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* Drama at the Pre-Morton Games, where David Torrence was initially given the victory after a pile-up over the line. Ten minutes later, Will Leer was named as winner for a second year by one-hundedth of a second. Ciaran O Lionaird, in his last race before the 1500m heats at the London Olympics finished sixth in 3:57.02.Ten of the starerts went under four minutes. Selected results below.
* Michael Mac Diarmada beat his Clonliffe team mate Gary O’Hanlon to win the inaugural Fingal 10km in Swords, leading home 3,229 finishers. Siobhan O’Doherty and Niamh Devlin were the first two women (results below).
* Claire Tarplee of DSD, based locally, ran 2:03.46 for 800m at the British Milers Club Grand Prix in Solihull.
* The Irish boys and girls teams both finished second behind England at the annual AVIVA SIAB Schools International in Kent. Winners for Ireland were Alice Akers (hammer), Sinead Burke (walk) and David Cussen (high jump).
* Ultra runner Keith Whyte won the Anglo Celtic Plate 100km (62.1 miles) on a hot day in Wales last Sunday. Whyte was entered as an individual by Ultrarunning Ireland and supported by John Collins. After taking the lead at 11 miles, Whyte went on to record a personal best time of 7 hours 19 minutes.
Whyte is the first Irish male winner of the competition; Helena Crossan won the women’s race in Galway in 2009. The Anglo Celtic Plate is a home nations international competition between Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales.
* Anita Fitzgibbon of DSD throw a personal best 49.60 to win the javelin at today’s Woodies’s DIY National League Rd 2 in blustery Santry. Fitzgibbon had made a giant leap forward when she threw 49.54 to win her second national title a few weeks ago and a 50 metre throw must be in her sights.
Also showing good form was Thomas Rauktas of Clonliffe who won the discus with a throw of 51.46 and the shot with 14.19.
On the track, Colin Costello, running for Meath County, won the 1500m in an untroubled 3:58.96. Donore’s John Travers was equally untroubled in the Div 1 800m, sprinting away from the field after a slow opening lap to win in 1:57.12. Other Donore winners were Anthony Russell 13.35 in the triple jump and Eamonn Fahey in the long jump.
Brian Maher of KCH strolled to victory in the men’s 5000m in 15:34.81. DCH’s Catherine McManus ran the women’s 100m as a guest clocking 12.75, while Ciara Everard of UCD, guesting in the 400m, ran 58.16. Veteran Olympic race walker Jimmy McDonald picked up valuable points for Menapians when he won the 3km walk in 13:27.60.
Jessie Barr, Claire Bergin and Marian Heffernan, all members of the Irish 4x400m squad, competed in both the 400m and in the 4x400m. This was won by DSD from Ferrybank anchored by Kelly Proper and KCH, anchored by Caitriona Cuddihy. Earlier, the same three clubs had dominated the 4x100m, with DSD clocking 46.98 for victory. Clonliffe won the men’s 4×100 in 42.85. Pics from www.lindie.zenfolio.com.
* Brian McMahon of Clonliffe and DSD’s Sarah Mulligan were both 4th at the Snowdon International hill race in Wales yesterday. Both climbed exceptionally well, with McMahon first to the summit and Mulligan third woman.
Friday July 27
Donadea 5km, Co Kildare (252 finishers; www.redtagtiming.com)
Men: 1 Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe, M35) 15.24; 2 Thoams Moran (Dunshaughlin) 15.39; 3 Darragh Fitzgibbon 16.18; 4 John Paul O’Brien(Dublin Frtont Runners) 16.19; 5 Patrick Roche 16.24; 6 Paul Campbell 9Raheny) 16.29. M40: 1 Larry Kelly (St Coca’s) 17.47.; 2 Liam Tilly 18.22; 3 Tom Gallagher (Naas) 18.25. M50: 1 Gerry Simpson 18.14; 2 Pat Payne 19.58; 3 Peter McIntyre 20.41. M60: 1 Brendan Cummins (Donadea) 22.05; 2 Eddie Reid (Dunboyne) 22.42.
