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, […]
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 […]
Rose Anne Galligan of Newbridge finished 9th in the opening heat of the women’s 1500m at the World Indoors in Portland, Oregon. Her time of 4:16.84 was well off the personal best 4:11.07 she ran last month. Galligan heads for Albuquerque on Monday for a month of altitude training in preparation for an attack on […]
Mark English set a new Irish record of 60.93 secs for the rarely-run 500m distance at the Globen Galen in Stockholm. English won the race ahead of USA’s Erik Sowinski who finished in 61.72 secs. English, who will take part in an 800m race in Glasgow on Saturday, already holds the Irish junior outdoor and […]
Fionnuala McCormack has finished a fighting third at the Antrim International Cross-Country in Greenmount. In chilly, slippery conditions, McCormack pushed the pace early, but was passed by a trio of Africans. Midway through the race, she pulled herself up to third place ,with Britain’s Kate Avery, who had beaten her in Edinburgh a week earlier, […]
Amy Foster of City of Lisburn finished third in the 100m in Clermont, Florida with her time of 11.40secs equaling Ailis McSweeney’s Irish record – and also the qualifying her for the European Championships. Although she made the qualifying time for the 60m at the World Championships earlier this year, Foster opted not to run, […]
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