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.

DUBS ON THE DOUBLE AT SANTRY SHOW-DOWN Dublin club athletes managed a number of impressive doubles at the National Track and Field Championships in Santry Stadium over the weekend most notably in the 400m races, held on Sunday. First up were the women, where Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock AC) proved that she has left her injury woes behind with a solid win in a time of 52.87 secs. It was Becker’s fourth national outdoor title. In the men’s race, defending champion Jack Raftery (Donore Harriers) proved the class of winning in 45.71.Ciaran Carthy (DSD AC) was third in 46.34. For all the 400m runners, places on the Irish relay teams for the World Championshios next month in Tokyo were at stake. Taking his fourth title in the men’s 1500m was Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers) who used his devastating speed to pull away from the field in the final 200m of the race going on to win in 3:53.60. Missing out on a third title in the 5000m was Irish record holder Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC), who narrowly lost out to Andrew Coscoran in the chase for the line. Both Coscoran and Fay have already done enough to book their places on the Irish team for Tokyo. Shock of the day came in the women’s 800m, where, in a blanket finish to the race, Sarah Healy (UCD AC) could only manage second place behind Alex O’Neill (Sligo AC) after a sprint to the line. The pair were given times of 2:04.53 and 2:04.57. In the 100m on Sunday, with heats, semi-finals and the final all in one day, Bori Akinola (UCD AC) continued his recent winning streak with victory in 10.29 secs. Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC) finished second in 10.41, and recently crowned Irish decathlon champion Lorcan Murphy (DSD AC) third in 10.57. Irish record holder and four times champion Israel Olatunde (Tallaght AC), who has had injury problems, had won both his heat and semi-final but did not line out in the final. In the women’s 100m, Mollie O’Reilly (DSD AC) finished third in 11.60. A day earlier, Marcus Lawler (St LOT AC) had won the men’s 200m for a third time, with Darragh McConville (Dundrum South Dublin AC) second In the men’s 800m, where Mark English was winning his tenth title since 2011, Cian McPhillips (UCD AC) finished second in 1:49.26, while in the women’s 1500m, Niamh Carr (Dublin City Harriers) finished third in 4:15.08. Runner-up in the men’s steeplechase was Jonas Stafford (UCD AC) FIRST TITLE FOR DAPHNI Taking a well-deserved first national title in the women’s triple jump was Daphni Doulaptsi Teeuwen (Raheny Shamrock) , with a personal best leap of 13.05. Teeuwen, who comes from Greece, was beating Saragh Buggy (St Abban’s AC) who hadn’t lost in the championships since 2016, into second place. A Raheny Shamrock double in the shot put saw Eric Favors winning his fourth title and Niamh Fogarty winning her first. Fogarty would go on to win her specialist discus on Sunday with a fine throw of 55.08 in the opening round. Anna Gavigan (LSA AC) was second. There was also a Dublin double in the discus when Eoin Sheridan (Clonliffe Harriers) won the men’s title for a third time. Sheridan was the only Dublin club athlete in the competition. On the track, another Dublin double came in the 400m hurdles where Cara Murphy (DSD AC) won the women’s title and Niall Carney (Clonliffe Harriers) proved best of the men. Both were winning their first ever titles. STAFFORD A WINNER AT FINAL GRADED MEET OF THE SUMMER Jonas Stafford (UCD. AC) was one of many athletes using the final Dublin Graded meeting of the season at Santry on Wednesday evening (July 30) as a final burn-out before the National Championships at the same venue three days later. Stafford won the men’s A grade 1500m in some style in a time of 3:50.95. Coming from mid-pack to finish second was Andrew McGilton (Dundrum South Dublin AC) in 3:55.08 with Gavin Curtin (Donore Harriers) third in 3:56.03. In a UCD double Sadhbh Mohan won the women’s grade A 1500m in 4:42.21. Lisa Conlon (Dunleer AC) was second in 4:45.08 and Aine Gilhooly (Athlone AC) third in 4:48.67. Lochlann Hannon (DSD) and Mark Naylor (Liffey Valley) won the two grade C 1500m races. A packed grade D race was won by James Murphy (Clonliffe Harriers) with Adam Lawlor (Tallaght AC) second. Winning the women’s 100m final was Ruby Millett (St Abban’s AC) in 11.92 secs. Snatching victory on the line in the men’s100m final was Luke Timlin (Crusaders AC) in 10.63 secs. Chris Sibanda (Clonliffe Harriers) was second in 10.74. In the field, performances of the night came from Anna Gavigan (LSA AC) who won the women’s discus with a final round throw of 51.18, and Rhianna McCarthy (UCD AC) best in the women’s long jump with a 5.44 leap. INNER CITY 5KM WIN FOR AYOUB Winner of the Inner City 5km in Dublin on Sunday was Essarghini Ayoub from Morocco in 15:15 secs. Anto Brady (Coolock RC) was second in 16:27. Zoe Quinn ( Raheny Shamrock, W45 ) was first woman in 19:14. At the Carlingford 5km in Co Louth, on Friday evening (August 1). Ian Guiden (Clonliffe Harriers) finished second in 14:46 with Clonliffe Harriers third of the nineteen men’s teams entered. Maria Dolan (Raheny Shamrock AC) was first W55. In Co Meath, Ciara Hickey (Brothers Pearse AC, W45) was first woman home at the annual Streets of Athboy 5km. Kate O’Neill (Metro St Brigid’s AC, W40) was third woman, Michael Wycherley (Crusaders AC) first M50, and Gerard Clerkin (Clonliffe Harriers) first M40. Brothers Pearse with Dee O’Keeffe and Sarah Hade, making up the scoring trio, won the women’s team category, with Brothers Pearse also the third placed men’s team. Civil Service Harriers and Cilles AC had also entered men’s teams. DUBLIN ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS Dublin Road Championships for 2025 races at 5km, 5 mile, 10 mile, half marathon and marathon will take place in conjunction with races over the same distance already organised for the Dublin area. These are three races in the Irish Life Dublin Race Series (Frank Duffy 10 mile, Dublin Half Marathon and Dublin Marathon), as well as the Lucan 5 mile and in the Rathfarnham 5km. Dublin Championships medals will go to seniors and masters in the usual individual and team categories for both men and women. Queries to Dick Hooper at onelifeoneclub@hotmail.com . 

