Wind and Mud at Wesley College

The inaugural four-mile combined BHAA cross country race organised by the central bank under the directorship of Robbie Beggs took place today Saturday 22 February. Robbie and the team at Central bank under the guidance of the BHAA delivered a 4-lap course around the football pitches at Wesley College. The course gave the runners twists and turns and some challenging under foot conditions with some mud and slop thrown in…

22/02/2020
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Dessie Delights while McCarthy takes flight

Des Kennedy struck gold as outright winner in the Saarbrucken Half Marathon in Germany on Sunday in a time of 1:13:26 with 38 second to spare over the second placed local. Meanwhile back on home soil on Saturday in a wind-swept BHAA ALSAA cross country race Ciaran McCarthy took an overall second place to outright winner Sean Doran. The course measured 5.4 mile for the men with sloppy and windy…

19/02/2020
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Record Breaker Favors Does It Again

Eric Favors was at it again as he set a new national shot put record of 19.49 metres at the Tiger Paw Invitational to collect important NCAA points for University of South Carolina. Favors waited until his final throw to toss another personal best and finishing fourth in a very competitive event. Favors mark moves him up to a tie for 15th in the USA and a third week in…

15/02/2020
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Smyth’s College Indoor Gold

Mark Smyth won the 200m title at the University indoor championships in Athlone IT clocking 21.44 seconds. Wearing DCU colours Smyth clocked point 23 seconds, Smyth having won his heat in 22.01. Smyth then helped the DCU men’s 4x200m relay team to gold in a new Irish university record 86.82 seconds. Sean O’Driscoll (DCU) took bronze in the 60m in 6.91 seconds just point two seconds off David McDonald (WIT)…

15/02/2020
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