Dublin Clubs Roundup, 19 - 24 May 2026

PACKED SCHEDULE AT THIRD DUBLIN GRADED MEETING

 Alexey Marchenko (Rathfarnham WSAF) won the Dublin 10,000m Championships title at the third DublinGraded Meet held in Irishtown on Wednesday (May 20). Marchenko and defending champion Pierce Geoghegan (Liffey Valley AC) battled it for the first half of the race before Marchenko pulled away to win in 32 mins 31.74 secs. Geoghegan was second in 32:45.83 and his Liffey Valley club mate Geoffrey Alexandre’s third in 33:09. Rathfarnham WSAF was the winning team ahead of Liffey Valley with Blackrock AC third. Also taking place were the Dublin 400m championships. Jack Byrne (Crusaders won the men’s title with Freyja O’Carroll (Raheny Shamrock AC) the women’s winner. Winning the Dublin women’s javelin title was Irish record holder Anita White (Dundrum South Dublin AC). Best of the men was junior athlete Joe Bracken (Lucan Harriers) with a personal best 44.41m In the long jump, also a Dublin Championships, the winners were Alfie Casey (Crusaders AC) and Alexandra Fellner Ring (Dundrum South Dublin). Also taking place were graded 1500m races and winning the A race in some style was Ben Brunton (St Brigid’s AC) in 3:56.67. David Carroll (Liffey Valley) was second in 4:07.09 and Oisin Dunne (Metro St Brigid’s AC) third in 4:08.012. With no A or B graded women’s races, Alison Walsh (UCD AC) took a narrow win in an absorbing women’s grade C race from Alice Hickey (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) and Caroline Crowley (Crusaders AC) The winning time was 5:06.42. Shot put winners were Isabel Mullarney (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) and Mark Tierney (Dundrum South Dublin AC). Full results elsewhere on this site.

RELAY RECORD FOR DSD IN SPAIN

Highlight of Dundrum South Dublin’s appearance at the European Clubs Track and Field Championships in Castellón, Spain was an Irish club record of 3:38.64 in the women’s 4 x 400m. Making up the team were Molly Hourihan, Kate Doherty, Mollie O’Reilly and Evelyn Kwik. Picking up valuable points for the men was Paul O’Donnell who finished fifth in the 5000m in 15:11.13 on Saturday and fourth in the 3000m a day later in 8:27.56. Overall the Dundrum South Dublin men finished tenth and the women 12th. It was the first time Ireland was represented by a single club in both men and women’s categories. 

TRACK AND FIELD - LEINSTER CHAMPIONSHIPS 

Dublin sprinters had a good outing at the Leinster Senior, U20 and Masters Track and field Championships in Carlow over the weekend. In the U20 women’s 100m, Gloria Oigbochie (Tallaght AC) finished second in 12.14 and was also third in the 200m. Her Tallaght club mate Uche Disu won the U23 race in 12.19, with Debbie Lawal (UCD AC) second in 12.27. Luis Blinco (Metro St Brigid’s AC) won the U20 men’s 400m in 49.19 with Kamal Oresanya (Titans AC) was third in 50.10. Jack Byrne (Crusaders) was second in the senior men’s 400m in 51.42, and Scott Dunne (Dundrum South Dublin AC) third in 51.48. Over 800m, Robyn Carey (Lucan Harriers) won the U20 race in 2:12.86. A comfortable winner of the men’s senior 110m hurdles in 14.97 secs was Sean Owens (Crusaders AC). In the field, reigning Irish champion Daphni Doulaptsi Teeuwen (Raheny Shamrock AC) won the women’s triple jump with a best of 12.82. In a Dublin double, Michael McCarthy (Donore Harriers) took the men’s title. Eoin Sheridan (Clonliffe Harriers) proved the class of the field in the men’s discus winning with a throw of 55.84. His club-mate, Niall Allen (Clonliffe Harriers) won both shot and weight for distance in the over 50 age group.

 In the masters sprints, many times world champion, Edel Maguire (Clonliffe Harriers, W65) was a treble winning in the 100m, 200m, and 400m. Sinead O’Connor (Metro St Brigid’s AC, W40) won the 00m and long jump and Dara Carr (LSA AC, W55) the 100m and 200m titles in her age group. Other master winners included Rachel Murphy (Plant Based AC,W40) 1500m. Breda Smyth (Lucan Harriers, W50) 800m, 3000m; Lea Fulcher (Plant Based AC, M50) 800m,1500m; Michael Counsel (Raheny Shamrock AC, M55) 800m, 1500m; Pat McCavana (M65) 3000m; Gary Park (Crusaders AC, M50) steeplechase; George Wyatt (DSDAC, M55) long jump; Xavier Hubert (LSA AC, M45) high jump and Peadar McGinn (DSDAC, M70) high jump and weight. In the mixed 4 x100m relay, Metro St Brigid’s were the winners and Lucan Harriers second. MSB was also second in the men’s 4 x100m. LSA AC won the women’s 4 x100m.

In Belfast, at the BMC Record Breaker Series at the Mary Peters track, on Saturday (May 23), Finn Woodger (Metro St Brigid’s AC) finished second in the men’s A 800m with a time of 1:48.88. Juan Ignacio Peña (Raheny Shamrock) clocked 8:24.14 for sixth in the 3000m followed by Louis O’Loughlin (Donore Harriers) seventh in 8:25.58. In the men’s mile, Louie Woodger (Metro St Brigid’s) was seventh in 4:07.07.

ROADS - TRAVERS ON TOP IN ENFIELD

In a thrilling finish to the race, John Travers (Donore Harriers) sprinted home clear of Colm Rooney (Clonliffe Harriers, M40) and Sean Tobin (Clonmel AC) for victory at the annual Enfield 5km in Co Meath on Tuesday (May 19). Leading home almost 700 finishers, Travers finished in 13 mins 45 secs, followed by Rooney in 13:48 and Tobin in 13:49. Eddie O’Connor (Brothers Pearse), recent winner of the Terenure 5-Mile, finished sixth in 14:57. In the women’s race, Lisa Madden (Sportsworld) finished fourth in 16:49. Dublin masters winners were Caoimhe Kilroy (Metro St Brigid’s AC) W45, Michael Counsel (Raheny Shamrock AC) M55 and Richard Kavanagh (Crusaders AC) M70.  Dundrum South Dublin led home 29 teams in the mixed team category, with Sportsworld third. DSD was also the winning women’s team ahead of Sportsworld and Crusaders AC. Clonliffe Harriers proved best of 34 men’s teams beating Donore Harriers and DSD.