UCD’s Mark English was just beaten by Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha over 500m yesterday at the Great North City Games in Newcastle – a warm-up event for the Great North Run that took place this morning.
Rudisha’s time for the r
arely-run distance was 57.69 secs – the fastest time ever. English’s time of 57.91 secs puts him second on the all-time list.
A LARGE NUMBER of Irish travelled to Newcastle for the Great North Run, with Drogheda’s Nuala Reilly taking pride of place. Reilly finished 2nd W60 in the race with a time of 99 mins 38 secs – just five seconds behind the age group winner. Leading the Irish home was Paul Nagle who finished 100th in 77 minutes.
BEST OF THE IRISH at the World Mountain Running Championships in Bulgaria were Laura Shaughnessy of DSD who finished 32nd in the women’s senior race and Brain McMahon of Clonliffe, 41st of the senior men. Winning the women’s title for a sixth time since her first victory in 2006 was Andrea Mayr of Austria. Mayr was just home from the Rio Olympics where she competed in the marathon; she also ran the marathon at the London Olympics.
In the men’s race, a Ugandan who looked like winning the race was disqualified for getting a hand push from a junior team mate in the final 500m of the race. It gave victory to the American Joe Grey, competing at his ninth World Championships, with the USA also taking a first ever team victory and beating Italy.
Saturday September 10
Fionnuala McCormack Kilomarathon and 10k (www.athleticstiming.com)
Kilo (186 finishers) – Men: 1 Gary Condon (M40) 1:34.16, 2 John Travers 1:35.17, 3 Tom Costello (M40) 1:36.34, 4 Paul Moran (M50) 1:36.37, 5 Ian McGrath (M0) 1:38.41, 6 Fionnuala McCormack 1:39.34. Women: 2 Catherine O’Connor 2:01.393 Helen O’Riordan (W50) 2:02.38.
10km – Men: 1 Clive Quinn 34.51, 2 Scott McCann 35.09,3 Brian Gurrin (M40) 35.30. M50: John Fitzgerald 49.50. Women: 1 Marie Redmond 44.12, 2 Lauren O’Byrne 45.46, 3 Serena Moloney 48.13. W50: Bebe Duffy 49.21.
Tony Donoghue Memorial 10k, Moone, Co Kildare (182 finishers; www.totaltiming.ie)
Men: 1 Paul Stephenson (Rathfarnham WSAF) 31.54, 2 Mark Dooley (Donore) 31.59, 3 Lee van Haeften (Donore) 32.34, 4 Ian McManus (Celbridge) 33.08, 5 Paddy Roche (Naas) 33.34, 6 Ciaran Carr (Newbridge) 35.01
Women: 1 Fiona Kehoe (Kilmore) 38.03, 2 Laura McDonnell (Tallaght) 38.41, 3 Hannah Fothergill (Naas TC) 39.03, 4 Nichelle Cox (Newbridge ) 39.26, 5 Maria Snell (Newbridge) 39.52, 6 Mary Molloy (Carrick-on-Suir) 43.31.
Athlone Flatline Half Marathon (759 entries; www.myrunresults.com)
Men: 1 Niall Sheehan (Gowran) 70.55, 2 David Mansfield (Clonliffe) 71.21, 3 Peter Mooney 73.52. M40: Ciaran Diviney (Crusaders) 74.58. M50: Robert Reid (Dunshaughlin) 79.46. M60: Pat Comey (Trim) 1:40.05.
Women: 1 Pauline Curley (Tullamore Hrs, W45) 79.50, 2 Norah Newcombe-Pieterse (Mayo AC) 80.26, 3 Michelle McGee 80.45. W50: Lucy Brennan (Sligo AC) 86.44. W60: Yvonne Mulreid 2:15.21.
Pfizers BHAA 5km Cross-Country, Newbridge, Co Kildare. (124 finishers; www.bhaa.ie )
Men: 1 Sam Allen 16.30, 2 Dermot Gorman (Dublin Bus) 16.34, 3 Sean Doran (C&E Products, M40) 16.40, 4 Cyril Cuddy (Pfizer) 16.50, 5 Eoin Brett (Pfizer, M35) 17.07, 6 Cormac Minnock (KPF, M40) 17.20. M45: John Canning (Fineos) 17.20 M50: Aidan O’Gara (Eir) 18.57. M55: Tom Cuddy (Dublin City Council) 18.40. M60: Paddy Parrott (Murphy Gunn) 20.52. M65: Peter McDermott (DIT) 21.50. M70: Terry Mee (Dublin Taxis) 23.24.
