Team gold and silver was the order of the day as Raheny Shamrock took the men’s team prize at the Bohermeen half-marathon. There was celebrations on the double in county Meath as the women’s team took silver! Michael Brady was first Raheny athlete home in seventh place posting 71:32. Stephen Butler took 16th place in 72:54, Rob Frewen 20th in 73:06 and David Kirwin 23rd in 73:36. With Barry Meehan…
Sophie Becker helped the Irish 4x400m women’s relay team to fifth at the World Indoor championships in Glasgow. The Irish team of Phil Healy, Becker, Roisin Harrison and Mawdsley posted 3:28.92 for fifth place behind, Netherlands, USA, Great Britain and Belgium. “It’s a testament to the squad we have” said Phil Healy afterward. “We’ve great subs back in warm up and the team is constantly changing which drives everyone on”….
John Clohisey was first home at the Tokyo marathon this morning posting three hours and 34 seconds One of some very good performances in Japan as Lisa McCarthy posted 3:22.09 and John Clohisey Snr clocked 3:41.53. That means John senior has now ran all six major marathons. At the Rome Half-marathon, Francesco Petroni posted 87.41, Brian McWeeney 83.48 and Mauro Piancentini 1:52.10.
At the Lusk 4 Mile Shane Spring was second man and Mick Clohisey third. With Lucy Barrett second female and Ailis Murtagh third gave the Raheny team the mixed team title. The race outright went to Sean Cronin of Clonliffe in 19 minutes 33 seconds. Spring came home second in 19:36 with Clohisey third in 19:43. Whereas, Ide Nic Dhomhnaill won the women’s race in 20:51 followed by Barrett in…