TRACK AND FIELD Ireland’s mixed relay and women’s 4 x 400m teams proved the stars at the World Athletics Relay Championships held in Guangzhou, China over the weekend, with both qualifying for the World Championships in Tokyo next September. In a clever use of the available squad members, Tallaght’s Rhasidat Adeleke and Sharlene Mawdsley from Tippeary who helped the mixed team to second in their opening heat and automotic qualification for Tokyo, were transferred to the women’s 4x400m squad, which hadn’t qualified automatically. That squad needed a top three placing in the repechage race if they were were to make Tokyo. The Irish four did it with ruthless efficiency winning their repechage heat in a superb time of 3:24.69. Almost as busy as Adeleke and Mawdsley was Jack Raftery of Donore Harriers, who on Sunday, first ran the fourth leg for the Irish men’s s 4x400m repechage. Although the team didn’t quality, his split of 45.89 secs was the fastest of the four. Raftery then lined out in the final of the mixed 4 x 400m, running a split of 45.87 for the opening leg and helping the team to eighth place overall. MAHER, BOLTON PLACE AT BELFAST MEET In the women’s 1500m at the Belfast Irish Milers Meet held on the Mary Peters Track in Belfast on Saturday (May 10), Eimear Maher (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was a fighting second in 4:14.87 and Emily Bolton (Clonliffe Harriers) third in a massive PB time of 4:16.77, which qualifies her for the the European U20 championships. Winning the women’s A 1500m was Niamh Carr (Dublin City Harriers) in 4:22. Sean Cronin (Clonliffe Harriers) was third in the men’s A 1500m in 3:48.11. First home in the B men’s 1500m was Louie Woodger (Metro St Brigid’s AC) in 3:651:26. In an all- Dublin top three, Shane Spring (Raheny Shamrock) was second in 3:52.18 and Fintan Kerins (Clonliffe Harriers) third in 3:52.66.Lorcan Benjacar (Clonliffe Harriers) was fifth in 3:54.78. Leia Ryan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) won the women’s B 1500m in 4:28.06. while junior athlete Jacob Ciomek (Lucan Harriers) won the men’s D race in 3:57.60. In the men’s international 3000m, John Travers (Donore Harriers) finished tenth in 8:12.59. DSD pair Amy O’Donoghue and Emma McEvoy fourth and fifth in times of 9:16.93 and 9:17:98 respectively in the women’s 300m. Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC) won the men’s 100m in 10.72 secs. Finishing third in the international men’s 400m was David Bosch ( UCD AC) in 47.52. Molly Hourihan, also UCD AC, finished fifth in the women’s international 400m in 54.57 secs. Over 800m, Charlotte Myers (Crusaders AC) won the women’s B race in 2:10.00, with Renee Crotty (UCD AC) third in 2:11.86. Saoirse Fitzpatrick (Lucan Harriers) was third in the women’s A 800m in 2:07.00. Jack Kelly (Tallaght AC) was third in the B 800m in 1:51.93. MIXED BAG OF RESULTS AT SECOND DUBLIN GRADED MEET Santry was the venue for the second Dublin Graded League of the season the men’s 1500m proved the race of the day. From the start, Cian Kelly (St Abban’s AC) was clearly determined to post a fast time and he won the race in 3:53.22. Doing his best to hang on was Ed Tottenham (Clonliffe Harriers) who finished in 3:58.22. Jared Murray (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) won the B race in 4:02.15, Malcolm Kiplagat (Clonliffe Harriers) the C race in 4:17.62 and Lea Fulcher (Plant Based AC, M50) the D race in 4:22.41. Winning the women’s A race was Holly Carroll (Blarney Inniscarra AC) in 4:32.11. Emily O’Shea (St Abban’s AC) was second in 4:33.56, Niamh Kelly (Clonliffe Harriers) third in 4:34.00 and Maria McCambridge (DSD AC) fourth in 4:42.63. Emma Przymusinska (Lusk AC) won the D race in 5:23.96. Earlier, Mathew McMeekin (Sligo AC) had won the 5000m in 15:40.91. Daragh Keegan (Donore Harriers) was second in 16:10.10 Two series of 200m races in all four grades were held with Andrew Egan (Galway City Harriers) proving fastest overall of the men with times of 21.24 and 21.10. Ciara Neville (Emerald AC) ran a time of 24.04 . UCD’s Aisling Kelly ran two races clocking 24.24 in both. In the field, Anna Gavigan (LSA AC) threw 50.51 in the discus and Aibhe Gordon (Greystones and District) AC 45.71 in the javelin. Eoin Sheridan (Clonliffe Harriers) won the men’s discus with a 53.92 effort, while Hugh Kelly (UCD) threw 48.92 in the javelin, with Euan Canniffe (Clonliffe Harriers) second with 47.23 and Lorcan Murphy (DSD AC), competing in his first ever competition, 40.83 for third. Murphy, a multi-eventer, also finished second in the pole vault with 4.60. More pictures are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720326026590/ ROADS Pierre Murchan (Dublin City Harriers) was the runaway winner of the Terenure 5-Mile, leading home 1.369 finishers on a sunny Sunday morning (May 11) By halfway, Murchan was already well clear of the chasers and he finished in 24 mins 11 secs, over a minute ahead of Tomás Fitzpatrick (Tallaght AC, M40), who was second in 25:22. Third in 25:30 was defending champion Peter Somba (Ballyskenagh AC). Finishing fourth in 25:39 was racing machine Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers). First woman was Meghan Ryan (Dundrum South Dublin) who also had plenty to spare when winning in 28:54. Second in 29:58 was Rachel Birt (Annalee AC) , while third in 30:15 was Ciara Brady (Raheny Shamrock). Ryan was leading DSD to a comfortable team victory with four finishers in the top eight. Crusaders AC, led by Yvonne McCauley in seventh place, were second and Raheny Shamrock third. Rathfarnham WSAF won the W40 team prize, with DSD second and Brothers Pearse third. Raheny Shamrock proved best of the men’s teams led by David Rooney in 10th place. Brothers Pearse were second and DSD third. Metro St Brigid's won the M40 team category ahead of Rathfarnham WSAF and Civil Service Harriers. Category winners were Romaine King (DSD) W40, Claire Shiels (Rathfarnham WSAF) W455, Sinead Tighe (Brothers Pearse) W50, Pauline Robertson (Brothers Pearse) W55, Carol Dempsey (Civil Service Harriers) W60, Aidan Murphy (DSD) M45, Colm Murray (Rathfarnham WSAF) M55, Martin Kelly (Rathfarnham WSAF ) M65 and Mick Carolan (Brothers Pearse) M70. More pictures are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720326025656 Also on Sunday, Eanna Ó Bradaigh (DSD ) finished second at the Ashling Murphy 4-Mile in Tullamore, Co Offaly in a time of 19:52. The race was third round of the Peugeot Race Series 2025. In Co Kildare, Adam Nason (Donore Harriers) in 16:01 and Mollie O’Donnell (Liffey Valley AC) in 18:38 were the winners of the Maynooth 5km. Winning the Leixlip 5km in Co Kildare on Saturday (May 10) was Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) in 15:17. David Carroll (Liffey Valley AC) was second in 15:23 and Mark Ryan (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) third in 15:26. First woman in 16:45 was Aoife Coffey (Lucan Harriers) Mark Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock AC) in 16:08 and Aoife Quigley (Crusaders AC, W40) in 19:11 led home 673 finishers at the Sandyford 5km, in Dublin on Thursday evening (May 8) .

TRACK AND FIELD AT HOME … A number of Dublin club athletes travelled to Co Tipperary for the Irish Milers T-F Meet on the newly-opened track at the TUS, Clonmel, on Saturday. Winning the women’s 3000m in a personal best 9 mins 22 secs was Eimear Maher (Dundrum South Dublin AC). Emily Bolton (Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner of the women’s A 1500m in 4:21.35, while Faye Dervan (DCH) was second in the B 1500m in 4:34.40. In a closely-fought men’s A 1500m, Jonas Stafford (UCD AC) finished second in 3:47.91. Other good results came from Daniel Conway (DSD) second in n the men’s B 400m with a time of 51.55, Saoirse Fitzgerald (Lucan Harriers) second in the women’s A 800m in 2:06.63, Finn Woodger (MSB) third in the men’s A 800m in 1:52.5, and junior athlete Charlie O’Neill (Donore Harriers) second in the C 800m in 1:53.78. Winning the men’s D 1500m in 4:06.12 was Aidan Benjacar (Clonliffe Harriers). Over 3000m, Stephen Cashin (Clonliffe Harriers) finished fifth in the men’s A race in 8:45.91, while Ryan O’Neill (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) won the men’s B 3000m in 8:40.40. Sprinters took centre stage at the opening round of the Dublin Graded Track and Field League held in Santry on Saturday (May 3) — a six-hour marathon. Two rounds of 100m races were divided into four grades with a number of heats in each grade, and variable winds affecting times in all grades. Fastest of the men in both rounds was Bori Akinola (UCD AC) who ran 10.42 secs in the first heat of the opening round and 10.32 in the second race where the wind was just about legal at + 2. Second in both races was