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Sophie O'Sullivan finished a close 2nd in the women's A race at 1500m Elite Jessheim. Her time - 4:12.77 - is a season's best. Laura Nicholson was 8th in 4:15.04.
It looks as if Cian McPhillips will open his season over 800m at the FBK Games, in Hengelo, Netherlands, on 21 Jun. Sharlene Mawdsley (400m), Cathal Doyle (1500m), Darragh McElhinney (5000m) are also on the initial startlist, as is Benjamin Richardson (100m), who will be eligible to represent Ireland in August 2027.
Katie Graham, 18th in the U20 Uphill Mountain race, was the highest Irish finisher on day 1 of the European Off-Road Running Championships in Slovenia. Sarah McCormack (34th) and Zak Hanna (46th) were the top senior finishers.
Men's U20 uphill mountain race has just started at the European Off-Road Running Championships. There will be full Irish teams competing across the three days of competition.
Results from last night's HOKA Festival of Miles in St Louis: 7. Maddie Mooney 4:37.08 NL 9. Roisin Flanagan 4:39.51 PB; 7. Charlie O'Donovan 3:58.64; 11. James Dunne 4:00.52.
Sarah Healy finished 17th in a very fast 5000m at the Rome Diamond League. Her time is the Auto Q for Birmingham, a national lead, and no. 2 on the Irish all-time list.
Mark English finished 2nd in the 800m in Rome in 1:43.80 NL. It may not have been a Diamond race, but it was still of a very high standard.
Don't forget: Mark English (800m, 8.15pm) and Sarah Healy (5000m, 8:38pm) go in the Golden Gala Rome Diamond League tonight. The event meeting will be shown live on Virgin Media from 8-10pm.
Arlene Crossan continued her fine start to the season with a PB of 53.11 over 400m in Granada. Sommer Lecky had a season's best of 1.79 in the high jump at the same meeting. Both athletes finished 4th.
13:23.11 for Brian Fay to finish 7th in Turku. The European Auto Q of 13:08 remains elusive for now. Nick Griggs and Darragh McElhinney, who both have the standard for Birmingham from last year, did not finish.
Cathal Doyle finished 5th in the 1500m at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland (Continental Tour Gold). His time of 3.34.00 is inside the Athletics Ireland B standard for Birmingham.
Livestream for Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku (Continental Tour Gold) has just started. Cathal Doyle is racing the 1500m at 6.04pm, while Darragh McElhinney, Nick Griggs and Brian Fay all race the 5000m at 6:32pm. The stream for Granada has also started. Sommer Lecky goes in the high jump there at 6.55pm and Arlene Crossan in the 400m at 7.30pm.
One we missed last night: Anna Gavigan threw 57.38 to finish 2nd in the Discus at Athletica 2000 in San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy. This is a new Irish U23 record (subject to ratification), a national lead and adds two metres to Anna's previous best, set earlier this year. The Athletics Ireland B standard for Birmingham is 57.80.
Daena Kealy 3rd in the High Jump (1.74m) and Jenna Breen 4th overall in the 400m (54.11) at the Atletica 2000 Meeting in San Vito al Tagliamento this evening.
Continental Tour Bronze win for Bori Akinola at Memoriál Josefa Odložila in Prague (10.32, +0.5m/s).
Mark English 11th in the 800m in Rabat in 1:45.00.
Strong run by Andrew Coscoran to finish 6th in the Diamond League 1500m in Rabat in 3:31.65 NL.
Andrew Egan improved his season's best to 46.61 at a meeting in Zurich today.
2:02.39 and 6th place for Emma Moore in Forbach.
Coming up later today: Mark English (800m, 8.35pm) and Andrew Coscoran (1500m, 7.57pm) in Diamond League action, live on Virgin Media Three and Virgin Media Play, 7-9pm. Before then, Emma Moore is on the startlist for the 800m at the Continental Tour Bronze meeting in Forbach. The race is due off at 4.20pm. And we've got links to streams and live results from plenty of other meetings, including the cracking multievent competitions in Götzis.