Women: 1 Kate O’Neill (MSB) 17.15; 2 Jean Wilson (Sportsworld) 18.40; 3 Aoife O’Connor (Clonliffe) 18.47; 5 Mary Hanley (Na Fianna, W40) 19.29; 6 Kay Murray 20.06. W40: 2 Bridget Cassidy (Donadea Runners) 20.37. W50: Bernadette Kavanagh (Celbridge) 21.14. ;
Ballymacarbry 5 Mile.
Men: 1 David McCarthy (W Waterford) 23.55 (Course Rec); 2 Philip Harty (Donore) 26.17, 3 Frank Quinlan (Waterford AC) 26.48. M40 Peter Duggan ( St. Joseph’s) 29.13. M45 Patrick Bookle (St. Joseph’s) 30.23. M50 Martin McCarthy (W Waterford) 29.52. M55 Tommy Cahill (Clonmel) 33.03. M60 Con Kelleher (Waterford AC) 35.42. Jun: Dsmien Murphy (W Waterford) 29.22
Women: 1 Corinna Walsh (W Waterford) 32.05; 2 Racquel Valadez (USA) 33.05; 3 Aine Roche (Clonmel) 33.14. W35 Kate Wall ( Clonmel) 34.29. W40 Diane Behan Waterford AC 35.24
W45 Ann O’ Donnell West Waterford AC 39.02
W50 Phyllis Flynn Striders 33.37
W55 Marie Moore (W Waterford) 48.35.
Jun:Hanna Mai Flynn (Striders) 35.31
Thursday July 26
Churchtown South ‘5’ Mile (Ballycotton Summer Series Race 3), Co Cork
Men: 1 J McCarthy (E Cork) 25:10; 2 C O’Donovan (St Finbarr’s) 25:40; 3 S McGrath (E Cork) 25:41; 4 E O’Neill (Tinryland) 25:48; 5 N Berkeley (DSD, M45) 26:06; 6 T Twomey (Leevale) 26:28; 7 J Meade (St Finbarr’s) 27:11; 8 C O Tuama (Leevale) 27:24; 9 D Coffey (Leevale) 27:30; 10 C O’Connell (St Finbarr’s, M45) 27:37. M40: 1 J Malone (Youghal) 28:25; 2 AJ Murphy (Midleton) 29:36; 3 D O’Dwyer (E Cork) 30:24. M45: 3 F Wall (Bandon) 29:04. M50: 1 J Collins (Leevale) 29:12; 2 J Kelleher 30:38; 3 S O’Mahony (Skibbereen) 31:34. M55: 1 T Cody (Midleton) 30:57; 2 N Aherne (Midleton) 33:09; 3 P O’Sullivan 33:55. M60: 1 M Tobin (Grange-Fermoy) 35:03; 2 J Holland (Mallow) 35:08; 3 P McGrath (E Cork) 35:21. M65: 1 J Murray (Rising Sun) 36:11; 2 J Cotter 38:45; 3 P Daly 44:00. M70: 1 J O’Leary (Leevale) 38:38; 2 P Gaffney (Mallow) 41:29; 3 F Kelleher (unatt) 51:18. MJ: 1 A Malone (Youghal) 33:13; 2 O Cooney 33:17; 3 D Kelly 33:56. Teams: 1 St Finbarr’s 19; 2 Leevale 23; 3 East Cork 28.
Women: 1 N Hunter (Leevale, W40) 32:07; 2 H Leonard (Rathfarnham-WSAF, W40) 32:27; 3 N Walsh (Leevale) 32:30; 4 A Moore (Leevale, W45) 32:33; 5 S Woods (Mallow, F35) 32:56; 6 G Cotter (St Finbarr’s, W35) 33:30. W35: 2 E Murphy (St Finbarrs) 33:37.
W40: 3 C Fitzgibbon (Grange-Fermoy) 35:25. W45: 2 H Gilroy (Midleton) 35:38; 3 M O’Keeffe (Midleton) 37:10.W50: 1 C McGregor (Midleton) 41:17; 2 A Stavrou (St Finbarr’s) 41:22; 3 M Mulcahy (Midleton) 42:17. W55: 1 E Hennessy (Midleton) 41:50; 2 E Forristal (unatt) 56:36; 3 V O’Farrell 66:09. W60: 1 M Barry (Midleton) 43:55. W65: 1 K O’Brien (East Cork) 40:24. Teams: 1 Leevale 8; 2 St Finbarr’s 24; 3 Midleton 42.
