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.

TRACK AND FIELD - HOME ANOTHER FAST TIME FOR SARAH HEALY Sarah Healy (UCD AC) moved into second place on the all-time Irish rankings when clocking a personal best time of 3:57.15 for a fighting second place in the 1500m at the Paris Diamond League meet on Friday (June 20). Race winner was behind Kenya’s Nelly Chepchirchir. Ciara Mageean with a time of 3:55.87 from 2023 tops the rankings. In the men’s 800m, Mark English (Finn Valley AC) finished sixth in 1:43.98 - his second sub 1:44 time. SPRINTERS SHARPEN UP With the European Athletics team championships next weekend, Irish athletes were sharpening up at meets all over Europe over the past week. On Sunday, at the Stratford Open Speed Meet in London, Bori Akinola (UCD AC) , a member of the 4 x100m squad, smashed his previous best time for 100m when winning his heat in 10.10 secs. Although that was the fastest Irish time ever, Akinola was helped by a following +2.9 wind, with +2 the limit for a legal time. Almost all the Irish at the meet benefited from the wind. Mollie O’Reilly (Dundrum South Dublin AC) won her first round 100m heat (one of 16) in 11.68 secs with a +2.3 following wind. She clocked 11.75 in her second attempt later in the afternoon when the wind had died down to +0.9. Aisling Kelly (UCD AC) won her heat in the second round in 11.53 (+3.2 wind) after finishing second earlier on in 11.73 (+2.4 wind). Others in action included Nkemjika Onwumereh (Metro St Brigid’s AC) 10.59 (+3.2), and Alamin Balkole (Fingallians AC) 10.60 (also +3.2). IRISH RELAY TEAM SMASH 25 YEAR OLD RECORD Irish sprinters were out in force at Alteticageneve EAP, Switzerland on Saturday (June 21) and the reward was a new Irish men’s record of 38.92 secs for second place in the 4 x 100m relay. Making up the team were Dublin club athletes Michael Farrelly (Raheny Shamrock), Bori Akinola (UCD AC), Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers) and Israel Olatunde (Tallaght AC). The previous record of 39.26 set was set at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. In the men’ individual 100m, Olatunde won his heat in 10.23 and made it through to the final, where he finished eighth in 10.30. Akinola finished 11th overall in a personal best 10.25, Farrelly 21st in 10.44 and Aigboboh 28th in 10.63. In the women’s 100m heats, Aisling Kelly (UCD AC) finished fourth in 11.75, while in the men’s 200m, Marcus Lawler finished tenth overall in 20.63. Over the longer distances, Sean Cronin (Clonliffe Harriers) was third in 3:45.06 in the B 1500 race at the BMC Loughborough meet on Sunday (June 22). England-based Ella Fennelly (Dundrum South Dublin AC) won the women’s A 3000m in a personal best time of 9:17.87. Earlier in the week, at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Helsinki, Finland on Tuesday (June 17), Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers) finished fourth in the 1500m in 3:35.00 — slower than the personal best 3:32.15 he had run in Rome eleven days earlier. On Friday July 11, Doyle will defend his Morton Mile title at the annual Morton Games in Santry stadium, for which tickets are now available. GOOD LUCK IRELAND! Ireland’s squad of forty-six athletes faces teams from fifteen other countries at the European Team Championships Second Division in Maribor, Slovenia on June 28/19, with Sarah Lavin the only big name selected. Dublin club members selected are Cian McPhillips (UCD AC) 800m, Brian Fay (Raheny Shamrock AC) 5000m, Eric Favors (Raheny Shamrock AC) shot, and Eoin Sheridan (Clonliffe Harriers) discus of the men, and Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock AC) 400m, Elizabeth Ndudi (DSD AC), long jump, Niamh Fogarty (Raheny Shamrock AC) discus, Grace Casey (Clonliffe Harriers) javelin, and hammer thrower Nicola Tuthill (UCD AC) of the women. Selected for the 4x100m relay sqaud are Michael Farrelly (Raheny Shamrock), Israel Olatunde (Tallaght AC), Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC), Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers), and Bori Akinola (UCD AC). Ciaran Carthy (DSD AC) makes his debut on the mixed 4 x 400m squad. UCD ATHLETICS MEET Performance of the day at the UCD Athletics Meet in Belfield on Wednesday (June 18) came from Jack Raftery (Donore Harriers) whose winning time of 45.75 was a personal best. Australian visitor Hamish Donohue won the A grade men’s 800m in 1:48.68, with Finn Woodger (MSB AC) third in 1:49.22. In the women’s 800m in 2:05.94 Niamh Carr (DCH) was third in 2:09.82. Fastest in the women’s 