Last night was the final meet of the Dublin Graded series. Aaron Cullen had a win in the mile A race in 4.34.99. In The B race Eoghan Murphy ran 4.54.45. Alannah Cooley ran 5.21.50. In The 400s Snezana Bechtina recorded 59.59, Greta Streimikyte 64.90 and Mark McDonald 52.76. Greg Hossenny continued his pb form of late with a 3000 pb of 9.03.88. Simon Galligan won the hammer (55.05) and Rolus Olusa win the long jump (6.86). Continue Reading →
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Cullen takes mile win in final Graded Meet (updated)
On 2 August, 2018
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Round up
Even though it was virtually all hands on deck for this week`s Morton Games other activities continued. On Tuesday evening David Brady was 5th in the Bettystown 5 mile in 28.58., Andrew Eustace 35.37, Anne Lyons 40.42. Wednesday saw Sean Doran win the Dublin City Council 5k road race in Irishtown with Tom Sherlock 3rd and Yvonne McDonagh 2nd woman O/45.
At the Graded Meet on Wednesday in Tallaght Snezana Bechtina won the 400 in 58.13. Eoghan Murphy was 2nd in 1500 grade C (4.34.23) and the one and only Frances Mansfield was once again in action 3rd in the !KG discus with a best of 17.37m.
Today Saturday and Brian MacMahon won the Punchestown 5k (17.21)
Also today was a proud day for young Clonliffe and St. Aidans athlete Alex Murray and his family as he ran for the Irish Schools team at the SIAB Schools in Grangemounth, Scotland in the steeple chase. Alex placed 5th and in the process helped the Irish team to a 2nd place finish.
July 4th`s Graded Meet
Declan Power Reports: Conditions were balmy, but made a bit difficult due to smoke drifting from nearby gorse fire near the M1/Santry roundabout !
Snezana Bechtina 100m A 4th 13:14
Rolus Olusa 100m B 3rd 11:47
Israel Ibeanu 100m B 6th 11:99
Thomas Moran 100m B 9th 12:29
Shaun Conaghan 800m A 2:05:29
Daniel Stone 800m B.1 2nd 2:05:60
Ciaran Bolger 800m B.2 1st 2:01:45
Eoghan Murphy 800m C.1 1st 2:12:89
Declan Power 5000m A 9th 15:54:53
Thomas Sherlock 5000m A 13th 16:25:44
Dublin Graded action
Whilst the club`s juvenile athletes were battling away at HQ last night a number of the seniors travelled to Tallaght Stadium for the latest round in the ever popular Graded Meets. Alannah Cooley ran 2.25.74 in the 800, while Diana Markina ran a pb of 2.40.92, having earlier ran 29.94 for 200. Shaun Conaghan was 5th in the 800 (2.04.75) with Jack Maughan 7th (2.05.32) and Conor Healy 5th in the 3000 (8.49.75).
Clonliffe to the fore on historic Graded night
On 7 June, 2018
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In an historic night last night`s (June 6th) Dublin Graded Meet at Morton Stadium saw Bandon AC`s Phil Healy set a new Irish women`s 100 record of 11.26. It was a perfect night: warm, sunny and not a breath of wind.
From a Clonliffe point of view there was great interest throughout the meet. The men`s A 100 was akin to a club championship won by Keith Pike in 10.98, 2nd was newly minted Clonliffe boy Eamonn Fahey 11.03, 5th Pascal Touche 11.44 and 6th Isreal Ibeanu 11.46.
Leah Bergin was 5th in the A 400 (58.12) with Diana Markina 6th in the B race (66.47). In the men`s 400 Mark McDonald ran 52.05 and Cian Bolger 53.21, Niall Sherlock despite not quite blasting from the blocks in grade C, ran 58.72 to take 2nd place.
The 1500s were a tremendous spectacle with Clonliffe vests dominating proceedings. Sarah Bateson front ran her B grade race from the gun and after a solo run was some 50 plus meters clear winning in a season`s best of 5.14.61 with Diana Markin in her 2nd race of the night running 6.01.13.
Of the men in their 1500s there were most encouraging runs. Colm Rooney in his A race was perfectly positioned throughout and kicked off the final bend to win in 4.00.38. Young Aaron Cullen ran an excellent pb in this race of 4.08.10 for 3rd place. Adam O`Brien ran 4.07.36 to 5th place in the 2nd A race. There were a number of B races Greg Hossenny was well clear of the pack as he dominated race 1 to win in 4.14.22. The next B race was most entertaining indeed with a super inter Clonliffe battle at the front Sean Carrig (4.16.51) 1st managing to hold off a battling Ben Guiden, who recorded a 7 second pb of 4.17.51 for 2nd and Shaun Conaghan 3rd 4.17.92. Great runs also by Stephen Cashin 5th 4.20.54 Ian McAlweney and Tom Sherlock. Also Alex Gibbons 4.32.49 and Eoghan Murphy 4.38.64
In Madrid Clonliffe’s Ale Hernandez back home for the summer ran her first 800 of the season 2.26.
