FIGHTING FOURTH AND IRISH RECORD FOR UCD’S MCPHILLIPS Cian McPhilips from Longford , a maths student at UCD since 2021, set a new Irish record of 1:42.15 when finishing just outside the medals in the men’s 800m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Saturday (September 20). McPhillips, who had already broken the Irish record two days earlier when winning his semi-final with a time of 1:43.18, moved from eighth place to fourth in the chase for the line. Other notable performances from members of UCD AC in Tokyo came from Nicola Tuthill who threw 70.70 to qualify for the women’s hammer final where she finished 11th and Sarah Healy who made the women’s 1500m final where she finished a fighting tenth in 3:59.14.. CLOSE TO 6,000 AT DUBLIN HALF MARATHON Clare athlete Jake O’Regan from the St John’s club led home close to 6,000 finishers at the Irish Life Half Marathon in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, on Sunday (September 21). O’Regan’s time of 67 minutes 19 seconds put him over a minute clear of the chasers led by Gavin Curtin of local club Donore Harriers who finished in 68:33. Third in 69:47 was David Glynn (Waterford AC). Eoin Hinchy (Brothers Pearse AC) was fourth and first M40 in 71:57. A large group from the Belfast-based Road Runners club had travelled for the race, with Caitlyn Harvey finishing first woman in 78.44. Harvey is a ‘regular’ in the Irish Life Series and finished second in the Frank Duffy ’10-Mile last month, a race she had won a year earlier. Finishing second woman was Maebh Brannigan (Galway City Harriers) in 78:57 while third and first Dublin athlete was Fiona Stack (Raheny Shamrock AC). She finished in 81:30 and was also first W40. In the age categories, Mick McMahon (Clonliffe Harriers) was first M45 followed by Nigel Roy (Skerries AC) in third place. Alan Fairbrother (Brothers Pearse was first M55; Donal Murphy (Rathfarnham WSAF) first M65, and Tony Kynes (Donore Harriers) first M70 with David Byrne (Raheny Shamrock) second. Of the women, Sinead Ward (Dundrum South Dublin) was first W45, with Katherine Duff (Blackrock AC) second. Bernadette Bruen (Raheny Shamrock) was third W50 , while in the W55 age group, Jacqui Swan (Artane Beaumont RC) was second W55, and Carol Cunningham (Love2Run) third. In the W70 age group, Mary Lynch (Raheny Shamrock AC) was the winner and Colette Shannon (Ballymun AC) second. THREE BREAK FOUR MINTES AT GRIFFITH AVENUE MILE For the first time in recent memory, the top three at the Griffith Avenue Mile in Marino, Dublin on Sunday afternoon (September 21) all broke the four minute barrier. In perfect conditions for the race, Cormac Dalton (DCU ), Philip Marron (Dublin City Harriers) and American visitor John Paul Benner, who finished first, second and third, were all given a time of 3 minutes 59 seconds. Fourth in 4:06 was Fintan Kerins (Clonliffe Harriers). First woman in 4:32 was Cheryl Nolan (St Abban’s AC). Mary Horgan (UCD AC) was second in 4:35. First under 17 was Drew Donoghue (Crusaders AC) in 4:17. Age group winners included Lea Fulcher (Plant Based AC) first M50, Rachel Murphy (Plant Based AC) first W40 and Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Harriers) first W70. CORPORATE WIN FOR MCILHINNEY Eoin McElhinney (A&L Goodbody) won the A&L Goodbody 5km Corporate Team Challenge, at City Quay, Dublin on Tuesday (September 16). Chasing him hard was Fintan Kerins (Arthur Cox) with the pair given times of 15:27 and 15:28. First woman was Aedín Corr (St Vincent’s Private Hospital) in 17:48. The run was dominated by teams from Ireland’s financial and legal sectors. DUBS AT BERLIN MARATHON Michael Barry (Raheny Shamrock AC) was first Irishman home at the Berlin Marathon on Sunday (September 21) finishing in a time of a. Time of 2 hrs 20 mins 30 secs. Other Dublin club athletes in action included Kieran Regan (Brothers Pearse, M35) 2:32.33, Michael O’Connor (Blackrock AC, M40) 2:43.04, Daniel O’Sullivan (Dundrum South Dublin C):44.19, Alan Kelly (Donore Harriers, M45) 2:47.39, Daragh Keegan (Donore Harriers) 2:48.40 and Maurice McDermott (Lusk AC, M40) 2:48.43. Pictures courtesy Lusk AC and Crusaders AC Facebook sites.

