Ireland finished a fantastic second in the distance medley relay at the Armory Invitational in New York last night, six seconds behind the American team, who broke the world record with a 9:19.93 run. The Irish team of Declan Murray (2:53.17), Brian Gregan (47.40), Mark English (1:46.59) and Ciarán Ó

Ireland put up a spirited challenge in the men’s distance medley relay at the Armory Invitational last night going under the old world record but had to be content with second in 9:25.37 behind a dominant US outfit in 9:19.93. Matthew Centrowitz set the US well on their way with

Flotrack caught up with Ciaran O’Lionard for a workout at 5000 ft. in Sedona, Arizona with Oregon Track Club teammate Ben Blankenship. O’Lionard will run the 1600m leg for Ireland’s DMR team at the Armory Track Invitational this Saturday (31st). Other team members will include Brian Gregan (400m), Mark English (800m)

The GloHealth Junior and Under-23 championships last Sunday (25th) served up an array of stellar performances from the best of Ireland’s young athletes. In what was planned to be a short piece about the highlights of the day, we were reminded of just how much quality was on show. While

Live coverage of the GloHealth Athletics Ireland Junior & U23 Championships on the youtube post below. Coverage begins at 1.15pm with ourselves on commentary duty and Aertv doing the camerawork. Be sure to subscribe to the Athletics Ireland youtube channel here so that you’ll be notified of future broadcasts. Scroll

Harry Purcell became the first schoolboy to go under 1:50 for the 800m at the Irish Schools Track and Field Championships last June and added the 400m title for good measure. The Trim AC athlete returned to the track for his school Castleknock College in the 4 by 100m relay,

Bernard Lagat opened his 2015 season by running the Great Edinburgh Cross Country, where he finished a disappointing 15th in the 4km race. Lagat, who turned 40 last month, will now turn his attention back to the track, and the American is planning to rewrite several of the over-40s indoor world

An Irish Distance Medley Relay team is set for the New Balance Indoor Games on the 31st of January in the Armory. It has been in the planning for the last number of months but the athletes have received confirmation today of their entrance into the 1200m, 400m, 800m, 1600m

Ferrybank’s Kelly Proper was the star performer on day 1 of the GloHealth National Senior Track and Field championships winning the long jump in 6.27m and the 200m in an impressive 23.23 into a -1.6 headwind. You can watch our video interview below. Eanna Madden got up on the line