Lizzie Lee of Leevale, running to make the qualifying time for the World Half Marathon, missed out on the course record at the Enniscorthy 10k by just eight seconds. Lee’s time of 33 minutes exactly was still a massive PB and saw her finish 5th overall. Lee was on target for Linda Byrne’s time of […]
Grace O’Rourke of DSD and Ballymena’s Jonathan Browning both took silver medals at the Scottish Indoors in Glasgow. O’Rourke’s 1.70m in the high jump was enough to put her second behind Nikki Manson who won with a leap of 1.76. In the 60m, Browning showed solid form to finished second in 6.83 secs behind Middlesborough’s […]
American visitor Joe Stilin won the men’s 5km at the 25th anniversary Armagh International Road Races in a time of 13 mins 58.34 secs. In a close fought race, British athlete Daniel Cliffe finished second in 13:59.47, with British Olympic triathlete Jonathan Brownlee third in 14:00.13. England’s Rachael Bamford won the women’s 3km from Teresa […]
UCD’s Karl Griffin finished 4th in his 800m semi-finals at the World Junior Championships in Oregon on Saturday night. His time of 1:49.97 was not fast enough to make the final as a fastest loser. A personal best for Kilkenny’s Cliodhna Manning was the highlight for the Irish in the 200m at Day 3 of […]
Harry Purcell of Castleknock College set a new Irish schools record of 1:49.42 on his way to victory in the senior boys’ 800m at the Aviva All Ireland Schools Track and Field Championships in Tullamore today. After a fast opening lap, Purcell held on to win from Gormanston’s Rob Tully, with both breaking Sean Tobin’s […]
Michaela Walsh of Swinford set new inter girls’ shot and hammer records at the Aviva Connacht Schools Track and Field Championships last week. She threw a mighty 51.11m in the 3kg hammer and 14.92 with the 3kg shot. Zak Irwin of Sligo Grammar was out on his own in the senior sprints winning both the […]
Sligo’s Zak Irwin posted the fastest time of the night for the 100m at the fourth Dublin Graded Meet of the season in Santry. Irwin’s time of 10.88 put him well clear of the chasers, led by Tallaght’s Keith Doherty. Catherine McManus of Celtic DCH won the women’s A race in 12.09. In the 3000m, […]
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