* Results summary below.Maria McCambridge of Letterkenny smashed the course record by half a minute with a sensational time of 54: 48 at the 35th Ballycotton ’10’ today.
McCambridge hopes to make the London 2012 qualifying mark of 2 hours 37 minutes at the Rome Marathon on March 18.
The previous Ballycotton record of 55:20 was set by Westbury’s Marian Sutton in 1997. Sutton ran the 2000 Olympic Marathon and also won Chicago twice. She had a best marathon time of 2:28:42, and that day in Ballycotton she was pushed hard by Clonliffe’s Cathy Shum who finished just a second behind. Sonia O’Sullivan’s 51 minutes run in Portsmouth 2002 is the Irish best.
Another record was set by Mary Sweeney, winner of the inaugural Ballycotton women’s race in 1979. That day Mary ran 68:47 – her 64:57 yesterday was 1:13 faster than she ran last year and improved on her own W50 record.
Overall winner of the race was defending champion Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe, who finished in 49:20 – 16 seconds quicker than his winning time of last year.
Gary O’Hanlon and Pauline Curley were the winners of the Meath Spring Half Marathon in Bohermeen.
Gary O’Hanlon and Pauline Curley were the winners of the Meath Spring Half Marathon in Bohermeen.
Ballycotton ’10’ (2,608 finishers; www.ballycottonrunningpromotions.com; www.precisiontiming.net.
Men: 1 Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe) 49:20; 2 Paddy Hamilton (Annadale) 50:24; 3 James McCarthy (East Cork) 51:11; 4 Matthew Clough (Leeds City) 51:25; 5 Mark Hoey (Star of the Sea) 51:43; 6 Simon Ryan (Raheny Shamrock) 51:53; 7 Sandis Bralitis (W Waterford) 52:46; 8 Martin Doody ( Limerick)52:64; 9 George Waugh (Bandon) 53:01; 10 Cillian O’Leay (Raheny Shamrock) 53:11. M40: 1 Ken Norgrove (Donore) 54:48; 2 Cormac Conroy (Sli Cualann) 55:14; 3 Philip Hennessy (Donore) 55:53. M45: 1 Colm Burke (St Abban’s) 54:19; 2 Cathal O’Connell (St Finbarr’s) 54:54; 3 David Carrie (Dunleer) 55:58. M50: 1 Tommy Payne (Tinryland) 55:10 ; 2 Jim Stafford (Slaney Oly) 58:13; 3 Martin McCarthy (W Waterford) 58:46. M55: 1 Eamonn McEvoy (St Finbarr’s) 60:33; 2 Joe Gough (W Waterford) 61:09; 3 Neilus Aherne(Midleton) 62:14. M60: 1 Patrick O’Shea (Iveragh) 61:55; 2 Pat Twomey (Eagle) 66:28; 3 Maurice Tobin (Grange-Fermoy) 67:13. M65: 1 Sean Clifford (Sli Cualann) 68:04; 2 Michael Dunne (St Finbarr’s) 73:09; 3 John Cotter 79:30. M70: 1 Jim McNamara (Donore) 71:43; 2 John O’Leary (Leevale)80:03 ; 3 John O’Mahoney 80:11. M80: Phonsie Clifford 2:15.32. Wheerchair – Jerry Forde (Blarney Insicarra, M60 ) 92:23. Teams – 1 Raheny Shamrock 33; 2 Donore 58; 3 West Waterford 98.