TRACK AND FIELD - AWAY - MORE SILVER FOR TUTHILL! Nicola Tuthill of UCD AC added another medal to her growing collection when finishing second in the women’s hammer on Sunday, the final day of the World University Games in Bocum. Tuthill’s throw of 69.98 gave her a second silver medal in just nine days - just over a week earlier she had taken silver at the European U23 Games in Norway. She goes for her fourth national title at the Irish Track and Field Championships in Santry next weekend. Also at the World Student Games, Tuthill’s UCD clubmate Bori Akinola made the semi-finals of the men’s 100m, while in the 400m final, Jack Raftery (Donore Harriers/DCU) narrowly missed out on a medal with a time of 45.69 in the final. In Luxembourg, at the CAS Meeting International on Saturday (July 26) , Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers), the reigning Irish 1500m champion, warmed up for next weekend’s Irish Championships, finishing fourth in a personal best time of 1:45.78 in the 800m. Jodie McCann (Dublin City Harriers) finished fifth in the women’s 1500m in 4:13.51. In Watford, at the British Milers Club meet on Wednesday, U20 athlete Cormac Dixon (Tallaght AC,) ran a personal best time of 3:43.27 for sixth in the 1500m. HISTORIC DOUBLE FOR DUNDRUM SOUTH DUBLIN! For the first time in the club’s history, Dundrum South Dublin won both men and women’s premier division titles at an eventful and nerve-wracking National Track and Field final in Tullamore on Sunday (July 27). With defending women’s champions Leevale lacking a number of key athletes, the DSD women had the easier time of it knowing that victory was probably assured from about half way through the competition. Early in the day, the first winner for the club was Ciara Wilson Bowen in the walk followed swiftly by victory for the 4 x 100m relay team. Soon after came the women’s 1500m and in a battle between two very recent European U23 medal winners, DSD’s Eimear Maher got the better of Anika Thompson of Leevale who was running well below her favoured distance of 10,000m. Later Maher took further vital points for her club when winning the 800m. Other DSD wins came from Charlotte Bourke 400m, Kate Doherty 200m, Jennifer Hanrahan 100m, Louise King long jump and Rachel Dunne weight for distance. The team rounded out a dominating performance with victory in the 4x400m relay. For the men, victory in the 4 x 400m, traditionally the final event of the day, put them on level pegging with thirteen times champions Clonliffe Harriers on 140 points. Only on count-back were the DSD men declared winners having notched up nine individual wins. It was a first win in the competition for the DSD men in the club’s forty year history. Winners were Daniel Conway in both the 110m and 400m hurdles, Aaron Donnelly steeplechase, Ciaran Carty 200m, Paul O’Donnell 5000m, Darragh McConville triple jump and Lorcan Murphy 100m. Second places for Murphy in the high jump, Willem Gueskins in the shot and Andrew Hayes in the 400m added further vital points. Clonliffe proved strong in the throws with victories for Eoin Sheridan in the shot and Simon Galligan in the hammer. There were also wins for Greg Hosseny in the walk and the 4 x 100m team. But it wasn’t enough for the thirteen times champions. Of the other Dublin clubs in the premier division, Donore Harriers finished fifth of the men, with a fine win for John Travers in the 1500m the highlight. The Clonliffe Harriers women finished sixth , followed by Donore Harriers and Raheny Shamrock. In men’s division 1, Raheny Shamrock finished fifth and Crusaders AC sixth. More pictures are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720327857472/. TRIPLE GOLD FOR CLONLIFFE’S MAGUIRE For master athletes, it was a busy day at the All Ireland Masters’ Track and Field Championships in Tullamore on Saturday with many athletes competing in more than one event. One of the busiest was Edel Maguire of Clonliffe Harriers who picked up gold in three events — the 200m, the 400m and the high jump. Double winners for Dublin clubs included Lea Fulcher (Plant Based AC) in the M50 800m and 1500m, and in the sprints, Sinead O’Connor (Metro St Brigid’s AC) W40 100 and 200m; Adina Gheorghiu (Dundrum South Dublin) W50 100 and 200m, Dara Carr (LSA AC) W55 100m and 200m; Carol Kearney (Lucan Harriers) W60 200 and 400m, Shane Sheridan (Dundrum South Dublin) M65 100m and 200m; and Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Harriers) W70 400m and 800m. Winning the M75 100m was David Leech (Blackrock AC) , who was also second in the 200m. Field eventers taking double gold included Clonliffe Harriers trio Redeem Ngadze (M45 shot and discus), Neil Allen (M50 shot and discus) and the legendary Francis Mansfield (W80 hammer and discus). In the pole vault winners for Clonliffe were many times former Irish senior champion David Donegan in the M45 age group and Andreaj Dmitrenko who won the M55 title. On the track, winning the M65 800m was Diarmuid