Ryan Creech (1:04:51), Jake O'Regan (1:05:38) and John Travers (I:06:54) are the top 3 men at the National Half Marathon in Cork. The women's podium is Heather Murphy (1:15:11), Hannah Steeds (1:16:46) and Fionnuala Ross (1:17:02). Niamh Allen finished 5th overall in the 10km in 32:14.
Lauren Roy and Maeve O'Neill last night qualified for the NCAA Div I Nationals. Lauren ran 22.83 (+2.0; PB, NL, NI Record, European Championships Auto Q) in the heats of the 200m. She finished 21st in 100m in 11.29 (+2.1). Maeve ran 2:00.72 to finish 3rd in her heat of the 800m, to advance to Eugene next month. After helping her FSU 4x100m team to an NCAA Div I Nationals spot, Lucy-May Sleeman finished 20th in the 100m, missing a spot in Eugene, but improving her lifetime best to 11.26 (+0.3) and moving to 3rd on the Irish all-time list, behind Adeleke & Roy. Other notable performances: (West) Róisín Treacy 17th (10:21.48) and Ailish Hawkins 19th (10:28.48) 3000m steeplechase; (East) Anna Gardiner 15th 5000m (15:55.21).
Lucy-May Sleeman will be going to NCAA Div I Nationals. She has just helped the FSU 4x100m relay to a qualification spot.
Siún Quinn has just missed out on a place at the NCAA Div I Nationals. She cleared 1.84m at the first attempt, but in the end all 12 qualifiers from the West region cleared 1.87m (1.79 q'ed from the East). We should see Siún at World U20s in August!
Other top Irish finishers at University of Birmingham BMC: Women's A 5000m: 5th Kirsti Foster 16:08.64; Women's 3000m Steeplechase: 3rd Abbie Sheridan 10:23.77; Men's A 5000m: 6th Jonas Stafford 13:50.72 PB.
8:35.65 PB, NL, 7th Irish all-time for Finley Daly in the 3000m steeplechase at University of Birmingham BMC Grand Prix. The Athletics Ireland B standard for the European Championships is 8:35.00.
Some results from BMC GP in Bham: M 800m B: Oisín Lynch 1:49.39; W 1500m A: 3rd Eimear Maher 4:11.18; 5th Niamh Carr 4:13.25 PB; 8th Zoe Toland 4:16.14; M 1500m A: 2nd Callum Morgan 3:40.23; 10th Philip Marron 3:43.27; B: 1st Louis O'Loughlin 3:44.82 PB.
The 7.57 Mikey Kent jumped to win the senior boys All Ireland Schools long jump title earlier was wind legal (+1.9m/s), which means that he moves to =11th on the Irish all-time list. The 4.71m he vaulted to win the pole vault was also a PB.
After qualifying for NCAA Div I Nationals with his U of Houston 4x100m teammates, Sean Aigboboh just missed out on an individual spot, finishing 16th in the 200m (12 qualify). David Davitt and his Penn teammates missed a 4x400m relay spot by 1 place. David ran a 47.19 opening leg.
