Tag Archives | Brian Gregan

Leevale for the Double?

Newly crowned Irish heptathlon champion, Kelly Proper will lead a strong Ferrybank women’s team at Sunday’s Woodies DIY National League Finals in Tullamore. With Proper on the team, Ferrybank last won the title in 2011, but the Waterford club has struggled to field a full team since then. DSD were the winners in the two […]

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Worlds: Gregan the Highlight in First Two Days of Action

Brian Gregan is through to the semi-finals of the 400m as third fastest loser at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow after finishing sixth in the second 400m heat of the day. Gregan’s time was 46.04; ahead of him the top five crossed the line in a blanket finish  with the Brazilian Henriques running a […]

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Galligan and English opt for 400m at Santry

After their eye -catching runs over 800m at the London Anniversary Games, both Rose Anne Galligan and Mark English will run the 400m at this  weekend’s Woodie’s DIY National Track and Field Championships. Galligan of Newbridge AC broke Sonia O’Sullivan’s record of 2:00.69 when she ran  2:00.58  for sixth place  and a World Championships B […]

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Reynolds 6th in Kazan; Records Tumble in Tullamore. Plus Round-Up

Laura Reynolds of DCU finished 6th in  the 20km wWalk at the World University Games in Kazan, Russian this morning in a season’s best 1 hr 33 mins 31 secs. The top three finishers were Russians. Niamh Whelan of  UL  finished fourth in her 200m semi-final  in a season’s best time of 23.68 – just .04 […]

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Gregan Runs 45.55; plus Dublin Graded and Midweek Highlights

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 […]

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Good Day for Young Irish Team at Santry

  After the opening day of competition in Santry, the young Irish team lies sixth on the table at the European Athletics Team Championships 1st League on a day dominated by the Czech Republic and by the spectacularly varied weather. Zuzana Hejnova led the way for the Czechs when she won the flat 400m instead […]

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Gregan Wins in Sweden; Lynch runs 10.66 for 100m

Defying the windy conditions, Clonliffe’s Brian Gregan ran 45.65 secs to win the 400m in Goteborg, Sweden. His time was close to the personal best 45.53 he ran earlier this week in Spain.  In the women’s 1500m,  Claire Tarplee  of DSD knocked almost two seconds off her previous best when finishing third in  4:11.35 – […]

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Gregan Runs 45.53 PB; Crowe 7th in Oslo

Laura Crowe of Riocht ran a personal best of 2:02.69 for 800m when finishing  7th in the Bislett Games in Oslo – just over a second outside the World Championships B standard of  2:01.50. *Brian Gregan, one of Ireland’s best hopes of victory at the European Team Championships in Santry on June 22/23  ran a […]

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Kenneally Wins 5000m and Denny 400m at AI Games

Mark Kennneally of Clonliffe Harriers continued his comeback after a long battle with injury when he won the 5000m in an untroubled 14.28.93 at the AI Games in sun-soaked Santry today. In the 400m, Sinead Denny of DSD, who currently tops the rankings for this distance, beat close rival Shauna Cannon clocking a time of […]

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Gregan Runs Season Opening 45.82 (Plus round-up)

Clonliffe’s Brian Gregan  won his first outdoors 400m of the year at the International Flanders Meet in Oordegen, Belgium on Saturday. His time of 45.82 put him comfortably clear of  France’s Mame-Ibra Anne  who ran 46.26 and  Andrew Steele  of Great Britain in 46.79.  Winning the women’s 400m was Shauna Cannon in 54.91; even faster […]

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