TrackAthletes is your ultimate resource for following Irish track and field athletes. It includes information about Irish athletes, what competitions they’ll be competing in, and how to follow all the major domestic and international indoor, track and field, multievent, race walking, cross country and road racing events.
We list the Irish athletes currently in qualifying spots for major international championships, including on the road to Tokyo (World Athletics Championships). The current qualification picture for other international championship events, together with links to event websites and selection policies, can be found via our Road to Elsewhere/Other Championships page.
If you want to follow specific athletes or meetings, simply set up an account, and add the athletes, competitions and championships you’re interested in to your Watchlist.
Anyone with an interest in Irish athletics will find something of interest on the site. Our main target is fans of the sport - new and diehard - who want to watch more Irish athletes in action.
If you’re just interested in, for example, Sharlene Mawdsley because you went to school with her, then select her profile from the Athletes page, set up an account, and add her to your Watchlist. If you opt to receive email notifications, we’ll let you know every time she’s due to compete.
If you’re a die-hard fan, and want to watch everything the sport has to offer, then check our calendar each day, and you’ll see what competitions are on, and how to watch them.
We’ll write articles for those who are somewhere in between, and want to learn more about the sport, when the best events are on, and how to watch them.
If you’re an athlete, you can use the filter options on our calendar to plan your season. However, we strongly recommend that you check all details on the meeting organisers’ websites before firming your race plan; some information, including dates of competitions and level of the meet, can change as the season progresses.
We want to elevate the sport of athletics, and journalists and others working in athletics media may find useful information for telling the story of Irish athletes on their journey to major championships. Credit in return is always greatly appreciated.
TrackAthletes is all about tracking athletes, irrespective of their discipline, as they compete on the international circuit and try to qualify for major championships. We share links so you can follow Irish athletes (by livestream and live results, where available), in track and field competitions and on the roads and cross country, and updates of athletes qualified for upcoming major championships. Ireland have some talented field and multi-event athletes emerging on the international stage, and we’re just as excited to track their progress as we are the sprinters and distance runners.
Firstly, you’ve come to the right place. We really want to help lower the entry barrier for new fans of athletics. During the summer there are meets on most nights of the week, but not all are entertaining for those new to the sport. We’ll list events that are coming up on TV on our homepage - they’re a great place to start as they’ll generally have Irish athletes competing, informative commentary, and something at stake (e.g. championship titles or lots of prize money).
If you search the calendar page for ‘Very High’ relevancy you’ll get a list of upcoming competitions in Ireland (i.e. with lots of Irish athletes). Those with 'High' relevancy will feature top international stars and/or high-profile Irish athletes, and will generally have a livestream. Information is included on how to watch these events and where to find the timetable, startlists and live results.
We also share some articles on what is good to watch and how to follow the sport closer. Check out our suggestions for 10 events to attend in Ireland and details on the championships Irish athletes will be competing in this year.
This searchable database of events includes national and international competitions, and will be of interest to both fans looking to watch the events, and athletes looking to plan their season.
Dates of competitions, events at a particular meeting, and the level of the meeting may change. While every effort is made to ensure that the information is up to date, please always check the meeting website. We hold no responsibility for loss or damage occurring as a result of information gained from this site.
Very High: High standard events in Ireland - these are events we think you should try attend in person.
High: Major Championships, Diamond Leagues, World/Continental Tour Meetings with Irish athletes competing; other meetings with top Irish athletes competing.
Medium: These are lower-ranked meetings with Irish athletes, or World/Continental Tour Meetings that are likely to feature Irish athletes, but have none listed yet.
Low: These are meetings which have little or no relevance to fans of Irish athletes.
The Upcoming Meetings list on our homepage indicate the next meetings which have a Very High or High relevance attached to them, i.e. that they are domestic meetings, or are World Athletics tour meetings with Irish athletes confirmed in them. If you'd like to see a more complete list of upcoming meetings, please check out the Meeting Calendar.
No. TrackAthletes is focused on senior athletics. Some major U20 events may be mentioned, especially if there’s an international championship to watch, but the priority is always adult and senior athletes and competitions.
Profiles of individuals who are under the age of 18 will never be added to the site.
No. Last-minute changes happen, due to illness, injury, missed flights or an athlete being upgraded to a higher meeting. The higher the meeting, the more likely an athlete listed on the final startlist is to compete. Some meetings (Continental Tour Bronze and below, in particular) only list entries in advance, and the final startlists are not available until athletes check in for their event(s) an hour before.
We will always try to list the most up-to-date information we can find, but this is not always accurate. We encourage athletes to let us know if they are no longer competing in a competition they've entered, but sometimes they have other things on their mind.
While only events in the future will appear by default on the calendar, if you choose the year in the search, you will see past events. Events back to when the site was started (January 2025) can be found this way, though there is no guarantee that the links still work (as these are all on external websites).
You don’t. But if you want to save athletes and events to your Watchlist, then you’ll need to register an account. When you’re setting up your account, you can opt to receive email notifications about when the athletes on your Watchlist are due to compete. We'll also send additional information during championships to those who have selected the relevant box.
No. While both sites are specific to the country, the user accounts and Watchlists are combined. Once you're registered and logged in, any Athletes, Meetings, Championships and Articles you add to your Watchlist, on either site, will appear on your combined Watchlist, and you should only receive one Watchlist reminder email per day.
We take your privacy rights seriously, and you’ll find the full details of why we collect data, what data we collect and how we store and manage it in our Privacy Policy.
The site is set up and maintained by Louise Shanahan and Elizabeth Egan, both athletes, avid athletics fans, and data enthusiasts.
Louise, from Cork, is an Irish senior international athlete. She competed in the 800m at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has multiple Irish titles and held the Irish senior 800m record from May 2022 to May 2023. She completed a PhD in Quantum Physics at University of Cambridge in 2024, and has since picked up the programming skills to build this website. Louise is sponsored by Asics and is currently aiming to qualify for her second Olympics in 2028.
Elizabeth has been tracking Irish athletes on their ‘Road to…’ journeys, deciphering ranking points and sharing links to livestreams and results since 2020. She has a PhD in Exercise Physiology, has published two books, and provides lifestyle and personal development coaching to high performance sportspeople. She competed in her first All Ireland cross country championships in 1993 and has six Irish Senior steeplechase medals.
Elizabeth and Louise met for the first time in October 2023, and had their first conversation about this site in July 2024, just six months before it launched.
All photos on the site are used with the permission of the photographer who took them. We are indebted to Eric Bellamy, Mark Kavanagh, Keith McClure and Gregory Ufnal for the use of their wonderful shots.
You can get in touch via email or through the contact form on this site. We’d love to hear your comments and suggestions on how the site can be improved. We also want to hear when we’ve missed information or got something wrong, so that we can correct it.
More athlete profiles will be added as the site grows, but if there’s an athlete that you would like to follow then do get in touch.
Please contact us via email or our mistake reporting form. We want the information on the site to be correct, but we're human and sometimes we get things wrong. Whether we've missed the fada from your name, added you to a meeting that you're not competing in, or missed a PB or qualifying standard, please don't feel like you're being a nuisance. We want to know when something is wrong, so that we can make it right.
We make every effort to add meetings relevant to Irish senior athletes and fans (e.g. domestic competitions, international competitions that Irish athletes are competing in, international meetings that Irish athletes might be interested in watching). However, sometimes we miss an important event. If that's the case, then please get in touch.