Michael Farrelly (Raheny Shamrock AC) with times of 10.58 and 10.40. Ciaran Carthy (DSD AC) won the second grade A heat in 10.62 also running 10.60 in the second round when the wind was over the +2 limit. Lorcan Murphy (DSD AC) won the third grade A heat in 10.47 (+2.2 wind). The women’s races were affected by even stronger winds with Aisling Kelly (UCD) finishing second in the opening round with a time of 11.78 (+4.2). In the second round, with winds at a slightly more moderate +3.2, Kelly was again second in 11.76. Winning the men’s 3000m in 8:19.88 was Colm Rooney (Clonliffe Harriers, M40). A clear winner of the men’s 2000m steeplechase was Jacob Ciomek (Lucan Harriers) in 6:22.57. Rounding out a long day were the 800m races, with Leia Ryan (MSB AC) proving fastest of the women with a time of 2:14.30 in the B race. In the field, junior athlete Conor Quinn (Crusaders AC) proved the class of field in the shot with a 14.18 effort. Best of the women was multi-eventer Lara O’Byrne (Donore Harriers) with 10.73. Lorcan Murphy (DSD AC) won the men’s high jump with 1.84m. Best in the women’s long jump was Daphni Doulaptsi Teeuwen (Raheny Shamrock) with 5.51. Full results on the Dublin Athletics live website at http://live.dublinathletics.com/graded-25-1/menu.html. More pictures are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720325829461/ … AND AWAY Rhasidat Adeleke (TallaghtAC) was in action at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai/Keqiao, China, on Saturday (May 3) where she finished second in the women’s 200m in 22.72 secs. Adeleke will join the Irish team at the World Relays in Guangzhou, China, next weekend. Ireland has teams competing in both the men and women’s 4x400m and the mixed 4x400m with the top-14 in each race qualifying for the World Championships in Tokyo next September. Jack Raftery (Donore Harriers) and David Bosch (UCD AC) are also on the squad. Good luck to them all! In the 5000m, also at the Diamond League meet, Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished tenth with a time of 13:12.10. In the USA, Elizabeth Ndudi (DSD AC) was second in the long jump in Champaign, Illinois, also on Saturday, with a leap of 6.16m. A week earlier, Niamh Fogarty (Raheny Shamrock) broke the Irish record for the discus with a throw of 58.40m in ‘Throw Town’, Ramona, Oklahoma - the controversial ‘wind tunnel’ open field venue, designed to make best use of the prevailing winds for discus throwers. Patricia Walsh’s record of 57.60m, set in Santry Stadium on 7 July 1984, had stood for 41 years. ROADS Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner of the Drogheda 10km in Co Louth on Sunday in a time of 32 mins 13 secs. Eoin Gallagher (Skerries AC) finished third in 34:05, while Fiona Roche (Raheny Shamrock AC) was second woman in 36:49. At the Great Limerick Run Marathon, also on Saturday, Tudor Moldovan (Clonliffe Harriers, M35) finished third in 2:27.55. Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe Harriers, M35) finished second in the associated half marathon in in 69:14 with Colm Turner (Brothers Pearse, M35) fourth in 70:47. On Saturday, a large groups of athletes from Sportsworld AC travelled to the Leinster Master and Novice Road Championships, held in Gowran, Co Kilkenny, and picked up quite a a few medals. Lorna Sheehan won the novice women’s 3km race in 10 mins 46 secs and helped the team to second place behind Kilkenny City Harriers with just a single point separating the two. Dublin was the second county team. Of the masters, Louise Bruton led the Sportsworld W50 team to second place in the women’s 3km. In the men’s 6km race, the Sportsworld M35 team finished third, led by Paul O’Brien in ninth place. Donore Harriers, with Kenneth Nugent finishing seventh was fourth. Sportsworld was also fourth of the over 50 teams. Dublin finished second of the M35 teams and third in the M50 category. Winning the women’s masters 3km was Rachel Murphy (Plant Based AC, W40) in 11 mins 9 secs. Rathfarnham WSAF, led by Clare Shiels, finished third team. ULTRA RUNNING In the Irish championships incorporated into the Anglo-Celtic Plate 100km held at Mallory Park, Kirkby Mallory, near Leicester, England, Matthew Collins (Portmarnock AC, M35) finished second with 7:26.44 and Rob Kelly (Raheny Shamrock AC) third with 7:41.01. Both men and women’s Irish teams finished third overall in the Anglo-Celtic Plate.