Galway Bay 5km, Salthill (125 finishers; www.redtagtiming.com)
Men: 1 Ruairi Geraghty 17.04; 2 Billy King (GCH) 17.10; 3 Damien Ridge (GCH) 17.49.
Women: 1 Sinead Kelly 20.16; 2 Ruthann Sheean (Athenry) 20.21; 3 Kona Donovan ? 21.27.
Wednesday July 25
Men – 100m: 1 Kenroy Anderson (JAM) 10.26; 2 Barakat Al Hathi (OMA) 10.36; 3 Steven Colvert (Crusaders) 10.57.
400m: 1 Brian Gregan (Clonliffe) 45.61; 2 Ahmed Al-Mirjabi (OMA) 46.55; 3 Nick Symmonds (USA) 46.63 .
IMC/BMC 800m – A: 1 Matthew Centrowitz (USA) 1.47.72; 2 Charlie Grice (BMC) 1.48.06; 3 Kyle Smith (Can) 1.49.06; 4 Darren McBrearty (IMC) 1.49.08; 5 Jonathan Cook (BMC) 1.49.19; 6 Anthony Romaniw (CAN) 1.49.27; 7 Brian Kelly (IMC) 1.49.81; 8 Anthony Leighio (IMC) 1.49.97; 9 Jordan Bransberg (BMC) 1.50.09; 10 Shane Fitzsimons (IMC) 1.50.29. B: 1 Kristaps Valters (Clonliffe) 1.51.40; 2 Paddy Hamilton (City of Derry) 1.51.84; 3 Billy Ryan (Ferrybank) 1.52.57. C: 1 Andriu Jenkinson (Clonliffe) 1.55.49. D: Kevin Maunsell (Clonmel) 1:58.22. Matt Centrowitz 1.47.72
Morton Mile: 1 Will Leer (USA) 3.56.39, 2 David Torrence (USA) 3.56.40, 3 Ryan Gregson (AUS) 3.56.45, 4 Craig Miller (USA) 3.56.49, 5 Ryan Hill (USA) 3.56.78, 6 Ciaran O Lionaird (IRL) 3.57.02, 7 Garrett Heath (USA) 3.57.18, 8 Rickey Stevenson (GBR) 3.57.56, 9 Silas Kisorio (KEN)3.57.63, 10 Paul Robinson (IRL) 3.58.47; 11 Eoin Everard (IRL) 4:00.66; 12 Mark Hanarahan (IRL)4.01.17; 13 Rory Chesser (IRL)4.03.39; 14 John Coghlan (IRL)4.08.07; 15 Joe Warne (IRL) 4.20.29. Junior mile: 1 Aaron Hanlon (Clonliffe) 4:16.31; 2 Ian Guidan (Clonliffe) 4:23.52; 3 D Lawlor (St Abban’s) 4:26.09.
Albie Thomas 3000m: 1 Ben True (USA) 7.44.40 (stadium rec); 2 Elliot Heath (USA) 7.45.26.
400m Hurdles: 1 Nathan Woodward (GBR) 49.45; 2 Thomas Barr (Ferrybank) 50.45; 3 R Yates (GBR) 50.99.
Women – 100m: 1 Amy Foster (UU) 11.51; 2 Keely Proper (Ferrybank) 11.61; 3 Celia Walters (Jam) 11.67.
800m- Race 1: 1 Gabriele Anderson (USA) 2.02.99; 2 Jessica Smith (CAN) 2.03.51; 3 Siobhan Eviston (Raheny Shamrock) 2.03.99; 4 Lucy Van Daken (NZL) 2.04.53; 5 Jane Jelegat (Ken) 2.04.78; 6 Leanna MacLean (CAN) 2.05.39; 7 Laura Crowe (Riocht) 2.05.77; 8 Fiona Kehoe (Kilmore) 2.08.52; 9 Claire McSweeney (Leevale) 2.09.89. Race 2: 1 Melissa Bishop (CAN) 2.01.80; 2 Jemma Simpson (UK) 2.02.61; 3 Diana Cummins (Can) 2.03.06; 4 Lemlem Berkerit (Can) 2.03.41; 5 Katie Mackey (USA) 2.03.86; 6 Orla Drumm (Crusaders) 2.04.51; 7 Carolyn Plateau (Blackheath/Bromley) 2.05.70; 8 Louisa Lindh (SWE) 2.05.77; 9 Siofra Cleirigh-Buttner (DSD) 2.06.94; 10 Kelly McNeice, Kelly (City of Lisburn) 2.07.25.
