Freddy Keron Sittuk of Raheny Shamrock won the SSE Airtricity Walled City Marathon in Derry by almost three minutes. Sittuk’s time was 2:22.34; finishing second was Peter Brandon Somba in 2:25.26. Local man Greg Roberts was a close third in 2:25.38, followed by Gideon Kipsang and then Lezan Kimutai who was first over 40. Finishing […]
Defending champion Zak Irwin of Sligo Grammar ran a European Junior qualifying time of 10.60 seconds to win the senior 100m at the Glo Health All Ireland Schools Track and Field Championships in Tullamore. His time was just one-hundredth of a second off Marcus Lawler’s 2013 record of 10.59. Later in the day, Irwin, who […]
Today – Saturday 2 May (Bahamas are four hours behind us) 19.00 (1am our time) Men’s 4 x 400m heats (Irish team – from Thomas Barr, Brian Gregan, Craig Lynch, Dara Kerwick, Brian Murphy, Richard Morrissey) 19.29 Women’s 4 x 200m hts 19.46 Men’s 4 x 100m hts 20.09 Men’s 4 x 800m final 2032 […]
Ciara Mageean of UCD ran a personal best 4 mins 35.47 secs to finish second in the Great North Run Mile at Newcastle yesterday. The race was won by Scotland’s Laura Muir in 4:34.84. Donore’s John Travers finished 7th in the men’s mile with a time of 4:03.68. In the much-hyped 30th anniversary Great North […]
Leevale’s Ciaran O Lionaird booked his place on the Irish team for the European Athletics Championships when he won a thrilling 1500m at the second day of the Glo Health Irish Track and Field Championships in Santry. Four men have A qualifying standards for the 1500m at the Europeans and they duly finished in the […]
Santry came alive last week with brilliant runs for Mark English, Thomas Barr and John Travers at the Morton Games – and more of the same can be expected at this weekend’s Glo Health Irish Track and Field Championships. The big star of last year’s championships was Ferrybank’s Kelly Proper, with a hat trick of […]
Brian Gregan of Clonliffe Harriers ran a season’s best of 45.94 secs to finish sixth in a closely run 400m at the Gugl Meet in Austria last night. His time dipped under the European Championships A mark of 46 seconds. American James Harris won the race in 45.33. Paul Robinson of St Coca’s finished a […]
Thomas Barr in the 400m hurdles, Mark English 800m, Paul Robinson 1,500m, Brian Gregan 400m and Fionnuala Britton 5,000m are all expected to take big points at this weekend’s European Team Championships in Tallin, Estonia. Another who could make an impression is Australian-born Kevin Batt, who is selected for the 5000m having run a time […]
Paul Robinson of St Coca’s finished second in an invitational mile run in association with the Boston Marathon. His time in a tactical race was 4 mins 12 secs. Winner of the race was Nick Willis of New Zealand in 4:11.3. Leo Manzano of the USA was third bin 4:13.3. In Florida, Lisburn’s Amy Foster […]
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