Author: Dave Hooper

Lorraine Byrne was the first Raheny Shamrock Athlete home in Sunday’s Budapest Spring Half Marathon. Byrne clocked one hour 35 minutes 54 seconds in a very solid run having passed the 10K marker in 43 minutes 43 seconds. Other finishers in Budapest where Mark Lacey 1:41.49, Bernie Manley 1:52.18, Brighid Smyth 2:06.38 and Eddie Collins 2:33.48. Meanwhile in Paris Colm Dunne posted a personal best of 2:55.50 with Mary Purdue Smyth posting 4:26.58…

On Friday evening DCU’s Niamh Corry collected silver in the 5,000 meters posting 18:31.10 ahead of UCC’s Niamh Moore in 18:35.04. Shona Heaslip won out in 16:11.74. There were three medals collected on Saturday with Trinity College’s Conor Bermingham taking pole vault silver with a best jump of four metres. UCD’s Aisling Drumgoole took 400 metre bronze clocking 55.39 seconds, Phil Healy having won out in 53.98 DCU’s Eoin Strutt…

Please see below the course map for the Battle of Clontarf 10 which takes place on Easter Monday. The course is completely inside St. Anne’s Park and will be two laps of one route. The race starts at the top of the main avenue in St. Anne’s Park (Black line on map) and moves toward the St. Pauls College entrance, the race than loops back up toward the start, it…