clonliffe Women’s 50th anniversary Cross-Country in Santry. In the battle for second place, Fiona Clinton of DSD pulled away on the second laps to come home clear of Ailish Malone from host club Clonliffe and Deirdre Doyle of St Laurence O’Toole. For fifth place, Vanessa Sallier of […]
Clonliffe’s Brian Gregan ran a time of 45.55 secs to finish 4th in top-class 400m in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Despite running from the seventh lane on a particularly cold night, Gregan’s time was just two-hundreds of a second off the personal best 45.53 he ran two weeks ago in Spain. * At the Dublin Graded […]
Cillian O’Leary was a comfortable winner of the Government Services BHAA 5-Mile in Dunboyne, leading home a huge entry of close to 500. This race’s reputation had clearly gone before it! First women was Fiona Reid. Next Dublin BHAA race is the Trinity Track in College Park on Wednesday June 12 – a rare opportunity […]
Although summer is slow in arriving, the track and field season, is already well underway , with the Dublin Graded League attracting record numbers to its first two meets, athletes travelling abroad in search of times and the first National League round taking place on Sunday. Defending women’s champions Dundrum South Dublinhave the luxury of […]
Robbie Matthews of Dunshaughlin continued his recent winning streak with victory in the Simon Comber 6km in Navan. Matthews crossed the line in 19 mins 3 secs; second was Raheny master Mick Traynor in 19.14. First woman was Lorraine Manning of Raheny in her first victory for some time. * Earlier in the week, perfect […]
Robbie Matthews was a clear winner of the BHAA RTE 5-mile, held in glorious sunshine in Donnybrook Dublin. Matthews’ time of 25 mins 6 secs gave hom a comfortable lead over second placed Brian G Murphy and Eoghan McGinley. In the women’s race, Orla Drumm came home first in 28 mins 11 secs, with Ilona […]
Road running fans that have been around a bit know that for good value and impeccable organisation, you need look no further than the Business Houses Athletic Association, which has been organising races for over thirty years now. The BHAA ethos is simple: these are races organised by runners for runners. That’s it really – […]
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