Two of the best races on the Business Houses Athletic Association calendar took place on Tuesday – and both attracted record crowds. At the Dunboyne 5-Mile, a flood of late entries stretched the race organisers to their limit, but all ended well, with the usual huge spread of food, thoughtful prizes and plenty of time […]
UCD’s Ciara Everard clocked 2:04.86 to finish second in the women’s A and the BMC Meet in Watford; a BMC personal best. Everard picked up a niggling injury when in Rome last month and has only returned to racing. Earlier this year, she ran 2:02.54 indoors. Michael Mulhare of Portlaoise moved closer to the 14 […]
Ben Reynolds has run World Championships A mark of 13.49 secs for the 110m hurdles at the Mary Peters Track Opening Invitational in Belfast easily beating Julian Ortiz Morena of Spain, who ran 14.02. Reynold’s time is just 0.19 off Peter Coghlan’s Irish record. In a Northern Ireland double, Lisburn’s Amy Foster won the women’s […]
With the European Clubs Championships in Santry at the end of June, the World Student Games in July and the World Championships in August, Ireland’s top athletes face a busy few months. Among them is Brian Gregan of Clonliffe, the country’s fastest 400m runner. “I’m off to Belgium this weekend and I’ll be away most […]
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 […]
UCD’s Ciara Everard won the 1500m at the second Dublin Graded Track and Field meet of the season in Santry in a new personal best time of 4 mins 25 secs – 11 seconds off her previous best. She runs her first 800m of the season in Sardinia on June 1. In the women’s hammer, […]
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