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Author: Denis Daly, Created: 10-08-2019 13:46
Well done to Rathfarnham WSAF AC’s Brian Furey who came second on Saturday 3rd August in the trail race for the WMRA Long distance Championships to be held in Patagonia. 42km with 1700m of climbing made for a challenging race with only 40s separating 1st and 2nd in the end. Great to see Brian coming back into top form after a year of recovering f...
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 10-08-2019 13:44
Congratulation to Eoin Flynn who won the Duleek 10k on Saturday 28th Jul 2019 in a time of 33:03 with Paul Fleming in an excellent 3rd place in 33:59!! One more and we could have had a team win! FULL RESULTS HERE...
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 10-08-2019 13:33
The National Senior Track and Field Championships 2019 took place in Morton Stadium, Santry on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th July 2019. The Rathfarnham WSAF AC highlight of the championships was Stephen Gaffney winning the bronze medal in the 200m during an exciting Sunday afternoon of finals televised live by RTE. In the 1500m the in form Mitchel ...
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 09-08-2019 08:39
The Dublin Athletics Board Graded Track and Field meeting no.7 was held on Wednesday Jul 24th in Morton Stadium, Santry. In the women's 1500m Clare Sullivan was 3rd in a time of 4:50.32, Lynne Hennessy ran 5:02.44 and Sinead Murray ran 5:13.88. In the men’s 1500m Louis McCarthy ran 4:18.12 and in the mile Shane O’Neill ran 4:45.60. Lee Byrne...
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 09-08-2019 08:28
Top form Stephen Gaffney was running in the Flanders Cup meeting in Kortrijk, Belgium on 13th July 2019, He ran an excellent warm up 10.44s 100m but hit a PB of 20.39s in the 200m. This is within the qualification time for the Doha world championships so puts him in contention for selection. Powerful running Stephen! FULL RESULTS HERE...
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 06-08-2019 23:36
We had three athletes competing at the Drogheda IMC meeting on Saturday 13th July 2019, all in the 800m. Carla Sweeney was fifth in the women’s A race in a time of 2:09.64. Cillian Doherty ran 1:55.10 and Lee Byrne 2:01.86 in the men’s B race to come 2nd and 9th respectively. Well done to all. FULL RESULTS HERE...
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 05-08-2019 23:14
In the 2019 National 10mile road race incorporated into the Irish Runner 10mile Seán Hehir was the top Rathfarnham WSAF AC finisher coming an excellent 4th but unfortunately just outside the medals. The Senior team of Seán, Kevin Donagher and Ciaran Aylward won the team Senior Silver medal. Colm Murray won the M50 individual Bronze, Paul Moran th...
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 05-08-2019 23:11
The Dublin Athletics Graded Track and Field meeting no.6 was held in Morton Stadium, Santry on Wednesday July 10th. Well done to Stephen Gaffney who won the 100m in an excellent time of 10.87 considering it was into a 2.7m/s headwind. In the 800m Cillian Doherty had a great 2nd in 1:53.94 and Mitchel Byrne 3rd in 1:55.05. In the 5000m Louis McCarth...
Author: Denis Daly, Created: 07-07-2019 13:51
Summer time sees some Rathfarnham WSAF AC athletes moving west for a holiday but not a break! The Achill half marathon/10k was on Saturday July 6th. Conditions were tough but Clare Sullivan had a super run to come 6th overall and 1st women in the 10k in 39:07. The half marathon saw Paul Moran coming 6th and Colm Murray 12th overall, 1st and 2nd M50...Page 17 of 45