The final race in the Nike Ballycotton five mile road race series was held tonight in Ballycotton itself.  Much of the pre-race attention focused on the overall positions, with Leevale’s James McGee leading by just one second from William Harty of West Waterford. From the gun it was Harty who raced into the lead, a [...]

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Novartis staged their second annual 5k road race in sunny Ringaskiddy tonight, once again attracting a big entry.  The race itself again showed how fit Roy Fahy is right now.  Taking the lead from the start he quickly opened up a gap between himself and the rest of the field, with Billy O’Rourke the only [...]

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The annual Streets of Cobh 5k road race was held in ideal weather conditions tonight, with Leevale runners dominating.  James McGrufferty and Damien Collins set the early pace, but by halfway McGrufferty had fallen off the pace with Jason Foolkes the new leader followed by his Leevale clubmates Kevin Barry and Collins.  Foolkes tried hard [...]

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At the 13th annual Shanagarry festival 5k tonight, Jason Foolkes of Leevale record an easy victory in a time of 15.41, with Eric Meade of East Cork second in 16:07, ahead of Damien Collins of Leevale, Martin Treacy of Clonliffe Harriers, and Jason Nicholl of Ballincollig.  Foolkes is a scholarship student at McNeese State University.  [...]

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At the European Junior Track and Field Championships in Riga, Leevale’s Dervla O’Rourke failed to get through to the final of the 100m hurdles, but she left her mark on the event in the form of a new national junior record.  Dervla went into the women’s 100m hurdles semi finals ranked 18th and came away [...]

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At the Herculis Zepter Grand Prix meet in Monaco tonight, Mark Carroll ran one of his greatest races ever to smash his own 3,000m record.  Mark finished 5th in a time of 7:30.36, three seconds faster than his previous record, and the sixth fastest time in the world this year.  Limo Benjamin (Kenya) won in [...]

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