Brian Leahy took third place in the BHAA DCC 5K in Irishtown on Friday night. Leahy clocked 16 minutes 21 seconds for third place as the race was won by Conor Burke in 16 minutes seven seconds. Orla Gormley came home in 20 minutes 17 seconds while Dave Gargan posted 21 minutes 20 seconds. Valerie Clinton clocked 25:10 and Dave Brady posted 2:13. Editor Comment: With the only major international…
Joseph O’Donoghue repeated a domineering performance for the second week in a row to win round six of the Lord Mayor of Raheny series. O’Donogue ran a flat 10 minutes for the two mile race held in calm conditions. Simon Devenney took second place in 10 minutes 29 seconds. Arnaud Bejacar of Liffey Valley was third man home, some 10 seconds behind Devenney. Ailis Murtagh added a sharp victory in…
International athletics comes to Dublin on Wednesday evening with the Morton Games taking place in Santry’s Morton Stadium. A whole host of international athletes have arrived in Dublin to take part in the meet hosted by Clonliffe Harriers which is now part of the European Athletics Area series. Kieran Kelly will attempt to become the first Raheny Shamrock athlete ever to break the magical four minute mile barrier. The famous…
Mick Clohisey continued his preparations for the World Championship Marathon with a fast victory in the Roscommon 10 mile on Saturday. Clohisey sped away from training partner Sean Hehir to take victory in 48 minutes 47 seconds for the fastest 10 mile victory on Irish soil this year. The margin of victory was a full 66 seconds between Clohisey and Hehir with Dunboyne’s Peter Samba third nearly five minutes behind…