Clonliffe’s Brian Gregan nailed down his World Championships place when winning the 400m with a of 45.48 secs at the Bonus-Track meet in Notwill, Switzerland. The qualifying time for the Worlds is 45.50 secs. Second was Swiss athlete Joel Burgender in 47.02; Brian Murphy of Crusaders was sixth in 48.79. Michaela Walsh of Swinford AC […]
Mark English qualified for the World Championships with a time of 1 min 45.42 secs for second place in the men’s 800m at today’s Diamond League Meet in Stockholm. Race winner was Thijmen Kupers of the Netherlands in 1:45.02. Finishing third behind English was Rynhardt van Rensburg of South Africa in 1:45.73. In the 1500m, […]
Thomas Barr produced his trademark finishing surge to finish third in the 400m hurdles at the Bislett Games in Oslo – his first Diamond League race of the season. In a race full of surprises, 21-year-old Karsten Warholm dictated the pace of the race from the start and went on to win in a Norwegian […]
In his first race for some time, UCD’s Mark English finished fourth in the 800m at the Boston Boost meet yesterday. His time of 1:46.06, though well off his personal best of 1:44.84 run in 2013, was am encouraging start to his season. Qualifying mark for the World Championships is 1:45.90. At Nimwegan in the […]
John Travers of Donore Harriers outsprinted Paul Robinson of St Coca’s for victory in a thrilling men’s 1500m at the Irish Life Health National Indoors in Abbotstown. Travers was timed at 3:50.44 to Robinson’s 3:50.55 with Raheny’s Cillian Kirwan coming from behind to finish third in 3:54.65. Olympic steeplechaser Kerry O’Flaherty of Newcastle was a […]
On a glorious autumn afternoon at the Magazine Hill in the Phoenix Park, Clare Sullivan of Rathfarnham WSAF and Clonliffe’s Cathal Doyle were the winners of the Dublin Novice Cross-Country titles. First up was the women’s 4km race, with Sullivan part of a breakaway group that pushed to the front from the opening lap. Leading […]
A huge PB of 2:00.79 for Ciara Mageean of UCD proved the highlight of tonight’s Morton Games in Santry. Last month, Mageean improved her time to 2:02.84 at the Northern Irish Championships in Belfast, and she showed she meant business tonight going through the opening 400m lap in 59 secs and 600m in 1:30 along […]
Sara Treacy, who will run the steeplechase for Ireland in the Rio Olympics, showed impressive form when she won both the 800m and 1500m at the UK Women’s League Div 1 match in Swansea. Treacy’s huge personal best of 2.06.84 for the 800m beat the Treacy family record; mother Siobhan ran 2:07 for the 800m […]
Ciara Mageean of UCD ran a personal best 4 mins 35.47 secs to finish second in the Great North Run Mile at Newcastle yesterday. The race was won by Scotland’s Laura Muir in 4:34.84. Donore’s John Travers finished 7th in the men’s mile with a time of 4:03.68. In the much-hyped 30th anniversary Great North […]
Paul Robinson finished fourth in a dramatic 1500m while the Irish men’s 4 x 400m team set a new national record at the final session of the Europeans Championships in Zurich. In the 1500m Ciaran O Lionaird was tripped from behind on the second last lap. There were two more fallers on the last lap. […]
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