A BUSY DAY FOR MARATHONS On a busy weekend for marathons, races took place in London, Manchester, Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Connemara, with Dublin runners lining out in most of them. At the Hamburg Marathon, Karl Fleming (Portmarnock AC) clocked a time of 2:38.33, while Kate Purcell (Raheny Shamrock) finished 13th woman and first W40 in 2:47.46. She crossed the line with her Raheny clubmate Ian McConkey. A total of 143 Irish had registered to run. Well over a thousand Irish had nabbed a place in the London Marathon. Finishers included John Eves (Dundrum South Dublin AC) in 2:35.46, as well as John McCarthy who clocked a time of 2:37.56 in the wheelchair race. Locally, Edward O’Connor (Brothers Pearse AC) was second in 2:45.32 at the annual Connemarathon in Co Galway. Maura Dineen (Raheny Shamrock, W40) finished third woman in 3:41.34. ROAD RELAYS - WINS FOR DSD AND RATHFARNHAM MASTERS! Dundrum South Dublin AC successfully retained their title in the women’s senior race at the National Road Relays held on the All Saints circuit in Raheny on Sunday (April 27). After a solid start by Olympian and team coach Maria McCambridge on the opening one mile leg, Emma McEvoy on the two-mile leg and Eimear Maher on the final mile brought the defending champions home for the club’s sixth win since 2009 in a time of 20 mins 50 secs. McEvoy and Maher also clocked the fastest times of the day for their legs. UCD, who had led after the first leg, finished second in 21:31 with Kate Nurse, Mary Horgan and Ellie Hartnett making up the team. Finishing third was the host club Raheny Shamrock’s trio of Lucy Barrett, Kate Crowley and Niamh Kearney. Crusaders finished fourth, Sportsworld fifth and North Down — the only non-Dublin club in the race — sixth. In the men’s race over four legs, defending champions Clonliffe Harriers finished third behind Ennis Track Club and Craughwell AC from Co Galway. Clonliffe had led for the opening two legs, thanks to good runs by Ben Guiden and Sean Cronin but a strong run on the three-mile leg proved decisive for Ennis and Clonliffe Harriers ended up third in 37:32 - twenty-one seconds behind the winners. Dundrum South Dublin finished fourth, Raheny Shamrock fifth and a second Clonliffe team sixth. In the masters races, Sportsworld (Lorna Quinn, Noreen Brouder, Aoife O’Leary) finished runners-up in the W35 race. Crusaders finished fourth, Clonliffe Harriers sixth and two Donore teams seventh and eighth. Raheny Shamrock’s trio of Tara Kennedy, Annette Kealy and Mary Walsh finished second in the W50 category. Defending champion Raheny Shamrock (Aidan Jones, Kieran Kelly, Mick Clohisey) could only manage second this time in the M35 category behind Letterkenny AC, with Clonliffe Harriers (Tom Sherlock, Cathal McHale and Niall Sherlock) third. Donore Harriers was fourth and Liffey Valley fifth. First home in the M50 class was Rathfarnham WSAF AC (Paul Fleming, Shane O’Neill, Sean McCreery) in 20: 534, with a time of 4 mins 59 secs for the final mile from Paul Fleming, who celebrated his 50th birthday on the day, proving crucial. OTHER WEEKEND ROAD RACES In Darndale, Dublin on Saturday (April 26) Cian Charlton (Raheny Shamrock AC) led home over seven hundred finishers at the Another Way 5km in 16 mins 36 secs .Stephen Butler was second in 16:41. Tracey Coleman (Artane/Beaumont Running Club) was first woman in 20:38, with Beth O’Connor (Ballymun AC) second in 21:51. At the Cootehill 10km, in Co Cavan on Sunday, Catherina Mullen (Metro St Brigid’s AC) was first woman in 37:18. TRACK AND FIELD - STATESIDE At the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, USA , from April 24-26, Washington State won a thrilling College Men’s 4 x mile with Ronan McMahon-Stagg (Dublin City Harriers) running an opening leg of 4:06.10. A day earlier, Washington had won the medley relay title, with McMahon-Stagg again on the opening leg, this time of 1200m. McMahon-Stagg, now aged twenty-two, began his college career with UCLA. He currently tops the Irish 1500m rankings thanks to a personal best time of 3:38.23 run in Azusa, California on April 18. Elsewhere in the USA, Roisin Treacy (DSD AC) won the women’s 1500m at the Elmhurst Invitational in Illinois on Friday (April) 25) in a personal best 4:26.45.

TRACK - OVERSEAS Rhasidat Adeleke (TallaghtAC) finished fourth in the 200m with a time of 22.57 seconds at the Tom Jones Invitational, in Gainesville, Florida on Friday evening (April 18). It was Adeleke’s first individual race of the outdoor season. Big target for the Tallaght sprinter this summer is the September’s World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where she will concentrate on her specialist 400m. At the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California (April 16-18), Louis O’Loughlin (Donore Harriers) finished third in the 800m ‘invite’ race on Thursday with a personal best time of 1:47.71. A day later, on Friday, he ran 3:46.06 in one of the five 1500m races on offer. Also running a 1500m on Friday was Ronan McMahon Staggs (Dublin City Harriers) who finished seventh in the men’s elite trace in a personal best 3:38.23. Fiona Hawkins (Dublin City Harriers) ran a time of 4:25.10 having run 16:55.60 a day earlier earlier for 5000m. Niamh Fogarty (Raheny Shamrock AC) was in Ramona Oklahoma, where she threw 56.21m in the discus competition. - not far off her personal best 56.49 set last summer. ROADS Pierre Murchan (Dublin City Harriers) finished second in the sold-out Streets of Kilkenny 5km on Thursday evening (April 17 ) with a time of 14 mins 21. Murchan was just six seconds behind the winner Cathal O’Reilly of (Kilkenny City Harriers). Anthony O’Brien (Raheny Shamrock AC) was fourth in 14:45 and Stephen Cashin (Clonliffe Harriers) finished eighth in 14:55. Orla Duffy (Dublin City Harriers) finished third woman in 16:38. The race was the second round of this year’s new-look Peugeot Race Series with €2,000 in ‘bonuses’ to be handed out at each of the ten races in the series. Next round is the Aisling Murphy 4-Mile in Tullamore on Sunday, May 11. Full details at www.popupraces.ie Kenneth Nugent (Donore Harriers) led home 371 finishers in the Kilmovee 10km in Co Mayo on Saturday morning. Conditions were wet. Former Irish marathon champion and Rathfarnham WSAF Member - Sean Hehir (Croghan AC) was the winner of the Battle of Clontarf 10-mile in St Anne’s Park, Dublin, on Easter Monday April 21. His time was 54 mins 53 secs. First woman was Fiona Roche of host club Raheny Shamrock in 60:01. Both winner were also first over 40. Jason Reilly (Civil Service Harriers) was second overall in 55:10 and Anthony Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) third in 55:27. Colm Costelloe (Brothers Pearse AC) was ninth and first M50 in 57:21. Of the women, Niamh Clifford was second in 60:27 and Fiona Kehoe (Kilmore AC, W40) third in 61:09. Other age group winners for Dublin club athletes were Denis Farrell (Portmarnock AC) M55, Gerry Boyle (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M65, Ronan Ward (Civil Service Harriers) M70, Yvonne Macauley (Crusaders AC) W35, Tara Kennedy (Rahney Shamrock AC) W50, Deirdre O’Mahony (Blackrock AC) W60 and Grainne Grennan (Blackrock AC) W65. Raheny Shamrock won both men and women’s team titles. In the men’s race, Raheny beat Donore Harriers by less than a minute with Civil Service Harriers third. Crusaders was second of the women’s teams, followed by Tullamore Harriers. Civil Service Harriers finished fourth and third Dublin club. The race was a Leinster Championships.

