The indoor season continued a pace over the weekend with both the AAI Games and the University indoor championships (IUAA). On Sunday, Niamh Kearney took second place in the 1500m at the AAI indoor games posting 4:25.15. The race was won by Ellie Hartnett in 4:24.79. Kieran Kelly took sixth place over 3000 metres posting 8:19.97. This race was won by James Edgar in 8:09.02. On Saturday, Mark Smyth set…
Niamh McCorry is the 2023 senior indoor pentathlon champion thanks to her superb 3018-point total. The all-rounder dominated all of her respective events to take first place ahead of Bláithín Ní Chiaráin in second with 2161 points. This is the first time ever a Raheny athlete has taken a national senior gold medal in a multi-event. Meanwhile, set a new club 200m record in Athlone TUS when winning heat two…
A very mixed day at round two of the national indoor league in Athlone TUS arena. Niamh Kearney won the women’s 1500 metres in 4:28.17. While Triona Nic Dhonaill posted 68.39 seconds in the 400m to collect four points. The 4×200 team of Charlotte Wingfield, Hannah Byrne, Isabel Twomey, Abena Afari collected nine points finishing in 1:49.68, taking third place in heat three. In the field, Kim O’Hare third, 10.65…
Eric Favors broke his own Irish indoor shot put record, throwing 19.99m, finishing fourth in the early hours of this morning at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational in Iowa. Favors broke the 20-meter mark several times during last year’s outdoor season. The season made Favors Ireland’s number one shot put thrower. A brilliant start to 2023 for Eric where we hope to see more great performances.