Patrick Tiernan will head the line up for the mens 3000m at the Bam Cork City Sports. Tiernan, a Villanova graduate and coached by Cork’s own Marcus O Sullivan, was the 2016 NCAA cross country championships. He has been running very successfully on the Diamond league circuit this year with a 13.12 clocking for 5000m … Continue reading “Patrick Tiernan Confirmed For Men’s 3000m”
read MoreCork City Sports, is now in its 68th year. It would not be possible to continually host the premium athletics track and field meet on the island of Ireland without the continued support and goodwill from our fantastic sponsors. This year we are delighted to welcome on board title sponsors BAM Ireland and to have the … Continue reading “Thanks To Our Fantastic Sponsors”
read MoreBritish athletes Alex Bell, Adelle Treacy and Hanah Seagrave are set to go against finalists at the American Championships Olivia Baker and Samantha Watson and number one in the Canadian rankings, Lindsey Butterworth. Irish athletes Siofra Cleirigh Butner and Nadia Power will also provide strong opposition. This has the makings to be one of the … Continue reading “Top British And American Athletes For The Women’s 800M”
read MoreAmere Lattin, and David Kendzera both in the top five at the recent US National Championships last week with times of 48.66 and 48.68 respectively. They will meet again at the BAM Cork City Sports on August 14th. They will have competition from Cornel Fredericks RSA who is back in form and running sub 50 seconds already this season … Continue reading “Amere Lattin, David Kendzera and Cornel Fredericks Confirmed For The Mens 400M Hurdles”
read MoreAt the 2018 Cork City Sports Sydney Siame ZAM set a new meeting record, Irish all-comers record and Zambian National record while winning the men’s 200M in 20.18 secs. Siame is back on August 14th to defend his title and has already run faster this season running 20.16 in Switzerland at the end of June. … Continue reading “Clarence Munyai and Sydney Siame confirmed for BAM Cork City Sports”
read MoreLuvo Manyonga from South Africa, is one of the greatest Long Jumpers in the history of this event. Current World Champion, Manyonga’s list of achievements is staggering. Having won the Silver medal at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016 he became World Champion in London in 2017 and Commonwealth Games Champion in 2018. In 2018 he also became Diamond … Continue reading “World Champion Luvo Manyonga Confirmed For BAM Cork City Sports”
read MoreThree of the four fastest Irish athletes of all time to go head to head in the mens 200M on August 14th at the CIT stadium. Leon Reid, Stephen Gaffney and Marcus Lawler are separated by just over one tenth of a second on the Irish all-time list and only Paul Hession, who was a … Continue reading “Top Irish Athletes To Go Head To Head at BAM Cork City Sports”
read MoreAt the forthcoming Bam Cork City Sports International Athletics meeting, which will be staged at the Cork Institute of Technology Stadium on Wednesday 14thAugust, the Women’s High Jump event is shaping up to be one of most competitive events of the meeting with the best of Irish High Jumpers taking on the best of their … Continue reading “Morgan Lake British Womens High Jump Champion confirmed for the BAM 68th Cork City Sports”
read MoreThe Junior Men’s and Junior Ladies 1500m races at the 68th Cork City Sports have been dropped from the 2019 programme, due to a combination of slow entries and TV scheduling. Additionally many of these middle distance athletes will be on their annual break between their track and cross country training programmes for most of … Continue reading “Junior Races Dropped For 2019”
read MoreMarcus Lawler won bronze for Ireland in the 200m at the World University Games in Naples on Thursday evening. The Carlow native, who is also representing Carlow IT at the Games, ran 20.55 as he finished behind gold medal winner Paulo Camilo of Brazil and silver medal winner Chederick van Wyk of South Africa. The … Continue reading “Marcus Lawler Wins 200m Bronze At World University Games”
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