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, […]
Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock and Clonliffe’s Sarah McCormack made it a Dublin double at the Woodie’s DIY National Cross-Country Championships at Dundalk IT. Clohisey and Gary Thornton of Galway City Harriers carved out an early lead in the men’s 12km race, with defending champion Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe running on his own for third […]
Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu will defend his men’s title at Sunday’s Woodie’s DIY National Cross-Country in Dundalk. Also tipped to make an impact are Andrew Connick of Ferrybank, winner of last weekend’s national inter title, the in-form Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock, Donore’s John Travers, Joe Sweeney of DSD, and Stephen Scullion who joins Ciobanu on […]
Mullingar’s Mark Christie led home close to 1,200 finishers at the 23rd annual Jingle Bells 5km, organised by Donore Harriers in the Phoenix Park. Christie’s time of 14 mins 22 secs put him comfortably clear of MSB’s John Coghlan, with Eoin Everard from Kilkenny third and Colm Rooney of Clonliffe fourth in a high-quality race, […]
After four lung-busting loops of Howth Hill, the fourth round of the East of Ireland Marathon Series came down to a sprint with race organiser Ger Copeland catching Don Hannon in the last 300m of the race. “I was wearing headphones and I didn’t hear him,” said Don afterwards. Ah! First woman was Donna McLoughlin […]
Although summer is slow in arriving, the track and field season, is already well underway , with the Dublin Graded League attracting record numbers to its first two meets, athletes travelling abroad in search of times and the first National League round taking place on Sunday. Defending women’s champions Dundrum South Dublinhave the luxury of […]
Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu was the class of the field at the 29th Terenure 5-Mile, winning by some margin from his Clonliffe team mate Gary O’Hanlon in a time of 24 mins 37 secs. In third place was Thomas Hayes from Kilkenny while after him came a group led by Pat McCartan of West Limerick who […]
Irish marathon champion Paul Pollock, of Kent AC, has run a time of 2:17.10 at the London Marathon – just 40 seconds slower than his winning time in Dublin last October. As he had done in Dublin, Pollock set a fast pace from the start, and although he struggled in the final 10km, still finished […]
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