At the Penn Relays, Sarah Collins, running for Providence College, won the women’s 10,000m in 34:03.07 while Siofra Cleirigh Buttner of DSD anchored Villanova to victory in the 4x1500m. Cleirigh Buttner got the baton in fourth place but blitzed around the track in a 4 mins 21.7 secs to give Villanova a narrow win over […]
Fionnuala McCormack of Kilcoole ran a Rio 16 qualifying time of 32 mins 05.08 secs to finish 5th in the 10,000m at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, California. Winner of the race was Laura Thweatt of Boulder Track in 31:52.94; there were 28 finishers. McCormack has also a qualifying mark for the Rio marathon, […]
Raheny’s Mick Clohisey and Mary Cullen of North Sligo were the winners of the AXA Raheny 5-Mile held in blustery conditions over a course that was slightly altered due to road works on the coast road in Clontarf. Although he was slower than his best, Clohisey’s winning time of 24 mins 5 secs putting him […]
Raheny’s Mick Clohisey and Mary Cullen of North Sligo were the winners of the AXA Raheny 5-Mile held in blustery conditions today. Both had clear wins with Clohisey’s time of 24 mins 5 secs putting him almost half a minute clear of Scott Rankin from Foyle Valley and Mary Cullen finishing in 26 mins 16 […]
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 […]
Wins for Mary Cullen in the 5000m, Mark Christie in the 10,000m and Anita White in the javelin proved the highlights of the first day of the Glo Health National Track and Field Championships in Santry. Christie, of Mullingar Harriers, ran a smart race in the men’s 10,000m letting Raheny’s Mick Clohisey take the lead […]
Mark English of UCD ran an Olympic qualifying time of 1:45.49 for fourth in a top quality 800m at the Anniversary Games in London. “Thrilled to run Olympic qualifying time in London today. Love this track and crowd,” he tweeted afterwards. The standard for Rio ’16 is 1:45.80 – faster than the 1:46.00 need for […]
Ciara Mageean of UCD made an impressive return to competition with a time of 4:08.32 – her second fastest ever – at the KBC Nacht in Heusden, Belgium last night. It’s by some way the fastest 1500m time run by an Irish female athlete this season so far and not far off the 4:07.45 Mageean […]
Tomas Fitzpatrick made it a home victory for a second year at the Tallaght 5km, when he beat a quality field including Clonliffe’s Mark Kenneally and Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock. His winning time was 14 mins 37 secs. Finishing 11th overall and first woman in 16 mins 26 secs was Maria McCambridge who, like […]
Some very interesting running on the roads today: at the Jingle Bells 5km, there was a home victory for Donore’s John Travers in 14 mins 6 secs, while Mary Cullen of North Sligo made her long-awaited return when she won the women’s race. Her time of 15 mins 38 secs put her 14th overall and […]
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