​Former Drake University runner Adam Fogg and ex-Iowa State athlete Finley McLear were busy this week completing in Ireland and the United Kingdom last week.Fogg, a UA Mission Run Baltimore Distance squad member, first raced the mile at the Cork City Sports event in Cork on Wednesday, July 8. Fogg, a British runner, led through 1,500 meters before settling for third place in 3 minutes, 55.13 seconds. McLear, also a British runner, raced to eighth place in 4:04.05. The winner was American Reuben Reina in 3:54.08.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementTwo days later at the Morton Games in Dublin, Fogg ran a better time, 3:52.82, while placing fifth in the mile. American Samuel Prakel picked up the win in 3:50.97.McLear wasn’t done after one race, either. He ran the preferred 800-meter distance at the British Milers Club Grand Prix in Watford on Saturday, July 11. McLear notched a 1:46.99 for the 800 while placing a close third. Germany’s Adrian Engstler was the victor in 1:46.63.Fogg and McLear lead off this edition of the WEEKEND UPDATE of the best performances by Iowa-based collegiate and post collegiate distance runners and triathletes.Both produced less-than-desired performances at the Novuna UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, last month. Fogg, a former Missouri Valley Conference champion, took seventh in a heat of the 1,500 meters in 3:46.41, but didn’t advance. McLear likewise didn’t advance after grabbing fourth in a heat of the 800 in 1:49.84.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWith no world championships or Olympics this year, that was the marquee championship for both runners. The U.S. championships will occur next week from July 23-26.Six-time NJCAA champion Adva Cohen became a nine-time Israeli champion in the 3,000 steeplechase at her country’s championship in Tel Aviv on July 9. The former Iowa Central Community College standout who now competes for the Armor Dark Sky team in Flagstaff, Arizona, ran 9:48.81 to win by more than a minute. Cohen holds the Israel national record of 9:19.90 from September of 2025 at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.Moving to the U.S., where former Davenport Assumption and University of Iowa competitor Mallory Lindaman continued her strong season. Lindaman raced in the Women’s 800 Pre event on Friday, July 10 and ended up third in 2:03.93. Fellow American Olivia Howell won in 2:02.73.Shifting to Iowa and the always competitive Moonlight Chase 4-mile race in Eldridge on July 11. Running Wild Elite athlete Joe Langridge, 23, of Moline, Illinois, was the champion in a new best of 19:31. That time ranks second best in RWE history. He edged Runablaze Iowa’s Matt Lorenz, the Fifth Season 8K winner on the Fourth of July, by two seconds. Lorenz, 27, resides in Cedar Rapids.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementRWE men’s team coordinator Devin Allbaugh, the club leader for the distance at 19:20 from earlier this season, settled for third place in 19:41. Allbaugh, 36, is an ex-Pleasant Va