Brian Fay was just .46 of a second off breaking the magical four-minute mile barrier at tonight’s Morton Games. Fay posted 4:00.45 to finish 13th in the Morton Mile, a race won by America’s Sam Prakel in 3:55.80 with 11 athlete’s dipping under four minutes. Fay’s time bettered Kieran Kelly’s 53 week old record by .25 of a second as the first Raheny man to break the four minute barrier…
Freddy Sittuk won the Irish Runner 10 Mile in 52 minutes 43 seconds with Cillian O’Leary second in 52 minutes 46 seconds. Others who ran were, Wesley O’Brien 58:40, Eric Champ 62:10, Barry Lennon 63:25, Daragh Belln 64:22, Fiona Stack 64:39, Keith Fleming 68:32, Keith Comiskey 72:55. Brian Cotter 77:22, Jenny Colbert 78:02, Caroline Farrelly 79:14, Connor Jennings 79:24, Aileen Hooper 79:48, Mary Lynch 79:50, Mary Coghlan 86:29, Emer O’Gorman…
The seventh round of the Lord Mayor’s Two Mile Series, scheduled for Tuesday night 17th July will be ran in aid of Nazereth House Nursing Home. In aid to help with the fund raising for Nazereth House, the entry fee will €10 for this race. For those who have entered the series there will a surcharge of €3 for this race. There will also be a bucket collection in aid of…
Mick Clohisey made short work of the Roscommon 10 mile race to win out in 49 minutes 31 seconds. Clohisey was well clear of second placed Balyfin’s Colin Maher who posted 53 minutes 17 seconds. At the British Milers club meet in Eltham, Kieran Kelly posted 1:50.80 in the A 800 metre race to finish fifth. Conor Dooney took fifth place in the 3,000 meters posting 8:10.47.