Women: 1 Maria McCambridge (Letterkenny, W35) 54:48 (rec); 2 Lizzie Lee (Leevale) 57:17; 3 Rosemary Ryan (Bilboa, W35) 59:16; 4 Angela McCann (Clonmel, W40) 59:46; 5 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane) 60:20; 6 Anne Curley (Donore W40) 60:27; 7 Anne Marie Holland (Eagle, W35) 61:24; 8 Ann O’Leary 62:36; 9 Corinna Walsh (W Waterford) 63:17; 10 Catherine Murphy (Slaney Oly) 63:27. W45: 1 Tracey Guilfoyle (Kilnaboy) 65:482 Ann Moore (Leevale) 66:35; 3 Irene Henebry (KCH) 71:47. W50: 1 Mary Sweeney (St Finbarr’s) 64:57 (rec); 2 Noelle Thorpe (Sli Cualann) 74:25; 3 Maria Hurley (Bantry) 75:26. W55: 1 Helen Ingram (Rathfarnham WSAF) 69:42; 2 Nuala Reilly (Drogheda Dist) 70:41; 3 Carmel Mac Dhonaill (W Limerick) 75:29. W60: Paidrigin Riggs 1:33.21. W65: Maggie Dunne (Carrig na bhFear) 1:32.48. Teams – 1 Donore 31; 2 Eagle 46; 3 St Finbarr’s 53.
Generali Pan Europe Meath Spring Half Marathon, Bohermeen, Co Meath (635 finishers; full result www.bohermeenathleticclub.netor www.precisiontiming.com.
Men – 1 Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe) 70:51; 2 Peter Mooney (Raheny Shamrock)73:44; 3 Paul O’Connell (Sportsworld) 74:12 4 Turlough Conway (Rathfarnham WSAF, M40) 74:28; 5 Ciaran Giblin 74:44; 6 Paul Finnegan (Armagh) 75:53; 7 Gerry Doyle (Rath WSAF, M50)76:12; 8 Padraig Moriarty (St Killian’s Wex) 76:25; 9 Michael Benson-Brabazon (Mullingar Hrs) 76:51 ; 10 Martin Lyons (Mullingar Hrs) 77:38. Team – Rathfarnham WSAF.
Women – 1 Pauline Curley (Tullamore Hrs, W40) 78:58; 2 Emilia Dan (Dunboyne, W40) 1:27.51; 3 Eimear McGovern (Innyvale) 1:29.07; 4 Sonya Reilly (Bohermeen) 1:29.20; 5 Teresa Agar (St Abban’s) 1:30.19; 6 Louise Kierans (Bailieboro) 1:31.05; 7 Suzanne Beard 1:31.46; 8 Imelda Clarke (Na Fianna, W40)1:31.55; 9 Marion Doherty (Drogheda Dist) 1:32.15; 10 Grainne Connor 1:32.27. W50: Linda Gunning (Bohermeen) 1:36.12. W55: Mary Jennings (Waterford) 1:36.09. Team – Bohermeen.
Tori Pena, the American pole vaulter who declared for Ireland in 2010, achieved the London 2012 qualiying mark when she soared over 4.50, at the Beach Track and Field Classic at Cerritos College, Long Beach, Califonia. Pena, who had won the event, narrowly missed clearing 4.60m.Aged 24, Pena was born in Losa Alamitos California and lives in Huntingdon Beach. Her father’s family are of Mexican extraction, while her maternal grandmother Angela McCoy (née Coyle) was born in Derry. She won the women’s pole vault with a best of 4.15, then an Irish record, at the Irish Championships in July 2010 and went on to compete at the European Championships that year. In 2011, she successfully defended her Irish title, vaulting 4.20 and failing at 4.41. A week earlier, she had set a new Irish record of 4.40 at the Stabhochsprung in Germany. At the World Championships in Daegu, she cleared her opening height of 4.10m but failed three times at 4.25m.
At the Melbourne Track Classic in Australia, Irish record holder Joanne Cuddihy of Kilkenny City Harriers won the 400m in 52.37. Her sister Catriona. who is aiming for a place on the Irish women’s 4x400m team, finished fourth in Race 1 with a personal best time of 55.83.
Leevale’s Ciaran O Lionaird, who will compete in the World Indoors next weekend, finetuned his preparations with a personal best of 1:48.40 for second in the 800m at the Wilson Notre Dame Invitation in the USA. Anthony Lieghio of Tallaght won a separate 800m race in 1:49.34.
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