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Dublin Athletics promotes all athletics at Club and County level in Dublin for Juvenile, Junior, Senior and Master athletes. It organises cross country and road championships for Juvenile, Junior, Novice, Intermediate and Senior athletes. Teams and athletes from these Championships are entered in Provincial and National Competitions. It also organises Juvenile and Graded Track and Field Meetings from April to August and Dublin Track and Field Championships during these events.
LATEST FIXTURES 2025
The Dublin 10 Mile Road Championships, was hosted by Civil Service Harriers AC, in the Frank Duffy 10 Mile on Saturday 16th August in the Phoenix Park. The results of the Dublin Championships are on the TDL website at https://www.tdleventservices.co.uk/en/results-embed.php?event=4150. These results are provisional only as the organisers are aware of some incidents of number swapping among club athletes. This is currently being investigated and final results will be available as soon as possible. Queries should be sent to Gemma Treacy at gemmactreacy@yahoo.ie.
Please see attached the programme for the eight Dublin Graded Meeting at Morton Stadium on 30 July 2025. Please note that the organisers reserve the right to move any events forward if the running of the programme allows it. Please check in on time when called on by the stadium announcer, so as not to miss your event.
The Dublin Road Championships 2025 races at 5k, 5 mile, 10 mile, Half Marathon and Marathon will be run with the same distance races in Dublin over August and September. These will take part in the Irish Life Dublin Race Series (Frank Duffy 10 mile, Half Marathon and Marathon), in the Lucan 5 mile and in the Rathfarnham 5k. Please enter these races in the normal way and the results will be used to determine the Dublin Results. Dublin Championships Medals can be won by Senior Male and Female athletes and in the usual Masters Categories M/F35 to M/F65. Team medals can also be won at Senior, in M/F 35+ and M/F 50+ levels. In addition an M/F 65+ Team category will be up for grabs in the 5k. Please check the appropriate websites for the dates and times of these races. Queries to Dick Hooper at onelifeoneclub@hotmail.com.
Please see attached the programme for the seventh Dublin Graded Meeting on Lucan track on 16 July 2025. Please note that the organisers reserve the right to move any events forward if the running of the programme allows it. Please check in on time when called on by the stadium announcer, so as not to miss your event.
Please see attached the programme for the sixth Dublin Graded Meeting in Morton Stadium, Santry on 25 June 2025. Please note that the organisers reserve the right to move any events forward if the running of the programme allows it. Please check in on time when called on by the stadium announcer, so as not to miss your event.
Please see attached the draft programme for the fifth Dublin Graded Meeting to be held on the DSD AC track on Saturday 14th June at 2.00. Please note that events maybe moved forward and Grades combined in order to have a more efficient track event, so participants must listen to the track announcer to know when their event is to be run.
Please see attached the tometable for the Dublin Juvenile T&F League 3 at DSD track on Sunday 15th June 2025
Please find attached the parking information for the Dublin Juvenile Relay Championships scheduled for Lucan on Wednesday and Friday. Also attached, is an amended timetable for league 3 with U13 girls' and boys' high jumps included. If clubs have any U13's interested in competing in the high jump, please send me their details, full name, DOB, reg number and club before 6pm on Wednesday and we can add them to the system. IMPORTANT The online entry portal for the National Children’s Games (U9/10/11Team Championships and relays) will be open for entries in the next few days and will close on Wednesday the 11th of June @ 23:59. Club competition secretaries/secretaries are responsible for submitting entries for the National Children’s Games – the first 3 teams (pairs) in each age group/event and the 3 qualifying relay teams in each age group that qualified in the Dublin U9/10/11Team (pairs) Championships & Relays. These results can be found at live.dublinathletics.com . It is important to note that entries for the Individual U12 Dublin qualifiers 1st 4 in all events (except the 600m where only 3 qualify), and U12 qualifying relay teams (1st 3) at our Even age Championships in Lucan this Wednesday the 11th MUST also be entered online before 23:59 on the 11th of June. Individuals can be entered by the parent or club competition secretary (results at live.dublinathletics.com ) and relays by the competition secretaries/secretaries only. The timeframe of 23:59 is very tight for entering the relays , so those responsible for entering the U12 qualifying teams should be alert. Please find attached the relay timetable. One official from each club should collect the envelope with the bib numbers. The last runner on a team wears the bib number, and lease make sure the correct number is worn by the club teams. Please also find attached the relay guidelines. If a club has more than 1 team in any age group, please place a sticky label on each athlete's vest with team "A", "B", "C", etc, to distinguish one team from another as only the last athlete will be wearing the bib number. League 3 Athletes must were the bib number they wore in leagues 1 & 2 and not the bib number they had in Championships. Regards Cecil
LATEST NEWS & REPORTS
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.
The Dublin 10 Mile Road Championships, was hosted by Civil Service Harriers AC, in the Frank Duffy 10 Mile on Saturday 16th August in the Phoenix Park. The results of the Dublin Championships are on the TDL website at https://www.tdleventservices.co.uk/en/results-embed.php?event=4150. These results are provisional only as the organisers are aware of some incidents of number swapping among club athletes. This is currently being investigated and final results will be available as soon as possible. Queries should be sent to Gemma Treacy at gemmactreacy@yahoo.ie.
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.
