✨ Well done DSD’s Hiko Tonosa - just 10 seconds off his own Irish Marathon record today in Rotterdam Marathon.  Hiko came 12th in a strong field to finish in 2:09:59 ! Couldn’t say it better than Cathal Dennehy, Irish Independent below: “Hiko Tonosa came up just shy of breaking his Irish record at the Rotterdam Marathon this morning, the Dundrum South Dublin athlete clocking 2:09:52 to finish 12th. That was just 10 seconds away from the national record of 2:09:42 he ran to finish third at the Dublin Marathon last year. Tonosa went through halfway in a controlled 1:05:04, and began to crank up the pace in the third quarter, covering that 10K section in 30:32, but he fell slightly off that pace in the closing kilometres to clock the second quickest time of his career. The quickest Irish marathon performance of all time remains the 2:09:15 run by John Treacy in Boston in 1988, a course which is not eligible for record purposes due to its net elevation drop.”

Great performance seminar  in Windmill Lane last weekend.  Well done to Sarah O'Carroll and team.  Have been taking vit D, running even slower and doing split squats since. 💪 But I missed the DSD Throws day.  Also the rain which accompanied it.  Well done Anita and team. 🌳 🚚 On Wednesday we had the political class on campus.  Fair play.  But I had to point out we were making the biggest contribution.  Roll on Phase 2. 🏃‍♀️🏃🏽 Killian Mooney clocked a sub 30 at the National 10k with Emma McEvoy on 33:51.  Debut (for Emma) I think. 🍊We are waiting for dispatches from the Masters in Florida.   The juvenile All Irelands kick off tomorrow. So much to watch. 🏃🏽🏃‍♀️We have a great gang going on Sunday in the Dublin Half Marathon.  Training has been hard and furious according to reports.  Let's see if the Vitamin D does the business Gerry McGrath

Last week we enjoyed…   🥇🥇An 800m double at the Leinsters – well done Charlotte Bourke and Joe Hastings. 💪 And our growing Masters crew kept the famous silver vest on the podium. 👏 Louise King also caught the eye.  One woman, many events. 🏠 Gerry Dunne’s volunteer crew did a major clear out of the house.  More space for more mats.  And the pool table is going to a good home. 🌳 The Orchard has been revealed as a massive jewel with the removal of the non-native trees and koalas.  Have a look. Valerie Gorman is our Women’s Officer with a mandate to promote the Women in Sport Programme.  We are particularly blessed on the distaff side in DSD but we can always do more. I believe she was at the euro indoors last weekend. 🥇🥈🥉Speaking of blessed, our Meet Train and Race crew wrapped up their domination of the Meet and Train league. 👏 Entries for the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon were as good as hoped with record first day entries.  Soon we will be looking for volunteers to help out on the big day so don’t change your phone numbers. Boschy didn’t get a gallop at the Euro indoors but he did get a load of new kit.  So that’s a win. Last weekend we had plenty of interest in the schools XC.  More on this this week! 📆 Ticket sales are strong for the DSD Running and Conference on 22nd March so enter now to avoid disappointment.  Please see link on previous news item. Gerry McGrath Chairman DSD

