Sarah Quigley won the Donagh Lynch Cup, which is an estimated time race. Quigley posted 12 minutes 11 seconds and was closeted to the predicted time. Keith Fleming was next closest to his predicted time posting 11:47. The full results are available under the results section. Donagh Lynch Cup 2018 1 Sarah Quigley 2 Keith Fleming 3 Ken Shannon 4 Brian Sexton 5 Des Lyons 6 Zoe Quinn
Kevin Dooney booked a place at this year’s IAAF World Half Marathon championship after posting a personal best in Barcelona. Dooney posted 64 minutes 57 seconds to finish in 24th place to smash his personal best by over one minute for the distance as Ethiopia’s Mule Wasihun set a new course record of 59:44. Dooney’s time is inside the qualifying standard for the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon championship which…
Annette Kealy landed women’s over 50 gold in the national masters cross country championships in Clanbridge Co.Galway. Kealy finished 15th overall and led the W50 team to the silver medals. Kealy combined with Orla Gomerly (58th), Adrienne Atkins (104th) and Bernie Manley (163rd) to total 340 points. This gave the W50 team silver medals behind An Riocht (294 pts) and well clear of Mayo A.C (437 pts). Tara Kennedy Monks…
Conor Bermingham picked up Pole Vault university silver at the IUAA indoor championships in AIT on Friday. Bermingham representing Trinity College vaulted to a best of 4.10 metres and was only beaten on count back by DCU’s Shane Power. Power and Bermingham both missed out at 4.20 metres, however Power had cleared his first attempt at 4.10 metres and was duly awarded gold. Elsewhere at the IUAA indoor championship, Sean O’Driscoll…