100m was Mollie O’Reilly (DSDAC) in11.67, with Aisling Kelly (UCD AC) second in 11.70. Bori Akinola (UCD AC) won his heat of the 100m in 10.35, followed by Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght ) in 10.42. Lorcan Murphy (DSD) the former Irish basketball international player turned multi-eventer, finished third in a personal best 10.46 which was also a club record. In the final later on, Akinola was again the winner in 10.27 followed by Aigboboh in 10.39 but unfortunately they were helped by a +2.1 following wind. Finishing second in the women’s long jump was Daphni Doulaptsi Teeuwen (Raheny Shamrock) with a best of 5.44m. Concluding the main programme were the 1500m races, and in the women’s A race, Leia Ryan (MSB) finished second in 4:25.84 and Ellie Hartnett (UCD AC) third in 4:25.89 .Winning the men’s A race was Wolfgang Cotra Nemess from Australia in 3:50.80. In the pre-programme, Kate O’Connell (Lucan Harriers) won a 200m heat in 24.09, followed by Kate Doherty (DSD AC) in 24.37. Oisin McCorry (Raheny Shamrock) won the men’s 400m hurdles in 56.70. Winning the men’s 3000m in 8:13.86 was Jonas Stafford (UCD). ROADS Road race of the week was the Michael Manning 10km in Dunshaughlin, Co Meath, where David McGlynn (West Waterford AC) raced away from Tadhg Donnelly (Drogheda and District AC) for victory in 29 mins 30 secs. First Dublin athlete was Ian Guiden (Clonliffe Harriers) who finished seventh in 30:48. Eanna Moynihan Ó Bradaigh (DSD) finished tenth in 31:34 and Tomas Fitzpatrick (Tallaght AC) 13th and second M50 in 31:34. First woman was Dublin-based Íde Nic Dhomhnaill (West Limerick AC, W40) in 33:16. Alex Murphy (UCD AC) was third in 35:26, while finishing fourth and fifth were DCH pair Faye Dervan in 35:54 and Cliona Murphy in 35:54. Sixth and first W45 was Noreen Brouder (Sportsworld AC) in 36.25. Other age group winners from Dublin clubs were Cillian O’Leary (Raheny ShamrockAC) M45, Colm Murray (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M55 and Gerry Boyle (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) M65 of the men and Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock AC) W55 and Catherine Brogan (Portmarnock AC) W50 of the women. Winning the Peugeot Series team prize for mixed teams was Dundrum South Dublin AC. A total of nineteen teams had entered, with Civil Service Harriers fourth and Clonliffe Harriers fifth. Sportsworld proved best of the 42 women’s teams entered,while . Raheny Shamrock was second, DSD third and Clonliffe Harriers fourth of the astouening 62 men’s teams entered. 

TRACK AND FIELD ABROAD Rhasidat Adeleke (Tallaght AC) began her build-up to September’s World Championships by lining out in two Diamond League 400m races. First up was theBislett Games In Oslo, Norway, on Thursday where she finished fourth in her first individual outdoor 400m of the season with a time of 50.42. Four days later, on Sunday, at the Stockholm Diamond League meet in Sweden, she finished sixth in the 400m, with a marginally slower time of 50.48. Winning both races was newcomer Isabella Whittaker from the USA. The Diamond League now takes a break until the Meeting Herculis on Friday, July 11, again with the women’s 400m part of the programme. Closer to home, Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers), in his first race since winning the European 10,000m Cup three weeks ago, was competing in the UK Athletics British 10,000m Championships in Birmingham. He finished second in 28:09.36 - well off the 27:40.47 he ran to clinch the European title. TRACK AND FIELD - HOME Despite monsoon-like conditions as the day progressed, the full programme was completed at the fifth Dublin Graded Track and Field meet held at the DSD Track on Tibradden Road on Sunday (June 15). First up and escaping the rain were the 3000m runners, with Kevin Byrne (Newbridge AC) winning the men’s A race in 8:59.67 and Aine O’Connor (Ratoath AC) best of the women with a time of 10:22.33. Winning the men’s B race was Ronan Dunphy (Skerries AC). In the 200m series of races, the women also escaped a drenching. Mollie O’Reilly of host club DSD was a clear winner of the women’s A race in 23.45 secs, with her clubmate Aodh Forde winning the B race in 25.70. Not so lucky were the men, although Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers) clocked a solid time of 21.13 secs when winning the fastest of the three men’s A races. Over 800m, Sean Healy (DSD) finished third in the A race in 1:55.83 while Conrad Latham (Raheny Shamrock) won the men’s B race. Robyn Carey (Lusk AC) was