Sara Treacy, who will run the steeplechase for Ireland in the Rio Olympics, showed impressive form when she won both the 800m and 1500m at the UK Women’s League Div 1 match in Swansea. Treacy’s huge personal best of 2.06.84 for the 800m beat the Treacy family record; mother Siobhan ran 2:07 for the 800m […]
Eoin Callaghan of Star of the Sea and Ciara Hickey of Bros Pearse were the winners of the Meath Spring Half Marathon in Bohermeen. Callaghan’s time of 68 mins 20 secs saw him finish over three minutes ahead of David Simpson, one of a large group from Newcastle and District in action. Hickey, who is […]
Javelin thrower Anita White of DSD moved closer to the European Championships qualifying mark with a throw of 51.43m at the opening day of the Winter Throws Meet in Arad, Romania. White’s throw came in the first round and she finished 11th. Her target is 57.50m; next outing is in Swinford in a few weeks’ […]
Ireland’s three Rio steeplechase qualifiers dominated the women’s 3000m at the Glo Health National Indoors in Athlone. Kerry O’Flaherty from Newcastle came home first in 9 mins 11.17 secs, followed by Dunboyne’s Sara Treacy in 9:19.96 and Michelle Finn of Leevale 9:21.93. O’Flaherty runs the women’s 1500m tomorrow in a bid for double gold. […]
Leevale multi-eventer Sam Healy won the race of the day at the GloHealth Junior/U23 Championships at the CIT when he beat Matthew Behan of Crusaders to take the junior 110m hurdles title. He finished in 14.11 secs; just one-hundredth of a second ahead of Behan. A lot more relaxed was the long jump which Healy […]
Paul Pollock of Annadale Striders and Galway native Nicola Duncan who runs with the Portobello club in Edinburgh will represent Ireland at the World Half Marathon Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark on March 29. Pollock, who is based in London, qualified for the event after running a personal best 63 mins 52 secs at last Sunday’s […]
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