Gina Akpe-Moses of the Blackrock Co Louth club and Ciara Neville of Emerald AC have both made it through to the final of the 100m on the opening day of the European U20 Track and Field Championships in Grosseto, Italy. Akpe Moses won her heat this morning and then finished second in her semi-final to […]
Rio-bound steeplechaser Sara Treacy of Dunboyne had the best best possible send-off when she ran a personal best 9 mins 30.41 secs to finish sixth in the 3000m steeplechase at the London Anniversary Games today. It was her first time under 9 mins 40 secs and puts her third on the all-time Irish rankings behind […]
Jenna Brommell of Emerald pulled off one of the performances of the day at the Glo Health National Junior and U23 T-F Championships in Tullamore when she won the junior 400m with a time of 54.26 secs. DSD’s Mollie O’Reilly was second in 55.52 secs – just off a second world junior B qualification mark. […]
Eoin Callaghan of Star of the Sea and Ciara Hickey of Bros Pearse were the winners of the Meath Spring Half Marathon in Bohermeen. Callaghan’s time of 68 mins 20 secs saw him finish over three minutes ahead of David Simpson, one of a large group from Newcastle and District in action. Hickey, who is […]
Raheny’s Mick Clohisey finished tenth in this morning’s Seville Marathon with his time of 2:15. 11 moving him into second on the list for Rio ’16. It’s very tight – Kevin Seaward on 2:14.52 tops the list followed by Clohisey 2:15.11, Sergiu Ciobanu 2:15.15 and Paul Pollock 2:15.39. So just 47 secs separate the top […]
Michaela Walsh from Swinford proved the star of the Tailteann Schools Interprovincial Championships in Santry when she broke not one but two record both of them her own. First up was the hammer, where Walsh’s heave of 60.66m improved on the record of 59.92m she has set last year. In the shot, Walsh produced an […]
Defending champion Zak Irwin of Sligo Grammar ran a European Junior qualifying time of 10.60 seconds to win the senior 100m at the Glo Health All Ireland Schools Track and Field Championships in Tullamore. His time was just one-hundredth of a second off Marcus Lawler’s 2013 record of 10.59. Later in the day, Irwin, who […]
Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (Col Iosagain) and Sarah McCarthy (Maryfield) were both senior double winners over the two days of the Aviva East Leinster Schools Girls’ track and field championships held in (mostly) sunny Irishtown. Cleirigh Buttner raced away with the 800m in a time of 2 mins 12 secs on the opening day, late helping […]
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