Mark Carroll finished 17th tonight in the Men’s 5,000m at the IAAF Golden Gala meet in Rome.  The race was won by Ethiopia’s Hailu Mekonnen in 12:58.57, followed by Kenya’s Benjamin Limo (12:59.53), Sammy Kipketer (12:59.94) and Richard Limo (13:00.32).  Mark finished in a time of 13:20.95.  (Results).

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The second leg of the Nike Ballycotton summer series of 5 mile road races was held in Shanagarry tonight.  As expected, 17 year old William Harty from West Waterford again lined up at the start, just five days after a disastrous run in the Nike Ballycotton 10. This time he was well in control of [...]

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After delays caused by the Foot-and-Mouth scare, the Nike Ballycotton 10 finally took place today in very warm temperatures in Ballycotton.  At the halfway mark Leevale’s Martin McCarthy was a good 500m behind 17 year old William Harty who covered the 5 miles in 24:34.  At that stage only Noel Berkeley was with the teenager.  [...]

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The national junior and under 23 track and field championships completed a weekend of athletics at Tullamore today, with weather conditions again ideal for athletes.  And once again it was a good day for Cork sprinters. There was a very close finish to the junior women’s 100m hurdles, with Sharon Kelly of Leevale adding to [...]

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Ballincollig Athletic Club held it’s open sports day at the CIT track today.  Good weather, a big attendance and fine performances made it a great day.  The senior men’s 3000m was won by Mark Hanrahan of Leevale, while Thomas O’Sullivan picked up the U-12 Long Jump title.  Full results on the Ballingcollig A.C. website.

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The Nestle Tailteann Games, held in Tullamore today provided an excellent afternoon of athletics.  The beautiful Tailteann medal, as well as places on the Irish team for the schools international were at stake.  The boys 1500m was one of the most thrilling races on the programme.  Tadgh O’Callaghan from Colaiste Chriost Ri settled into the [...]

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Fiachra Lombard of Leevale continues in great form.  At the BMC meet in Birmingham today, he set a new PB for the 5,000m, finishing 11th in a time of 13:54.58.

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Glorious weather greeted the competitors for the annual ESB 5k road race over the Marina circuit tonight.  Held under Cork BHAA rules. it seemed a shame to race in such perfect conditions, bur race they did.  From the start it was seventeen year old William Harty from Waterford who raced into the lead, his usual [...]

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Marcus O’Sullivan continues to keep in shape in spite of his coaching commitments at Villanova University.  Running in the Healthy Neighbours 5k he easily disposed of all opposition to win in a time of 15:38.  He hits the magic 40 mark in December, and, according to rumour, he could seriously challenge Eamon Coghlan’s world mile [...]

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Youghal athletic club staged their annual four mile road race tonight.  The attractiveness of the race is that they continue to race over three laps of the town centre.  Noel Berkeley of DSD had little difficulty adding another victory to his long list of achievements, posting a winning time of 19:33.  Leevale’s Billy O’Rourke, secretary [...]

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