John Fitzsimons crowned a superb performance by the Irish team at the European U20 Championships in Grosseto, Italy when he snatched a bronze medal in the men’s 800m today. Fitzsimons from Kildare AC was ranked 20th going into the championships, but in a tactical race, held his nerve to finish third in 1:49.15. In the […]
Thomas Barr of Ferrybank is completely recovered from a recent injury and definitely running in the 400m hurdles at this weekend’s Irish Life Health Track and Field Championships. He’ll be joined on the line by his training partner Paul Byrne of St Abban’s who recently ran a lifetime best of 50.04 secs. Also lining out […]
Jason Smyth from Derry Track Club has added the T13 200m title at the Para Athletics World Championships in London to the 100m he won on Sunday. Smyth, who had comfortably won his heat yesterday stormed to victory with a season’s best time of 21.40 seconds, finishing well ahead of Namibia’s Johannes Nambala second in […]
At the Penn Relays, Sarah Collins, running for Providence College, won the women’s 10,000m in 34:03.07 while Siofra Cleirigh Buttner of DSD anchored Villanova to victory in the 4x1500m. Cleirigh Buttner got the baton in fourth place but blitzed around the track in a 4 mins 21.7 secs to give Villanova a narrow win over […]
Raheny’s Mick Clohisey and Mary Cullen of North Sligo were the winners of the AXA Raheny 5-Mile held in blustery conditions today. Both had clear wins with Clohisey’s time of 24 mins 5 secs putting him almost half a minute clear of Scott Rankin from Foyle Valley and Mary Cullen finishing in 26 mins 16 […]
Clonmel’s Sean Tobin and Michelle McGee of Brothers Pearse were emphatic winners at the Woodie’s DIY National Novice Cross-Country Championships in Waterford. McGee, originally from Longford and coached by Enda Fitzpatrick, may be new to the sport, but her tenth place at last month’s Inter County Cross-Country underlined her promise. She had warmed up for […]
Fionnuala Britton underlined her status as Irish athletics’ biggest star with an assured performance at the Woodie’s DIY National Intercounty Cross-Country Championships in Santry. The double European champion led from the start in the women’s 8km winning by just over a minute. Behind her, Sarah McCarthy of Clonliffe passed Sara Treacy for second early in […]
Just after he crossed the line in the senior 200m at the Aviva All Ireland Schools in Tullamore, Marcus Lawler glanced left to check the time. When he saw that the clock had stopped at a mind-blowing 20.88 – later rounded down to 20.87- secs, he leaped into the air with delight. The time – […]
Mary Cullen of North Sligo ran a superb 15 mins 23.12 secs to finish fourth in the invitational 5000m at the Mount Sac meet in California. This was not far off her personal best of 15:18.34 set indoors in 2009; Cullen has also run 15:19.04 outdoors. In the same race, DSD’s Ava Hutchinson ran a […]
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