Mid week action at Graded and on road
On 23 May, 2018
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The latest graded meet took place in Tallaght tonight. There was a win in the 800B for Shaun Conaghan in 2.03.62. Thomas Frayne was 3rd in C 2.19.06 and Diana Markina was 5th in the women’s B race 2.47.52. In The 2000 sc Sean Carrig was 4th 6.28.27 and Jordan Byrne 10th 6.54.36.
On the road Sean Doran was 13th at the Bob Heffernan 5k in 16.15.
Wednesday night action
The mid week athletes action tonight came in the form of Round 3 of the Dublin Graded Meet in Tallaght. In the 1500m grade A Craig Giles clocked 4.06.40 in placing 2nd in grade A. Grade B saw a win for The Harrier of the Year Greg Hossenny in 4.20.05, 7th was Stephen Cashin 4.24.83 and Saun Conaghan 8th in 4.25.45. In the grade C race Niall Sherlock was 3rd (4.46.06) with Brian Kelly running 4.59.85. Tom Sherlock took on the 5000 running a 10 second pb of 16.04 (error in official results!) to take 3rd place.
In Kilcock on the Roads the Le Cheile 5 k took place where Declan Power was 3rd (16.20) and Sean Doran 5th (16.45).
At the BMC meet in Lee Valley Eoin Pierce was 3rd in the Mile in 4.13.77.
Wintry start to Graded Meets
The first of the Dublin Athletic Board’s graded Meets took place in the Morton Stadium last night. It was a bitterly cold windy night with rain towards the latter end of the evening meaning it was pretty unpleasant conditions for both athletes and officials.
From a Clonliffe perspective Rebecca Fitzsimons enjoyed a win in Grade C of the Women’s 100 in a time of 13.45. In the men’s race C number 2 Thomas Moran was 3rd in 12.42 with Kristin Bosnjak 5th in 12.78.
The women’s 800 A saw good Clonliffe representation with Alannah Cooley finishing 4th (2.21.11), Hannah Browne 7th 2.26.25 and Orna McGinley 8th 2.27.16.
In the men’s 800s Grade A race 1 saw a good run from Cian Bolger to finish 8th in 2.00.22 with Jack Maughan 11th 2.09.22. In Grade A race 2 Joey Hession made a welcome return to the track running 2.03.79 for 8th place. In Grade B Daniel Stone was 4th (2.07.13) and in Grade C Niall Sherlock was 2nd (2.11.96) Finally in the 3000 combined race A and B Alex Gibbons placed 4th (9.13.80), Thomas Sherlock – kitting out for the second race of the evening was 6th 9.16.25, Greg Hossenny was 11th 9.42.29 and in the combined B and C race Joseph Keane had a fine run to finish 2nd in 9.27.58 with Ian McAweeney 8th – 10.00.13.
Clonliffe athletes have good night at graded
On 22 June, 2017
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The 5th Dublin Graded Meet of the season, incorporating the Dublin Track and Field Championships, took place in unseasonably hot and muggy conditions in Tallaght last night. It was a breeze free evening which was conducive to fast times.
There was a small sprinkling of Clonliffe athletes on the night and all performed very well with several Clonliffe wins.
Starting off with the sprints Emma Kelly won the combined Women’s B and C 200 in a time of 27.21 with Emer Treacy 5th in 29.04.
In the 800s Hannah Browne had a fine win in the B race in a new PB of 2.24.61. There was an excellent run in the A championship race from Eleanor Alexander who placed 2nd in 2.14.66.
In the Men’s 800 Shaun Conaghan was a powerful winner of the B race leading most of the way in 2.03.31. An off form Cian Bolger was well off his best in the A race, recent layoff from injury clearly taking its toll.
Thomas Sherlock delivered the 4th Clonliffe win of the night winning the B 3000 in a time of 9.27.61 and in the A 3000 Liam Roarty ran 9.00.13 to finish 4th, Sean Doran ran 9.36.38 to finish 9th and Alex Gibbons was 10th in 9.38.96.
400 PB for Mark McDonald at graded
Mark McDonald recorded a fine 400 PB at the Graded meet in Morton Stadium of 50.70 last night. Mark placed 2nd in the A race. Another athlete in fine form was Eleanor Alexander getting back towards her best as she won the A 1500 in 4.34.37. In grade B Rio Paralympian Greta Streimikyte was 3rd in 5.00.68.
In the men`s 1500 Shaun Conaghan was 2nd in grade B (4.21.80) with Jack Maughan 5th (4.23.26). Denise Bolger was 4th in the 100 B, race 1 (13.39), Emer Treacy was 5th in the 400 B in 65.31. Leo Mangan won the A 100 in 11.12, while in the B race, the youngsters warm up for their Dublin Championships, Mark Kerins was 4th in 100 B (12.10) with Kamil Gorka 6th (12.22).
Finally in the hammer Simon Galligan was 2nd (57.15m) , Caoimhe Morris was back in action throwing the 4kg hammer 41.46 and Frances Mansfield (3kg) through 13.67.
