Round 10 of the Lord Mayor of Raheny Two mile series, takes place this Tuesday night at 8pm. Individual entry is €7 and is available here or is available on the night at the Raheny Shamrock club house, D05 T8N8. Series positions will be presented to the top three men and women and the winner of each men’s and women’s age category. To qualify for a series position athlete’s must…
Sometimes it takes a bit of time to write about a report on a result or event. Saturday night’s 4x400m women’s relay, left many including myself with that feeling. One of pride in our club mate Sophie Becker and her Ireland teammates Rhasidat Adeleke, Phil Healy and Sharlene Mawdsley. There is no words left to describe the race. They gave it everything to the very last second, something that shows…
On Friday, Terry Keogh clocked 17 minutes 34 seconds at the Kells Heritage 5km. Keogh was followed home by Gordon Manning 20:41 and Gerard Fay 23:52. On Sunday Angela Charlton posted 87 minutes 20 seconds at the Monaghan 10 mile with Gerard Fay posting 1:41:50.
Sophie Becker steered the Irish women’s 4x400m relay team to the Olympic final on glorious morning in Paris. The Irish quartet of Sophie Becker, Phil Healy, Kelly McGrory and Sharlene Mawdsley clocked a time of 3:25.05 to finish third. Jamaica (3:24.92 SB) took victory with Netherlands (3:25.03) sealing one of the automatic qualification spots on offer. Becker clocked her fastest ever relay split 50.90 seconds to get the team off…