Zak Hanna (Mountain Running Uphill), Rudy Mayne (Mountain Running Uphill), Niall McCarthy (Mountain Running Uphill), Aaron McGrady (Mountain Running Uphill), Áine Gosling (Mountain Running Uphill), Caroline Harney Ayton (Mountain Running Uphill), Sarah McCormack (Mountain Running Uphill), Niamh Murphy (Mountain Running Uphill), Sergiu Ciobanu (Mountain Running Classic), Jared Martin (Mountain Running Classic), Patrick McDaid (Mountain Running Classic), Emmet McNamara (Mountain Running Classic), Sophie Daly (Mountain Running Classic), Sinead Farrell (Mountain Running Classic), Aoife McCavana (Mountain Running Classic), Enda Cloake (Trail), Matthew McConnell (Trail), Jamie O'Sullivan (Trail), Luke Weldon (Trail), Sorcha Loughnane (Trail), Laura O'Driscoll (Trail), Nicola Soraghan (Trail), Ellen Vitting (Trail), also U20 athletes (see startlists)
Sarah Leahy (200m, 100m), Una Brice (Pole Vault), Meabh Corkery (Pole Vault), Sophie Meredith (Long Jump), Michael Healy (Discus Throw)
Adam Murphy (200m, 100m), Marcus Lawler (200m, 100m), Ciarán Carthy (400m), Aaron Keane (400m), Cillín Greene (400m), Rachel McCann (400m), Cliodhna Manning (400m, 200m, 100m), Saragh Buggy (Long Jump, Triple Jump), Ruby Millet (Long Jump), Katie Bergin (100m), various others (see startlists)
Diarmuid Fagan (10000m)
Jo-Lauren Keane (800m), Ellie Hartnett (800m), Amy O'Donoghue (800m), Robert Hewison (800m), David Bosch (400m), Aaron Keane (400m), Michael Murphy (1500m), Kevin McGrath (1500m), Danielle Donegan (1500m), Cathal O'Reilly (5000m)
Plenty of world stars (but no Irish athletes on this occassion)
Niamh Fogarty (Discus Throw), Eric Favors (Shot Put)
Israel Olatunde (100m), Bori Akinola (100m), Ciara Neville (200m, 100m), Precious Akpe-Moses (100m), Sophie Becker (200m, 100m), Rachel McCann (400m)
| Event | Athlete | Performance | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 800m | Mark English | 1:43.80 | 04-06-2026 |
| Mile | Maddie Mooney | 4:37.08 | 04-06-2026 |
| 5000m | Sarah Healy | 14:48.88 | 04-06-2026 |
| Discus Throw | Anna Gavigan | 57.38 | 02-06-2026 |
| 1500m | Andrew Coscoran | 3:31.65 | 31-05-2026 |
| 200m | Lauren Roy | 22.83(+2.0) | 30-05-2026 |
| Pole Vault | Mikey Kent | 4.71 | 30-05-2026 |
| 3000m Steeplechase | Finley Daly | 8:35.65 | 30-05-2026 |
| Athlete | Championship | Event | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ciara Neville | Europeans | 100m | Improved score |
| Elizabeth Ndudi | Europeans | Long Jump | Improved score and placing |
| Rachel McCann | Europeans | 400m | Improved score |
| Lauren Callaghan | Europeans | Long Jump | Improved score and ranking |
| Maeve O'Neill | Europeans | 800m | Improved score |
| Nick Griggs | Europeans | 1500m | Improved score and placing |
| Ava O'Connor | Europeans | 3000m Steeplechase | Now has ranking; within quota |
| Andrew Coscoran | World Athletics Ultimate Championships | 1500m | Improved score and placing |
| Mark English | World Athletics Ultimate Championships | 800m | Improved score |
| Anna Gavigan | Europeans | Discus Throw | Improved score and ranking |
| Lauren Roy | Europeans | 100m | Improved score and ranking |
| Lucy-May Sleeman | Europeans | 100m | Improved score |
| Fiona Everard | Europeans | 10000m | Now has ranking |
| Niamh Allen | Europeans | 10000m | Now has ranking |
| Anna McCauley | Europeans | Heptathlon | Improved score |
| Emma Moore | Europeans | 800m | Now has ranking |
| Alex O'Neill | Europeans | 800m | Now has ranking |
| Roisin Flanagan | Europeans | 5000m | Now has ranking |
| Ella Fennelly | Europeans | 5000m | Now has ranking |
| Niamh Fogarty | Europeans | Discus Throw | Now has ranking |
| Nicola Sheridan | Europeans | Marathon | New entry; within quota |
| Finley Daly | Europeans | 3000m Steeplechase | Now has ranking |