second in the women’s A race in 2:15.50. All the 800m athletes got a thorough soaking, as did the high jumpers, although before the deluge had everyone running for cover, former Irish basketball international Lorcan Murphy (DSD AC) managed to soar over 1.90m. Murphy was a high jumper in his pre-basketball days and is training for his first decathlon next month. More pictures are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720326878099 . *Morton Stadium is the venue for the sixth Dublin Graded Meet on Wednesday June 25 (7pm). In the meantime, the UCD Games take place next Wednesday evening (June 18) in Belfield. Main programme from 5pm; pre-programme from 3pm. See UCD Athletics on Facebook for full timetable. A number of Dublin athletes travelled to Belfast for the Lagan Valley AC/British Milers open meet at the Mary Peters Track on Saturday (June 14) and winning the women’s 1500m in PB 4:13.33 was Eimear Maher (Dundrum South Dublin AC). Not too far behind was Niamh Kearney (Raheny Shamrock) who finished third in 4:127.89. In the men’s A 3000ms, Shane Spring (Raheny Shamrock) finished fourth in 8:11.80, while in the B race, junior athlete Charlie O’Neill (Donore Harriers, M17) was second in 8:32.69. Finishing third in the men’s mile in 4:00.44 was Phillip Marron (Dublin City Harriers). Louie Woodger (Metro St Brigid’s) won the B mile in 4:08.41. TRACK AND FIELD - AWAY Among the Dublin athletes racing abroad on Saturday were Louis O’Loughlin (Donore Harriers) fourth in the mens 800m in 1:48.89 in Nivelles, Belgium. In Malta, Lee Byrne (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) who was second in the men’s 800m in 1:58.13. Winning the Para 100m in Oslo on Thursday was Orla Comerford (Raheny Shamrock AC ) in a personal best 11.87 secs. On Wednesday (June 11) Nicola Tuthill (UCD AC) improved on her own Irish U23 hammer record with a throw of 71.71 at the Motornet GP in Lahti Finland. Tuthill finished third in the competition with local athlete Krista Tervo the winner with a PB 77.14. The throw is just 1.50m off Eileen O’Keefe’e Irish record of 73.21m. Sarah Healy (UCD AC) lined out in a mixed 800m at the BMC Gold Standard meet in Trafford on Tuesday (June 19) and was rewarded with a time of 2:00.87 - one-hundredth of a second off her personal best of 2:00.86 set two years ago. In France, at the Meeting de Montreuil, also on Tuesday, Jodie McCann (Dublin City Harriers) finished sixth in the 1500m with a time of 4:09.95. At the Kladno meet in Czechia Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock AC) won the 400m in a time of 51.83 secs. In the men’s 800m, Louis O’Loughlin (Donore Harriers) finished sixth in 1:48.38. A feature of this competition was and event for men and women called the ‘Litter of Balls’. We suspect they meant the shot putt! At the Meeting Cidade de Lisbon in Portugal, Sean Donoghue (Dublin City Harriers) won the men’s 1500m in 3:43.34, while Kate Doherty (DSD AC) opened her outdoor season by finishing third in the 100m hurdles in 13.78 secs. ROADS Canadian visitor Nickolas Colyn proved the class of the field at the Castleknock 5km in west Dublin on Sunday (May 15) winning in a time of 14:45. Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) was second in 15:33 - his third race of the week. At the Boyne 5km, in Drogheda, Co Louth on Friday (June 13), Ian Guiden (Clonliffe Harriers) finished second in 15:10, while Kate Purcell (Raheny Shamrock, W40) was second woman in 17:53. OFF ROAD James Moran led home 1,407 finishers at the Dublin Front Runners Pride 5km around the 15 Acres in the Phoenix Park on Friday (June 13). First woman was Mollie O’Donnell (Liffey Valley AC) in 18:25. In Trim, Co Meath, also on Friday, over 500 runners took to the fields on a warm, sunny evening for the Braveheart 5km trail run, where racing machine Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) finished third in 16:24 and Kate McCrystal (UCD AC) was third woman in 20:05. Earlier in the week, Doran was the runaway winner of the BCMGlobal BHAA 5km Trail Race in the Phoenix Park on Tuesday evening. Doran finished in 16 mins 16 secs, with Tom Sherlock (Bank of Ireland) second in 16:59 and Ian Comerford (ESB) third in 17.31. Sixth and first M40 was Paddy O’Boyle in 18:32. First woman was Clare Sullivan (CSO) in 19:52. Niamh O’Keeffe (ESB) was second in 21:32 and Caroline McCarthy (RCSI) third in 21:43. A number of BCMGlobal staff members also lined out, led home by David Geraghty in a respectable 25th place, with Rebecca Cuskelly first woman home and sixth of the senior women.