Report by Valerie Gorman
The XC season has been over a while, but the Women's Meet and Train League came to a close on Sunday 6th April with the final social run and prizegiving morning at Crusader's HQ in Irish town. ✨🤸🏻‍♂️The league was another roaring success with 14 Dublin clubs participating, and a whopping 263 women participating across the four races!  ✨🤸🏻‍♂️🏃‍♀️We kicked off in early November with round 1 in Tymon, hosted by Sportsworld and Bros Pearse. DSD numbers were lower with so many recovering from their heroic marathon efforts, but Lisa and Sarah pulled out 2nd and 4th places respectively to get Team A off to a strong start. Post race treats scored high due to a lorryload of Lindt ! ✨🤸🏻‍♂️🏃‍♀️💨Race 2 was our fabulous event at DSD Sports Campus in January. It was very exciting to host a race at our wonderful facility and thanks once again to all who helped out and represented DSD on the course. It may have looked like a fix with a full DSD podium ( Lisa, Eilish, Ruth) but local knowledge is a strong advantage! We may be biased also but the post race nourishment was top quality.  ✨🤸🏻‍♂️🏃‍♀️🌳It was a Northside venue for Race 3, hosted by Dublin Frontrunners over in Marino in February. Again, super club representation at this with good numbers and great results. DSD women took 4 of the top 10 spots, including a 1-2 from Lisa and Ruth. The spread afterwards scored a 10/10 from our women and included a DFR themed cake. Note for next year. ✨🤸🏻‍♂️🏃‍♀️💨🌳👏Finally we took a trip to the National Sports Campus at Abbotstown in March where Blackrock and Waterstown played host at the brilliant cross country venue there. Not an easy route by any means, but a strong finish from Lisa earned her another 1st place and Ruth storming in for 2nd, and Jane making sure she got her 4th place clearly! A nice spread afterwards but DSD was definitely better. 🥇That brings us to the prizegiving this weekend, and no surprise that Lisa Gaughran defended her overall title, very well deserved! Ruth Wilson earned 2nd place overall, congrats! Team A were just pipped in the Diamond category but 2nd is a nice prize considering we had no team prizes last year.  🏆Overall, DSD had 6 teams registered, and below are the names of the wonderful women who raced over the months of the league. The hunt for more names to join us will begin around September/October this year and we will welcome any women who want to give cross country a go.  Lisa Gaughran Ruth Wilson Jane Leonard Joan Ryan Sarah Colton Sallie Ennis Ruth Brogan Tracy Broughan Kathrina Murphy Lynda Tuohy Karen Graham Valerie Shaw Lisa Ryan Edel Fitzpatrick Ruth Mills Laura Thompson Clare Flanagan Emma Howard Louise Shorten Sinead Ward Cynthia O'Neill Fiona Bree Sorcha Ni Riain Carmel O'Sullivan Eilish Roe Edwina Walsh Aoife Harrington Deirdre Megan phew - that’s some participation for one club !

DSD distance runner and physiotherapist Matt Bergin will host a seminar with his top tips to reduce your risk of injury - all from the comfort of your own home. Whether you are new to running, coming back to training after a break or a seasoned racer, you will pick up something useful from Matt. When: Monday 12th July 7pm Where: Zoom Interested? Try the DSD Member's Facebook Page or contact John Eves (jleves@gmail.com) directly to get the Zoom link.

Dear Parent/Athlete, Please note there is a change is the events for this Friday’s Championship (18/06/21). Day 3 of the Dublin T&F Championships 2021 will take place this Friday (18th June). Please note the following changes in Fridays Time: Day Change – 1500m. · U17/18/19 1500m – Rescheduled to Thursday 24th June at 8.40pm (Tallaght) New Event – Friday 18th June. · Boys U12 & U13 600m (Accepting entries now. Entry Deadline Wednesday 16th 9.30pm) ACT NOW! Submit your entry. ( damiendsdac@gmail.com ) Accepting entries for this Fridays Boys U12 & U13 600m only . When submitting your entry please follow these steps and include ALL information: 1. Athlete Name (Boys U12 & U13 only). 2. Athletes Date of Birth Links: · Day 3 : Amended schedule of events Friday 18th June in Tallaght. · Link : Age Categories (2021) Finally, late entries received after 9.30pm on Wednesday 16th June for the Boys U12/13 600m will not be accepted. Any queries, please contact me or your coach. Yours in sport. Damien Moran damiendsdac@gmail.com

Dear Parent/Athlete, The first of the Dublin T&F Championships 2021 starts this weekend, which is great news. Competition at last!! However, entries must be submitted by tomorrow (Wednesday 9th June). Please email damiendsdac@gmail.com with your entry by 9pm tomorrow (Wednesday 9th June). With current Covid restrictions events will be spread over several days. The scheduled competition days so far are: · Day 1 : Friday 11th June in Tallaght. ( Timetable D1 ) · Day 2 : Sunday 13th June in Tallaght. ( Timetable D2 ) · Day 3 : Friday 18th June in Tallaght. ( Timetable D3 ) · Link : Age Categories (2021) Please refer to the timetable for the specific events. Limited age groups and events will take place each day, the following are the relevant age groups for each day: · Friday 11/06/21 U14, U15, U16, U17, U18 & U19 · Sunday 13/06/21 U13, U14, U15 & U16. · Friday 18/06/21 U14, U15, U16, U17, U18 & U19. ACT NOW! Submit your entry. ( damiendsdac@gmail.com ) When submitting your entry please follow these steps and include ALL information: 1. Athlete Name. 2. Age category (e.g. U15). 3. Event/Day (e.g. 100m / Friday 11/06/21) If entering more than one event, please list each event and day as set out in point 3 above. Please only enter events in which you’re committed to compete in. Finally, late entries received after 9pm on 9th June for Days 1 to 3 will not be accepted. Any queries, please contact me or your coach. Yours in sport. Damien Moran damiendsdac@gmail.com