Mile: 1 Nicole Schappert (USA) 4:30.65 (stadium rec); 2 Zoe Buckman (AUS) 4.30.86; 3 Gen Lacaze (AUS) 3rd.
Sunday July 22
Men: 1 Michael Mac Diarmada (Clonliffe) 31.31; 2 Gar O’Hanlon (Clonliffe, M35) 31.41; 3 Mark Hoey (Star of the Sea) 32.02; 4 Martin Quinn (Dunleer) 32.13; 5 Emmett Dunleavy (Sligo ) 32.53; 6 Eoin Brennan (Tallaght) 33.27; 7 Paul Duffy (Sportsworld) 33.28; 8 Tomas Cotter (Team Carrie) 33.32; 9 Paul Cowhie (Civil Service, M45) 33.36; 10 Declan Power (Clonliffe, M40) 33.39. Jun: Carl Dunne (Team Carrie) 34.01. M40: 2 John Canning (Newbridge) 34.30; 3 Sean Mac Seoin (MSB) 34.57. M45: 2 David Carrie (Team Carrie) 34.11; 3 Eddie Newman ( Mullingar Hrs) 36.15. M50: 1 Niall Coppinerg (Tallaght) 35.48; 2 Dermot Clarke (Bohermeen) 35.59; 3 Edward Groblowski (Polish Run Team) 36.17. M55: Terry Clarke (Rath WSAF) 40.01. M60: John Todd (Tullamore Hrs) 39.30.
Women: 1 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane) 35.30; 2 Niamh Devlin (DSD) 36.38; Ailish Malone (Clonliffe) 36.43; 4 Caroline Crowley (Crusaders) 37.27; 5 Adrienne Jordan (MSB, W35) 37.50; 6 Lucy Darcy (Sportsworld, W40) 38.59; 7 Patrycja Wlodarczyk (Raheny Shamrock) 39.57; 8 Caitriona Higgins (Sportsworld) 40.12; 9 Denise Egan 40.13; 10 Rachael Beck (Portmarnock), W40) 40.15.
Banteer 5km, Co Cork
Men: 1 C O’Donovan (St Finbarr’s) 16:00, 2 E Murphy (Gneeveguilla) 16:25, 3 J Barrett (Gneeveguilla, M40) 17:02, 4 N Collins (unatt, M40) 17:30, 5 J Grufferty (Leevale) 17:35, 6 P Buckley (unatt) 17:48, 7 E Sugrue (unatt) 17:55, 8 D O’Mahony (Leevale) 17:57, 9 T McAuliffe (Mallow) 18:00, 10 M Feehan (Gneeveguilla) 18:04. M40: 3 D Kelleher (Midleton) 18:32. M50: 1 K Boag (Mallow) 20:52, 2 D Carroll (Eagle) 20:57, 3 DJ Guiney (Duhallow) 21:01. M60: 1 T Huff (Ballynonty) 20:16, 2 TJ Buckley (Donoughmore) 21:31, 3 J Murray (Rising Sun) 22:42. M70: 1 J O’Leary (Leevale) 23:55. MJ: 1 T O’Connell ((Liscarroll) 24:24, 2 E Kennedy (unatt) 30:11.
Women: 1 Carol Finn (Leevale) 19:40, 2 Mary Sweeney (St Finbarr’s, W50) 20:09, 3 J Von Hatten (Leevale) 21:06, 4 M Heffernan (Liscarroll) 21:22, 5 I O’Connor (Ríocht) 21:52, 6 O Bowen (WJ) 22:37.
British Masters’ T-F Championships, Derby.
