This evening’s eighth round of the winter road race league has been postponed due to weather conditions in Dublin. The race has been rescheduled for Wednesday March seventh at 8pm. Please note that a number of training sessions have been cancelled across the club also due to the red alert weather warning. These include tonight’s juvenile training session and the Thursday night seafront group. Please contact relevant coaches where applicable….
Mick Clohisey set a new personal best as he confirmed his place on the Irish team for Berlin 2018. Clohisey clocked two hours 14 minutes and 14 minutes and 49 seconds for 12th place overall. The time is well inside the Athletics Ireland standard of 2:17.00 for the European Championships in Berlin. The race was won outright in a new course record of 2:08.18 by Kenya’s Dickson Tuwei Kipsang. Elsewhere…
Kieran Kelly landed his second national title as he powered to 1500 metre victory at the Irish Life Health National Indoor championship. Kelly toyed with the pack, eventually moving to the front of the field with 250 metres and striking for home at the bell, with none of the field able to reply. Kelly powered home to win out in four minutes 8.70 seconds, nearly one second clear of Dunleer’s…
Pole vaulter Conor Bermingham finished a brave sixth on day one of the Irish Life Health National indoor championships. Bermingham cleared four metres on his second jump of the day, but was unable to clear the 4.10 metre mark. Matthew Callinan of St Laurence O’Toole taking gold with a best of 4.30 metres. Meanwhile Sean O’Driscoll, Siobhan Eviston, Brian Fay and Kieran Kelly all progressed to tomorrow’s 60 metre, 800…