Former international athlete Rosemary Ryan of Dooneen AC and the much improved Michael Harty from East Cork made it a Munster double at the Irish Life Health National Masters Cross-Country in Waterford, where conditions were bitterly cold. Ryan, now aged 41, had a long distinguished career as a senior athlete, winning national title on the […]
Carmel Parnell of Leevale finished first W60 at the British and Irish Masters Cross-Country International in Tollcross Park,Glasgow, this morning. It was a record eleventh title for Carmel, who was also leading the W60 team to victory. Second place went to Christine Kennedy, who is back living in London after a long sojourn in the […]
Kenyan Peter Somba, who runs with Dunboyne AC on his annual visit to Ireland, just pipped Rio-bound marathon man Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock for victory in today’s SSE Airtricity Irish Runner 5-Mile in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Somba crossed the line in 23 mins 58 secs, with Clohisey a second behind. Michael Harty of East […]
Teams from Clonliffe Harriers and Dundrum South Dublin represent Ireland at tomorrow’s European Club Track and Field Championships Group B in Leiria, Portugal. In the men’s competition, Clonliffe take on clubs from Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Greece, Slovenia and Slovakia. Leading the team is 400m specialist Brian Gregan who has a season’s best […]
Leevale’s Mark Hanrahan was a clear winner of the Ballycotton ’10’ in a time of 49 mins 1 secs. On a cold windy day, DSD’s Joe Sweeney finished second in 49:56 followed by a trio of East Cork athletes led by Michael Harty. Aoife Cooke of Youghal was first woman in 59 mins 57 secs. […]
John Coghlan of MSB and Caroline Crowley of Crusaders were the winners of the Tom Brennan New Year’s Day 5km held in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Coghlan, a many times previous winner of the race, controlled the race up from from the start, finishing in 15 mins 16 secs, which was enough to hold off Ben […]
Anne Marie McGlynn made a sparkling masters’ debut when she ran away with the women’s 6km at the British and Irish Masters Cross-Country International in Santry today (Sat). With her Letterkenny club-mates Natasha Adams and Fionnuala Diver second and fourth, McGlynn was also leading the Irish W35 team to a resounding victory. Second overall and […]
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