Women:
W45 – DT: 1 Maureen Glanton (Skiberreen) 33.81. HT: 3 Glanton 36.16. Wt: 2 Glanton 10.75. nt
W55 – TJ: 1 Lucy Moore-Fox (DSD) 8.13. SP: 4 Moore –Fox 8.18. HT: 2 Moore-Fox 29.40. Wt: 3 Moore-Fox 10.30.
Men:
M50 – 200m: 2 Shane Sheridan 25.79.
M65 – 400m: 2 John McDermott 63.99. 2 km W: 1 John McMullin 16:31.58.
M70 – 100m: 1 Patsy Forbes 14.22. 200m: 2 Forbes 29.26. 800m: 3 Mike Duggan 3:16.78. 1500m: 4 Duggan 6:34.47. LJ: 2 Padraig Maye 3.84; 3 Jim O’Shea 3.81. TJ: 1 Maye 1.30. DT: 6 Patsy Conboy (Bros Pearse) 24.99. HT: 5 Conboy 33.55. Wt: 5 Conboy 12.99.
M75 – SP: 5 Michael McGarry (DSD) 7.92. DT: McGarry 25.33.
Saturday July 21
Kennedy Kane McArthur Centenary Marathon, Half Marathon and 10km, Dervock, Co Antrim, 11am. www.springwellrunners.com; www.championchipireland.com.
Marathon (116 finishers) – Men: 1 Geoff Smyth (M40) 2:57.14; 2 Chris Denton (Springwell RC,M35) 2:58.18; 3 Kenny Holdsworth (M35) 3:00.39; 4 Paul Thompson (Springwell RC) 3:05.33; 5 Phelim McAllister (Larne AC) 3:05.33; 6 Laurence O’Hara 3:05.54. M50: Leonard McConaghie 3:21.00. M60: Dave Brady (Raheny Shamrock) 3:32.13.
Women: 1 Karen Alexander (Sperrin Hrs, W40) 3:15.45; 2 Mary Jennings (Waterford, W55) 3:32.47; 3 Hanna Shields (City of Derry , W45) 3:38.19; 4 Helena Dornan (Ballycastle Runners, W40) 3:40.01; 5 Linda Gillen (Springwell RC, W35) 3:45.39; 6 Caroline Irwin (Springwell RC) 3:45.50.
Half Marathon (268 finishers) – Men: 1 Alan McCullough (NBH, M45) 1:11.58; 2 Stephen McGrory (Annadale, M40) 1:15.32; 3 Iain Taggart (Ballymena Runners, M35) 1:15.57; 4 Justin Maxwell (Larne AC) 1:17.10. Women: 1 Julie Balmer (N Down, W35) 1:24.18; 2 Heather Foley 1:30.38; 3 Roisin Hughes 1:32.27. 4 Shileen O’Kane (Lagan Valley, W40) 1:33.50.
10km (126 finishers) – Men: 1 Matthew McCooke (Ballymena Runners) 35.50; 2 James Turtle (Ballymena Runenrs, M45) 36.27; 3 Travis Todd (NBH) 36.53. Jun: Neil Johnson (Springwell) 37.09.
Women:1 Julie Murphy (Lagan Valley, W35) 42.43; 2 Helena Quinn 42.47; 3 Fiona Johnson (Up and Runners) 44.27.
Snowdon International Mountain Race (16.1km, 1000m), Llaberis, Wales. www.imra.ie.
Men: 1 Murray Strain (SCO) 1:05.10; 2 Robbie Simpson (SCO) 1:06.43; 3 Fabio Ruga (ITA)1:07.25; 4 Brian McMahon (Clonliffe Hrs) 1:07.45. Other Irish: 20 Brian Furey (RI) 1:14.15; 21 Gavin Mulholland (NI) 1:14.54; 24 Stephen Cleary (RI) 1:15.26; 25 Jonny Steede (NI)1:15.28; 32 Ian Conroy (RI/ Raheny Shamrock) 1:19.26; 37 Amidou Dembele (Crusaders) 1:19.50; 83 Paul McAnespie (NI) 1:28.15; 84 Jonathan McCloy (NI) 1:28.42; 143 Brian Mullins (St Finbarr’s) 1:36.18. Teams – 1 Scotland 8; 2 Italy 31; 3 Wales 37; 4 Salomon France 39; 5 Ireland 42; 6 Northern Ireland 63
Women:1 Tessa Hill (Can) 1:21.26. Irish: 4 Sarah Mulligan (RI/DSD) 1:25.33; 14 Karen O’Hanlon (RI/Dunboyne, W40) 1:35.27;16 Gillian Wasson (NI) 1:36.21; 19 Anne Sandford (NI/Newcastle, W45) 1:41.15. Teams – 1 England 10; 2 Scotland 25; 3 Wales 26; 4 Northern Ireland 42.