Women: 1 Ilona McElroy (PWC) 18.23, 2 Clare Sullivan ( RCSI) 18.50, 3 Grainne Butler (Therapists, W50) 20.05, 4 Sandra Armstrong (Coombe Hospital, W45) 21.10, 5 Carol Dempsey (RTE, W50) 21.26, 6 Michelle Doyle 21.41. W35: Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill (AIB) 22.22. W40: Eithne Ni Mhurchadha (HSA) 34.10.W55: Joan Hunter (Pfizer) 28.47. W60: Mary Jennings (Teachers) 22.40. W65: Phyllis Browne (Solice) 24.05. W70: Evelyn McNelis (Tachers) 24.58.
John Buckley Sports Cork City 10-Miler, Shandon Boat Club. (502 finishers; www.sportstiming.ie )
Men: 1 Freddy Sittuk (Raheny) 53.45,2 John Meade (St Finbarr’s) 53.52, 3 Michael Corbett (St Finbarr’s, M40) 54.56, 4 Eoin Sugrue (M40) 55.55, 5 Alan Lehane 55.57, Fergus Meade 56.16
Women: 1 Jill Hodgins (W35) 59.45, 2 Joan Ennis (W50) 65.44, 3 Sorcha Kearney (W40) 68.49, 4 Sharon Woods (W40) 69.18, 5 Deirdre Ansbro (W35) 69.31, 6 Mary Sweeney (W55) 69.37.
Clarinbridge Oyster Marathon, Half Marathon and 10k, Kilcornin Estate, Clarinbridge, Co Galway (www.redtagtiming.com)
Half Mar (92 finishers) – Michael O’Connor 75.54; Patricia McCosker 94.56 .
Marathon (29 finishers) – Alex de Villiers 2:57.32, Katrian Shaefer 3:39.16.
10k (95 finishers – Peter O’Sullivan 36.28,Michelle Duffy 48.09.
Sunday September 11
32nd World Mountain Running Championships, Sapareva Banya, Bulgaria. www.imra.ie.
Women – Senior (67 finishers): 1 Andrea Mayr (AUT) 39:03, 2 Valentina Belotti (ITA) 40:46, 3 Christel Dewalle (FRA) 41:04. Irish: 32 Laura Shaughnessy 45:51, 54 Clare McCarthy 52:36. Teams – 1 Italy (2,7,8) 17, 2 Czech Republic (5,13,14) 32, 3 USA (9,12,15) 36.
Junior (50 finishers): 1 Sarah Kistner (GER) 22:47, 2 Michaela Stranska (CZE) 23:30, 3 Bronwen Jenkinson (GBR) 23:55…47 Heidi Murray (IRL) 31:18 Teams – 1 Czech Republic 19, 2. Germany 25, 3 Italy 33
Men -Senior (137 finishers): 1 Joseph Gray (USA) 62 mins 12 secs. 2 Israel Morales (Mex) 63:51, 3 Ahmet Arslan (Tur) 64:48. Irish: 41 Brian MacMahon 70:39, 46 Ian Conroy 70:53, 61 James Kevan 72:49, 73 Brian Furey74:28, 76 Zak Hanna74:56, 79 Andrew Annett 76:15. Teams – 1 USA (1,4,7,20) 32, 2 Italy (6,8,9,10) 33, 3 Mexico (2,15,23,29) 69…12 Ireland (41,46,61,73) 221.
Junior (63 finishers): 1 Joel Ayeko (UGA) 33:52, 2 Victor Kiplangat (UGA) 35:38, 3 Albert Chemutai (UGA) 35:49. Irish: 40 Paul O’Donnell 42:28, 46 Alex Hunter 43:48, 56 Ruadhan O Grada 46:40, 59 Iosac Coleman 47:06.Teams – 1 Uganda 6, 2 Italy 41, 3 France 49, ? Ireland 201
Ratoath 5km, Co Meath (375 finishers; www.sportstiming.ie)
Men: 1 Brian McCluskey 15.43, 2 Philip Marron 16.20, 3 Niall Cornyn (Dunboyne AC) 16.39. Women: 1 Laura Buckley 18.32, 2 Eimear English 18.58, 3 Mary Hanley (Na Fianna, W45) 19.27.
Carrick Aces 5km, Co Monaghan (197 finishers; www.myrunresults.com)
Darragh Greene (Dunleer) 15.47, Anne Linden (Carrick Aces) 18.48.
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