Fionnuala McCormack finished a fighting second at the Great Edinburgh Cross-Country race held in Holyrood Park. Winner of the women’s race was Kate Every of Great Britain, with Gemma Steel finishing third and Ireland’s Lizzie Lee ninth. McCormack, who has won this race twice and finished second twice, pushed the pace at the start, with […]
Mary Cullen of North Sligo set a new women’s course record of 15 mins 45 secs when finishing first woman and fourth overall at the Finn Valley Stephen’s Day 5km in Stranorlar, Co Donegal. Leading home the 600-odd finishers was Kilkenny’s Thomas Hayes in 15 mins 9 secs. David Scanlon of Rathfarnham WSAF was second […]
UCD’s Ciara Mageean finished second and ran a personal best of 4:06.54 for 1500m at the Rovereto track meet in Italy last night. Mageean’s time was marginally outside the 4:06 time she needs to qualify for Rio ’16. Canada’s Fiona Benson won the race in 4:05.61; another Canadian, Sheila Reid was third in 4:09.75. Laura […]
Thomas Barr ended his season with a third place in the 400m hurdles in Zurich last night. Barr’s time of 49.79 secs put him less than a second behind local favourite Karien Hussein, who won the race in 49.16 secs. Second was Rasmus Mags of Estonia in 49.35. Mark English runs the 600m and Brian […]
A brilliant race up front at the SSE Airtricity Fingal 10km saw Mick Clohisey and second placed Mark Kenneally both going under the course record of 30 mins 14 secs. It was a second course record for Clohisey in the Dublin Races Series; he also broke the record at the Irish Runner 5-Mile last month. […]
A large group of Irish athletes headed for Geneva where victory for Ferrybank’s Kelly Proper in the 200m was the highlight, with her time of 23.26 secs putting her top of the current Irish rankings. Amy Foster clocked a time of 23.62 secs in the preliminary rounds. In the men’s 200m heats, Marcus Lawler of […]
For a second year, Fionnula Britton and Paul Pollock were the winners at Glo Heath Intercounty Cross-Country Championships held on a perfect day for cross-country running at Dundalk IT. It was a tale of two races: while Britton coasted to an easy victory, Pollock only retained his title after an absorbing race that ended in […]
Paul Robinson of St Coca’s ran a personal best of 3:54.77 for the mile at last night’s Bislett Games in Oslo. World indoor 1500m champion Ayanleh Souleiman of Djibouti won with race in 3:49.49. Robinson was running his second Diamond League in six days. In the “national” 1500m, Laura Crowe of Riocht finished second in […]
Paul Robinson of St Coca’s finished third in the 1500m at the Sydney Track Classic in a time of 3:39.03 – inside the qualifying mark for the European Championships later this year in Zurich. In the women’s 800m, Laura Crowe of Riocht recorded a time of 2:03.16 when finished seventh, while in the triple jump, […]
Paul Robinson of St Coca’s finished second in the men’s 3000m with a time of 7 mins 58.56 secs at the Hunter Track Classic in Glendale, Australia. Winner was Kevin Batt of Australia in 7:57.11. Finishing fourth in 8:05.73 was Leevale’s Mark Hanrahan. In the women’s 1500m, Laura Crowe of Riocht finished third in 4:11.49. […]
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