DOUBLE FOR TEAM RAHENY AT RATOATH Representatives of almost every running club in Dublin headed to Fairyhouse Racecourse in Co Meath on Saturday (September 13) for the increasingly popular Ratoath Half Marathon. Dublin clubs dominated the team categories with Raheny Shamrock winning both the men and women’s categories, while Clonliffe Harriers finished second of the men and Crusaders AC second of the women. Dublin athletes filled all five places from seventh to 11th with David Power (Rathfarnham WSAF) seventh and third M40 in in 72.54, followed by Mark Cassidy (Brothers Pearse) 74:00, Anthony Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) 74:28, Anthony Reilly (Civil Service Harriers) 74.30 and Karol David Cronin (Sportsworld AC) 74:48. All were in the over 40 category. First woman was Fiona Stack (Raheny Shamrock W40) in 80:31. Kathryn Gibbons (Crusaders AC) was third in 85:42. In the over 50 age group, Ruben Bartelink (Dundrum South Dublin AC) won the men’s prize. In the women’s category, the winner Mary Walsh (Raheny Shamrock AC) wasfollowed home by Freda O’Mara (Portmarnock AC) and Caroline Murphy (Brothers Pearse AC) for a Dublin clean sweep. Also on Saturday, mountain running specialist Killian Mooney (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was a comfortable winner of the The Lakes 10km in Blessington, Co Wicklow with a time of 31 mins 8 secs. Next up for Mooney is the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Canfranc, Spain, starting on September 25. Finishing fourth and second M40 was Graham Ahearne (Raheny Shamrock AC) in 34:06. First W50 was Carmel Brennan (Blackrock AC) in 52:54. A day later, at the Charleville International Half Marathon, Co Cork on Sunday (September 14) , John Travers finished third man in 67:12, with his Donore Harriers clubmate Kane Collins sixth in 69:45. Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe Harriers) finished eighth and first M40 in 71:15.. One place behind and second M40 was Alexey Marchenko (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) in 71:52. Finishing third woman in 79:22 was Alex Murphy (UCD AC). The race was the final round of this year’s Peugeot Series. At the Eamon Harvey Donegal 10km, also on Sunday, Kieran Kelly (Raheny Shamrock) finished second in 32.38. Two days earlier ,on Friday evening, Kelly had finished fourth at the Dromiskin 5km in Co Louth in 14:54 where Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) finished fifth in 15:36. Winner of the second round of the Clane 4-Mile Series in Donadea Forest, Co Kildare, on Friday evening (September 12) was Kieran Little (Blackrock AC) in 20 mins 46 secs. Enda Clarke (Crusaders AC) was second M40 in 22:27m, with his clubmate Donatas Jocius just one place behind in 22:25. * Ireland’s oldest road race, the Clonliffe 2-Mile, take place for a 134th time on Sunday October 5 (10.30am) in Glasnevin. The race is organised by Clonliffe Harriers and generously sponsored by the Kavanagh family of John Kavanagh’s ‘The Gravediggers’ pub of Glasnevin. Info www.clonliffeharriersac.com SMYTH BACK ON TRACK! Making a welcome comeback to racing at the Stratford Speed Grand Prix in London on Sunday (September 14) was Mark Smyth (Raheny Shamrock AC). In the first round of 100m races, Smyth won his heat (one of thirty-one!) in 10.64 secs. In the second round of races, he finished third in a slower time of 10.69. Also racing was Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers) who clocked a time of 10.67 in his heat. WEST DUBLIN SCHOOLS SIGN UP FOR NEW-LOOK ATHLETICS LEAGUE Thanks to generous sponsorships from legal firm Mason Hayes Curran, schools from west Dublin have signed up for the first ever Donore Harriers Schools Athletics League this winter season. First round, a cross-country, will take place at Eamonn Ceannt Park in Crumlin on Tuesday September 30 (1pm). Races will take place for boys and girls in minor, junior and inter age groups. The minors will run one lap of the mostly flat kilometre course and the juniors and inter students two laps, with the first six from each school to score for their team. Medals will go to the top three in each race. ‘The purpose of the league is to introduce young people to athletics who may not otherwise be found to the sport,’ says organiser Gerry Naughton, club development officer with the Donore Harriers club in Chapelizod. Donore, one of the oldest clubs in Ireland, attracts members from Ballyfermot, Crumlin, Drimnagh, Cabra, Castleknock and Palmerstown as well as from inner city areas such as the Liberties and Stoneybatter. So far, thirteen schools have signed up for the league, with two further rounds scheduled — a road relay race on November 5 at John Paul II Park in Cabra and a track and field meet at the Donore Harriers 300m track to be split between two dates — March 5 and 12. The league is supported by the Dublin City Sports and Wellbeing Partnership. After the three rounds of the league are complete, the top girls school will be presented with the Ann Woodlock Trophy and the top boys school with the Cyril White Trophy. Both Woodlock, a world masters athletics champion from Walkinstown, and the late great race starter Cyril White are longtime Donore Harriers stalwarts. Further information, Gerry Naughton 086 562390; mhcdh.schoolsleague@gmail.com 

