Armagh’s Danielle Fegan and Ben Thistlewood of Leevale won a well attended Glo Health National Novice Cross-Country Championships in Santry. Fegan was part of a group of five that broke away on the second lap of the women’s race. She made her push on the last lap, with Mary-Anne O’Sullivan of Tinryland finishing a fighting […]
Breandan O Neill of Dundrum South Dublin ran a smart race to win the men’s senior title at the Dublin Senior and Junior Cross-Country Championships in Santry. On a perfect day for cross-country, current national champion Mick Clohisey and his Raheny team mate Conor Dooney pushed the pace on the opening two laps. Behind them […]
Thomas Barr in the 400m hurdles, Mark English 800m, Paul Robinson 1,500m, Brian Gregan 400m and Fionnuala Britton 5,000m are all expected to take big points at this weekend’s European Team Championships in Tallin, Estonia. Another who could make an impression is Australian-born Kevin Batt, who is selected for the 5000m having run a time […]
Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock and Clonliffe’s Sarah McCormack made it a Dublin double at the Woodie’s DIY National Cross-Country Championships at Dundalk IT. Clohisey and Gary Thornton of Galway City Harriers carved out an early lead in the men’s 12km race, with defending champion Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe running on his own for third […]
Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu will defend his men’s title at Sunday’s Woodie’s DIY National Cross-Country in Dundalk. Also tipped to make an impact are Andrew Connick of Ferrybank, winner of last weekend’s national inter title, the in-form Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock, Donore’s John Travers, Joe Sweeney of DSD, and Stephen Scullion who joins Ciobanu on […]
UCD’s Mark English set a new Irish 800m indoor record of 1:46.82 at the Woodie’s DIY Open Games in Athlone, breaking Daniel Caulfield’s 13-year-old record of 1:47.21. The time was also inside the World Indoors qualification mark of 1:47.00. After pushing the pace from the start, English finished second behind Thijem Kupers of Netherlands, who […]
Fionnuala Britton underlined her continued improvement when she finished fourth and first European at the Antrim International Cross-Country at Greenmount. Left trailing in her wake was Britain’s Charlotte Purdue who finished five seconds behind the flying Irish woman. Gemma Steel, who took silver at the European Championships last month, was well beaten for sixth place. […]
Mary Cullen of Sligo AC and DSD’s Joe Sweeney have both withdrawn from the senior teams for the European Cross Country next month. Cullen has struggled with her fitness in recent months; she is replaced by Maria McCambridge of DSD. Sweeney hasn’t recovered from his efforts in the Dublin Marathon and Mick Clohisey of Raheny […]
Fionnuala Britton underlined her status as Irish athletics’ biggest star with an assured performance at the Woodie’s DIY National Intercounty Cross-Country Championships in Santry. The double European champion led from the start in the women’s 8km winning by just over a minute. Behind her, Sarah McCarthy of Clonliffe passed Sara Treacy for second early in […]
Dundrum South Dublin made it a hat trick of wins in the premier division of the Woodie’s DIY National Track and Field League in Tullamore today. DSD was chased hard all the way by Leevale, but victory in the final 4 x400m relay gave them a crucial nine points and sealed their third win in […]
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