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Nichola Sheridan has just run 2:29:13 (PB, NL, 6th Irish all-time) to finish 3rd in the Melbourne Marathon, just 24 seconds behind Mayo native Sinead Diver, who finished second.
1:46:02 through 30km for Nichola Sheridan, in 3rd/4th place at the Melbourne Marathon, 11 seconds faster than she went through the same point at the Gold Coast Marathon. This group has also closed marginally on the leading two.
Nichola Sheridan went through 15km of the Melbourne Marathon in 5th place (52:56). Live now!
DCU (Finn Woodger, Niamh Murray, Oisin Kelly, Rachel Ayers) won the inaugural IUAA mixed cross country relay title ahead of UG and MTU.
Tadhg Donnelly (Maynooth) took the IUAA men's title in Dundalk, from last year's runner up Oisin Davis (UG), and Cathal O'Reilly (DCU). UL (64pts) were again clear winners in the team race, taking their 4th men's title in 5 editions from DCU (121) and UCC (151).
Nice win for Neasa Ní Ainiféin (UG) at the IUAA XC in Dundalk to add to her indoor 1500m & outdoor 3000m titles from earlier this yr. She finished 4th in this race in 2025, was 4th U23 at the National XC, and 4th in the 1500m at National Indoors in Mar. Claire O'Grady (UL) finished 2nd, with Saoirse Twomey (UCC) taking bronze. After just missing out in 2024 and 2025, UCC won the team title with 41 points, ahead of DCU (44 pts), and UL (62pts). UG also scored 62 pts, to finish 4th.
Heather Murphy finished 2nd at the Royals Challenge Cross Country meeting in Charlotte, NC just now.
Lorraine O'Connor finished 4th, Pia Langton 24th, Gemma Galvin 29th and Eimear Cooney 37th in the Women's race at the New England (NEICAAA) Cross Country Championships in New Hampshire.
Cillian Gleeson finished 11th in the Men's B race at the Nuttycombe Invitational, with Seán Donoghue in 45th.
Strong run by Anna Gardiner to finish 30th in the Women's Championship race at the Nuttycombe Invitational in Madison, Wisconsin. Ailish Hawkins finished 144th. Cormac Dixon finished 58th in the Men's Championship race.
Seán Tobin ran 1:04:35 to finish 10th in the Cardiff Half Marathon this morning.
Nichola Sheridan (Marathon)
Carla Sweeney (Cross Country Mixed Relay), Niamh Carr (Cross Country Mixed Relay), Lucy Holmes (Cross Country Mixed Relay), Paul O'Donnell (Cross Country), Cathal O'Reilly (Cross Country), Fionnuala Ross (Cross Country), Róise Roberts (Cross Country), Cara Laverty (Cross Country), Niamh Allen (Cross Country), Zoe Toland (Cross Country), Trish Jackman (Cross Country), Amy Greene (Cross Country), Abbie Sheridan (Cross Country), Fiona Everard (Cross Country), various others (see startlists when available)
Seán Tobin (Marathon), Hugh Armstrong (Marathon), John Travers (Marathon), various others (see startlists when available)
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| Event | Athlete | Performance | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marathon | Nichola Sheridan | 2:29:13 | 10-10-2026 |
| Athlete | Championship | Event | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darragh McElhinney | Worlds | 5000m | Improved score |
| Cathal Doyle | Worlds | 1500m | New entry |
| Rhasidat Adeleke | Worlds | 200m | New entry |
