The track season is upon us as the first Graded meet was held in Santry on Wednesday. In the 100m Colm Bourke ran 11:35 while Liam Sheehan ran 12:20 and Emmet McGovern ran 12:34. Dan Scully was second in the 800 with a 2:00.50 while Niall Power ran 2:19.53. Simon Ryan was second in the 3000m in 8:50.16 with good runs by Simon Devenney 9:14.52, Donal Foley 9:41.34 and Andrew…

There were some good performances and a club record set by Raheny athletes at the IUAA T&F championships in Santry. In far from ideal conditions, Colm Bourke won the long jump competition with a best of 6.95m. Aisling Drumgoole won silver in the 400m in 57:37. Mieke Kiernan won silver in the hammer with a best of 47.17m which is a new club record. Laura Brennan finished fourth in the…

Orla Comerford has achieved the 100m A standard for the Paralympic games in Rio this summer. Orla,a product of the clubs junior section, competes in the T13 category. Congratulations Orla from everyone from the club and the very best in your quest to Rio.

There were a 3 gold medals won as Raheny hosted the National Road Relays for the 16th successive year. The first race was the masters women, as the O50 women of Bernie Manley, Orla Gormley and Helena Corcoran won the first gold of the day. The trio of Brid Ni Chonaill, Annette Kealy and Helen Carr were 6th in the O35 while Elaine McNulty, Sarah Quigley and Denise Kelleher were…