ANOTHER BIG WIN FOR HEALY Sarah Healy’s magic season continued on Friday evening when she won the 1500m at the Rome Diamond League meet on Friday evening (June 6), while in the men’s 1500m at the same meet, Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers) ran a qualifying time for the World Championships later this summer. In her first 1500m outdoor race of the season, Healy stayed out of trouble for the opening two laps, and then moved through the field into third place when turning into the finishing straight. Only with her final few strides did she sprint clear of Australia’s Sarah Billings for victory in a time of 3:59.24. Billings was second in 359.24 and Abbey Caldwell, also from Australia, third in 3:59.32. Just a fortnight ago at the Diamond League round in Rabat, Morocco, Healy improved her 3,000m best by almost four seconds when finishing an impressive third in a time of 8:27.02. That time knocked over three seconds off the 8:30.79 she ran indoors in New York in February, a few weeks before her memorable 3000m victory at the European Indoor Championships. Next up for Healy is the Meeting de Paris Diamond League round at the Stade Charléty in Paris, where Healy ran her best time for the distance of 3:57.4 last July. In the men’s 1500m, Doyle ran a lifetime best of of 3:32.15 to finish 14th in a race where all sixteen starters ran times of under 3 mins 33 secs, which happens to be the A standard for the Tokyo World Championships. So job done for Doyle. Winner was France’s Azeddine Habz in 3:29.72. PERSONAL BEST FOR MALLON Closer to home, at the BMC Grand Prix 2025, hosted by Birmingham University on Saturday (June 7), 19-year-old Lughaigh Mallon (UCD AC) clocked a personal best 3:41.15 when finishing sixth in the the men’s B grade 1500m race. The time is inside the B standard for next month’s European U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway and also qualifies Mallon for the World University Games taking place in the week after Bergen. A grand total of fifteen 1500m races and fourteen 800m races made up a large part of the programme, with Irish club athletes lining out in quite a few of those as well as in 5000m and steeplechase races. Indeed, from an entry of fourteen in the women’s steeplechase, seven - or exactly half - were Irish. Even better, the Irish took the top three places with Niamh Kearney (Raheny Shamrock AC) leading them home in 10:08.66, followed byAlexandra Joyce (Tuam AC) in 10:14.50 and Roisin Treacy (DSDAC) in 10:19.65. In the men’s steeplechase, Jonas Stafford (UCD AC) finished third in 8:55.13. A large group of Dundrum South Dublin and UCD athletes were in Belgium for the Putbos Memorial Buyle, Orrdegem-Lede, Belgium, also on Saturday. In the 400m hurdles, Cara Murphy finished fourth in 59.49. In the series of eleven 400m races Ciaran Carthy (DSD AC) was tenth in a personal best 46.65m. David Bosch clocked a time of 47.86, with his UCD AC clubmate Molly Hourihan running a time of 55.56. In the 200m, Aobh Forde of DSD AC clocked 25.63. At the EYOF Gala in Weltzer, Germany, junior athlete Liam Morris (Donore Harriers) finished fourth in the men’s 800m in 1:56.40. Earlier in the week, t the Elite Jessheim meet in Bergen, Norway, on Tuesday (June 3), Jodie McCann (DCH) finished 10th in the women’s 5000m in a time of 15:43.42. McCann is chasing a time of at least 15:22 in order to qualify for Tokyo. TRACK AND FIELD - HOME Carlow was the venue for the Leinster Track and Field Championships across all age groups over the weekend of June 7-8 and a busy weekend it proved to be. Race of the opening day was the U23 men’s 100m final, Sean Aigboboh (Tallaght AC) pipped Craig Duffy (Clonliffe Harriers) for victory with the pair timed at 10.42 and 10.43. Emmanuel Akinrolie (Titans AC) was third in 10.56. Uche Disu (Tallaght AC) won the women’s U20 100m in 25.1 and also finished second in the women’s 100m