Fionnuala McCormack and Mick Clohisey were the star turns at the Glo Health National Interclub Cross-Country in Santry on a new pre-Christmas date which saw cross-country return to its former glory days. In the women’s 8km, Kilcoole’s McCormack took over in front on the second lap and after that the battle was on for the […]
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 […]
Dundrum South Dublin and Leevale won the Glo Health National League titles in Tullamore. The DSD women led almost from the start and finished on 107 points to take their fourth consecutive title. Clonliffe finished second 0n 95 points, with Kildare County third. Among the stand-out performers for DSD were Sinead Denny who ran 54.86 […]
Donore’s John Travers led home over 1,500 finishers in the Patrick’s Festival 5km, held over a slightly changed route from St Stephen’s Green in Dublin. Travers was a comfortable winner in 14 mins 7 secs, with Clonliffe’s Colm Rooney 16 seconds adrift for second place. In the women’s race, Fionnuala Britton of Sli Cualann finished […]
Newly crowned Irish heptathlon champion, Kelly Proper will lead a strong Ferrybank women’s team at Sunday’s Woodies DIY National League Finals in Tullamore. With Proper on the team, Ferrybank last won the title in 2011, but the Waterford club has struggled to field a full team since then. DSD were the winners in the two […]
Mary Cullen of North Sligo ran a superb 15 mins 23.12 secs to finish fourth in the invitational 5000m at the Mount Sac meet in California. This was not far off her personal best of 15:18.34 set indoors in 2009; Cullen has also run 15:19.04 outdoors. In the same race, DSD’s Ava Hutchinson ran a […]
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