ROONEY LEADS CLONLIFFE TO TEAM VICTORY IN LUCAN 5-MILE Not only did Colm Rooney win the Lucan 5-Mile in some style on Sunday morning (September 7) , he led Clonliffe Harriers to a comprehensive victory in both the open and the Dublin Championships team categories. Rooney, also first M40, finished almost a minute clear of the chasers in 24 mins 9 secs. Second in 25:07 was Robert Murphy (Donore Harriers, M40), while third in 25:14 was local athlete Dylan Wright (Lucan Harriers) in 25.14. With Sean O’Leary fifth, Stephen Cashin sixth and Cathal McHale seventh, Clonliffe were clear winners of the Dublin Championships team title. Donore Harriers were second and Lucan Harriers third with eleven teams entered. Those three teams also finished in that order in the open team category where only the top three finishers counted. First woman in 29:15 was Faye Dervan (Dublin City Harriers), who was followed home by Orna Dignam, second and first W40 in 30:54. In third place with a time of 30:57 was Alicja Kowalszyk, who was leading the home club Lucan Harriers to team victory in the Dublin Championships, ahead of Civil Service Harriers and and Love2Run AC. In the open team category, Lucan was also first with Rathfarnham WSAF AC second and Civil Service Harriers third. Age category winners, outside the top three men and women, in the Dublin Championships were Orla Gordan (Liffey Valley AC) W35, Gemma Treacy (Civil Service AC) W45, Breda Smyth (Lucan Harriers) W50, Laura Cunningham (Love2Run AC) W55, Margaret O’Freil (Liffey Valley AC) W60 , Catherine Dunne (Lucan Harriers) W65, Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Harriers) W70, Cathal McHale (Clonliffe Harriers) M35, Wesley Nolan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) M45, Paul Fleming (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M50, Gerry Dore (Tallaght AC) M55, Sean Ryan (Civil Service Harriers) M60, Sean Doyle (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M65 and Vincent O’Neill (Civil Service Harriers) M70. Junior winners were Pearl Clarke and Bobby Laycock. In the age-group team categories, Brothers Pearse won the Dublin men’s over 35 title from Civil Service Harriers and Lucan Harriers. Best of the women’s over 35 teams was Liffey Valley, ahead of Civil Service Harriers and Love2Run AC. In the over 50 age group, the winners were the Dublin Front Runners women and the Balbriggan and District AC men. Over 700 had signed up for the race, while a further 150 underage runners turned out for the children’s races held earlier in the morning. DUBLIN DOUBLE AT NEWBRIDGE 5KM Josh O’Sullivan Hourihan (Donore Harriers) was the winner of the Newbridge 5km in Co Kildare, on Saturday (September 6) in 15 mins 5 secs. Lex Murphy (UCD AC) was first woman in 17:25, with Louise Gaffney (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) second in 18:02. In Kerry, Robert Switzer (Brothers Pearse) finished fourth of 733 finishers with a time of 2 hrs 43 mins 57 secs at the Dingle Marathon. Finishing first woman in the Dingle half marathon was Lisa Madden (Sportsworld AC) n in 84 mins 58 secs. Her clubmate Gareth Murran finished tenth and first M40 in 81:39 REMEMBERING JOE COOPER Clonliffe members and their friends turned out in force for the inaugural Joe Cooper Memorial Night of Miles at the Morton Stadium, Santry on Thursday (September 4). Five races were held, with Sean Doran’s winning time of 4 mins 28 secs in the opening race proving the fastest of the night. Second in 4:33 was Sean Carrig while third was Stephen Cashin in 4:34. In the second race, Alannah Cooley clocked 5:50 for the fastest women’s time of the evening. Overall winner of the race in 4:46 was master athlete Colm Rooney. Winner of the third race in 5:21 was junior athlete Jack Quinn in 5:21. First woman was Rachel McFadden in 5:28. Katie Halpin beat all the men to win the fourth race in a time of 5:50, with David Dineen second and first man. Finally, in the fifth race, Kieran Murphy came home first in 6:16, with Siobhan McCarthy second and comeback kid Jeremy Chapman third. The race was also round 11 of the annual Grand Prix Series, with the Joe Cooper Memorial Trophy presented to Dave Connolly by Joe’s wife Gladys. * The late and much lamented Joe Cooper was Clonliffe club captain for eighteen years. He had stewarded the club to eleven inter-club cross-country titles and ten track and field league titles before his untimely death in December 2020. Members of the Cooper family based in the USA, Wexford and Cavan travelled to Dublin specially for this event. BRONZE FOR LOUISE Louise King (Dundrum South Dublin AC) finished third in the women’s heptathlon at the Home Nations Combined Events Championships, held at Mary Peters Track, Belfast over the weekend. In his debut international athletics competition, former Irish basketball international, Lorcan Murphy, also from the Dundrum South Dublin club, finished fourth overall, with his best points coming in the 100m where he clocked 10.71 - the fastest time of the competition. He was also first in the high jump soaring over the bar at 1.96m.

