Dublin Athletics Roundup Report, 01 - 05 July 2026
TRACK AND FIELD - GAVIGAN RETAINS TITLE
Big event on the domestic track and field scene was the All Ireland U20 and U23 Championships held on Saturday and Sunday in Tullamore. In the U23 Championships, Anna Gavigan (LSA AC) retained her discus title with a throw of 53.92. In a Dublin double, Teddy Gannon (Dublin City Harriers) was best of the men with a 48.30m throw. Zoie Richie (UCD) won the U23 800m in 2:14.19, with her club mate Renee Crotty second in 2:14.61 and Aoife Browne (MSB AC) third in 2:15.85. Crotty also finished third in the 400m in 55.07 https://www.sportsfile.com/id/3501759/. Winning the men’s 800m in 1:53.09 was Andrew McGilton (DSD AC) in 1:53.09. Dara Donoghue (Lucan Harriers) was third in 1:53.72. Darragh Murphy (UCD AC) won a competitive men’s 400m, beating his club mate Joe Doody, with the pair timed at 47.63 and 47.78.
In the men’s 200m, Sean Doggett (Athenry AC) just edged out Robert Hayes (DSD AC) with the pair given times of 21.51 and 21.56. Emmanuel Akinrolie (Titans AC) was third in 21.75. In the women’s race, Debbie Lawal (UCD AC) finished third in 25.08. Crusaders AC won the mens’ 4 x 100m in a championships record time of 42.82. Titans AC was second in 43.09.
Dublin athletes taking silver medals included Sean Owens (Crusaders AC) 100m and 110m hurdles; Ciara Wilson Bowen (DSD AC) the walk and Louie Woodger (MSB AC) 1500m.
DUBEM ON THE DOUBLE! [https://www.sportsfile.com/id/3502949]
Star of the U20 Championships, was sprinter Dubem Amah (Tallaght AC) who won both the 100m and 200m, with a Dublin clean sweep in both races. In the 100m, Joshua Awujoola (MSB AC) and Ciaran O’Farrell (Donore Harriers) were second and third, while in the 200m Adam Offeimun (Donore Harriers)and David Konovalov (Raheny Shamrock AC) followed Amah home. Winning the women’s 100m was Chidinma Adikaibe (Metro St Brigid’s AC) [Pic at https://www.sportsfile.com/id/3501677/ ] while best in the men’s 400m was Alex Leonard (Donore Harriers). A thrilling men’s 400m hurdles saw Des O’Neill (Raheny Shamrock AC) beating the defending champion Ethan Dewhirst (Tir Chonaill AC)in a championships record time of 51.45 secs. Megan Brunt (Blackrock AC) won the 5000m and with a time of 16:57.98 also beat all the U23 women. In the field, Siún Quinn (Brothers Pearse AC) won the high jump with 1.75m, while Adona Zewdie ( DSD AC), aged only sixteen, won the discus comfortably with a personal best 41.92, also competing in the shot.[Pics at https://www.sportsfile.com/id/3501528 and https://www.sportsfile.com/id/3501520/}. Silver medal winners included Raheny Shamrock club mates Charlie Gunawardhana and Conrad Latham second in the steeplechase and the 800m respectively In the women’s 1500m, Isabel Cuffe (Lucan Harriers) finished second and Leia Ryan (MSB AC) third.
Bronze medal winners were Ethan Thompson (Clonliffe Harriers) hammer, Freyja O’Carroll (Raheny Shamrock AC) 800m in 2:09.07, Daniel Conway (DSD AC) 110m hurdles and Conn McCluskey (DSD AC) high jump.
Run in conjunction with the championships on Sunday was the National National 10,000m Championships, where David Troy (Metro St Brigid’s AC) took the men’s title in 31:59.25, followed by Patrick Mac Gabhann (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) in 32:19.44. Just five men finished the race. [Pic of David at https://www.sportsfile.com/id/3503245. By Paul Phelan]
HEALY BACK ON TRACK
Sarah Healy (UCD AC) ran a solid time of 4:18.49 for seventh in the mile at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meet in Eugene, Oregon, where just one second covered places one to eight. A day earlier at the same meet, Rhasidat Adeleke (Tallaght AC) had clocked 52.26 secs for ninth in the 400m.
In Spain, Eimear Maher (DSD AC) ran 4:06.54 for sixth in the 1500m at the Ordizia meet on Saturday (July 4), a time that’s inside the B standard of 4:07 for next month’s European Championships. Jodie McCann (DCH AC) finished just outside the standard in 4:07.47. In the long jump, Elizabeth Ndudi (DSD AC) was second with a 6.61m leap - not far off her national record of 6.68m. Earlier in the week, Anna Gavigan (LSA AC) threw 54.66m for fifth in women’s discus at a meet in Castellon.
At a meet in Lyons, France, Cillian Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock AC) was fifth in the B 800m in 1:47.47, while in Nancy, also in France, Cathal Doyle (Clonliffe Harriers) finished eighth in the 1500m with his time of 3:33.52 just 0.02 off the automatic qualifying mark for the European Championships.
In Stirling, Scotland, at the Pursuit 5000m, on Saturday (July 4) Gavin Curtin (Donore Harriers) finished third in the elite men’s 5000m in 14:12.00 while Faye Dervan (DCH AC) clocked a personal best 15:57.52 for sixth in the women’s race. Finn Woodger (MSB AC) finished fourth in the men’s elite 800m in a PB 1:49.06.
Finally, national champion Bori Akinola (UCD AC) finished second in the men’s 100m final at the Fribourg Meet in Switzerland.
ROADS
Australian ultra runner Nedd Brockmann won the Bear Races Clontarf Half Marathon in a time of 71:22 on Saturday (July 4). In 2022, Brockmann, a 24 year old electrician, ran across Australia from Perth to Sydney in 47 days. In October 2024, he completed a 1,600 km run on the Sydney Olympic track in 12 days 13 hours (and change) for a homeless charity. Ashleigh Hennessy and Marissa Cleary were first women in Clontarf, crossing the line together in 87.29. Over 4,000 completed the race.
Dublin club athletes were out in force at the Bettystown 5km, Co Meath on Friday (July 3) with Aine O’Connor (DSD AC) finishing second woman in 18:16, and over 500 finishing the race. For Balbriggan and District AC, Ramune Zolbiene was third W40 Alessandro Porazzini third M40, and Caroline Kehoe third W55, while Chris Keeling was third M65. From other clubs, Nathan Pearce (Fingallians AC) was first M55, Fiona Fitzsimons (Civil Service AC) first W55, Anne Lyons (Clonliffe Harriers) second W60, Maurice McCrohan (Clonliffe Harriers) third M60 and Tom O’Connor (Liffey Valley AC) second M65.
Also on Friday, Donore junior Rhys Murphy was the winner of the 21st Mick Murphy 5km, in Ferns, Co Wexford in15 mins 42 secs.
HILLS
At the Leinster Evening League race held at Sorrell Hill (9.45km, 392m) , Co Wicklow on Wednesday ( July 1) Ruben Bartelink (DSD AC) finished second and first M50 with a time of 50:08 for the 9.45km distance. Peter Forde (Brothers Pearse) was sixth and first M40, Niall Lynch (Donore Harriers) eighth and first M55, Karen Duggan (Clonliffe Harriers) third woman and first W50, Sinead Staunton (Sportsworld AC) second W50 and Anne Lyons (Clonliffe Harriers) first W60.
