Leevale runners Alan Foolkes and Sean Conroy were in action over the weekend.  Details;
BATON ROUGE  LSU Invitational
4   Bateman, Damien McNeese State 26:10.60
14 Foolkes, Alan McNeese State 26:50.04 
Great American Cross Country Festival Ballantyne Resort, Charlotte, NC
46 Robert Wade   SO Loyola-Chicago     27:38.6
76 Tommy Evans SR High Point             28:05.8
87 Sean Conroy   FR Loyola-Chicago      28:17.6
Roy Griek St. Paul Minnesota All [...]

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Congratulations to Leevale’s newest European champion Carmel Parnell.
Carmel competed in the European veterans track and field championships and put in a storming performance to outstay the best veteran athletes in Europe and win gold in the over 45 category. Not only did she win, but she had twelve seconds to spare over the nearest of [...]

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The Mazda League final brought another successful season to a close at a sunswept Tullamore on August 26th.  Many of those competing have been on the go since the Inter Varsities in April.  Again this year it was a major effort by the Committee to get athletes to fill every event, especially with both men’s [...]

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Leevale’s Martin McCarthy lost no time going to the head of the field in the annual Avia St. Finbarrs half marathon.  A new course was used this year, starting and finishing in Blarney.  A downpour around the halfway mark spoiled the day for spectators especially.
McCarthy was joined in the lead by Austrian Peter Wundsam who [...]

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It’s that time of year again, Annual General Meeting time.  The club really needs a big injection of new members at committee level.  Most of the present committee have been around for decades, and most of them would love a break from it all.  Have we any younger members willing to guide Leevale for the [...]

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The annual Evening Echo Ladies Mini Marathon takes place on Sunday.  2,250 entries have already been received and it is likely there will be over 6,000.  the race starts in Grand Parade and finishes in White Street car park.  Entries can be made at the race office in Emmet Place on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and [...]

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September 9th 2002.  A big welcome is extended to the members of St. Columba’s in Douglas who have joined Leevale.  Like a lot of other clubs they found that the people doing all the work were decreasing all the time, and decided to call it a day.  It looks like many other clubs will follow suit [...]

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Leevale’s Mark Carroll continued his build up for the New York marathon on 3rd November with a super win in the Grete’s Great Gallop half marathon on Sunday.  His time of 63:11 saw him finish some three minutes clear of his nearest rival.
This result follows just a week after he finished fourth in a five [...]

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