Maria McCambridge of DSD proved the star of the 38th Ballycotton ’10’ when she smashed her own course record with a winning women’s time of 54 mins 20 secs. Not only that, but Maria now “owns” the three fastest women’s times in the race – she ran 54.48 in 2012 and 55.01 a year later. […]
Raheny’s Mick Clohisey and Maria McCambridge took the senior titles at the Glo Health National Interclub Cross-Country Championships held in Kilbroney, Co Down. Clohisey, the defending champion, had a comfortable victory in the senior men’s 12km race over Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe, DSD’s Brendan O’Neill and Clonmel’s Kevin Maunsell – the big four in the […]
Martin Fagan of Mullingar won the inaugural Bewley’s 10-Mile in Trim this morning. Fagan’s time of 48 mins 23 secs put him almost three minutes ahead of Clonliffe’s Gary O’Hanlon, with Tudor Moldovan, also Clonliffe third. Breege Connolly of North Belfast Harriers was first woman in a personal best time of 57 mins 31 secs, […]
A record entry, perfect weather and cracking races upfront – the 31st Raheny 5 will prove hard to beat in years to come. Upfront, Leevale’s Lizzie Lee not only won the women’s race in 26 mins 34 secs, but knocked 59 seconds off her previous best for the distance. Anne Marie McGlynn of Letterkenny was […]
Fionnuala Britton finished second at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country with her time of 21 mins 33 secs putting her just six seconds behind 20-year-old Briton Emilia Gorecka. Spain’s Trihas Gebre was third in 21:50 with recently crowned European cross-country champion, Gemma Steele of Great Britain, eleventh. Britton had pushed the pace from the start […]
Just FOUR seconds separated Maria McCambridge from victory at the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon today. With four miles to go, Kenyan athlete Esther Manjiru Macharia had a slight lead, but McCambridge kept her in her sights and was rewarded with a personal best time by a minute of 2:34.19. Brilliant! A class apart in the […]
Some interesting marathon results – in Chicago, Tom Frazer, who has lived in the USA for some years, recorded a time of 2:19.53. In Australia, Sinead Diver ran 2:34.15 to finish second in the Melbourne Marathon. Diver, aged 37, was born and brought up in Ireland. She moved to Oz when she was 24 and […]
Martin Fagan of Mullingar Harriers won the Charleville International Half Marathon by over two minutes in Co Cork. Fagan’s time of 63 mins 58 secs put him comfortably clear of the chasers led by Ismail Ssenyange. After returning from a two-year doping suspension earlier this year, Fagan has re-established himself as the dominant road runner […]
Freddy Keron Sittuk of Raheny and Tullamore’s Pauline Curley were the winners of the Longford Marathon. In an exact repeat of last year, Sittuk – although five minutes slower than in 2013 – was first and Gary O’Hanlon of Clonliffe second. On her annual visit to Longford, Curley was beating Angela McCann of Clonmel for […]
Maria McCambridge of DSD won the SSE Airtricity Frank Duffy 10-Mile for a fifth time out of eight starts in Dublin’s Phoenix Park this morning. McCambridge was out on her own from the start and clocked an excellent time of 55 mins 15 secs. Afterwards, she confirmed that she will be defending her Irish marathon […]
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