At the Le Cheile International Meet on Saturday afternoon Lucy Barrett finished second in the B 1500 metres posting 2:21.75 just behind Lucan’s Sarah Reihill, winning in 2:19.60. There was a large number of athlete’s taking part in the 800 metres with Brian Fay finishing sixth in 1:54.4 and Eoin Strutt eighth in 1:55.8. The race was won by Britain’s Jack Hallas in 1:50.3. Daniel Scully took seventh place in…
Parkrun Round Up – July 15
Bernard Roe was the inaugural winner of the Fairview parkrun which opened its door’s this morning. Roe claimed the win in 17 minutes 33 seconds with Eamon Traynor second in 18 minutes 14 seconds and Stephen McGuinn third in 19 minutes 19 seconds. Keith Fleming took sixth place in 19 minutes 37 seconds. Other finishers were Dean Keogh 22:22, Nicola Mooney 22:24, Des Lyons 22:59, Mark McComish 23:00. Brian Christensen…
Kelly Sets New Club Mile Mark
Kieran Kelly broke the club Mile record at the Morton Games International and came agonizingly close to breaking the Four Minute Barrier. Kelly was on course to become the first Raheny Shamrock athlete to ever break the four minute mark though missed out by a split hair, posting 4:00.70. The time a personal best for Kelly broke the club’s mile record held by Kevin Moriarty of 4:08.13 which was set…
Leahy Third In BHAA 5K
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…