Ireland finished a fighting second overall behind all-conquering England in today’s SIAB Schools International in Santry. Highlights of the day included victory for the Irish girls in the 100m relay, with Patience Jumbo Gula bringing the team home after hard work by Lauren Roy, Rhasidat Adeleke and Niamh Foley. In a thrilling boys’ 4 x […]
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 […]
Leevale’s Clare McCarthy won today’s Swansea Half Marathon in Wales, with her time of 74 mins 34 secs a mere four seconds off the course record. Mick Clohisey of Raheny clocked a time of 65 mins 33 secs to finish second overall, followed by Sean Hehir of Rathfarnham third with 66.36. On a long day […]
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 […]
Menapian’s Leon Reid dominated both the 100m and 200m races at today’s wind-assisted (mostly) Ton le Gaoithe track and field meet in Waterford. In the 100m, Reid ran two races, clocking 10.27 secs in the first with an assisting wind of 2.9 and 10.26 secs in the second with the help of a +4 wind. […]
Rio Olympian Kerry O’Flaherty leads the entry for the opening British Milers Club Grand Prix meeting in Solihull tomorrow. O’Flaherty goes in the 5000m along with QUB’s Emma Mitchell. Mitchell is chasing the World Student Games standard of 16 mins 15 secs for the distance, while both have their eyes on the Commonwealth Games qualifying […]
Darragh McElhinney of CP Bheanntrai proved the star of the Irish schools team at the annual SIAB Cross-Country hosted by Wales at Newport when he won the U17 inter boys’ race in some style. McElhinney shook off the challenge of a strong England team to come home in 19 mins 34 secs for the 6.3km […]
Laura Weightman of Morpeth Harriers proved the star of tonight’s Brooks Armagh Roads Races running a fast time of 8 mins 59 seconds to win the women’s race. Best of the Irish was Kerry O’Flaherty who finished ninth in 9 mins 22 secs, a day after making the European Indoors qualifying mark for 1500 in […]
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