Doyle. One of the closest races of the day was the M40 1500m where Niall Sherlock (Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner in 4:19.12 followed by Ronan Dunphy (Skerries) in 4:19.56. Earlier in the day, Sherlock, a former mountain running international, had finished second in the M40 800m behind Enda Cloake (Crusaders AC) with the pair timed at 2:05.91 and 2:11.19. Another winner for was Karen Conway in the W45 hammer. For Lusk AC, Colm Ó Donnchadha won the M45 weight for distance and was second in the hammer and discus. David Hubert (LSA AC) won the M45 high jump. Rathfarnham WSAF also had a few wins, with Caitriona Dowling winning the W35 800m and Sheelagh Jones and Louise Gaffney winning W65 and W35 3000m titles respectively. For Raheny Shamrock, Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock) won the W55 3000m, while for Liffey Valley, David Carroll took the M35 1500m title and was second in the 800m. ROADS Dublin club runners had a good day out at the Duleek 10km in Co Meath on Sunday (July 27) where Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) was third in 33:46 and Caroline Hynes (Balbriggan and District AC, W50) the second woman home, was leading Raheny to women’s team victory. On Saturday, Arturo Pasos Suarez (Dublin Front Runners AC) was the winner at the Cork Pride 5km in a time of 16:40. Master athlete Karol Cronin of Sportsworld AC was the first home in the annual St James’s Hospital Liberties 4-Mile Fun Run, based in Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin on Wednesday evening. Cronin finished in 21 mins 29 secs. Second and also second M40 was Kevin Donagher (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) in 22:06. Dee Lyons (Dublin Front Runners, W40) was first woman in 26:23. Over 800 completed the race. Finally, on Tuesday (July 22), Robert Murphy (Donore Harriers, M40) was the winner of the Bear Races Parkwest Dublin Night Run 5km in a time of 15:39. In the 10km, Noreen Brouder (Sportsworld , W40) was first woman in 37:46.

NORWAY JOY FOR DUBLIN CLUB ATHLETES At the European U23 Track and field Championships in Bergen Sweden over the weekend, Ireland took an impressive five medals, with two of them coming from Dublin club athletes. First up in the women’s hammer on the first and second days of competition was Nicola Tuthill of UCD AC, who finished second with a throw of 70.90 — a first ever medal for Ireland at this level in a field event. Then on the final day, Eimear Maher (Dundrum South Dublin) ran a fighting time of 4 mins 09.54 to take a bronze medal in the women’s 1500m. ‘I’m absolutely delighted. I knew I was in the best shape of my life and I had to keep the cool and do what I did,’ she said after her race. Next stop for Tuthill is the World University Games in Bochum, Germany, where the hammer qualifying rounds take place on Saturday July 26. For Maher it’s a return to domestic competition with the National League final taking place in Tullamore on Sunday and her club DSD aiming to regain the title it lost last year to Leevale AC. Meanwhile at the London Diamond League, on Saturday, Sarah Healy (UCD AC) moved into second on the all-time Irish list behind Ciara Mageean when finishing third in the women’s mile at with a time of 4mins 16 .26 secs. Healy’s previous best of 4:19.03 dated back to 2022. In an extraordinary race, led almost from the gun by eventual winner Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia, Healy kept her cool, picking her way through the field and then charging into third place with the line in sight. In the women’s 200m, Rhasidat Adeleke (Tallaght AC) looked in better form as she chased for the line finishing fourth in a blanket finish with a time of 22.52 —not far off her best of 22.34 set in 2023. In Belgium, Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished second with a time of 13:08.25 in the men’s 5000m at the KBC Night of Athletics in Heusden on Saturday (July 19). That times puts him top of the current Irish rankings and improves his chances of making it to the Tokyo World Championships in September. Jodie McCann (Dublin City Harriers) finished sixth in the women’s 1500m with a time of 4:12.98— not too far off the 4:08 B qualifying mark for Tokyo. At the Meeting in Madrid, also on Saturday, Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock AC) clocked 52.12 secs for seventh in the B 400m while in the men’s shot, her Raheny clubmate Eric Favors finished fifth with a season’s best 20.09. BEST OF TEN FOR FORMER IRISH BASKETBALL STAR Former Irish basketball champion Lorcan Murphy ( Dundrum South Dublin AC) continued his meteoric rise in Irish athletics when winning the national men’s decathlon title in Carlow at the weekend. Competing in his first ever decathlon, which involves ten different disciplines, Murphy began the two long days of competition by winning the 100m with a personal best time of 10.27 secs. He then won the long jump with a 6.93 and was second in the shot put. When