Cian Charlton was third at the Castleknock 5km in 15 minutes 50 seconds. Nickolas Colyn won out in 14:45 and Sean Doran of Clonliffe was second in 15:33. While Tara Kennedy posted 20:23 and Fiona Skelly 21:50. On Saturday, at the Boyne 5km Kate Purcell took second place in 17:53 behind Abbie Sheridan of St. Peters AC in 17:27. Ian McConkey was first Raheny athlete home in 17:15 followed by…
Sophie Becker, Niamh Fogarty, Brian Fay, Eric Favors and Michael Farrelly have all been named on the Irish team for the European team championships. It is a first senior international call-up for Farrelly as he is named in the 4x100m squad. The 46-strong team travel to the European Athletics Team Championships 2nd Division, which take place in Maribor, Slovenia on June 28th and 29th. Sophie Becker is named as Ireland’s…
Orla Comerford set a new personal best of 11.87 seconds to win the para-women’s 100m at the Bislett Games. The famous Bislett Games is one of the meets which incorporates Para athletics events with Comerford taking victory in 11.87 seconds into a 0.7 m/s headwind. Another well done to Orla and hopefully a continued good season.
Sophie Becker claimed a very comfortable win over 400m at the Kladno Házi a Kladenské memorial in Czechia on Tuesday night. Becker posted 51.83 seconds for victory. Eva Santidrián of Spain took second place in 52.38 seconds.