Cormac Dalton

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Cormac Dalton
Personal information
Born (1998-09-01) 1 September 1998 (age 27)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s)
 Long-distance running, Cross country running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1500m: 3:45.95 (Belfast, 2024)
Mile: 3:59.51 (Stirling, 2024)
5000m: 13:27.81 (Dublin, 2023
10000m 28:04.29 (Azusa, 2023)
Indoors
3000m: 7:50.09 (Boston, 2025)
5000m: 13:28.29 (Boston, 2025)

Cormac Dalton (born 1 September 1998) is an Irish long-distance and cross country runner. [1]

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Early and personal life

He was born in Lynn, Mullingar in County Westmeath into a family of runners. His mother Amanda won the Irish schools cross country title in the 1980s, and his grandfather was a Leinster champion runner. He became a member of the Mullingar Harriers athletics club at the age of nine years-old. He attended Gainstown primary school prior to graduating with a degree in biotechnology from Dublin City University. Following that, he completed a Masters in business at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma. [2] [3]

Career

He won the 2023 Irish National Cross Country Championships in Gowran, Kilkenny in November 2023, in a race competed in extreme muddy conditions. [4] He finished eighth overall at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels in December 2023, leading the Irish men to a fourth place team finish. [5]

He competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024, over 10,000 metres. [6] In August 2024, he ran his first sub-4 minute mile, running 3:59.51 at the Monument Mile Classic in Stirling. [7] He finished third in the Irish Cross Country Championships in November 2024. [8] He was the leading Irishman at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, finishing in 21st place as the Irish team finished eighth overall. [9]

On 14 February 2025, he ran a personal best 13:28.29 over 5000 metres indoors at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational, to move to fourth-place on the Irish all-time indoor list.

References

  1. ↑ "Cormac Dalton". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Maher, Damien (30 November 2023). "Cormac Dalton reflects on national title as Brussels beckons". Westmeath Independent. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  3. ↑ O'Riordan, Ian (6 December 2023). "Cormac Dalton on running through the pros and cons of US scholarship trail". Irish Times. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  4. ↑ Dennehy, Cathal (20 November 2023). "Cormac Dalton and Fiona Everard prevail in 'absolutely brutal' conditions at National Cross Country Championships". Independent.ie. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Cormac Dalton shoots for the stars with National Cross Country title defence ambitions". Irish Examiner. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  6. ↑ Dennehy, Cathal (16 November 2024). "'I've been slightly under the radar this year' – Irish cross country champ Cormac Dalton bullish ahead of nationals". Independent.ie. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "First sub-4 minute mile for Cormac Dalto". Westmeath Examiner. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "KILREHILL AND MCGLYNN STORM TO SENIOR TITLES AT NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics Ireland. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "Cormac Dalton first Irish man home at Euro Cross Country". Westmeath Examiner. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
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