he followed that up with wins in both the high jump and 400m, he found himself with a comfortable lead after the opening day. On a more challenging day two, Murphy’s only win came in the javelin, but with second places in both the hurdles and 1500m, and a few valuable points in the discus, he had done enough to give him a remarkable victory with a total of 6305 points , which put him well clear of the opposition. Finishing second in a poorly-supported women’s competition was Murphy’s Dundrum South Dublin team mate, Louise King with 4100 points. In the men’s U18 Robbie Tallon (DSD) finished third, while in the women’s U18 contest, Zion Asasenaga Osawe (Donore Harriers) also finished third. Winning the M35-49 pentathlon title was Patrick Curran (Tallaght AC) and on a good day for DSD AC, Peadar McGing finished third in the M65-69 category. In the National 10,000m Championships, also taking place in Carlow in conjunction with the combined events championships and AI Games, Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) won the men’s title in 32:36.26, with Alexey Marchensko (Rathfarnham WSAF) third in 34:26.51. Just four athletes had signed up for the event. In the AI Games, Mollie O’Reilly (DSD AC) proved fastest over two rounds of women’s 100m heats with a time of 11.67 seconds. Sean Owens (Crusaders AC) clocked a wind-assisted 14.04 in the 110m hurdles and also ran 10.67 (+2.0m/s) in the men’s 100m. In other events, Fintan Kerins (Clonliffe Harriers) won a closely-fought men’s 1500m in 3:58.18, Margaret Hayden (Tallaght AC) won the women’s hammer with a 61.10m throw and Rhianna McCarthy (UCD AC) the women’s long jump with a 5.50m leap MOSTLY MIDDLE DISTANCE AT SEVENTH GRADED MEETING Races over 3000m and 800m featured at the seventh round of the Dublin Graded League in Lucan on Wednesday (July 16), with Annabel Morrison (Enniskillen RC) a clear winner of the women’s A 3000m race in 9:51.75. Sam O’Neill (Dunleer C) won the men’s A race in 9:16.29 . Lochlann Hannon (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was third in the men’s A race in 9:18.61. Theo Duffy (Raheny) Shamrock AC) won the B race in 9:33.83, Dermot Shiels (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) the C race in 10:01.59 and Ely Nolan (Marino AC) the D race in 9:37.96. Siobhan Nugent (Liffey Valley AC) won the women’s C race in 11:34.08 with Aoife Corr (Dublin City Harriers) leading them home in the D race with a time of 11:45.41. Over 800m, Saoirse Fitzgerald (Lucan Harriers) finishes third fastest overall from three grade A races third in 2:09.63. Alannah Cooley (Clonliffe Harriers) was first in the single B race in 2:21.17, with Elaine Kennedy (Sportsworld) a close second in 2:21.96. Eilis Tomney (Lucan Harriers) the D race in 2:34.05. In the men’s A 800m races, Conrad Latham of Raheny Shamrock won the first heat in 1:52.40. while winning a chase to the line in the first of two B grade races was Charlie Gunawardhana, also from Raheny Shamrock, in a time of 1:59.60. Damien Prendergast (Clonliffe Harriers) won the C race in 2:05.65, while Richard Finegan (Liffey Valley) proved quickest overall with a time of 2:09.67 in grade D with three races held. Rory Cousins (DSD AC) was second fastest in 2:10.00 and Ryan Rafter (Lucan Harriers),third fastest in 2:10.99. In the shot, Isabel Mullarney (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) , throwing 8.79m, won the women’s competition. Star of the men’s competition was Irish U19 champion Theo Hanlon (Suncroft AC), who with the lighter 6kg shot, managed a personal best and Irish Under 20 record of 18.04m. In the opening event of the evening, and Irish W50 team set a women’s 4x800m world record of 10:02.78. 10 -MILE TITLE FOR RYAN Meghan Ryan (Dundrum South Dublin AC) took the National 10-Mile title when winning the Irish Runner 10-Mile road race in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Sunday (July 20). Ryan, also the winner in 2023, finished in 57:57. Best of the Dublin men was Kane Collins (Donore Harriers) who finished a close fourth place in 51:10. In the team competition, DSD won both men and women’s senior titles. In the men’s competition, they finished clear of Donore Harriers and Raheny Shamrock. The women’s team was followed home by Galway City Harriers and Donore Harriers. Donore won the M35 team category ahead of DSD and Raheny Shamrock AC, while Brothers Pearse AC finished second of the W35 teams and Metro St Brigid’s won the men’s over 50 age category. Individual Dublin winners in the age categories were Tom Cuddy (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M65 and Ronan Ward (Civil Service Harriers) M70. A total of 1,817 completed the race. WINS FOR KANE AND KEARNS Matt Kane (Google/Rathfarnham WSAF AC) battled it out all the way to the line to win the Dublin City Council BHAA 5km in Irishtown, Dublin on Thursday evening (July 18). Kane finished in 55 mins 55 secs. Sean Doran (Harrier Products/Clonliffe Harriers) was second in 