The Dublin International, organised by Athletics Ireland today, failed to attract any great number of spectators to Santry Stadium. However, there were some super performances from the athletes who competed.  In the 800m Darren Dinneen of Leevale edged another bit closer to the A standard for the Sydney Olympics, finishing sixth in 1:46.88, inside the [...]

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The third race in the Nike Ballycotton summer series of five mile road races took place in Churchtown South last night.  Weather conditions couldn’t have been better for the two hundred or so runners.  From the start the main contenders settled into a group, breaking away from the main body of the race, and included [...]

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Mark Carroll set a new personal best for the mile at the Bislett Game in Oslo tonight.  Running the famous Dream Mile, Mark finished 7th in a time of 3:50.62, pipping Marcus O’Sullivan’s Leevale record in the process.  The race was won by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in a time of 3:46.24, followed by [...]

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The Cuisine De France National Junior and Under 23 Track and Field Championships were held in sunny but windy conditions at Tullamore Harriers stadium today, with some very promising performances all round.  Derval O’Rourke of Leevale has already qualified for the World’s in the 100m hurdles, and she again put in a fluent performance to [...]

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The BMC meet in Watford today once again attracted a big Irish entry, although the results proved disappointing for Cork athletes.  In the 1,500m Ken Nason finished 10th with 3:44.55, well outside his season’s best.  Patrick Davoren, brother of Freda, was fourth in 3:43.13, with Cormac Smith 12th in 3:45.54.  Martin McCarthy of Leevale also [...]

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The second leg of the Mazda National League was held in sun drenched Tullamore today and Leevale athletes once again turned out in strength to compete for the club.  And again every single athlete was prepared to compete in any event they were asked.  It looks very much like both men’s and women’s teams have [...]

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Martin McCarthy of Leevale was in action at the BMC meet in Stretford this week, clocking 13:55.89 in 10th place for 5,000m.  The race was won by Kenyan Okworu, with Seamus Power again returning a good performance in second with 13:37.27, just a second behind.  Peter Matthews was 17th in 14:04.38, with Gary Murray 22nd [...]

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The annual Corkbeg five mile road race near Whitegate, organised by East Cork athletic club and Ballycotton Running Promotions, saw a fine return to form by Billy O’Rourke of Leevale.  A couple of weeks ago he suffered from the early fast pace, finishing fifth.  However, the more sedate pace in the Corkbeg race saw him [...]

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