The race for the 2020 Lord Mayor of Raheny Two Mile series is really heating up with just three rounds remaining. 28 athletes have now completed eight races marking them eligible for a final table position, with their best eight results counting toward the final score. There are prizes for the top three men and women with a prize to each category winner thereafter. In the men’s category just four…
Brian Fay set a new club 5,000 metres record of 13.44.37 in Lucerne, Switzerland on Tuesday evening. Fay’s time broke his own club record of 13.51.59 set last October in the Netherlands. It’s been a good week for Fay who won national steeplechase gold on Saturday morning and still a lot left for him this season.
Mark Smyth took national senior 200m silver as he clocked a personal best of 20.97 seconds. Smyth continued his powerful season to finish second behind former European junior medallist for Great Britain Leon Reid. Reid clocked 20.79 seconds for gold with Smyth powerfully close behind taking silver in 20.97. Clonliffe’s Marcus Lawler took bronze crossing the line in 20.99 seconds. Smyth had qualified for the final winning his heat in…
Brian Fay and Niamh Fogarty landed gold on day two of the national track and field championships in Santry while Cillian Kirwan took 800 metre bronze. The day got off to an excellent start with Brian Fay producing a controlled almost polished performance in wintry conditions to take the 3,000m steeplechase title in 8:52.88 Finley Daly of Sligo took the silver medal trailing behind Fay in 8:56.57. Niamh Fogarty landed…