16:01 and Adrian Jones (ESB/Raheny Shamrock AC) third in 16:48. First woman was Maura Kearns (Teachers/Donore Harriers) in 19:08. Ciara Regan (Crusaders AC) in 19:25 was second and Gemma Treacy (St Vincent’s Hospital/Civil Service Harriers) third in 20:59. Sean Doran currently tops the Grade A table for the BHAA Summer League, followed by Mick Quirke and Shane O’Reilly. The best six results from nine races count and Derek O’Brien tops the B grade table ahead of Nathan Pearce and Declan Horgan. Grade C remains wide open, with David O’Mahoney the current leader; likewise grade D led by Tos Moran. Fiona Byrne, Linda Finnegan and Brid Ryan are battling it out at the top of the women’s grade A table, while Mary McDermott leads in the B grade. Among the new — and younger ! —teams in action were St Vincent’s Hospital Group and Bank of America. Next race is the SDCC 5km in Firhouse on July 31 (7.30pm). Newcomers welcome! MOUNTAIN RUNNING At the annual International Snowdon Race held in Llanberis, Wales, on Saturday (July 19) Killian Mooney (Dundrum South Dublin AC) finished twelfth, completing the 13.35km course with a savage uphill and down climb in 74 mins 22 secs. The Irish men finished seventh of the teams. Sean Meehan (Cherry Orchard RC) finished third in a time of 14 hrs 22 mins 43 secs at the 137km Wicklow Way Race from Clonegal to Marlay Park which started on Friday evening. A total of 76 from 102 starters completed the race.

HOT TIMES AT SANTRY AND CORK MEETS Highlight of the Morton Games at Santry on a balmy Friday evening (July 11) in Dublin was the Morton Mile, where thirteen of the fourteen finishers broke four minutes. Of those, six were Irish —and two from Dublin — with Andrew Coscoran (Star of the Sea AC) making his move with about 150 metres to go and holding off the challenge of the 2024 winner Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers) in the chase for the line. The pair finished in times of 3:51.12 and 3:51.26. Irish 5000m record holder Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock) finished fifth in 3:52.98, not far off his best of 3:52.41. In the men’s 800m won in a meet record time of 1:44.19 by Cian McPhillips (Longford AC), Louis O’Loughlin (Donore Harriers) finished fifth in a personal best 1:47.01 which improved on his time of 1:47.36 set at the Cork City Sports two days earlier. Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers), racing below his preferred 10,000m distnace, finished fifth in the men’s 5000m in 13:25.21, less than two seconds off his personal best. Best of the Irish in the women’s 1500m was Eimear Maher (Dundrum South Dublin) who finished ninth in a personal best 4:08.67. Winning the men’s 100m in a wind-assisted time of 10.20 secs was Israel Olatunde (Tallaght AC), while second in the men’s shot was national champion Eric Favors (Raheny Shamrock) with a best effort of 19.75. Two days earlier, Nicola Tuthill (UCD AC), produced another throw over 70 metres when winning the hammer at the Cork City Sports, held at the MTU on Wednesday with a 70.65 metres effort. In the mile, 19-year-old Lughaidh (Mallon (UCD AC) broke the four minute barrier for the first time when finishing third in 3:56.09. Philip Marron (DCH AC) finished ninth in 3:57.88 and Ronan McMahon-Staggs (DCH) 11th in 3:58.64. Other good results from Dublin club athletes came in the men’s 3000m, where Cathal Doyle was third in 1:46.26 and Louis O’Loughlin ninth.In the men’s 100m, Israel Olatunde (Tallaght AC) finished second in 10.36, while over 200m. Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers) clocked 20.73 for fourth. Lorcan Murphy (DSD) was equal second in the high jump with a personal best 2.05m and Eric Favors second in the shot put with 19.81m. FAST TIME FOR CARTHY Ciarán Carthy (Dundrum South Dublin) improved his best to 46.35 secs when finishing eighth overall in the 400m at an international meet in Kortrijk, Belgium on Saturday. At the BMC Grand Prix 2025 in Watford also on Saturday, Clonliffe junior athlete Sean Cronin clocked a time of 3:43.87 for ninth in the B 1500m race. A large number of Dublin sprinters were in London for the second Startford Speed meet on Sunday, which included a massive twenty-four men’s 100m heats as part of the packed programme. Winds were tricky, so in the opening round, Bori Akinola (UCD AC) wa helped by a +2.5 wind to a time of 10.17 when winning his heat. In the second round and with a legal wind reading, he ran 10.29. Finishing fourth behind Akinola in his first round heat in 10.54 was Michael Farrelly (Raheny Shamrock). In the second round, with no wind assistance Farrelly won his heat in 10.52. Other Dublin athletes running the 100m included Joseph Ojewumi (Tallaght AC) with times of 10.89 and 10.9 and Aisling Kelly (UCD AC) with times of 11.69 and 11.68. In the women’s 400m, Michele Duggan (UCD AC) was second in her 400m heat in 53.92 and won her 200m heat in a personal best 24.05. Finally at the Meeting Lignano in Italy on Sunday, Sean