in 11.91. Winning the senior 110m hurdles in 14.04 secs was Rolus Olusa (Clonliffe Harriers). In the master women’s sprints. Sinead O’Connor (Metro St Brigid’s AC) won both the W40 100m and 200m. Double winners for Lucan Harriers were sprinters Leanne Wellings ,W50 100m and 200m, and Carol Kearney W60 100m and 200m. Kearney was also second in the 400m. In the middle distances, Godwin Matthias (Dundrum South Dublin AC) won the senior men’s 800m title in 1:58.51. In the 1500m races, Kevin Nolan (Donore Harriers) was first M35 with a time of 4:20.58 and Niall Sherlock (Clonliffe Harriers) second overall and first M40 in 4:26.03. Sherlock went on to win the 800m in 2:13.36. Over the longer distances, Louise Gaffney (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) won the W35 3000m, while Philip O’Doherty (Clonliffe Harriers) was first M65 over the same distance. Winning the women’s discus was 21-year-old Anna Gavigan (LSA AC) with a throw of 52:03. Gavigan threw a PB 53.91 at the European Throwing Cup in Cyprus last March, and is consistently over the B standard of 51.30 for the European U23 Championships next month. Winning the men’s discus was Eoin Sheridan (Clonliffe Harriers) with a 52.03 effort. Clonliffe’s Grace Casey won the women’s senior javelin with a 44.03 throw and her clubmate Simon Galligan a clear winner of the senior men’s hammer with a throw of 60.47. Winning the senior men’s long jump with 6.61 m was Masahiro Watanabe (Crusaders AC). DUBLIN GRADED MEET NUMBER 4 Niamh Kelly (Clonliffe Harrier) ran a personal best 2 mins 11.14 secs to win the A grade women’s 800m at the fourth Dublin Graded Track and Field meet of the season at Santry on Wednesday (June 4). A close second was Niamh Cooney (ACE AC) in 2:11.45. Saoirse McGrath (Crusaders AC) won the B race in 2:20.70., with Elaine Kenny (Sportsworld) second in 2:21.52 and Alannah Cooley (Clonliffe Harriers) third in 2:21.90. Winning a closely fought men’s A 800m was Juan Ignacio Peña (Raheny Shamrock ) in 1:54.48. Second in 1:54.77 was James Foot (Bray Runners), while third was Andrew McGilton (DSD) in 1:55.36. Sean Healy (DSD) won the B race in 1:57.45, with Dylan Kelly (Donore Harriers) second in 1:59.11. Sprinters had a tough evening of it with gusting headwinds of -3 and more affecting times. In the men’s 100m final (-3.0), Lorcan Murphy (DSD) ran 10.73 secs and Marcus Lawler (Clonliffe Harriers 10.85. Earlier into an even stronger -3.4 wind, the pair had run times of 10.76 and 10.85 secs respectively. In the first of two women’s 100m races (-2.6 wind), Sive O’Toole (StLOT AC) ran 12.07 and Uche Disu (Tallaght AC) 12.09 to finish second and third behind Sarah Kealy (Killarney Valley) the race winner in 12.04. . Later in the final, when the wind had moderated to -1.8, O’Toole and Disu finished first and second in slower times of 12.07 and 12.09. In the field, Isabel Mullarney (Rathfarnham WSAF) won the women’s shot with a 9.05 effort. Junior athlete Theo Hanlon Suncroft (Lusk) managed a huge heave of 17.04m with the lighter 6km shot in the men’s competition. Winning the men’s javelin with a throw of 45.55 was Hugh Kelly (UCD AC), while best in the long jump was M50 master athlete and decathlon specialist Kevin Byrne (DSD AC) with 4.73. ROADS Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner of the 39th Patrick Bell and Nicky Philips 5km with a time of 15 mins 13 secs on Saturday (June 8). Just four seconds behind for second in 15:17 was Sean O’Connor (Dunshaughlin AC). Third in 15:35 was Colm Turner (Brothers Pearse AC), who was leading Brothers Pearse to team victories in two categories —the Paddy Murtagh Cup for teams of six and the club competition for teams of four. Clonliffe Harriers was second in the club category and also finished second in the women’s team competition, led by Alannah Cooley in seventh place. Brothers Pearse, led by Dee O’Keeffe, finished third.

