Winner of the junior 1500m steeplechase at the South Munster Schools Track and Field Championships at Cork IT in his first-ever steeplechase was Frank O’Brien of Midleton CBS. Father Liam made it to the semi-finals of the steeplechase at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and won eleven Irish titles between 1978 and 1994. […]
Connacht Schools Cross Country Sligo Racecourse, Tuesday 24 February (updated) Girls – Minor: 1 Saoirse O’Brien, Sacred Heart Westport; 2 Niamh O’Reilly, Moate CS, 3 Éadaoin Ní Longáin, Coláiste na Coiribe. Teams – 1 St Nathy’s Ballaghdereen 42 (10, 14, 18), 2 Sacred Heart Westport 53 (1, 25, 27), 3 Coláiste Bhaile Chláir 69 (15, […]
AvivaMunster Schools Track and Field Championships, Cork IT Girls: Senior – 100m (-3.0): N McNichol (Stella Maris Tramore) 12.69, 2 R Harrison (Villiers) 13.08, 3 S McGeever (ColCluain Meala) 13.29. 200m (-3.9): 1 N McNichol (Stella Maris Tramore) 25.46, 2 R Harrison (Villiers) 25.90. 400m: 1 J Bromell (Castletroy College) 57.34, 2 A Donnelly (Christ […]
Marcus Lawler of CBS Carlow left the Aviva Leinster Schools Track and Field Championships at Santry with a nice haul of three wins – and three records. His first came in the senior 100m, which he won in a spectacular time of 10.38 – the fastest 100m run on Irish soil in some years and an […]
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