Donoghue and Ronan McMahonStagges, both from Dublin City Harriers, finished ?? And ?? In the men’s 1500m in times of ?? And ?? ROADS: LARGE TURN-OUT FOR FINGAL 10KM Almost 3,000 lined out for the Irish Life Fingal 10km in Swords, Co Dublin on Sunday (July 13), where Michael Brady (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished third in 30 mins 55 secs. Race winner was Tadgh Donnelly (Drogheda and District A) in 29 mins 48 secs. First woman was the ageless Ann-Marie McGlynn (Strabane AC, W45) in 34:15. In the men’s age categories, Philip O’Doherty (Clonliffe Harriers) was first M65, Colm McNally (Lusk AC) second M55 and Charnie Purewal third in that category, and Brian O’Reilly (Clonliffe Harriers) third M50. Of the women, Grace Kennedy (Donore Harriers) was first W40 ahead of Fiona Stack (Raheny Shamrock) and Olivia Sexton (Portmarnock AC). Sinead Tighe (Brothers Pearse) was first W50, and Mary Harte (Portmarnock AC) second W45. In Co Offaly, Paul O’Donnell (Dundrum South Dublin) made a welcome return to racing when winning the Frank Kilrane Edenderry 10-Mile in 52 mins 39 secs. DSD took three of the top four places with Eanna Ó Bradaigh second in 53:14 and Gavin Callery fourth in 55:27. Waterford raider David McCarthy (West Waterford AC) was the winner of the Docklands 5km, organised by Crusaders AC, in Dublin on Thursday evening (July 10) in a time of 14 mins 34 secs. Behind him came Aaron Donnelly (Dundrum South Dublin AC) in 14:38 and Sean O’Leary (Clonliffe Harriers) in 14:53. Mary Mulhare (Portlaoise AC) was first woman in 16:47 ahead of Sorcha McAllister (Dublin City Harriers) in16:55. DCH was the winning women’s team ahead of Sportsworld and Raheny Shamrock AC. Clonliffe Harriers proved best of the men’s team beating DSD and Raheny Shamrock. CONROY, BRADY WIN AT RAHENY 2-MILE SERIES Mountain running specialist Ian Conroy (M40) was the winner at the sixth round of the Lord Mayor of Raheny 2-Mile series on Tuesday evening (July 8) in 10 mins 53 secs. Ciara Brady made it six in a row when finishing seventh and first woman in 11.59. Seven rounds of the series remain and newcomers are welcome any Tuesday evening until August 27. 

ANOTHER GOOD TIME FOR HEALY - AND A WIN FOR COMERFORD Sarah Healy (UCD AC) produced another encouraging performance at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League round in Eugene Oregon on Saturday (July 5) , although her time of 3:57.21 in the 1500m - just off her lifetime best of 3:57.15 set last month - saw her finish only seventh in the race. Winner was the Olympic and world champion Faith Kipyegon of Kenya who smashed her own world record when crossing the line in 3:48.68. In the women’s 400m, held in breezy unfavourable conditions, Rhasidat Adeleke (Tallaght AC) finished fourth in 51.33secs — well off her best. Race winner was the American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in time of 49.43. Adeleke will hope for better when she runs in Monaco next Friday (July 11). Dublin did have a winner at the meet when Orla Comerford (Raheny Shamrock AC) sprinted home for victory in the women’s Paralympic 100m with a time of 12.14. DUNDRUM ON THE DOUBLE AT TRACK LEAGUE QUALIFIER Dundrum South Dublin AC topped the points table for both men and women at the National Track and field preliminary round held in Tullamore on Sunday (July 6). In the women’s competition, individual winners for DSD were Ciara Wilson Bowen walk, Charlotte Burke 400m, Mollie O’Reilly 200m and Aobh Forde 100m. Picking up valuable points in the long jump, 100m hurdles and high jump was Louise King. In the men’s competition, ex-Irish basketball international Lorcan Murphy won both the 100m and high jump. Murphy was also sixth in the javelin and helped the 4x100m relay team to victory. Other winners were Emmet Jennings 5000m, Jamie Byrne 1500m , Ciaran Carthy 400m and the 4x400m relay team. Overall, the DSD women, who lost out to Leevale AC in last year’s league final, finished comfortably clear of the opposition. Also qualifying for the league final were teams from Clonliffe Harriers, Donore Harriers and Raheny Shamrock AC. In the men’s contest, the DSD men finished ahead of defending champions Clonliffe Harriers, who have won the title a record thirteen times. Also making the top eight was Donore Harriers. The league final takes place on Sunday July 27 in Tullamore when all the qualifying teams will put out their best possible selections. A day earlier, Tullamore was also the venue for theAll Ireland U20 and U23 Track and Field championships, with a number of strong performances from Dublin athletes. In the Under 20 age group, Dubem Amah (Tallaght AC) won the men’s 200m in 21.49, with Luke Timlin (Crusaders) second in 21.56. Cormac Dixon (Tallaght AC) won a tactical men’s 1500m race in 3:59.85, followed by Lorcan Benjacar (Clonliffe Harriers) third in 4:02.34, while Sean Cronin (Clonliffe Harriers) won the 800m in 1:56.82. Megan Comiskey (Clonliffe Harriers) proved the class