ROADS Grace Richardson (Kilkenny) became the second member of her family to win the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon in Dublin on Sunday, when her time of 34 mins 17 secs saw her finish eight seconds ahead of Claire Fagan (Mullingar Harriers) second in 34:25 and Jessica Criag (North Down AC) third in 34:55. Grace’s older sister Aoibhe, race winner in 2019, finished fourth in 35:03. First Dublin club athlete was Ciara Brady (Raheny ShamrockAC) who finished eighth in 37:48, followed by Megan Brunt (Blackrock AC) tenth in 38:19. First master overall, as well as first over 55 for a third year, and third Dublin club athlete, was the evergreen Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock AC) winner of the race in 2008 after many years of trying - and already a ‘master’ even then. This year, she finished eighteenth overall in 38:49, about the same time as a year earlier. Fourth Dublin athlete and first for organising club Dundrum South Dublin AC was Lisa Gaughran, who finished 15th in 38:50. Other age category winners (by chip timing) from Dublin clubs were Aoife Quigley (Crusaders AC) W40 and Grainne Grennan (Blackrock AC) W65. Placers included Olivia Sexton (Portmarnock AC) third W40, Katherine Duff (Blackrock AC) and Ciara Peelo (Clonliffe Harriers) second and third W45, Eileen Rowland (Sportsworld) second W60, Mary Lynch (Raheny Shamrock) and Hazel Foster (Waterstown Warriors) ,second and third W70, and June Comiskey (Raheny Shamrock) and Carol Lynch (Sportsworld) second and third W75. A total of 23,704 completed the race, according to the timekeepers TDL. More pictures from the WMM at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/ At the Cork Marathon, Half Marathon and 10km, also on Sunday, Cillian O’Leary (Raheny Shamrock) finished sixth and first M45 with a time of 73.04 in the half marathon. Ten years ago exactly, in 2015, O’Leary, who comes from the city, won the Cork Marathon. Leading home 410 finishers at the Balbriggan Summerfest 5km, Co Dublin on Thursday (May 29) was Ronan Dunphy (Skerries AC) in 16 mins 40 secs. Stephen Sharpe (Raheny Shamrock) was second in 17.43 and Mark Kelly (Clonliffe Harriers) sixth and first U16 in 18:26. First woman was Katie Halpin (Clonliffe Harriers) in 20:39 closely followed by Emma Przymusinska (Lusk AC) in 20:40 It was business (sorry!) as usual for Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) when he won the Irish Life Canada Life Dunboyne BHAA 5-Mile in a time of 25 mins 16 secs on a wet Tuesday evening (May 27). Colm Turner (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) was second in 25:54. A total of 220 completed the race, among them the ever-consistent June Comiskey (Raheny Shamrock AC) first W75 and Terry Mee (Donore Harriers) first M80. Next BHAA fixture is the Trail 5km in the Phoenix Park on Tuesday June 10 (7.30pm) Jonas Stafford (UCD AC) proved the class of the field at the Star of the Sea Michelle McKiernan 5km, in Stamullen, Navan, winning with well over a minute to spare in 14 mins 53 secs. Finishing fifth and first woman in 17:11 was Faye Dervan (DCH AC) TRACK AND FIELD At the All Ireland Schools Track and Field Championships held in Tullamore on Friday and Saturday (May 30-31) Emily Bolton ( Institute of Education/Clonliffe Harriers) won the senior girls’ 3000m also finishing second in the 1500m. Jacob Ciomek (HFCS Rathcoole/Lucan Harriers) won the inter boys’ 1500m steeplechase by a clear margin in 4:29.20. Charlie O’Neill (Belvedere/Donore Harriers) won the inter boys’ 1500m title in 4:03.12. In the senior boy’s race, Lorcan Benjacar (Ard Scoil Rís/Clonliffe Harriers) was the winner in 3:58.12 with Ryan O’Neill (Terenure College/Rathfarnham WSAF) second in 3:59.63. In the sprints, Cillian Doherty (Belvedere/Crusaders AC) won the senior boys’ 100m, Ellie Oldrey (The High School Dublin//Rathfarnham WSAF) the junior girls’ 200m and Louis Blinco (Castleknock CC/Metro St Brigid’s) the inter boys’ 400m. Julian Browne (Blackrock College/Blackrock AC) won the junior boys 80m hurdles, with Des O’Neill (St Fintan’s Sutton/Raheny Shamrock) taking the senior boys’ 400m hurdles title. Conn McCluskey (St Benildus/DSD) won