100M MAN OLATUNDE BACK IN FORM Track highlight of the weekend was a new national 100m record of 10.08 secs from Israel Olatunde (Tallaght AC) set at the Lee Valley track in London on Saturday (August 30). Olatunde was running at the Be Fast Today Track Academy sprint series and, in the first round of races, had run a time of 10.27 secs - a nice warm-up for his second round race, when he not only blazed his way to the finish runner-up behind Eugene Amo-Dadzie of the Woodford Green club who clocked a 9.87 secs personal best, putting him among the top three British sprinters ever. All times, helped by a favourable +2.0 following wind, are subject to ratification. Olatunde’s previous best was 10.12 sec, set last year, also in London. He set his first Irish 100m record of 10.17 secs in 2022 when he made the final at the European Championships. Now based in Florida, USA, where his training grooup includes Olympic champion Noah Lyons, Olatunde has struggled with injury this season and withdrew from the 100m final at the National Championships last month. At the Danish Team Championships in Koge on Saturday, Niamh Fogarty of Raheny Shamrock, competing for Hvidovre Atletic and Motion won the women’s shot with a 14.10 effort. Fogarty won both discus and shot titles at the Irish Championships last month, as well as setting an Irish discus record earlier in the season. On Thursday evening, in a dramatic women’s 1500m at the final Diamond League round in Zurich, Switzerland, Sarah Healy (UCD AC) finished eighth in a time of 3:59.90. Race winner was Kenya’s Nelly Chepchirchir who pipped Jessica Hull of Australia on the line. It meant that Chepchirir overtook Healy at the top of the women’s 1500m rankings giving her the Diamond League trophy and a cheque for $30,000. MASTERS TAKE OVER DSD TRACK A great day was had by all at the inaugural DSD Masters League Da at the Tibradden Road track in Dublin. Despite tough opposition from twelve other teams, the host club took the spoils, picking up points in all eleven events on offer - 100m, 200m, 800m,1500, walk, shot, discus, high jump, long jump, and mixed 4x100 and 4 x400 relays, with the top eight results to score. Points were awarded not just on finishing places but also on age groups and while DSD ended up comfortably head on 116 points, St Laurence O’Toole AC from Carlow weren’t that behind on 104 while the battle for third place changed at least team teams before Clonliffe Harriers edged ahead on 90 points. Galway County on 87 points and Tullamore Harriers on 82 points finished fourth and fifth. A Dublin County team finished sixth with Lucan Harriers, DSD’s second team and Rathfarnham WSAF in the next three places. Also in action were teams from Enniscorthy AC, St Coca’s in Kildare and Louth County. DUBLIN ATHLETES TO TAKE ON WORLD Congrats to all Dublin club athletes selected for the World Athletics Championships, starting in Tokyo on Saturday August 13 - Sarah Healy 1500m, Nicola Tuthill hammer, Cian McPhillips 800m and Michele Duggan 4x400m (UCD AC); ; Brian Fay 5000m, Eric Favors shot put and Sophie Becker 4x400m (Raheny Shamrock AC); Hiko Tonosa marathon and also Ciaran Carthy 4x400m non-travelling reserve (DSD AC); Cathal Doyle 1500m (Clonliffe Harriers) and Jack Raftery 4x400m (Donore Harriers). ROADS - HAT-TRICK OF TITLES FOR LIFFEY VALLEY Matthew Keane (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) finished third and first M40 in a time of 70 mins 48 secs at the Tullamore Half Marathon, which incorporated both Irish and Leinster Championships and was held on Saturday (August 30). Finishing third woman and second W45 was Noreen Brouder (Sportsworld AC) in 81.43. Fourth and second in the senior category was Sarah Grace Breen (Crusaders AC) in 81:43. Other Dublin club members taking national championship medals were Tara Kennedy (Raheny Shamrock, 2nd W50; Anne Whelan (Lucan Harriers) 3rd W60; Grainne Grennan (Blackrock AC) 2nd W65, Joan McTernan (Donore Harriers) 3rd W65; Des Tremble (Donore Harriers ) 2nd M55; Tom Cuddy (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) 1st M60, Gerry Boyle (Rathfarnham WSAF) 2nd M60 and Ronan Ward (Civil Service Harriers) 2nd M70. In the team categories, Liffey Valley took a trio of title — the open category for teams of four, plus national and Leinster titles for teams of three. Making up the team were Mollie O’Donnell, Ciara Broderick Farrell, Cliodhna Tutty Bardon and Jennifer Preston Raheny Shamrock, led by Graham O’Dwyer finished third in the men’s open category and sixth in the national championships. In the