Athletics

Lindie Naughton At the Griffith Avenue Mile in Dublin, held in horrendously wet conditions on Sunday,  pre-race favourite John Travers of Donore Harriers  was just two seconds off breaking the…

MORE than 200 children took part and created a wonderful atmosphere as Lucan Harriers held their annual five-mile race, with Dunboyne AC landing a famous double. Peter Somba was first…

Lindie Naughton While the drama continued at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, club athletes were turning to the roads last week, with the Dublin Marathon at the end of…

Lindie Naughton MORE than  2,800  runners finished the Dublin Race Series Frank Duffy 10-Mile, held in the Phoenix Park, which incorporated the Dublin Championships., with Swords native David Glynn was…

Lindie Naughton James Whelan of Raheny Shamrock AC ran the fastest 3000m time of the night at the final Dublin Graded Track and Field Meet in Santry. Whelan was running…

Trinity College Dublin in collaboration with Athletics Ireland have launched a ‘Community Athletics Hub’ at Iveagh Sports Grounds in Crumlin, Dublin 12. The project is supported by Sport Ireland as…

THE Morton Games International Athletics meet takes place tomorrow at Morton Stadium in Santry. The Stadium has recently undergone a €3m refurbishment project led by Dublin City University which included…

Lindie Naughton Metro St Brigid’s AC clubmates Traian Rebegea  and Finn Woodger battled it out all the way to the line in the men’s A grade 880m at the sixth…

Lindie Naughton Dublin teams produced a number of fine results at the preliminary round of the National Track and Field League held at Santry on Sunday (June 25). A  new…

Overshadowing all the week’s achievements was the death of three Dublin – and Irish – athletics stalwarts over the weekend. Claire Walsh of Clonliffe Harriers was an outstanding and inspirational…