Both Leevale teams ended the track and field season on a high note with reasonable placings at the Mazda league finals at Tullamore on Sunday.  The brilliant summer weather of recent weeks deserted us to be replaced by the more normal wet and windy type.
At the Woodies DIY nationals a week earlier there was much [...]

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The national championships at Santry over the weekend proved to be an excellent advertisement for track and field athletics.  Glorious sunshine and some breathtaking races once again showed why athletics is is one of the top spectator sports in the world.  What a pity there were not more people present to witness the action.
Leevale athletes [...]

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Cathal Lombard, just a couple of weeks after running a superb 28:05.27 for 10,000m, was back on track again tonight in Heusden Belgium for the Grand Prix II meet there.  This time he ran the 5,000m, fully intent on bettering his 13:39.54 set earlier this season.
Running a fearless race he mixed it with four Kenyans [...]

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