Marcus Lawler of IT Carlow produced one of the performances of the weekend at the Irish Universities Track and Field Championships at Santry when he smashed the colleges record to win the men’s 200m in 20.98 secs. In the battle for second place, Kieran Elliott of UL edged out Christopher Sibanda of Limerick IT. Lawler […]
With the European Clubs Championships in Santry at the end of June, the World Student Games in July and the World Championships in August, Ireland’s top athletes face a busy few months. Among them is Brian Gregan of Clonliffe, the country’s fastest 400m runner. “I’m off to Belgium this weekend and I’ll be away most […]
This morning on my usual Saturday morning spin around the UCD campus at Belfield, I briefly stopped at the former track, now looking like a makeshift builder’s yard. It is heart-breaking. Here is where thousands of us got our first taste of athletics. We trained, we competed, we made friends and although we all grew […]
David Hynes of Waterford IT just beat DCU’s Steven Colvert to win the men’s 100m at the second day of the Irish University Athletics Championships on the new Sonia O’Sullivan track at the Mardyke, Cork. Both men were timed at 10.66 seconds. In third place was QUB’s Jonathan Browning with a time of 10.85.Stephanie Creaner […]
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