Two Donegal athletes on Irish team for World Championships
Athletics Ireland have confirmed their team for next month’s World Championships in London. Donegal’s Mark English and Brendan Boyce have been selected alongside Ciara Mageean, Tom Barr, Brian Gregan, Rob Heffernan, Alex Wright, Paul Pollock, Sean Hehir, Claire McCarthy and Mick Clohisey. Mageean and Gregan are both former European bronze…
National record for Christopher O’Donnell at U20 European Championships
Christopher O’Donnell ran a new national junior record at the European U20 Athletics Championship in Italy at the weekend. The North Sligo Athletic Club member from Grange ran 46.54 seconds in the 400 metres final to finish sixth overall, having come through two heats. There were also a number of…
Letterkenny Athletics Club Notes
On Friday evening in athletics, it was a case of ‘all roads lead to Letterkenny’. Letterkenny AC hosted another very successful International Track and Field Meeting. The results of the event are covered in detail elsewhere. However, the highlight of the evening was undoubtedly the final event, the Donnelly and Foley…
Letterkenny Athletics Club Notes
Danny Mooney had a superlative run in the 1500m at the Belfast Irish Milers Meet on Saturday. Despite a fierce wind, he left the rest of the field trailing in his wake and posted a winning time of 3.45.49. Matthew Johnston and Eoin Hughes also had excellent runs, with Matthew finishing…
Letterkenny Athletics Club Notes
Several Letterkenny AC runners took part in Tuesday evening’s Convoy 5K. As in most Grand Prix races this summer, there were many impressive performances from LAC runners. The first LAC runner home was Pauric Breslin, who took 4th place in an excellent time of 15.47. Next was a young man…
Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal athletes named on Irish team for European Cup in Finland
Six athletes from Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim have been selected on the Irish Men’s and Women’s teams announced yesterday to compete in European Team Cup competition in Vaasa, Finland from June 23 to June 25. Among the athletes selected on the Irish European Cup Men’s team are North Sligo AC’s…
Letterkenny Athletics Club Notes
Karol Duggan showed again that he is fulfilling the promise he showed as a teenage runner when he was an impressive winner of the midweek Ballyraine National School 5K. He crossed the line in 16.01, with fellow LAC runner, the astonishingly consistent Ivan Toner, 2nd in 16.28. Patrick Brennan’s good…