Siofra Cleirigh Buttner of DSD helped her American college Villanova to victory in the College Women’s Distance Medley Championships of American held in conjunction with the Penn Relays last Thursday. Cleirigh Buttner ran the 800m leg – the third – in 2:09.91. Also on the team were Angel Piccirillo (3:23.25), Michaela Wilkins (56.30) and Stephanie […]
Mullingar’s Martin Fagan made a low-key comeback to racing when he won the Coralstown 5km last Wednesday evening in a hand time of 14 mins 45 secs (thanks Evan Scully). Fagan, who has served a two-year ban for a doping offence, hopes to compete in this year’s Airtricity Dublin Marathon. Peter Mooney and Kevin Baker […]
It was a case of good news and and slightly less good news for John Travers of Donore at last night’s Dublin Graded Meet in Santry. Travers beat DSD’s Joe Sweeney, who had pushed the pace early, to win the 5000m in 13 mins 56.99 secs . It was Travers first sub-14 second run – […]
Clonliffe’s Brian Gregan ran a time of 45.55 secs to finish 4th in top-class 400m in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Despite running from the seventh lane on a particularly cold night, Gregan’s time was just two-hundreds of a second off the personal best 45.53 he ran two weeks ago in Spain. * At the Dublin Graded […]
Sligo’s Zak Irwin posted the fastest time of the night for the 100m at the fourth Dublin Graded Meet of the season in Santry. Irwin’s time of 10.88 put him well clear of the chasers, led by Tallaght’s Keith Doherty. Catherine McManus of Celtic DCH won the women’s A race in 12.09. In the 3000m, […]
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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