the junior boys’ high jump and his clubmate Lauren Healy (Loreto Foxrock) the inter girls’ title. For Belvedere, Theo Quinn won the senior boys’ high jump and Ethan Thompson (Fingallians AC) the inter boys hammer. Dublin winners in the 4x100m relays were Blackrock (junior boys), Dominican College Griffith Avenue (senior girls) and Oatlands (senior boys). Overall, Belvedere took both senior and inter boys’ titles and Blackrock the junior boys’ title. TRACK - OVERSEAS Cillian Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished ninth overall in the men’s 800m with a time of 1:47.13 at the PUMA NITRO Lange Laufnacht, in Karlsruhe, Germany on Saturday (May 31). On Friday, at the Irene Szewińska Memorial meet in Bydgoszcz, Poland, Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers) clocked 3:34.67 for third place in the 1500m.I n the women’s 1500m, Jodie McCann (DCH) finished eighth in 4:09.78. A day earlier, at the Kaaternes Dag meet in Denmark, Irish record holder Niamh Fogarty (Raheny Shamrock AC) finished third in the women’s discus with a 56.33m effort. ULTRA RUNNING Congrats to Ger Prendergast and Ballymun AC, who organised the first ever ‘urban’ Backyard Ultra at Trinity Comprehensive last weekend. The club’s own Gavin Tracey finished third after completing 15 hours and 100.5km of running. The purpose of a ‘backyard ultra’ is to complete a set distance of 6.7km in an hour which, if achieved, in 24 hours would add up to 100 miles.

CHAMPION GEOGHEGAN! In warm conditions for distance running, Pierce Geoghegan (Liffey Valley) won the Dublin 10,000m title held as part of the third Dublin Graded Track and Field meet at the Tallaght track on Wednesday (May 21). Geoghegan proved the class of the field winning in 32:51.62. Second in 34:25.09 was Feidhlim McGowan (North Sligo AC) while third in 35:05.52 was Reuben Bartelink (DSD AC). Fastest in the 400m series of races was Christopher Lynch (Clonliffe Harriers) in 59:63 secs, who was declared Dublin champion. Harrison Jamison (Regent House) was second in 59.87 and Mathias Godwin (DSD) third in 51.46. Visually impaired athlete Kamil Tomko (Clonliffe Harriers) finished strongly in 63.89. In the mile, Jared Murray (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) clocked up a solid victory in 4:28.15. Martin Cox, who is currently unattached, was second in 4:30.24 and Martin Kiplagat (Clonliffe Harriers) third in 4:30.60. Maria McCambridge (DSD) proved the class of the field in the women’s mile winning in a time of 5:19.59. Elaine Kennedy (Sportsworld AC) was second in 5:21.65 and Mollie O’Donnell (Liffey Valley) third in 5:23.98. Winning the 400m and so the Dublin title in 58.03 was Lara O’Byrne (Donore Harriers). Last summer, multi-eventer O’Byrne became the first Irish woman to compete officially in a decathlon. A second decathlon in Paris at the end of June is one of her summer objectives. A well supported men’s hammer competition was won by visitor Cóil Ó Muiri (Fr Murphy’s) with a best effort of 49.49. Junior athletes Dylan Jones (Crusaders AC) and Ethan Thompson (Fingallians) threw 46.44 and 45.74 respectively with the 5kg weight. In the women’s hammer, junior athlete Daisy Lara Leonard (Lusk AC) was the winner with a 35.34m effort. Karen Conway (Crusaders, W45) was second and first senior with 29.71m and Holly Roigrok (Lusk AC) , also a junior, third with 26.54m. The full results are on the Dublin Athletics Live site at http://live.dublinathletics.com/graded-25-3/menu.html. More graded pics at https://www.flickr.com/photos/lindie/albums/72177720326284370 . The next Dublin Graded Track and Field meet takes place on Wednesday, June 4 in Santry (7pm). CLONLIFFE TEAM TOPS IN ENFIELD At the Bob Heffernan and Mary Hanley 5km, in Enfield, Co Meath, on Tuesday (May 20), Fintan Kerins (Clonliffe Harriers) finished second in 14 mins 31 secs and Anthony O’Brien (Raheny Shamrock) third in 14:34. For Dublin City Harriers, Faye Dervan finished second woman in 16:22. The race was the fourth round of this year’s Peugeot Road Series and Clonliffe Harriers won the mixed team category, where sixteen teams were entered. Making up the team were Fintan Kerins, Sean