BMC Grand Prix, Solihull
Women: 800m – A: 8 Claire Tarplee( Solihull and Small Heath/DSD) 2:03.46. B:2 Laura Crowe (Riocht) 3:06.03. C: 1 Aislinn Crossey (Newry, W20) 2:09.03. 1500m – A: Roase Ann Galligan (Newbridge) 4:13.34; 16 Sarah Treacy (Moynalvy) 4:25.43.
Men: 800m – B:7 Rory Chesser (Ennis TC) 1:51.83. D: 2 Billy Ryan (Ferrybank) 1:50.45; 4 David Campbel (UCD) 1:51.32. E: 3 Mark Patterson (N Down) 1:51.66. I: 8 Richard Owens (UCD/Sli Cualann) 1:55.88. 1500m – B: 3 Eoin Everard (KCH) 3:45.21; 6 Mark Hanrahan (Leevale) 3:46.31. C: 5 Joe Warne (Doheny) 3:47.22. E: 8 Mark McDonald (Clonliffe, M20) 3:56.17. 5000m – A: 15 Eddie McGinley (Annadale) 14:20.18. B: 13 Dermot Cummins (W Waterford) 14:56.43.
AVIVA SIAB Schools’ International, Ashford, Kent.
Selected Irish results:
Girls – 200m: 1 Roisin Harrison 24.78. 800m: 3 Louise Shanahan 2:12.52. 3000m: 3 Yasmin Wilson 10.23.62. 80m H: 3 Katie McGowan 11.71. 300m H: 3 Kelly McGroy 43.34. 3000m W: 1 Sinead Burke 14:57.89; 3 Edel Glennon 15:52.70. High jump: 2 Shannon Dawkins 1.70. Discus: 2 Hannah O’Sullivan 41.28. Hammer: 1 Alice Akers 52.22. 4x100m: 1 England 46; 83; 2 Ireland 47.68. 4x300m: 3 Ireland. Teams – 1 England 242; 2 Ireland 158.5; 3 Wales 137.5.
Boys – 200m: 3 Zak Irwin 22.59. 400m H: 3 Eoghan Courtney 56.08. 3000m W: 3 Simon Gillespie 14:04.30; 4 Aaron Egan 14:22.35. Long jump: 2 Sam Healy 6.59. Triple jump: 3 Christain Robinson 13.15. High jump: 1 David Cussen 2.02; 2 Jamie Murtagh 1.97. Pole vault: 3 Peter O’Brien 4.20. Shot: 2 John Kelly 16.52. Discus: 3 Colin Kingston 42.41. Javelin: 3 Stephen Rice 53.97. Hammer: 2 Adam King 66.66. 4x400m: 3 Ireland 3:28.80. Teams – 1 England 275; 2 Ireland 160; 3 Scotland 134.
Brian Maher of KCH strolled to victory in the men’s 5000m in 15:34.81. DCH’s Catherine McManus ran the women’s 100m as a guest clocking 12.75, while Ciara Everard of UCD, guesting in the 400m, ran 58.16. 
Kennedy Kane McArthur Centenary Marathon, Half Marathon and 10km, Dervock, Co Antrim, 11am. www.springwellrunners.com; www.championchipireland.com. 
Half Marathon (268 finishers) – Men: 1 Alan McCullough (NBH, M45) 1:11.58; 2 Stephen McGrory (Annadale, M40) 1:15.32; 3 Iain Taggart (Ballymena Runners, M35) 1:15.57; 4 Justin Maxwell (Larne AC) 1:17.10. 
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