FOURTH IN EUROPE FOR EFREM Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers) produced the run of his career to date when finishing just out of the medals at the inaugural European Road Running Championships held in Leuven Belgium over the weekend. Running in the half marathon, Gidey lost out on the bronze medal when beaten to the line by Valentin Gondouin of France. He finished in 61:55 seconds - just a second behind Gondouin. The Clonliffe man had hoped to finish second or third, but a stitch midway through the race slowed him down. Race winner was Jimmy Gressier of France in a personal best 59:45. In the Netherlands, Irish record holder Hiko Tonosa (DSD AC).finished twelfth at the Rotterdam Marathon in a time of 2 hrs 9 mins 52 secs - just ten seconds off his Irish record of 2:09.42 set in Dublin last October. Tonosa went through 10km in 30:49 and halfway in 65:04. Winner was Geoffrey Kamworor in 2: 04.34. LOCAL ROADS Mollie O’Donnell (Liffey Valley AC) was first woman home at the Great Ireland Run 10km in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Sunday (April 13). O’Donnell finished in 38:32 with Aisling O’Connor (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) second in 38:48. In the men’s race, won by Colin Leonard (Drogheda and District AC) in 32 mins 45 secs, Cian Charlton (Raheny Shamrock AC) was third in 33.58, while Michael Wycherly (Crusaders AC) was seventh overall and first M50 in 34:59. Rathfarnham WSAF AC did well in the older age groups with Colm Murray first M55 and Tom Cuddy and Gerry Boyle first and second M65. Trevor Lloyd from Sportsworld AC was first M75. In a team competition that mixed club and business teams, Raheny Shamrock AC proved best of the men, beating Deloitte and Metro St Brigid’s AC. Donore Harriers, led by Emily Cunniffe, took the women’s title with Accenture second and Clonliffe Harriers third. Close to 2,5000 completed the race. TRACK AND FIELD - DCU 17 NOT OUT! Dublin City University stretched its winning streak to seventeen years and counting at the Irish Universities Track and Field Championships held in Santry on Friday and Saturday (April 11 and 12). Perennial rivals University of Limerick and UCD finished second and third. No other college has won the track and field title in the nineteen years since DCU’s first win in 2007 (there were no championships in 2020 and 2021). In cross-country, however, they are occasionally vulnerable with University of Galway winning the title last October. DCU, which holds a 40-year-lease on Santry, were hosts of the competition this year and over the weekend records were set by Jonas Stafford (UCD) 8:55.37 men’s 3000m, Eimear Maher (UCC/DSD AC) 4:27.15 1500m, Michaela Walsh (DCU) 14.46m shot and Olympian Nicola Tuthill (UCD) 68.70 hammer. Other Dublin club or college medal winners included Emma McEvoy ((UCD/DSD AC) and Faye Dervan (DCU/DCH AC) first and second in the women’s 5000m and Gavin Curtin (TUC/Donore Harriers) was the winner and Shane Spring (TCD/ (Raheny Shamrock AC) runner-up in the men’s 10,000m. In the sprints, Nkemjika Onwmereh (DCU) won the men’s 100m and Ciaran Carty (UCD/DSD AC) the 400m. Field event winners were Hubert Adamczyk (TCD/Clonliffe Harriers) javelin, Anna Gavigan (DCU/LSA AC) discus, Daphni Doulaptsi Teeuwen (DCU/Raheny Shamrock) triple jump (and second in long jump) and Ciara Sheehy (DCU) women’s shot. In the relays, UCD won the men’s 4x100 in 41.69 while DCU won the men’s 4x400m in 3:26.98. Abroad, at the Friar Invitational, in Providence, Rhode Island, on Friday (April 11), Scott Fagan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) ran a personal best 14:20.48 when finishing sixth in the 5000m, while in Clermont, Florida a day later, Israel Olatunde (Tallaght) also ran a personal best of 21.49 secs for the much chorter distance of 200m. Olutunde also ran 10.47secs for 100m. ULTRA RUNNING Karen Clarke (Brothers Pearse AC) was the last woman standing at the Hellevation Munster Backyard Last One Standing on a tough 4.176 mile loop in Grange, Co Tipperary over the weekend.