age groups, Donore Harriers’ trio of Darragh Keogh, Alan Kenny and Des Tremble won the M35 national team title. Blackrock AC, led by Brian Lenihan, was third. Raheny Shamrock AC was second in the M50 category and Lucan Harriers second W50. At the Greenway Half Marathon from Kilmacthomas to Ballinroad, in Co Waterford, also on Saturday, David Power (Rathfarnham WSAFAC0 finished first M40 in 75:56. His clubmate Denis Daly was fourth M44, while Paul Mac Gabhann (Sportsworld) was first M60. Winning the Oylegate 10km in Co Wexford on Sunday (August 31) with a time of in 33 mins 5 sexcs was Colm Turner (Brothers Pearse AC)1 Sean Doran (Harrier Products/Clonliffe Harriers) was the runaway winner of the BMS BHAA 5k, held on the cross-country track at Abbotstown, on Wednesday evening (August 27). Doran’s time of 16mins 30 secs put him well clear of Paul Fleming (Ornua /Rathfarnham WSAF AC, M50) who finished in 18:07. Third in 18:21 was Ian Comerford (ESB). First woman was Caoimhe Kilroy (Teachers/Metro St Brigid’s AC) in 20.10. Emily Kane was second in 20:31 and Monica Holmes third in 20.57. First home for host club Bristol Myers Squibb was Mark Graham in seventh place. The race was the final round of the BHAA Summer League. After the thirteenth and final round of the annual Lord Mayor of Raheny 2-Mile Series, on Tuesday evening (August 27) , Giovanne Salvatore and Zoe Quinn were declared champions. For Quinn, it was a fourth win in the series. Finishing second woman was Ciara Brady, while second of the men was juvenile athlete, James Smyth. MOUNTAIN TITLE FOR CONROY Finishing first M40 in the uphill race at the World Masters Mountain Running Championships, in Meduno, Italy on Friday was Ian Conroy of Raheny Shamrock AC. His time for the 5km with over 800m of climb was 34 mins 50 secs. . Friday August 29-Sunday August 31 Mountains: World Masters Mountain Running Championships, Meduno, Italy. Uphill (5km, +800m climb), long distance (34km, 1850m climb); classic (14km, 735m climb). www.meduno2025wmmrc.org/ RAHENY SHOT PUT CLASSIC - ‘STREETS’ STYLE! Shot putters of all ages are invited to the inaugural Raheny Shamrock Streets Shot Classic in Rectory Park on Saturday September 6 (1pm). Entry is just €5 adults and €2 juveniles; registration is in Raheny Shamrock’s clubhouse at St Assam’s Church, Howth Road, D05 T8N8. Further details www.rahenyshamrock.ie .

GIDEY THE PACEMAKER Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers) was on pacemaking duties at the Antrim Coast Marathon, Larne, Co Antrim on Sunday 24th August and although he brought the field through 5km in 13:45 and 10km in 27:59, he still managed to finish in 77:18 with a smile on his face. Finishing in 65:37 was Paul O’Donnell (Dundrum South Dublin AC). His personal best of 64:46 dates back to Berlin in 2022. John Travers (Donore Harriers) finished in 70:54. Elsewhere, the winner of the Longford Half Marathon in 71 mins 4 secs was Kieran Regan (Brothers Pearse AC); Matthew Collins (PortmarnockAC) won the marathon in 2:33.12, with his clubmate Olivina Sexton finishing third woman in 3:20.42. LIFE’S A BEACH! Master athlete Colm Rooney (Clonliffe Harriers, M40) led home almost 500 finishers at the Portmarnock Beach 5km, on a damp Friday evening in Dublin (August 22) with a time of 15:45. Jack Miskally (Craughwell AC) was second in 15:52 and James Hyland (Raheny Shamrock AC) third in 16:01. Irene Gorman (Crusaders AC) was first woman in 19:57, followed by Emma Przymusinska (Lusk AC) in 20:21 and Helen Peelo (Clonliffe Harriers, W40) in 20:32. Ken Doyle (Raheny Shamrock was first M60. Almost half the finishers (247 to be exact) were over 40. Winning the Strangford Festival 5km on Friday evening was Lee Maginnis (Clonliffe Harriers, M45) in 19:38. In Co Kildare Dylan Wright (Lucan Harriers) finished second in the Celbridge AC 5km with a time of 14 mins 46 secs. First woman was Dublin-based Ide Nic Dhomhnaill (West Limerick AC, W40) in15:53. Roisin O’Reilly (UCD AC) was second in 16:44 and Edel Monaghan (DCH) third in 17:32. Winning the mixed team category, which had attracted an imressive entry of 44 teams, was Dundrum South Dublin -—Maria McCambridge, Eanna O Bradaigh, Ruth Wilson and Ruben Bartelink. David Kirwan was the winner of the penultimate round of the 2025 Raheny 2-Mile Series on Tuesday (August 19) in a time of 10:39. Zoe Quinn was first woman in12:07. This long-lasting series ends next Tuesday with the Peter Doody Cup. ANOTHER BIG THROW FOR FOGARTY Niamh Fogarty (Raheny ShamrockAC) finished third overall in the discus on Saturday (August 23) at