Olympic steeplechasers Michelle Finn and Kerry O’Flaherty travelled to Berlin for Saturday’s ISTAF Meeting, where they finished seventh and ninth. Finn was first home of the pair in 9:47.51 with O’Flaherty timed a 10:10.57. Race winner was the gloriously named Celliphine Chepteek Chespol of Kenya, aged 18, who finished in 9:25.49. Raheny’s Freddy Sittuk, who […]
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. […]
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 […]
Paddy Hamilton, of Annadale Striders was the clear winner of the SSE Airtricity Race Series Fingal 10km race in a time of 31:20. Hamilton is training for October’s Dublin Marathon, where he aims to improve on his fifth placing of last year. In second place was Mark Hoey from Star of the Sea, who emigrates […]
At the European Mountain Running Championships in Gap, France, the Irish women did well to finish seventh of the 17 teams entered on a tough course. Sarah McCormack, the national cross-country champion, led them home in 17th place, followed closely by Sarah Mulligan of DSD, the first Irish female winner of the Snowdon International last […]
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. […]
Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu will defend his men’s title at Sunday’s Woodie’s DIY National Cross-Country in Dundalk. Also tipped to make an impact are Andrew Connick of Ferrybank, winner of last weekend’s national inter title, the in-form Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock, Donore’s John Travers, Joe Sweeney of DSD, and Stephen Scullion who joins Ciobanu on […]
Michelle McGee of Brothers Pearse dominated the women’s race at the Woodie’s DIY National Intermediate Cross-Country Championships in Dunboyne. Although the wind – strong enough to see three tents blown away – had died down, the underfoot at the Cow Park was challenging from the start. McGee, who won the national novice title last December, […]
Highlights of the second day of the Woodie’s DIY National Indoors in Athlone includes a 16th indoor title for Kelly Proper of Ferrybank when she won the 200m in 23.56 – a new stadium record, improving on the 23.75 secs she had run a day earlier in the heats. In the long jump, she marginally […]
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. […]
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