Paul Pollock finished 14th in the World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff. Despite the windy, wet conditions, Pollock clocked an excellent time of 62 mins 46 secs and was second European. Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor, the defending champion, won the race in 59:10, with Britain’s Mo Farah third in 59:59. Pollock ‘s time showed that he […]
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 […]
Paddy Hamilton of Slieve Gullion won the Bewley’s Trim 10-Mile, with his time of 51 mins 32 seconds putting him six seconds clear of Star of the Sea’s Eoin Callaghan. Even closer was the women’s race where Mullingar’s Aine O’Reilly beat Caitriona Jennings of Rathfarnham and Charlotte Kearney of Donadea with only ten seconds separating […]
From Herald Wednesday 13 January After her fighting second at the Great Edinburgh Cross, Fionnuala McCormack leads the Irish entry at Saturday’s Antrim International Cross Country at Greenmount, where she faces a re-match with Kate Avery the British athlete who beat her last weekend in Edinburgh. McCormack, who has won the race twice in the […]
Mary Cullen of North Sligo set a new women’s course record of 15 mins 45 secs when finishing first woman and fourth overall at the Finn Valley Stephen’s Day 5km in Stranorlar, Co Donegal. Leading home the 600-odd finishers was Kilkenny’s Thomas Hayes in 15 mins 9 secs. David Scanlon of Rathfarnham WSAF was second […]
A grand total of five Irish athletes ran inside the Rio ’16 qualifying standards at the Berlin Marathon. Leading them home was Kevin Seaward of St Malachy’s in Belfast in a superb new personal best of 2 hrs 14 mins 54 secs. Seaward had trailed the other Irish at 10km, but speeded up in the […]
Freddy Keron Sittuk of Raheny Shamrock won the SSE Airtricity Walled City Marathon in Derry by almost three minutes. Sittuk’s time was 2:22.34; finishing second was Peter Brandon Somba in 2:25.26. Local man Greg Roberts was a close third in 2:25.38, followed by Gideon Kipsang and then Lezan Kimutai who was first over 40. Finishing […]
Kevin Mulcaire of Ennis took over four seconds off John Treacy’s 40-year old Irish junior record when he ran 14 mins 02.6 secs in the 5000m at the BMC Meet in Stretford, Manchester yesterday. A thrilling race saw Mulcaire leading for much of the race and losing out in the end only to Andrew Hayes […]
Tomas Fitzpatrick made it a home victory for a second year at the Tallaght 5km, when he beat a quality field including Clonliffe’s Mark Kenneally and Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock. His winning time was 14 mins 37 secs. Finishing 11th overall and first woman in 16 mins 26 secs was Maria McCambridge who, like […]
Annadale’s Paul Pollock finished second at the Reading Half Marathon in a solid time of 64 mins 5 secs. Winner was Amos Kiplagat in 63 mins 10 secs. Kevin Seaward, running for Cardiff, was fifth in 65.07 and Gary Murray of St Malachy’s seventh in 65 mins 15 secs. At the Super Value Mallow ’10’, […]
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