DUBLIN 10KM ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS Just one second separated the top two at the Garristown 10km in Co Dublin on Sunday (April 6) where Jamie Kavanagh Shiels was the winner in a time of 32 mins 58 secs. The race, with a sold-out entry of over 800, incorporated the Dublin 10km Championships and just a second behind Shiels in 32:59 was Kieran Regan (Brothers Pearse AC, M35). Third in 33:03 was Pierce Geoghegan (Liffey Valley AC, M40). First woman — and Dublin champion — was Ciara Brady (Raheny Shamrock AC) in a time of 38:01. It was a first big win for Brady. Liffey Valley won both men and women’s team titles, with Geoghegan, David Carroll, Paddy Murphy and Cormac Long the scoring men’s quartet and Brigid Long, Shauna Dunne, Lynn Devitt and Orla Gordon the winning women’s team. Civil Service Harriers, led by Stephen Mutuku in tenth place, were second of the men’s teams and Clonliffe Harriers third, led by Anthony Doran in ninth place. Tallaght AC, led by Tara Darcy, were second placed women’s team with Clonliffe Harriers, led by Ciara Peelo, third. Other winners: Women - W35: 1 Emma Przymusinska (Lusk AC) ; 2 Fiona Hayden (Love2Love AC) 3 Orla Gordon (Liffey Valley AC).W40: 1 Tara Darcy (Tallaght AC), 2 Brigid Long (Liffey Valley AC); 3 Ariana Ball (Donore Harriers).W45: 1 Ciara Peelo (Clonliffe Harriers), 2 Jennifer Foran (Garristown Flyers); 3 Gemma Treacy (Civil Service Harriers). W50: 1 Breda Smyth (Lucan Harriers), 2 Freda O’Meara (Portmarnock AC), 3 Geraldine McHale (Lusk AC). W55: 1 Laura Cunningham (Love2RunAC), 2 Anne Lyons (Clonliffe Harriers), 3 Patricia O Cleirigh (Raheny Shamrock AC). W60: 1 Deirdre O’Mahoney (Blackrock AC), 2 Fiona Byrne (Civil Service Harriers), 3 Carol Dempsey ( Civil Service Harriers). W65: 1 Liz Arkins 9Lucan Harriers) , 2 Vivienne Daly 9Garristown Flyers). Teams: W35 - 1 Lusk AC, 2 Love2Run AC, 3 Civil Service AC. W50 - 1 Lucan Harriers, Civil Service Harriers, 3 Blackrock AC Men - M35: Kieran Regan (Brothers Pearse AC), 2 Daragh Keegan (Donore Harriers), 3 David Carroll (Liffey Valley AC) . M40: 1 Pierce Geoghegan (Liffey Valley AC); 2 Kenneth Nugent (Donore Harriers), 3 Ronan Dunphy (Skerries AC). M45: 1 Davey Duane (Raheny Shamrock AC), 2 Jim McCafferty (Balbriggan and District), 3 Derek Kilduff (Lucan Harriers). M50: 1Keith Fleming (Raheny Shamrock AC), 2 Nicholas Donnelly (Blackrock AC) , 3 Noel Ryan (Civil Service Harriers). M55: 1 Ger O’Toole (Blackrock AC), 2 Charni Purewal (Balbriggan and District), 3 Roberto Romano (Raheny Shamrock). M60: 1 Dave Woods (Raheny Shamrock AC) , 2Philip McGovern (Raheny Shamrock AC), 3 Sean Ryan (Civil Service Harriers). M65: 1 Alan McCabe (Tallaght AC), 2 Ronan Ward (Civil Service Harriers), 3 Vincent O’Neill (Civil Service Harriers). Teams: M35 - 1 Raheny Shamrock, 2 Civil Service Harriers, 3 Clonliffe Harriers. M50 -Raheny Shamrock, Blackrock AC, 3 Civil Service Harriers. Also on Sunday, the Women’s Meet and Train League celebrated not only the end of the 2024 - 2025 season with a fun run and prizegiving at Irishtown hosted by Crusaders AC but also forty years of Meet and Train racing. Long may it flourish! A DAY EARLIER … At a well-supported Dublin City Council BHAA 4-Mile, in St Anne’s Park, Raheny on Saturday (April 5) , Sean Doran and Laura McDonnell continued their winning streaks. Doran finished in 20 mins 54 secs, with Christopher O’Reilly second in 21:19 and Paul Fleming third and first M45 in 21:59. Des Tremble was fourth and first M50 in 22.05. O’Donnell finished eighth overall in 23:05 with Sarah Mullingan tenth overall in 23.20. Also in action was a large group from the Lor May of Dublin’s Five Alive Challenge who were completing their final race. Also present were peace runners from the Sri Chinmoy organisation, who were greeted by the Lord Mayor Emma Blaine. More images: DCC BHAA - https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720324901693/ ROADS - MID-WEEK At the Queen’s 5km, in Belfast on Wednesday (April 2) Kieran Kelly (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished sixth in 14:39 and Louie Woodger (Metro St Brigid’s AC) 16th in 15:02 while a large group from Clonliffe Harriers taking part in the race included Evan Lynch, Lee Duddy, and Jack Woods ROAD - ABROAD At the Berlin