BRIAN MAHER of Kilkenny City Harriers showed some of his old sparkle when he beat Sean Hehir of Rathfarnham WSAF to win the Eagle Sport Skins Mallow 10-mile race in a time of 50 mins 12 secs. The pair were almost a minute clear of the field, led by West Waterford’s Philip Harty. First woman […]
Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe not only won the Ballycotton ’10’ for a fourth time today, he improved his personal best time for the course to an impressive 48 mins 58 seconds. Ciobanu, disappointed to finish third at last weekend’s National Cross-Country Championships, was on his own for much of the race, with Bantry’s Alan O’Shea, […]
* Just a week after her second place at the final race of the Triathlon World Series, Aileen Reid was back in action on the streets of Belfast finishing 20th overall and first woman at the Deep River Rock Belfast Marathon. Reid clocked a time of 79 mins 33 secs putting her four minutes ahead […]
Joe Sweeney, who makes his marathon debut in Dublin next month leads the entry for Sunday’s Lidl Charleville International Half Marathon, organised by North Cork Athletics Club and billed as the “fastest, flattest half marathon in Ireland”. Sweeney, third in the 10,000m in 30 mins 41.49 secs at the National Track and Field Championships, is […]
Mayo’s John Byrne led home almost 900 finishers at the Athlone Flatline Half Marathon today. Byrne’s time of 71.mins 39 secs put him over a minute clear of the field led by Peter Mooney of the Marathon Club of Ireland. Finishing 11th and first woman in 75 mins 21 secs was Maria McCambridge of Dundrum […]
Maria McCambridge was first woman at the Airtricity Frank Duffy 10-mile , finishing in 56 mins 28 secs for her fourth victory in this race and her third in this year’s Airtricity Dublin Road Race Series. Her performance proved that she has recovered from the ordeal of the marathon at the World Championships, where she […]
Louise Shanahan has won the 800m title at the European Youth Olympic Festival in the Netherlands in a huge PB of 2.08.75. Ireland took a second gold in the 4 x100m, with the team anchored by Roseanne McGuckian who took individual bronze in the 200m. Ireland had already collected two silver medals in Utrecht – […]
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