Sarah Healy of Blackrock AC in Dublin ensured a full set of medals for the Irish team at the European Youth Olympic Festival when she won the girls’ 1500m race today. In Thursday’s semi-finals, Healy had laid down a marker, winning her semi-final easily in 4:40.52. In the final, she tucked in behind early leader […]
At the European Youth Olympic Festival in Gyor, Hungary, Louis O’Loughlin of Donore Harriers ran a personal best 1:54.96 to win the first of two 800m semi-finals. O’Loughlin dominated the race from early, going through 400m in 56.05 secs. Next up were the 4 x 100m girls, who were untroubled in their semi-final winning in […]
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) […]
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 […]
Defending champion Kevin Mulcaire of St Flannan’s Ennis was a convincing winner of the boys’ senior 6.5km race at the Glo Health Irish Schools Cross Country Championships at Sligo Race Course. It was a fourth national cross-country title for Mulcaire, who is also the current Irish junior cross-country champion. He made his break with a […]
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