Sligo Athletic Club

20/10/2026

Congratulations to Aoife Cullinan who won a bronze medal at the All Ireland Schools Combined events in Athlone on Saturday. Aoife competed brilliantly across all her events and achieved personal best performances in her hurdles and shot putt events. Well done Aoife! LeChéile Trust

18/10/2026

Five Sligo AC’s athletes headed east to Abbotstown to compete in the Autumn International Cross Country Trials. Conditions underfoot were excellent with one muddy corner that Connaught runners would scoff at.

First up was the Female Masters and Male 65+ race. Mari Johnston and Danny Hannon are in great form and both had strong runs over the 6.1k course finishing in :

Mari Johnson. 24:49
Danny Hannon 27:40

That run by Mari was second in her age category and will earn her a place on the Irish team in the British & Irish International Cross Championships in Dublin in November. Well done Mari 👏👏👏

Next up was the Male o35 to o60. Conal Sexton is in great shape and led the Sligo AC men home, closely followed by Derek Hunter and Bill Carty. Their results from their 7.6k race were as follows:-

Conal Sexton. 30:24
Derek Hunter 30:46
Bill Carty 33:30

A great day out and great running. Well done all 👏👏👏

15/10/2026

John McDermott has had a fantastic year and is a nominee for the international award at the Ocean FM Sports Awards 2026👏

15/10/2026

14/10/2026

Well done to Enda Gilmartin who used the recent Coast To Coast 10 mile race to raise funds for Sligo Cancer Support Centre . Well done Enda 👏

12/10/2026

County Sligo Cross Country - Sunday 11th October 2026:

Congrats to all the Sligo AC Juvenile athletes who took part in the County Sligo XC yesterday in Enniscrone. Conditions were near perfect for racing with a dry, sunny day in store for all who toed the line. The course was testing throughout with plenty of cambered hills alongside muddy & watery sections! A great test for the upcoming Connacht XC races!

Sligo AC won many team medals - with some excellent individual performances on display also.

Full results here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1By_C5qzOx7I859AbtP-njavnidbj7MI1LNQe5m009pE/edit?usp=sharing

We'd like to thank West Sligo Athletics Club for hosting, all the individual Sligo athletic clubs for participating and County Sligo Athletics for organising the event.

11/10/2026

Sligo AC’s senior athletes were out in force earlier today in the Enniscrone sunshine. The hilly twisting course with the obligatory muddy sections was a good cross country test and the club’s athletes exceled in the conditions.

In the lady’s race, we saw a great team performance. Mari Johnston took gold and Sarah Jane Boyce took silver with the ladies team taking team gold. The Sligo AC athletes’ placings were are follows :-

1. Mari Johnston
2. ⁠Sarah Jane Boyce
4. Aileen Ruane
5. Beth Browne

The men were out in numbers and had a similarly strong preformance. Brian Kinsella led them home taking gold with Eoin O’Colgain taking silver. The A-team took team gold and the B-team were pipped by one place in the contest for silver, having to settle for team bronze. The Sligo AC athletes’ placings were are follows :-

1. Brian Kinsella
2. ⁠Eoin O’Colgain
5. Conor Mulligan
7. Conal Sexton
9. Derek Hunter
11. Ciaran Kilcullen
12. Martin Brennan
14. Nathan Clancy
17. Bill Carty
20. Stephen Gilgan
21. Trevor Hunter
22. Rory Connor

It was a great day out and a big well done to the club’s Anne McHugh and Terry Hayes who had big roles in making the day run smoothly.

Well done all. Great running 👏👏👏👏

11/10/2026

Two Sligo AC athletes headed to North Leitrim for their undulating Glens Run earlier today.

In the half marathon Dermot Cunningham had a good run completing the challenging course in 2:10:04

In the 10k Danny Hannon continued his recent good form finishing 8th overall and winning his category in 43:48.

Well done guys - great running 👏👏