Half Marathon on Sunday (April 6), Tom O’Reilly (Metro St Brigid’s) finished seventh M65 in 95:38 (95:12) TRACK AND FIELD Abdel Laadjel (Donore Harriers) clocked a personal best time of 28:29.17, which qualifies him for both the NCAA and European Under 23 championships at the Standard Invitational in California on Friday (April 4). Ronan McMahon-Staggs (Dublin City Harriers) finished fourth in the 1500m with a time of 3:41.13. In the 10,000m. In the women’s steeplechase, Ailish Hawkins’ (Dublin City Harriers) ran a personal best time of 10:12.37. At the Athletics Ireland Spring Throws in Tullamore on Sunday (April 6), Anna Gavigan (LSA) won the women’s discus with a throw of 50.71m, while Grace Casey (Clonliffe Harriers) was second in the javelin with a 43.15m effort. ULTRA RUNNING Mark Conlon (Clondalkin Flyers) notched up a total of 143.6 km for fifth place at the Trasna na Blianta 24 hour race held on the Le Cheile track, Leixlip, over the weekend (April 5-6). Rex Brilliantes (Love 2Love AC) , who also started strongly, managed 114km in 12 hrs 35 mins. Third in the six-hour race, with a total 65.5km to his credit, was Joey Marrinan (Brothers Pearse AC). In the 12-hour event, Arlene Moore (Garristown Flyers) finished third overall and second woman with a total of 100.8 km. More pictures are at Trasna na Blianta- https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720324900648 Photo captions: DCC BHAA 4-Mile - good humour at the start DCC BHAA 4-Mile - three women Trasna na Blianta 12 hour race - Arlene Moore (Garristown Flyers) - she’s No 1202 Trasna na Blianta 6 hour race - Joey Marrinan (Brothers Pearse AC) Trasna na Blianta 24 hour race - Rex Brilliantes (Love2Run) Queens 5km - Clonliffe Harriers on tour! Photo Clonliffe Harriers Women’s Meet and train celebrate! Photo Lisa Shine

ROADS - ALMOST 12, 000 RUN DUBLIN HALF MARATHON Cillian Mooney (Dundrum South DublinAC) led home almost 12,000 finishers at the inaugural Dublin City Half Marathon held on Sunday (March 30) making it the third biggest road race in the city after the Dublin Marathon and the Women’s Mini Marathon. The race had sold out in just two hours a few months ago. Mooney, an Irish mountain running international, was a clear winner of the race in 65 min 40 secs, which was slower than the time of 64:43 he ran at the Naples Half Marathon in Italy last month. Other Dublin runners in the top twenty were was Stephen Cashin (Clonliffe Harriers) seventh, Michael Brady (Raheny Shamrock) 11th, Cillian O’Leary (Raheny Shamrock AC 13th and first M45, Ian Fitzgerald (Donore Harriers) 19th and Karl Nolan (Clonliffe Harriers) 20th and third M40. First M50 was Ruben Bartelink (DSD AC). In the women’s race, Noreen Brouder (Sportsworld AC) was second and first W45 in 81:42 and in the age groups, it was a good day for Raheny Shamrock AC. Fiona Stack was first W40 ahead of Olivia Sexton (Portmarnock AC), while Tara Kennedy was second over 50, Trish Fitzgerald third W60 and Mary Lynch first W70. For Lucan Harriers, Anne Whelan was second W60, Liz Arkins second W65 and Eileen O’Brien second W70 while for Blackrock AC, Grainne Grennan was first W70. Of the men, Philip O’Doherty (Clonliffe Harriers) was first M60, followed by Philip McGovern (Raheny Shamrock AC). Liam Lenehan (Sportsworld) AC) was second M65 and John Clohisey (Raheny Shamrock) second M70. Callum Marshall (Portmarnock AC) was first junior in 82:30. The race, which started on O’Connell Street at 8.30 am and took in much of Dublin’s Northside, was organised by the Dublin Marathon and Race Series team with the support of Dublin City Council. TRACK AND FIELD - OUTDOORS! At the TEN meeting, in San Juan Capistrano, California, Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers/Hoka) finished 12th in a time of 27 mins 26.95 secs, taking around 13 seconds off Alistair Cragg’s Irish 10,000m record of 27:39.55 set in 2007. ‘Hard work paying off. More to come’ said Gidey after his run. Winner was Kenyan athlete Israel Kipkurui in 26:50.21. The top five all broke 27 minutes. Gidey, still aged only twenty-four, now holds three Irish records - he ran 60:51 in the Copenhagen half marathon last September, and 27:43 in the Valencia 10km in January. Before his race in California, Gidey had been training at altitude