Athletics Ireland have today confirmed the selection of Mick Clohisey as part of the Irish team for the 2017 IAAF World Athletics Championships in London. Clohisey gained the selection standard of 2:17:00 in Seville last year when he ran 2:15:10 en route to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. While Mick would be disappointed with his showing at the London marathon last Sunday, he will no doubt show that form is…
The Dublin Graded Series begins this Wednesday night in Morton Stadium, Santry at 7pm. The fixture list see’s the graded races for 3,000m, 800m, 100m and field events for High Jump, Pole Vault, Hammer and Shot. All paid up club members are eligible to enter. The series continues through the summer and runs as follows; May 10 – Tallaght Stadium May 25 – Irishtown Stadium June 7 – Dublin Championship…
Conor Dooney blasted down Wades avenue to secure the Irish Life Health National Road Relay in a dramatic and titanic victory on Sunday afternoon. The road relay championships returned to Raheny for the 16th consecutive year and turned into a battle between the hosts and Donore Harriers. The Raheny senior men had entered a near identical team to the one which won the All Ireland senior cross country title in…
Mick Clohisey finished 22th in the London Marathon on Sunday morning outside his personal best in a time of 2:18.34. While Clohisey himself will be disappointed with the performance, having gone through half way in 66:41. The race was won by Kenya’s Daniel Wanjiru in 2:05.48. Freddy Sittuk marked his return to Ireland winning the Virgin Media Night Run in 31 minutes 37 seconds with four seconds to spare on…