Emma Mitchell finished seventh in the women’s 5000m at the World University Games in Taipei today. Her time of 16:00.02 put her less than 15 seconds behind the winner Hanna Klein of Germany who finished in 15:45.28. Shona Heaslip ran a personal best time of 16:09.62 to finish 11th. Only Irish athlete left is Matt Bergin […]
Ciara Mageean of UCD shaved over eight seconds off her outdoor mile best with a time of 4 mins 22.40 secs at today’s London Anniversary Games. At the bell, Mageean, who had drawn the inside lane, was lying ninth, but she pulled up two places on the final lap. Race winner was Helen Obiri of […]
Rathfarnham’s Sean Hehir finished best of the Irish in a personal best time of 2 hrs 16 mins 18 secs – comfortably inside the qualifying mark for the World Championships later this year. Behind him, Kevin Seaward of St Malachy’s finished in 2:17:08, England-based Stephen Scullion on 2:17:59 and Raheny’s Mick Clohisey in 2:18:34. Hehir […]
DSD’s David Gillick continued his comeback at the Belfast International Meet held in conjunction with the Irish Milers’ Club at the Mary Peters Track in rain-sodden Belfast today. Running his specialist 400m, Gillick finished second behind English athlete Theo Campbell, with Campbell timed at 46.24 secs and Gillick at 47.27 secs. John Travers of Donore […]
Paul Byrne of St Abban’s finished second in the 400m hurdles at the Meeting Arcobolla in Boissan, Italy yesterday. Byrne’s time of 51.33 secs was not far off the 51.20 personal best he ran in Leixlip a few weeks ago. In Valenje, Slovania, Kerry O’Flaherty of Newcastle AC ran 9 mins 56 secs to finish […]
A personal best time of 4:12.79 for Newcastle’s Kerry O’Flaherty in the women’s 1500m proved the highlight of the Le Cheile IMC International held in Leixlip. O’Flaherty produced a storming finish for second place behind New Zealand visitor Angela Petty who won the race in 4:08.54. A closely fought men’s 1500m was won by English […]
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