Wes O’Brien took seventh place at the Great Limerick marathon on Sunday posting 2:39.51. The race was won by Tudor Micrea in 2:25.16. At the Drogheda 10k Stephen Butler was first home in 34:33, followed by Graham Ahearne 35:52, Kate Purcell 36:15, Garreth Hogan 39:03, Niall Buckley 43:41, Petra Cronin 63:25.
Dublin Graded Meet’s Make A Big Return
The Dublin boards graded meetings made a big return this afternoon, making a debut at the new UCD track. Lucy Barrett took second place in the 3000 metres posting 9:58.35, just behind Moy Valley’s Clodagh Gill in 9:50.12. Conall Rogers took second place in the 800m B H2 race posting 1:58.74 with Athenry’s Sean Duggan winning out in 1:57.09. In the paced mile Ciaran O’Coigligh posted 7:32.72. There may be…
Shamrock’s Women’s Day Glory At National Road Relays
The Raheny Shamrock women’s team stole the show at the national road relays held in Raheny village. Two gold and one bronze was brought back by Clare Fox’s team as the host club took home the prize as club of the competition. The day started with great success, Zoe Quinn, Kate Purcell and Siobhan Eviston securing an excellent masters women’s 35 gold medal. Purcell’s fantastic second leg setting it up…
Gold, Silver And Bronze At IUAA Championship
There were good Raheny performances as the track and field season got underway with the Irish universities championships at the new DSD track. Niamh McCorry of DCU took pentathlon gold with 2638 points nearly 100 points clear of second Maeve Hayes. Another DCU athlete Mark Smyth also claimed 200m gold posting 20.95 seconds. Colin Doyle of MTU took silver in 21.39 seconds. Kim O’Hare took triple jump silver with a…