the Danish Championships at the Hvidovre Stadium, near Copenhagen, with a throw of 55.65. Fogarty, who won her seventh national discus title last month in Santry, has thrown consistently over 55 metres this season as well as setting the Irish record of 58.30 in Ramna, Oklahoma, last April. In Belfast on Thursday evening (August 21), Jack Raftery (Donore Harriers ) won the elite 400m at the Fab 5 meet organised by Lagan Valley AC at the Mary Peters Track in a time of 45.57 secs. Rafferty is part of the Irish 4x400 squad. In the women’s 400m, Kate Doherty (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was the winner in 54.41 with Freyja O’Carroll (Raheny Shamrock AC) first W18 in 59.26. Torrential rain meant that conditions were difficult for the Diamond League meet in Lausanne on Wednesday (August 20), where Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) still managed to finish in a time of 13:36.61 — well off his best. At the British Milers Club meet in Tooting Bec on Wednesday, Alex O’Neill (Limerick TC) again got the better of Sarah Healy (UCD AC) in a blanket finish to the race women’s A 800m race. O’Neill, who had beaten Healy for the Irish title a few weeks earlier, finished sixth in a massive personal best time of 2:00.18 with Healy a fraction behind for seventh in 2:00.19, also a personal best. In the men’s B 1500m, U20 athlete Lughaidh Mallon (UCD AC) finished 11th in 3:46.51, while in the women’s A 1500m, Amy O'Donoghue (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was eighth in a personal best 4:13.22. In Germany, Garrett O’Toole (Clonliffe Harriers) finished seventh in his 800m heat in a season’s best time of 1.47.09 at the Abendsportfest, Pfungstadt, also on Wednesday. O’Toole is originally from the USA. Catch-up: Clonliffe member Hannah Segrave won her 800m heat at the Meeting Voor Mon in Leuven, Belgium on Saturday (August 16) in a Clonliffe Harriers club record time of 2.01.68. Segrave, who won a bronze medal for Great Britain at the 2017 European U23 Championships in 2017 and broke two minutes for the first time last year, is aiming to run for Ireland in the future. She made her Irish Championships debut in Santry last month, where she finished fifth in the 800m with a time of 2:05.39 having won her heat. A SECOND WARRIORS WIN FOR MOONEY For a second year Killian Mooney (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was the overall winner at the Warriors’ Run 15km in Strandhill, Co Sligo on Saturday (August 23) leading home over 1,200 finishers in a time of 53 mins 6 secs. The race takes runners to the to the top of Knocknarea and back. Mooney is part of the Irish team selected to run at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Canfranc, Spain from September 25. Edel Monaghan (Dublin City Harriers), also a member of the Irish team for Canfranc, was second woman in 68:42.

DUBLIN 10-MILE TITLES FOR MURCHAN AND PURCELL A big road race of a busy weekend was the Irish Life Frank Duffy 10-Mile, held in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Saturday (August 16), where Pierre Murchan (Dublin City Harriers) lead home over 3,650 finishers with a time of in 49 mins 2 secs. Dublin-based Hugh Armstrong (Ballina AC) was second in 49:45. Kate Purcell (Raheny Shamrock, W40) finished third woman in 59:58 and since she was first Dublin club athlete home, she took the Dublin 10-Mile Championship titles as did Murchan in the men’s category. Dominating the team competition were Raheny Shamrock who took three titles —men and women’s senior and the M35 age group. DSD AC won the women’s W35 and W50 titles while Clonliffe Harriers proved best of the M50 teams. Dublin Championship results: Men: 1 Pierre Murchan (DCH), 2 Tomás Fitzpatrick (Tallaght AC, M40; 3 Eoin Hinchy (Brothers Pearse, M40). Women: 1 Kate Purcell (Raheny Shamrock, W40); 2 Fiona Stack (Raheny Shamrock , W40) , 3 Grace Kennedy (Donore Harriers, W40). Men’s age category winners were: Ian Fitzgerald (Donore Harriers) M35; Mark Cassidy (Brothers Pearse) M40; Bernard Geraghty (Donore Harriers) M45; Aidan Langley (Lusk AC) M50; Alan Fairbrother (Brothers Pearse) M55; Terence Neary (Clonliffe Harriers) M60 andPhilip O’Doherty (Clonliffe Harriers) M65. Women age group winners were W35: Niamh Coghlan (Lusk AC) W35, Ciara Flynn (Up and Out Fitness AC) W40; Katherine Duff (Blackrock AC) W45; Fionnuala Doherty (Metro St Brigid’s AC) W50;Caroline Murphy (Brothers Pearse AC) W55; Una Cherry (Raheny Shamrock AC) W60 and Mary Lynch (Raheny Shamrock AC) W65. Teams- Senior (best four results): Men - 1 Raheny Shamrock 3:49.49; 2 Donore Harriers 3:50.55 3 Brothers Pearse 3:55.50. Women - Raheny Shamrock 4:31.01; 2 Crusaders 4:46.51; 3 Donore Harriers 4:52.54. Masters - M35: 1 Raheny Shamrock 4:04.34, 2 Tallaght AC 4:04.56; 3 Clonliffe Harriers 4:17.12. W35: Dundrum South Dublin AC led by Claire Brides 5:05.03; 2 Blackrock AC 5:12.04; 3 Artane/Beaumont RC 5:22.58. M50: 1 Clonliffe Harriers 4:44.32; 2 Brothers Pearse 4:45.29; 3 Blackrock AC 4:46.03. W50 (best three results): 1 Dundrum South Dublin led by Tara Quirke 4:03. 