Congratulations to Aaron Donnelly on a great win in the Dublin Novice Cross Country Championships, in the Phoenix Park, on Sunday.   Aaron, who has been missing from competition for a long time due to injury, was very happy to be back in action.   Also really  impressing was Patrick Elliot, who ran his first cross-country race in more than ten years, and finished in 4th position.   Andrew McGilton ran a good race to finish 8th, with the team just missing out on a medal in 4th place. Our Women’s Novice team finished in 8th place. Well done to all!   Men: 4th 1st        Aaron Donnelly 4th        Patrick Elliott 8th        Andrew McGilton 91st      Dillon Ryan   Women: 8th 16th      Emma Goddard 28th      Sarah Colton 43rd      Dervla Nimmo 49th      Joan Ryan

We had a great turnout of young athletes in the Phoenix Park today for the Dublin Even Ages Cross Country Championships.   It was a great experience for these juveniles with some running cross-country for the first time.  From U.12 athletes upwards, those qualifying on club team or with Dublin team will compete in All-Irelands in Fermanagh on the 17th November. U P D A T E D!     Updated Results: (1st 10 run for Dublin in All-Irelands & 1st 12 got Dublin medals;   clubs finishing in first 3 go to All-Irelands, six to run with 4 scoring) U.18 Boys: Team:  2nd       6th Sean Healy; 11th George McGilton; 14th Jake Mathews;   17th Fionn Nevile; 18th Cillian Chambers; 19th Callum Downes U.18 Girls:       11th Sadhbh Hassett; 21st Maja McGettigan; 24th Mariam Elrouby   U.16 Boys: Team:  2nd       5th Xaime Bereket Abeledo Chousa; 12th Conn McCluskey; 16th Conor Pimlott; 17th Cameron Fallon; 20th Aidan Flanagan; 25th Cillian Connolly   U.16 Girls: Team: 3rd         6th Aisling Power; 13th Aoife Fitzpatric; 16th Keela Singleton; 17th Sophie Lawrence; 37th Niamh Browne; 44th Deirdre Hassett   U.14 Boys: Team: 2nd        8th Dylan McCambridge Crossan;  10th Harry O'Meara; 19th Patrick Hosey; 32nd Luca Moran; 33rd Bodhi Blighe; 34th Thomas Gibbons   U.14 Girls: Team 1st:         7th Olivia Butler;  8h Julia Butler; 13th Isabelle Keogh; 16th Eabha Power; 17th Lorena Butler; 20th Skye McConnon   U.12 Girls: Team 3rd: 13th Ciara Culhane; 15th Hannah O'Reilly; 28th Martha Flynn; 34th Hannah Geraghty; 47th Annabelle Donlon; 49th Mai Saxe U.12 Boys: 63rd Matthew Gibbons; 71st Daniel Brien; 85th Conor Van Den Hoven; 86th Clive Tempany; 88th Ruairi Connolly; 91st Maddox Blighe         U.10 Boys:       11th Jack Clancy; 19th Harry Conlon; 22nd Matthew Christie; 53rd Tristan Hunter; 64 Antek Cendrowski; 68th Adam Walsh  U.10 Girls:  Team 3rd 13th Molly Mitton; 17th Cara Sinclair; 26th Aoife O'Connor; 37th Mia Walsh; 38th Saoirse Meachair; 39th Alannah Poer           (Thanks to those who supplied photos!)   Well done all!

