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Round-up: U20 bronze for Fitzsimons. Wins for Barr, Gregan, Mageean, English at National Championships

John Fitzsimons crowned a superb performance by the Irish team at the European U20 Championships in Grosseto, Italy  when he snatched a bronze medal in the men’s 800m today. Fitzsimons  from Kildare AC  was ranked 20th going into the championships,  but in a tactical race, held his nerve to  finish third in 1:49.15.  In the […]

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Round-Up: Records fall at final day of All Ireland Juvenile T-F. Plus roads (and Snowdon!).

As has been the case all season, records tumbled in the field events  at the final day of the Irish Life Health All Ireland Juvenile Track and Field Championships in Tullamore today. Among the record breakers were multi-eventer Kate O’Connor who won the W18 high jump with 1.74m. Others were Conor Cusack  (Lake District Athletics) […]

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Forty-strong Euro U20 Team announced. No English in Hungary

Mark English of UCD didn’t start in the 800m at the second day of the Gyulai Istvan Memorial in  Székesfehérvár, Hungary this evening. Winning the race was double Olympian champion and world record holder David Rudisha  of Kenya.Kenyan Nicholas Kiplangat Kipkoech who has a season’s best of 1:44.9 (hand-held) is also listed to run. Ireland’s […]

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Round-Up: Leon Reid runs 10.26 secs at Ton le Gaoithe. Mitchell 15:50 for 5000m at BMC. Leinster team for CSIT

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. […]

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O’Flaherty and Mitchell chase Commonwealth times at BMC Solihull

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 […]

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National 10k titles for Mark Christie and Kerry O’Flaherty (Results Updated)

Mark Christie of Mullingar Harriers and Newcastle’s Kerry O’Flaherty were the winners at the National 10k, held in Dublin’s Phoenix Park in conjunction with the Great Ireland Run. In the men’s race, Christie was also the overall winner  of  the race  in 29 mins 30 secs, beating British guest Graham Rush who finished in 29:41. […]

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Round-Up: Hehir runs 65.40 at Berlin ‘Half’. Tallaght’s Adeleke stars at Indoors

With just three weeks to go until the London Marathon, Rathfarnham’s Sean Hehir finished 14th in today’s Berlin Half Marathon in a time of 65 mins 40 secs. That wasn’t too far off his 64.12 run in Cardiff in 2013. Finishing second W60 was Nuala Reilly of Drogheda and District in 1:40.58.  First woman overall […]

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Round-up: Indoor titles for Travers, Healy, Gregan and Leon Reid. Clohisey wins Enniscorthy 10k. Foster runs 11.42 secs.

John Travers of Donore Harriers outsprinted Paul Robinson of St Coca’s for victory in a thrilling men’s 1500m at the Irish Life Health National Indoors in Abbotstown. Travers was timed at 3:50.44 to Robinson’s 3:50.55 with Raheny’s Cillian Kirwan coming from behind to finish third in 3:54.65. Olympic steeplechaser Kerry O’Flaherty of Newcastle was a […]

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Weightman breaks nine minutes in Armagh International, McElhinney wins at Munster Schools

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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Fionnuala a Fighting Second (updated)

Fionnuala McCormack  finished a fighting second in the women’s 6km at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country  on the rolling hills of Holyrood Park. After the  Kenyan-Turks,  Yasemin Can and Meryem Akdag, moved the the front, McCormack  was the only athlete who attempted to keep in touch. Can, the European champion, pulled away for a decisive […]

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