Australian Brandon Hargreaves, who has declared for Ireland and joined Clonliffe Harriers, outsprinted Sean Hehir of Rathfarnham WSAF to win today’s Irish Runner 5-Mile in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Finishing a distant third was Paddy Hamilton of Annadale. Siobhan O’Doherty showed a welcome return to form when she won the women’s race , finishing 15th overall. […]
Mark Christie of Mullingar Harriers was an emphatic winner of the 30th AXA Raheny 5 this afternoon, clocking a time of 23 mins 57 secs, despite the windy conditions. For second place, Michael Mulhare of Portlaoise just held off the fast finishing Mick Clohisey of host club Raheny Shamrock. Their times were 24.06 and 24.07. […]
Fionnuala Britton ran a determined race to finish second at the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross-Country in Holyrood Park. Running even better was Gemma Steel who was runner-up behind Sophie Duarte of France at the European Cross-Country and was beating Britton for only the second time. Britton, along with British junior Emilia Gorecka, pushed the pace […]
Fionnuala Britton underlined her continued improvement when she finished fourth and first European at the Antrim International Cross-Country at Greenmount. Left trailing in her wake was Britain’s Charlotte Purdue who finished five seconds behind the flying Irish woman. Gemma Steel, who took silver at the European Championships last month, was well beaten for sixth place. […]
Fionnuala Britton put up a brave fight in the women’s race at the European Cross-Country in Belgrade but in the end, had to settle for fourth place. Winner of the race was Sophie Duarte of France, who pulled away about halfway through the 8km race and was never troubled after that. In the battle for […]
Fionnuala Britton underlined her status as Irish athletics’ biggest star with an assured performance at the Woodie’s DIY National Intercounty Cross-Country Championships in Santry. The double European champion led from the start in the women’s 8km winning by just over a minute. Behind her, Sarah McCarthy of Clonliffe passed Sara Treacy for second early in […]
Double European champion Fionnuala Britton proved the class of the field when she stormed to a comfortable victory in the women’s three-mile race at the 30th Gerry Farnan Cross-Country in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Britton took the lead from the start and after half a mile had already stretched away from the rest of the field. […]
UCD’s Ciara Everard clocked 2:04.86 to finish second in the women’s A and the BMC Meet in Watford; a BMC personal best. Everard picked up a niggling injury when in Rome last month and has only returned to racing. Earlier this year, she ran 2:02.54 indoors. Michael Mulhare of Portlaoise moved closer to the 14 […]
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