of the women’s discus competition firing otu a throw of 44.89 for victory. Earlier in the day, Comiskey had finished second in the hammer with a 43.47 effort. Highlight of the U23 competition from a Dublin perspective was a clean sweep in the men’s 100m, where Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC) the winner in a time of 10.85 secs despite battling a strong headwind. Craig Duffy (Clonliffe Harriers) was second in 10.93 and Emmanuel Akinrolie (Titans AC) third in 11.00. Later in the afternoon, in calmer conditions, Akinrolie won the 200m in 21.50 with Darragh Murphy (UCD AC) second in 21.53, while Aobh Forde (Dundrum South Dublin AC) won the women’s 200m in 25.66. Over 400m, Kate O’Connell (Lucan Harriers) timed her effort to perfection to storm home for victory with a time of 55.00. Pick of the longer distance races was a championship record of 4:22.80 for winner Eimear Maher (Dundrum South Dublin AC),while in the women’s discus, Anna Gavigan (LSA AC) improved the championships record to 54.24 on her way to victory. Dublin athletes dominated a closely-fought men’s javelin contest, with Euan Canniffe the winner ahead of his Clonliffe Harriers clubmate Hubert Adamczyk, with the pair throwing 49.44 and 49.06 respectively. In another Dublin clean sweep, Hugh Kelly (UCD AC) was third with a 48.28 effort. Ó BRADAIGH WINS IN CLONTARF Eanna Ó Bradaigh (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was the winner of the Nora Arthur 5km in St Anne’s Park, Clontarf, on Sunday (July 6) in 15:32. First woman was Irene Gorman (Crusaders AC) in 19:26. A day earlier, on Saturday, Raheny Shamrock athletes took the first two places at the Clontarf Half Marathon with Cian Charlton the winner in 79:02 and Anthony Eames second and first M40 in 79:23. In the allied 5-mile run, with over 1,200 finishers, the winners were Fearghal O’Hare (Crusaders AC) in 26:54 and Rachel McFadden (Clonliffe Harriers) in 32:02. Out in force at the B-5 Bettystown 5km in Co Meath on Friday evening was Balbriggan and District AC, with the north Dublin club finishing second in both the men and women’s team competitions. Other Dublin athletes picking up prizes included Anthony Doran of Clonliffe Harriers fourth overall and second M40, in 16:47; Peter Gaffney (Donore Harriers) first and Charni Purewal (Balbriggan and District AC) second M55 and Terence Neary (Clonliffe Harriers) first M60. At the 20th Mick Murphy Memorial 5km, held in Ferns, Co Wexford, Peter Arthur (Liffey Valley AC) finished third and first M40. Among the other Dublin runners who had headed to Co Wexford for this popular club-organised race were Paul Tester (Brothers Pearse AC) second M60, John McCabe (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) sixth M60 and Paul O’Brien (Sportsworld) fourth M40. 

TRACK Despite missing some key team members, the Irish team finished fifth of 16 nations in the division 2 section of the European Athletics Team Championships held in Maribor, Slovenia on Saturday and Sunday. Sarah Lavin in the women’s 100m hurdles was Ireland’s only winner in the competition, although Sharlene Mawdsley ran a season’s best 50.93 for a fighting third overall in the women’s 400m. Other encouraging performances came from Cian McPhillips (UCD AC) third in the 800m in 1:46.37 and Nicola Tuthill (also UCD AC) who was third in the women’s hammer thanks to a fourth round effort of 70.80m. Improving his personal best to 44.98 secs and finishing less than half a second off the lead in the 400m for fourth place overall was Jack Rafferty (Donore Harriers). That time makes Rafferty only the second Irishman after Irish record holder David Gillick to break the 45-second barrier for 400m distance. In the 5000m, Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished second in 13:56.07, while fifth in the shot was Fay’s Raheny clubmate Eric Favors (Raheny Shamrock AC) with a 19.42 effort. Men’s team captain Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers AC) was sixth in the men’s 200m, while women’s team captain Niamh Fogarty (Raheny Shamrock AC) not only finished fifth in her specialist discus with a throw of 52.20, but also produced a lifetime best of 14.29 m for seventh place in women’s shot put. In the long jump, Elizabeth Ndudi (Dundrum South Dublin) finished fourth with a leap of 6.26m. The meet concluded with the mixed 4 x400m relay, where the team which included Rafferty clock a time of 3:14.81, for second place in their heat which was enough for fourth overall. A day earlier, an all-Dublin club men’s 4x100m team of Michael Farrelly (Raheny Shamrock AC), Israel Olatunde (Tallaght AC), Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC )and Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers) won their heat with a new Irish record time of 38.88. That was enough for second overall behind Norway who were just two-hundredths of a second faster in 38.86. Winners in Maribor were the Belgians, followed by Slovenia, Norway,Turkey and