with the Hoka group in Flagstaff Arizona under the supervision of coach Andrew Hobdell. Looking at his progress since 2023, it’s notable that he has struck to a routine, starting his year by running the Valencia 10km in early January. Last year, he had also raced in California, finishing sixth in the 10,000m with a time 27:53.14. He’s also a ‘regular’ at the Night of the 10,000m PBs in London, where he ran 27:40.02 for ninth place last May. Next up for Gidey is the inaugural European Running Championships in Leuven and Brussels, Belgium on April 12-13, where he will compete in the half marathon. He is the only Dublin club athlete on the team. At the Texas Relays in Austin, also on Saturday, Rhasidat Adeleke (Tallaght AC/Nike) opened her outdoor season anchoring the international team that won the pro 4 x400m relay in 3 mins 25.20 secs. Irish athletes were also in action at the Raleigh Relays in North Carolina, where, in the men’s 5000m, held over ten heats, Cormac Dixon (Tallaght AC) clocked a time of 13:57.99. Down Under, at the Mario Plant meet in Melbourne on Saturday (March 29) Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) was seventh in the 5000m in 13:25.63. Two days earlier, also in Melbourne, Cillian Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock AC) clocked 1:48.37 for third place in an 800m race. In the women’s 800m, Nadia Power (Dublin City Harriers) finished second in 2:06.52. Marathon Paul O’Donnell (Dundrum South Dublin AC) ran a time of 2hrs 10 mins 17 secs in his marathon debut at the McKirdy Micro-The Road to Tokyo race in Rockland Lake State Park, Congers , New York State on Sunday (March 30). The time is the fifth fastest ever by an Irishman. O’Donnell finished fourth in the race which was won by Canadian athlete Justin Kent in 2:09.29. The World Championships mark for the marathon is 2:06.20, with only a hundred athletes set to make it. Current Irish record holder Hiko Tonosa,like O’Donnell a member of the Dundrum South Dublin club will run the Rotterdam Marathon on Sunday April 13 aiming to qualify. WORLD MASTERS A the World Masters Indoors in Gainesville, Florida, Edel Maguire (Clonliffe Harriers) won the W65 high jump in some style on Friday (March 28) and only narrowly missed out on a second gold in the 200m later in the day. She made up for that on Sunday (March 30) by winning the 400m in a world record time of 66.94 secs. So two golds and a silver for Edel! Other medal winners included Adina Gheoghiu (DSD AC/Romania) second in the W50 200m in 26. 41 secs, Shane Sheridan (DSD AC) 3rd M65 200m in 27.75, and Mick Traynor (Raheny Shamrock) who was part of the silver-medal winning M60 cross-country team. HILLS At the annual Maurice Mullins Ultra in the Wicklow Mountains on Saturday (March 29) Sean Meehan (Cherry Orchard RC) finished third in 4:40.51. Marc Fitzachary (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) was first M45 in 4:58.58. DUBLIN JUVENILES Emily Bolton (Clonliffe Harriers) added yet another gold medal to her collection when winning the U18 1500m at the National Juvenile Indoors held in Athlone over the weekend. Bolton finished in 4:48.55 with Megan Brunt (Blackrock AC) second in 4:51.83. Winning the U17 boys’ 1500m in 3:37.67 was Charlie O’Neill (Donore Harriers). In the girls’ U17 age group, Mia Brett (MSB AC) won the 400m in 58.12, Alicja Doyle (Clongriffin AC) the 60m in 7.53 and Marianne O’Farrell (Clongriffin AC) the long jump with a 4.92 effort. On the opening day of the meet, Des O’Neill (Raheny Shamrock AC) won the U19 boys’ 60m hurdles. Other good results came from - U17 - Boys: 200m, 2 Luis Blinco (MSB AC) 22.42; 800m 3 Charlie O’Neill (Donore Harriers) 1:56.77. Girls: High jump, 3 Zion Osasenaga Osawe (Donore Harriers) 1.55. U18 - Boys: 60m, 3 Dubem Amah (Tallaght AC) 7.00; 200m, 2 Sean O’Donnell (Tallaght AC) 22.02. 1500m, 2 Odhran McBrearty (Crusaders AC) 4:06.52. Long jump, 3 Brendan Solarin (Tallaght AC) 6.15. Girls: 60m, 2 Chidinma Adikaibe (MSB AC) 7.73; 400m, 2 Alannah Giles (DSD AC) 57.30; long jump, 2 Ariana Silvestre (Fingallians AC) 5.03m. U19 - Boys: 400m, 2 Andrew Hayes (DSD AC) 49.43; 1500m, 3 Rory Quill (Clonliffe Harriers) 4:01. Girls: 1500m, 2 Saoirse Fitzgerald (Lucan Harriers) 4:31.74; 60m hurdles, 2 Abigail Farrell (Donore Harries)