At the 123.ie National League Preliminary round, in Athlone yesterday, our Women’s and Men’s teams finished in 1st place, showing great team spirit, despite the wet conditions. Mollie O’Reilly displayed her class, winning the 100m, with Amy O’Donoghue 1500m, Ciara Wilson Bowen 1500m walk, Eabha Durbridge Triple Jump, women’s 4x400 and 4x100  womens relay teams and men’s 4x400, all achieving maximum points in 1st place.  Ciarán Carty ran a great 100m, finishing 1st and gaining top points for our men’s team.   Women   100m               1st Mollie O’Reilly                                                                    11.71 100mH            4th Rachel Lynch                                                                      15.09 400m               3rd Charlotte Bourke                                                               57.47 400mH            2nd Cara Murphy                                                                     63.89 800m               7th Alannah Giles                                                                     2.28.68 1500m             1st Amy O’Donoghue                                                              4.31.34 1500mW         1st Ciara Wilson Bowen                                                           7.00.28 2000m S/C      2nd Sadhbh Hassett                                                                 8.22.06 3000m             2nd Maria McCambridge                                                         10.19.67 T.Jump            1st Eabha Durbridge                                                                9.76 L.Jump             5th Eabha Durbridge                                                                4.53 H.Jump            2nd Lauryn Healy                                                                     1.55 P.Vault            3rd Una Samuels                                                                      3.00 Hammer          7th Lucy Moore                                                                        18.98 Discus              5th Emma Roche                                                                      26.54 W for D           4th Rachel Dunne                                                                    6.35 Javelin             5th Rebecca Carthy                                                                  22.04 Shot                 8th Emma Roche                                                                      8.21 4 x 100m         1st Aobh Forde; Rachel Lynch; Lilah Stephenson                              Donnelly; Mollie O’Reilly                                                    49.38 4 x 400m         1st Aisling Cunningham; Katie Magee; Rachel Lynch;                              Alannah Giles                                                                     4.04.03   Men: 100m               1st Ciaran Carthy                                                                     10.87 110mH            4th David Dagg                                                                         17.41 200m               6th Ben Hauer                                                                          22.74 400m               3rd Antoine Roquette                                                              51.00 400mH            2nd Eoghan MacMuiris                                                            57.03 800m               5th Andrew McGilton                                                              1.59.01 1500m             4th Sean Quinn                                                                        4.05.20 1500m W        6th Ronan Gately                                                                     10.34.59 3000m S/C      3rd Morgan Clarkson                                                               10.18.65 5000m             5th Eanna Moynihan                                                               15.05.63 W for D           2nd David Marquis                                                                   5.83 P/Vault            3rd Kevin Byrne                                                                       3.20 L.Jump             5th Ciaran Carthy                                                                     6.09 T.Jump            5th David Dagg                                                                         11.51 H.Jump            7th David Dagg                                                                         1.70 Shot                 4th David Marquis                                                                   9.92 Hammer          7th Jack Moraghan                                                                  18.63 Discus              4th John Healy                                                                         28.09 4x400m           1st Rob Hayes; Gregor McCullagh; Antoine Roquette                               Eoghan MacMuiris                                                            3.25   (provisional results – any omissions will be included later)   Team Results: Women                                                           Points 1st        D.S.D                                                   278.5 2nd       St.Laurence O’Toole                           217 3rd        Ratoath                                               214 4th        Clonliffe                                              195 5th        Lagan Valley                                        177 6th        Raheny Shamrocks                             174.5   Men 1st        D.S.D                                                   277 2nd       Nenagh                                               232 3rd        Ratoath                                               230 4th        Leevale                                                210.5 5th        Tirconnaill                                           208 6th        Finn Valley                                          202   Well done to all!

<img src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5686de32a12f44306f7d3586/1451754223507-XIE8HZD3PQKYPU635NMW/image-asset.jpeg" alt="" /> The 2016 Dublin Juvenile Indoor Championships which will take place on the following dates: Friday 12th February Santry 7pm Saturday 13th February Santry 10am Sunday 14th February Tallaght 11am Saturday 20th February Santry 10am Links to timetables : Dublin Juvenile Indoors 2016 Day 1 Santry Dublin Juvenile Indoors 2016 Day 2 Santry Dublin Juvenile Indoors 2016 Day 3 Tallaght Dublin Juvenile Indoors 2016 Day 4 Santry #Indoor

<img src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5686de32a12f44306f7d3586/1517227280648-IJVG4F9R2RTBBYNSB9AY/3-1.jpg" alt="3-1.jpg" /> Please find the final results of the Dublin 2017 Cross Country League. Apologies for the late publication of these results. Well done to all who took part in the 3 leagues and congratulations to Grace Prenter 2nd Girls U12, Isabella Tomkin Beddy 3rd U13 Girls, Ella O’Donohoe 4th U14 Girls and Jamie Byrne 2nd Boys U13. Full results found here , DSD athletes highlighted in blue for ease of identification. Finally, thank you to Brian O’Donohoe who prepared the document for publication.