Ireland. At the Irish Milers Club Crusaders meet in Santry on Saturday, Eimear Maher won the 800m in 2:04.38, with her Dundrum South Dublin team mate Amy O’Donoghue first home in the 1500m in 4:14.58. In the men’s 1500m , Philip Marron (Dublin City Harriers) finished second in 3:44.65, with Cathal O’Reilly (Kilkenny City Harriers) the winner in 3:44.65. Junior athlete Sean Cronin (Clonliffe Harriers) was third in 3:44.65 California-based Ailish Hawkins (Dublin City Harriers) won a closely fought women’s A 1500m at the sixth Dublin Graded Track and Field League round in Santry on Wednesday evening (June 25). Hawkins, whose mother Nessa Noone was a prominent Dublin club athlete in her day, was chased hard all the way by masters athlete Fiona Gettings of Longford AC only sprinting clear in the finishing straight to win in 4:55.01. Gettings finished in 4:36.33, with Maria McCambridge (Dundrum South Dublin AC, W45) third in 4:47.16. Winning the men’s A 1500m in 4:02.80 was a delighted Andrew McGilton (Dundrum South Dublin AC). Brian Kelly (St Abban’s AC) was second in 4:05.32. In the 400m races, Sean Harding (Shercock AC) had an impressive victory with a time of 48.55 secs in the men’s A race. Andrew Hayes (Dundrum South Dublin) finished second in 49.12. Winning the B race in 51.84 was Jack Byrne (Crusaders AC). Aisling Cunningham (Dundrum South Dublin AC) won the women’s A 400m in 60.21. In the D race, Crusaders athlete Eva Griffin was the winner in 61.14 which was the second fastest time of the day. Multi-eventer Lara O’Byrne (Donore Harriers) who is training for the All Ireland Combined Events Championships in a fortnight’s time, won the shot with a best of 10.27m and was fourth in the javelin with 29.45. Mia Primke (Clonliffe Harriers) finished second in the javelin behind Isobel Kearns (Naas AC) who threw 39.16. Best in the hammer was Margaret Hayden (Tallaght AC) with a heave of 59.83m. Winning the men’s shot with a throw of 12.22 was Redeem Ngadzech (Clonliffe Harriers, M45), who has resumed his athletics career after a thirty-year break! First M50 was Niall Allen (Clonliffe Harriers) with a throw of 12.02 while third overall was junior athlete Harry Moylan (Crusaders) with an 11.48 effort. The full result elsewhere on this page at http://pastresults.dublinathletics.com/graded25-6/menu.html. More pics from Dublin Graded Meet 6 at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720327133083/ ROAD In Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Sunday Morning (June 29) , Emmett Jennings (Dundrum South Dublin AC) was the winner of the Irish Runner 5-Mile Challenge, in a time of 24 mins 9 secs. Kane Collins (Donore Harriers) was second in 24:25 and Jamie Byrne (Dundrum South Dublin, MJ) third in 24:42. Meghan Ryan (Dundrum South Dublin) finished third woman in 27:58, with Dundrum South Dublin winning both and and women’s senior team titles. In the men’s competition, Raheny Shamrock were just eight seconds behind for second place, followed by Mullingar Harriers third, Donore Harriers fourth and Liffey Valley fifth. DSD had a more comfortable victory in the women’s competition where Galway City Harriers were second and Raheny Shamrock third. In a mirror image of the men’s competition, Donore were fourth and Liffey Valley fifth. Dublin clubs dominated the men’s over 35 team competition, with Brothers Pearse, led by Kieran Regan in 12th place, the winners, ahead of Donore Harriers, and Clonliffe Harriers, with Rathfarnham WSAF fourth. Donore, led by Aedin Corr, won the W35 team prize. Mullingar Harriers were second, Brothers Pearse third and Liffey Valley fourth. In the over 50 team competition. Inishowen beat Raheny Shamrock for the title, with Tuam AC third and Donore Harriers fourth. Mullingar Harriers proved best of the over 50 women. Raheny Shamrock were second and Celbridge third. Dublin winners of age group prizes were Aedin Corr (Donoree Harriers) W35, Grace Kennedy (Donore Harries) W40, Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock) W55, Sheelagh Jones (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) W65, Cillian O’Leary (Raheny Shamrock AC) M45, Tom Cuddy (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M65 and Vincent O’Neill (Civil Service Harriers) M70. Eva Casey (Tallaght AC) was first junior woman. Dublin-based Hugh Armstrong (Ballina AC) proved the class the fields at the Roscommon 10-Mile on Saturday (June 28), winning in a time go 49:28. Armstrong was followed home by Dundrum South Dublin pair Killian Mooney 52:53 and Eanna O Bradaigh in 53.04. At the Kilcock 5km in Co Kildare on Friday (June 27) Faye Dervan (DCH), third 16:25, was leading Dublin City Harriers to team victory ahead of Clane AC, with Raheny Shamrock, led by Fiona Roche in seventh place, third. Clonliffe Harriers had travelled to the race in force and were rewarded with victory in the men’s team race with Colm Rooney leading the team home in eighth place. Donore Harriers, led but Ian Fitzgerald, were second.