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  On a weekend in which we see one of the first major cross country races of the year at home, three of our collegiate athletes made there way to Indiana for the biggest XC college race of the year to date. The Pre Nationals is a good chance for the athletes to gauge just where they stand coming up to the NCAA National Championships. Florida State’s Ciaran O’Lionard was first Irishman past the post to claim 3rd scorer for his college and 56th overall in a time of 24.37. Iona Freshman Craig Murphy had a super run to come in...

With the cross country season underway many of the countries top runners will converge in the Phoenix park this weekend to get their season off to a start at the Gerry Farnan Cross Country race. With this being part of the selection process for the European Cross Country Championships (being held in Dublin this year), many will be looking to stake their claim for a place in the squad to represent their country in such an important event for Irish Athletics.   In the mens race some of the big names who are expected to challenge are the lik...

The Dublin senior mens and womens novice cross country took place today in the Phoenix park. One of the toughest fields in quite a few years assembled on the start line on what proved to be a beautiful day for competition. Clonliffe won the team event with 20 points from Rathfarnhams 41, the key to Clonliffes success was a superb performance from their star man Dave Fitzmaurice 18:24 who finished comfortably ahead of Donores Lee van Haeften 18:53. Ind. 1st Dave Fitzmaurice Clonliffe 18.24 2nd Lee van Haeften Donore 18.53 3rd Brett Paine C...

St. Malachy’s duo Joe McAlister and Gary Murray were in action today in the World Half Marathon championships in Birmingham. Joe was looking to continue his fine form which saw him win the National title last month in Ballybofey in a then PB time of 65.51, and he did not disappoint running  a PB of 64:57. Murray did not enjoy the same sort of success with his performance DNFing .  

               9th ANNUAL B.A.A. HALF MARATHON        Presented by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund     October 11, 2009    (USATF Certified #MA09008RN)     Boston, Mass.    ChronoTrack Timing by Granite State Race Services - bill(at)gsrs.com ================================================================================        **************...

US Clash with a Munster twist Irish athletics fans are spoiled for choice this weekend as some of our top collegiate runners are in action this weekend throughout the US. The most notable entry list is that of the Notre Dame Invitational which see’s two of Irelands top Under 23 men come head to head. David McCarthy of Providence will be looking to add some weight to his claims on a top 10 spot in NCAAs later this season with a solid performance in Notre Dame “ last year I finished 12th so this year I am hoping to be up there mixing ...

Picture courtesy of Robin Phillips It was the biggest mass sports participation event in Europe this weekend with a record field 8,000 runners. What better setting for Kilkenny City’s Brian Maher to mark his Marathon Debut with an astonishing victory. “Brian put his foot down from the get go and there was literally no catching him” said John Eves who came in second place in today’s Lifestyle Sports-adidas Dublin Half Marathon. Maher came in third place in the preceding 5 and 10 mile races, both were won by Josphat Boit,...

Fresh off her silver medal in the world championships 20K walk Olive Loughnane continued her fine form in the IAAF Walking Grand Challenge Final in Russia. She was rewarded with a new 10k national record in a time of 43 min 22 seconds to get fourth in the race. Loughnane had earned enough points this year to qualify for a top eight spot in the walk rankings which automatically gained her entry to this race. Before this weekend she sat in fourth position but her national record was good enough to bump her up to second overall for the serie...

The Minister of Art, Sport and Tourism, Martin Cullen has appointed seven new members to the Irish Sports Council one of which being former three time Olympian Eamon Coghlan. Coghlan will serve a five year tenure and will play a vital role in the ISC's high performance plans. The new members will have a tough task of repair a very tentative relationship with the athletics governing body, the AAI. Though the board does not exist to represent the views of any particular sporting organistion, Mr Coghlan's history with the sport will mean that athl...

Irish flock to Van Courtland Park For Iona Meet of Champions With The American Collegiate season back in full swing we see many of our state based athletes in action this weekend. Looking to continue there winning ways Stony Brook pair Daire Bermingham of Raheny and DSDs Laura Huet will be looking to for fine performances for the college to help their claims of team spots for the European XC in December. The pair travel to New York's notorious course at Van Courtland Park which will provide them with a stern test. We also see another Irish athl...