Gina Akpe-Moses of the Blackrock Co Louth club and Ciara Neville of Emerald AC have both made it through to the final of the 100m on the opening day of the European U20 Track and Field Championships in Grosseto, Italy. Akpe Moses won her heat this morning and then finished second in her semi-final to […]
Mark English of UCD didn’t start in the 800m at the second day of the Gyulai Istvan Memorial in Székesfehérvár, Hungary this evening. Winning the race was double Olympian champion and world record holder David Rudisha of Kenya.Kenyan Nicholas Kiplangat Kipkoech who has a season’s best of 1:44.9 (hand-held) is also listed to run. Ireland’s […]
Clonliffe’s Brian Gregan nailed down his World Championships place when winning the 400m with a of 45.48 secs at the Bonus-Track meet in Notwill, Switzerland. The qualifying time for the Worlds is 45.50 secs. Second was Swiss athlete Joel Burgender in 47.02; Brian Murphy of Crusaders was sixth in 48.79. Michaela Walsh of Swinford AC […]
Polish world record holder Patrycja Bernowska heads the women’s field at the IAU World 24-Hour Championships starting in Victoria Park,Belfast tomorrow (Saturday, 12.0). In February, Bernowska improved the eight-year-old record to 252.6 kms(159.2 miles) at the Polish Championships. Among those taking her on this weekend are current European champion Maria Jansson of Sweden and a […]
Ciara Neville and Sharlene Mawdsley both re-wrote the record books at the Irish Life Health All Ireland Schools Track and Field Championships in Tullamore today. In the senior girls’ 100m, Neville of Castletroy College clocked a time of 11.53 secs. The time was also comfortably inside the qualifying marks for both the European Junior and […]
On a day of gusting winds at the Cork IT Track, Ciara Neville of Castletroy College was a clear winner of the senior 100m at the Irish Life Health Munster Schools Championships. Neville’s time of 11. 82 secs came close to Phil Healy’s 2013 record of 11.64secs and is inside the European U20 standard of […]
Day 1 – Friday 8.45 – Women’s 400m heats. Ht 1, 4 Sinead Denny 54.20 – lane 1; tough. Ht 5, 3 Phil Healy 54.80 – Phil unlucky to be pipped for the second qualifying place in a rough heat, with a fall and a disqualification (later reinstated). 9.20 – Men’s 400m Ht 2, 2 […]
A thrilling finish to the Axa Raheny 5 saw Mark Christie of Mullingar Harriers outsprinting defending champion and home favourite Mick Clohisey for victory. Christie and defending champion and home favourite Mick Clohisey pulled away from the field at two miles, and when it came to the final push, Christie had that little extra. He […]
Rio-bound steeplechaser Sara Treacy of Dunboyne had the best best possible send-off when she ran a personal best 9 mins 30.41 secs to finish sixth in the 3000m steeplechase at the London Anniversary Games today. It was her first time under 9 mins 40 secs and puts her third on the all-time Irish rankings behind […]
Jenna Brommell of Emerald pulled off one of the performances of the day at the Glo Health National Junior and U23 T-F Championships in Tullamore when she won the junior 400m with a time of 54.26 secs. DSD’s Mollie O’Reilly was second in 55.52 secs – just off a second world junior B qualification mark. […]
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