Under 19 Daniel Beveridge 1st Shot Put Under 19 Kevin Byrne 1st High Jump Under 19 Laura Fallon 1st Pole Vault Under 19 Caoimhe Flynn 3rd 400 metres & 800 metres Under 19 Sarah Tate 4th 200 metres Under 18 Scott Atkins 5th 60 metres Under 18 Fionn McGraine 1st Triple Jump Under 17 Sean Flynn 7th 800 metres & 1500 metres Under 17 Ben Runswick 6th 800 metres Under…
Dooney Books World Half-Marathon Ticket
Kevin Dooney booked a place at this year’s IAAF World Half Marathon championship after posting a personal best in Barcelona. Dooney posted 64 minutes 57 seconds to finish in 24th place to smash his personal best by over one minute for the distance as Ethiopia’s Mule Wasihun set a new course record of 59:44. Dooney’s time is inside the qualifying standard for the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon championship which…
Silver Lining for Golden Kealy
Annette Kealy landed women’s over 50 gold in the national masters cross country championships in Clanbridge Co.Galway. Kealy finished 15th overall and led the W50 team to the silver medals. Kealy combined with Orla Gomerly (58th), Adrienne Atkins (104th) and Bernie Manley (163rd) to total 340 points. This gave the W50 team silver medals behind An Riocht (294 pts) and well clear of Mayo A.C (437 pts). Tara Kennedy Monks…
Bermingham vaults to University Silver
Conor Bermingham picked up Pole Vault university silver at the IUAA indoor championships in AIT on Friday. Bermingham representing Trinity College vaulted to a best of 4.10 metres and was only beaten on count back by DCU’s Shane Power. Power and Bermingham both missed out at 4.20 metres, however Power had cleared his first attempt at 4.10 metres and was duly awarded gold. Elsewhere at the IUAA indoor championship, Sean O’Driscoll…