Doran, Cathal McHale, Natalia Lungu, Ciara Peelo and Claire Smith. Finishing second of the massive eighty-seven teams entered in the men’s team category was Raheny Shamrock, with O’Brien backed up by Adam Condon and David Rooney. DCH, with Faye Dervan, Sinead Cronin and Ellen Byrne the counters, was first of the 36 women’s teams. Dublin winners in the age categories were Noreen Brouder (Sportsworld) W45 and Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Harriers) W70. Just shy of 700 completed the race. TRACK INTERNATIONAL Efrem Gidey of Clonliffe Harriers AC ran the race of his life to win the European 10,000m Cup in Pacé, France on Saturday evening (May 24). Gidey, the pre-race favourite for the title after his fourth place at the European Half Marathon a few months earlier, was always to the fore in the race passing through halfway in 13:46.19. He kicked for home with less than two laps to go, finishing in a time of 27 mins 40.47 secs. Valentin Gondouin of France who had out-sprinted Gidey for bronze at the European Half Marathon, finished second in 27:41.95 with Felix Bour, also from the host nation, third in 27:42:00. In the past eight months, Gidey, aged just 24, now a member of Hoka professional running team and coached by London-based Andy Hobdell, has set Irish senior records for the half marathon, 10km and 10,000m. Originally from Eritrea, Gidey arrived in Ireland in 2017, and after discovering a talent for running, joined Clonliffe Harriers, where he was coached first by the late Joe Cooper and then veteran coach Peter McDermott. He made his debut in the green vest of Ireland at the 2019 European Cross-Country Championships where he finished third in the U20 race. His aim now is to qualify for the Tokyo World Championships. A day later on Sunday evening (May 25), Sarah Healy (UCD AC) ran a personal best 8 mins 27.2 secs to finish third in the women’s 3000m at the Diamond League round in Rabat, Morocco. Ahead of her, Beatrice Chebet of Kenya knocked over twelve seconds off her previous best time for a runaway win in f 8:11 56. Second in an Italian national record time of 8:26.27 was Nadia Battocletti. In the men’s 1500m, Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers), who was making his Diamond League debut, finished eighth with a time of 3:33.34. Nicola Tuthill (UCD) finished fourth in the women’s hammer at the Halplus Werfertage meet in Germany on Saturday (May 24) thanks to a 69.68m effort in the sixth and final round. Tuthill also threw 69.15 in the fifth round and all six of her throws were legal. (To come: In the U23 women's discus a day later, Anna Gavigan (LSA) 53.91m Sunday May 25 Diamond League, Rabat, Morocco, 7pm. Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers), Sarah Healy (UCD) - both 1500m Saturday May 24 European 10,000m Cup, Pacé, France. Efrem Gidey (Clonliffe Harriers), BMC Grand Prix 2025, Bury, Manchester. www.britishmilersclub.com 1500m D: Charlie O’Neill (Donore, U17) , Women: A- Amy O’Donoghue (DSD) . Saturday May 24- Sunday May 25 IFAM Outdoor Bori Akinola (100m), Sean Aigboboh ( Tallaght AC, 100m), Michael Farrelly (Raheny Shamrock,100m), Christopher Sibanda (Clonliffe Harriers, 100m), Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock, 400m, 200m), Joe Doody (UCD AC, 400m), Ellie Hartnett (UCD AC, 1500m), John Travers (Donore Harriers, 5000m), Emma McEvoy (5000m), May 22-24 NCAA Div 2 - Louis O'Loughlin (Donore Harriers, 800m) Internationally, an Irish team was competing in Italy at the annual Trofeo Nasego on 25th May, where Killian Mooney (Dundrum South Dublin) was best of the Irish in 25th place with a time of 1 hrs 44 mins 3 secs for the 21.5km course. Edel Monaghan (DCH) was 38th woman in 2:21.11. In the ‘vertical’ 4.245km race, a day earlier, Mooney was 46th in 42:41, while Monaghan (DCH) was 36th woman n 51.00 WALDRON WINS THE LAP OF THE GAP Leading home 343 finishers at the Lap of the Gap half marathon in the Glendalough area of Wicklow on Saturdy 24th May was Wayne Waldron (Donore Harriers) in 75 mins 19 secs. Finishing second in the marathon was Shane Arrowsmith (Artane Beaumont RC, M40) in 3:08.58. Both races were well supported by overseas visitors.