Joe Gough of West Waterford is again world champion after a clear win in the M60 800m at the World Masters Indoors in Daegu, South Korea. Gough – at 64 the oldest in the field – clocked a brilliant time of 2 mins 19.17 secs to beat his old rival Oleksandr Lysenko from the Ukraine […]
Joe Gough of West Waterford comfortably won his heat to move into tomorrow’s M60 final at the World Masters Indoors in Daegu, South Korea today. Gough clocked a time of 2 mins 37.09 secs, with Oleksander Lysenko of Ukraine the fastest qualifier in 2:28.46. In the M55 age group, Dunboyne’s Michael Cornyn also made it […]
At the World Masters Indoors in Daegu,Korea today, the Irish men’s over 40 and over 55 teams both took gold. First up on the 8km course were the over 55 men, with Tom O’Connor of Liffey Valley finishing a fighting fifth, Pat O’Grady of Drogheda and District 6th and Michael Cornyn of Dunboyne AC 12th. […]
Santry Stadium witnessed a new Irish track record last night when Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe Harriers ran a time of 24 mins 14.8 seconds to win the Frank White 5 Mile – a rare track five mile race. Ciobanu was breaking the 70 year record of 24:22.4.set by set by Martin Egan of Shanaglish, Gort, […]
Wins for Louis O’Loughlin of Moyle Park in the junior boys race and for Sarah Healy of Holy Child Killiney inter girls made it a great day for Dublin-based Irish athletes at the SIAB Schools International Cross–Country in Falkirk, Scotland. Best of the Irish junior girls was Rebecca Wallace 11th, while best of the inter […]
Rose Anne Galligan of Newbridge finished 9th in the opening heat of the women’s 1500m at the World Indoors in Portland, Oregon. Her time of 4:16.84 was well off the personal best 4:11.07 she ran last month. Galligan heads for Albuquerque on Monday for a month of altitude training in preparation for an attack on […]
Leevale’s Mark Hanrahan was a clear winner of the Ballycotton ’10’ in a time of 49 mins 1 secs. On a cold windy day, DSD’s Joe Sweeney finished second in 49:56 followed by a trio of East Cork athletes led by Michael Harty. Aoife Cooke of Youghal was first woman in 59 mins 57 secs. […]
Raheny’s Mick Clohisey and Mary Cullen of North Sligo were the winners of the AXA Raheny 5-Mile held in blustery conditions over a course that was slightly altered due to road works on the coast road in Clontarf. Although he was slower than his best, Clohisey’s winning time of 24 mins 5 secs putting him […]
John Gough of West Waterford is one of just eight athletes selected for a masters’ M60 800m which will take place at the World Indoor Championships in Portland Oregon from March 17-20. Gough, the world M60 champion, is the fastest in the field with a time of 2:15.90. Fastest of the others selected are Pierre […]
After winning the 800m earlier in the week, West Waterford’s Joe Gough decided to go for the Irish record in the M60 1500m at the World Masters Championships in Lyon. Lying eighth with 300m to go, he ut in a huge effort to move up to third place, finishing in 4:38.36 and smashing the Irish […]
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