Eoin Strutt secured a notable victory in the prestigious Cork City Sports on Wednesday evening. Strutt landed the 3,000 metre Open Men Leisureworld title in eight minutes 39.10 seconds just ahead of home towners Youghal’s Fergal Curtin (8:40.64) and Chris Mintern of Leevale. An impressive victory which will be on to be remembered for young Strutt. Daniel Scully placed ninth in the same race posting nine minutes 3.36 seconds. All…
Joseph O’Donoghue produced a dominant on a humid evening to win the seventh round of the Lord Mayor Series in a fast nine minutes 55 seconds. Junior Dave Brophy powered around the two mile circuit to grab second place in 10 minutes 26 seconds with Graham Dwyer securing a personal best of 10 minutes 34 seconds. Anne Marie Woods secured victory in an extremely competitive ladies race with a sprint…
Orla Comerford produced a very successful sixth place in the T13 100 metre final at the World-Para Athletics Championships in London. Comerford making her World Para-Athletics debut got off to a powerful start eventually finishing sixth in 12.58 second just outside her personal best. The race was won by Ukraine’s Leilia Adzhametova in 12.00 seconds with South African Ilse Hayes taking silver in 12.17 seconds and American Kym Crosby taking bronze…
At the Le Cheile International Meet on Saturday afternoon Lucy Barrett finished second in the B 1500 metres posting 2:21.75 just behind Lucan’s Sarah Reihill, winning in 2:19.60. There was a large number of athlete’s taking part in the 800 metres with Brian Fay finishing sixth in 1:54.4 and Eoin Strutt eighth in 1:55.8. The race was won by Britain’s Jack Hallas in 1:50.3. Daniel Scully took seventh place in…