20; 2 Raheny Shamrock 4:03.33; 3 Crusaders AC 4:14.43. DUBIN DOUBLE IN KILCOCK Ian Guiden (Clonliffe Harriers) took his first win in some time at the Kilcock 10 from 10 (miles) in Co Kildare on Sunday (August 17) when he led home 451 finishers in a time of 50 mins 27 secs. Adam Nason (Donore Harriers) finished third in 54.01. In a Dublin double, Faye Dervan (Dublin City Harriers) was first woman in 58:36. Clonliffe Harriers took the men’s team title. Finished second in the Cork City 10km also Sunday in 30 mins 7 secs was Killian Mooney (Dundrum South Dublin AC). Racing machine Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner of the Rathkenny 5km in Co Meath on Saturday evening in a time of 16:06. Junior athlete Conor McGuirk (Lusk AC) in his second race in three days was second in 16:16 and Faye Dervan (Dublin City Harriers) in her second race in two days finished fourth overall and first woman in 16:53. MIDWEEK EVENING RACES North Dublin clubs turned out in force for the Man O’War 7km, in north Co Dublin on Thursday evening (August 14) where Conor McGuirk was a clear winner in a time of 23:11, with his Lusk AC clubmate Daniel O’Brien second in 24.00. Third in 24:11 was Eoin Gallagher (Skerries AC) First woman was Sheila Bourke (Lusk AC) in 29:19. Caroline Hynes (Balbriggan and District AC) was second in 29:59. And Emma Przymusinska (Lusk AC) third in 30:11. On Wednesday evening (13 August), Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner of the Castlepollard 5km in Co Westmeath with a time of 15 mins 35 secs. Second woman In 18:33 was Serena Tuffy (Dundrum South Dublin AC). With with only two rounds to go, Wes O’Brien and Chloe Griffin took their first wins of the series in round 11 of the Raheny 2-Mile Series on Tuesday evening (August 12). Spanning a few generations, O’Brien ,who was also first M45, finished in 11 mins 5 secs, while Griffin was first juvenile and fifth overall in 11:58. Paul Cowhie (Crusaders AC, M60) was second overall in 11.47. ANOTHER FAST TIME FOR HEALY Sarah Healy (UCD AC) underlined her consistency this season with a time of 3:57.95 for ninth place in a top quality women’s 1500m at the Diamond League Meet in Silesia on Saturday (August 16). It was a third sub 3 mins 58 seconds time for Healy this season an she remains top of the Diamond League women’s 1500m rankings, thanks to her win in Rome, second place in Paris and third in London, where she ran the mile. A large group of Irish athletes had travelled to Leuven in Belgium for the Meeting voor Mon, also on Saturday, where Jack Raftery (Donore Harriers) finished fifth overall in the 400m with a time of 46.54 secs. In London, Irish 100m champion Bori Akinola (UCD C) won the second of twenty-nine ‘heats’ in a time of 10.24 secs at the Stratford Speed Meet on Sunday (August 17) i. In the second round, Akinola improved his time to 10.20. Also in the 100m, Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers) clocked times of 10.44 and 10.46, while. Stephen Gaffney (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) ran 10.66 and Alamiu Bankole (Fingallians AC) 10.73. Gaffney also ran a 400m heat finishing second in 46.94. In the women’s races, Paralympian Orla Comerford (Raheny Shamrock AC) ran a time of 11.97 in the 100m,. In the 400m, Michelle Duggan (UCD AC) finished second in 53.67, and Kate Doherty (DSD AC) third in 55.11. After collecting his fourth Irish outdoor shot put title, Eric Favors (Raheny Shamrock AC) returned to the USA where, on Friday August 8, he produced a season’s best throw of 20.48 at a meet in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania. At the same venue in 2024, Favors had improved his own Irish record to 20.93m. Favors is currently lying 33rd in the world rankings, with the top 36 qualifying for the Tokyo World Championships, The Irish team will be announced soon after the cut-off date for qualification nest Monday, August 25. CHERRY ORCHARD AC RUN THE RIDGE A large group from the Cherry Orchard running club in west Dublin travelled to Laragh in Co Wicklow for the annual Run the Ridge Trail races on the slopes of Derrybawn mountain, with a 30km race on offer this year as well as the standard 10km and 20km races. Leading the club club in the 30km was Sean Meehan, who finished sixth and second M40 in 2 hrs 34 mins 40 ses for a hard run made tougher by the hot, sunny conditions. Just two places behind in eighth place was Philip Slattery, followed by Dean Comerford, Stephen Bailey, Jason White and Christina Byrne who was first W35. In the 20km, after a bit of confusion out on the course, Julia Douglas arrived back at the finish in 3:06.10 followed by Nicole Hogan, Donna Clarke, Denise Delaney and Rachel Nolan. For Brothers Pearse AC, Eddie O’Connor won the 30km after leading from the start, while Anthony Alexander finished eighth M50 in the 10km race. First woman in the 10km was Claire Sullivan Crusaders AC,W40 in 48:08 Her clubmate Aine Kenny finished second W40 in the 30km race. Also in the 30km, Peter Doyle (Lusk AC) finished first M55 and Anne Lyons (Clonliffe Harriers) second W55 SKY’S THE LIMIT FOR LSA’S SINEAD At the start of the month, 18-year-old Sinead Farrell from the LSA club in Donabate proved the star of a small Irish team at the World U20 Skyrunning Championships held at Fonte Cerreto, Italy on the Gran Sasso. In the vertical race - a 1km climb over 3.8km - Farrell finished seventh. Two days later in the Sky race itself, Farrell was ninth under 20 and 18th overall with a time of 3 hrs 50 mins 39 secs for the 23km race with a lung-busting 2,226m or climb. Races are organised by the International Skyrunning Federation and take place in mountainous venues above 2,000m.

TRACK AND FIELD Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished fifth in the 3000m with a time of 7:43.59 at the Folksam Grand Prix Sollentuna, in Sweden, on Sunday (August 10). At the BMC Grand Prix in Trafford, Manchester on Saturday (August 9) Amy O’Donoghue (Dundrum South Dublin AC) ran a a personal best 4:143.73 when finished fourth in the grade A women’s 1500m Finishing third in the women’s A 5000m in a massive personal best of 16:07.72. was Faye Dervan (Dublin City Harriers). In Belgium at the IFAM, in Oordegem, on Saturday (July 9) , Cian McPhillips (UCD AC) won the men’s 800m in a time of 1:44.34, storming clear of French athlete Corentin Le Clezio who finished on McPhillips heels in 1:44.71. Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers ) ran 20.85 secs for fifth in the 200m and also clocked 10.74 in the 100m. In the women’s 400m, Sophie Baker (Raheny Shamrock) ran a time off 52.20 for sixth place overall. Ciaran Carthy (DSD AC) clocked 46.59 in the men’s 400m. In the series of 1500m races, Sean Donoghue (Dublin City Harriers) ran a time of 3:39.98 for fifth in his race; Lughaidh Mallon (UCD AC) in a time of 3:40.08 was second in his race, while Philip Marron (DCH AC) was sixth in his race with a time of 3:44.06. A number of Dublin club athletes were in action at the European U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland from Thursday August 7 to Sunday August 10 Making the men’s 3000m final was Cormac Dixon (Tallaght AC) who finished ninth in 8:48.27. Sean Cronin (Clonliffe Harriers) clocked 3:37.13 for eight place in his opening round and in the final again finished eight but in a slower time of 3:50.80 In the women’s 800m, Saoirse Fitzgerald (Lucan Harriers) finished eighth in her opening round heat in 2:09.84. Of the sprinters, Dubem Amah (Tallaght AC) made the final with a qualifying time of 21.62 secs in the opening round of the men’s 200m. In the final, he finished seventh in 21.76. ROADS Kane Collins (Donore Harriers) was the clear winner of the Youghal Bay Half Marathon in Co Cork in 70 mins 28 secs on Sunday (August 10). Sixth and second M45 was Aidan Murphy (Dundrum South Dublin AC) in 76:29, while finishing second woman in 79:16 was Ciara Hickey (Brothers Pearse AC,W45). Finishing third in the 10km was Paul O’Brien (Sportsworld M40) in 34:04. On Saturday evening, John Travers (Donore Harriers) led home over 3,350 finishers at the 39th Streets of Galway 8km held on Saturday evening. Travers finished in 23 minutes 26 seconds - half a minute quicker than his winning time in 2018. His Donore club mate Gavin Cronin finished fourth in 23:51. Other good runs came from Karol David Cronin (Sportsworld AC) third M40 in 26:40, Deirdre O’Connell, also Sportsworld, second W40 in 32:37.Wesley Noland (Metro St Brigid’s AC) thirdM45 in 28:20 and Trevor Sweeney (Sportsworld AC) first M50. Members of Raheny Shamrock and Crusaders were also in action.