Race Results Dec 31-Jan 2 – Coghlan, Britton win in Park

Fionnuala Britton
John Coglan
Lieghio beats Healy

 MSB’s John Coghlan and Fionnuala Britton of Kilcoole both set new course records on their way to victory at the Tom Brennan New Year’s Day 5km in Dublin’s Phoenix Park.  
Coghlan’s time of 14 mins 39 secs was   five seconds off James Nolan’s  record time of 14 mins 39 secs, set in 2006. Britton’s time of  16 mins 15 secs sliced 23 seconds off her time of 16 mins 38 secs from last year. 
For second place in the men’s race, Anthony Lieghio of Tallaght just beat MSB veteran Shane Healy after a dramatic battle to the line. 
*Pics at www.lindie.zenfolio.com. 
* A day later, Leevale’s Lizzie Lee won the Donough Coghlan 5-Mile, while ex-track Olympian  James McIlroy of Larne  was first home in the Race  over the Glens. 
* Congrats to Mark Kenneally who got married over the hols.  

Monday January 2 

Donough Coughlan Memorial 5- Mile, Bandon, (277 finishers; full result www.bandonac.org).

Men: 1 Tim Twomey (Leevale) 26:26; 2 Ian O’Leary (Donore, M40) 26:51; 3 Danny Smith (Ballynonty) 26:54; 4 Kevin Wilmot (Bandon) 27:15; 5 Frank O’Carroll (East Cork) 27:28; 6 Mark Bickerdike (Leevale, M45) 27:40; 7 Mark Dullea (Drimoleague) 27:48; 8 Eamonn O’Donovan (Bandon AC) 27:50; 9 Lizzie Lee (Leevale) 27:53; 10 Conor Tierney (East Cork) 28:06. M40: 1 O’Leary; 2 David O’Dwyer (East Cork) 29:41; 3 Colin O’Herlihy (Eagle) 29:43.M45:1 Bickerdike; 2 James Ryan (Dundrum) 29:19; 3 Tom Sheehan (Bandon) 30:09. M50: 1 Colm Murphy  31:56; 2 Denis Carroll (Eagle) 32:07; 3 Joe O’Sullivan (Bandon) 34:03.  M55: 1 Eamon McEvoy (St Finbarr’s) 29:29; 2 Pat Murphy (Eagle) 32:53; 3 Dan Kennedy (St Finbarr’s) 34:01. M60: 1 Con O’Brien  33:23; 2 John Holland (Mallow) 34:31; 3 Pat O’Sullivan (Bandon) 36:23. M65: Neilie O’Leary (Belgooly) 40:35. M70: 1 John O’Leary (Leevale) 37:27; 2 Peter Gaffney (Mallow) 41:22.

Women: 1 Lizzie Lee (Leevale) 27:53; 2 Carmel Crowley (Bandon, W40) 29:25; 3 Jill Hodgins (Cork) 29:27; 4 Emma Murphy (St Finbarr’s) 30:17; 5 Anne-Marie Holland (Eagle) 30:45; 6 Siobhan Horgan (Glanmire) 30:55. W40: 1 Crowley; 2 Anne-Marie Healy (Eagle) 32:53; 3 Mary Walsh (Belgooly) 38:47. W45: 1 Margaret Callanan (Bandon) 35:42; 2 Mary Buckley (Donoughmore) 36:07; 3 Eileen Buckley (St Finbarrs) 36:16. W50: 1 Maria Hurley (Bantry) 34:14; 2 Geraldine O’Sullivan (Bantry) 36:30; 3 Mary Evans (Riverstick-Kinsale) 37:57.

Wheelchair: 1 Jerry Forde (Blarney-Inniscarra, M60) 45:35.
 

Race over the Glens (5.5 miles), Glenariff Forest Park, Waterfoot, Co Antrim (276 finishers0; results www.niathletics.org) .

Men: 1 James McIlroy (Larne, M35) 33.17; 2 David Simpson (Corstorphine, M35) 34.34; 3 Gregory Walsh ( NBH, M40) 35.38; 4 Jack Neeson  (Ballymena Runners) 36.02; 5 Dale Mathers (Newry City,  M45) 36.15; 6 David O’Flaherty (Newcastle) 36.41; 7 Sharon Trimble (NBH) 36.52; 8 Ryan Maxwell (Larne) 36.56.M50: Laurence Johnston (NBH) 38.15. M55: Greg McClure (NBH) 43.09. M60: Irwin Speers (Sperrin Harriers) 45.11.

Women: 1 Trimble; 2 Anne Sandford (Newcastle, W40) 43.14; 3 Adele Neill (Larne, W35) 44.12; 4 Taryn McCoy (BARF) 44.20; 5 Hazel McLaughlin (Lagan Valley, W35) 44.37; 6Fran McFadden (Springwell, W40) 45.13.   



Sunday 1 January 2012
Tom Brennan Memorial 5km, Furze Road, Phoenix Park, Dublin (320 finishers; full result www.liffeyvalleyac.com).
Men: 1 John Coghlan (MSB) 14.34; 2 Anthony Lieghio (Tallaght) 15.17; 3 Shane Healy (MSB, M40)15.18; 4 Vincent O’Sullivan (Bray Runners) 15.41; 5 Mark Dooley (Donore) 15.46; 6 Lorcan Cronin 16.01; 7 Paul Duffy (Sportsworld) 16.12; 8 Fionnuala Britton (Kilcoole) 16.15; 9 John Canning (Newbridge, M40) 16.36; 10 Peter Mooney (Raheny) 16.38.  M35: Sean Mac Seoin (MSB) 17.12; 2 Mark McCann 17.51; 3 Paul Sundival 18.03. M40: 1 Canning; 2 Paul Balfe (Liffey Valley) 17.22; 3 Dave Morley (Liffey Valley) 18.23. M45: 1 Pearse Coyle (Rath WSAF) 17.29; 2 Gerald McDonald (Donore) 18.30; 3  M50: Niall Coppinger (Tallaght) 17.24; 2 Ben Vaitevicious (Mullingar Hrs) 18.02; 3 Sean Doyle (Rath WSAF) 18.36.  Teams – 1 Metro St Brigid’s 18; 2 Liffey Valley 47; 3 Raheny Shamrock 176.
Women: 1 Fionnuala Britton (Kilcoole) 16.15 (rec); 2 Fiona Roche (Raheny Shamrock) 17.31; 3 Barbara Cleary, W35, 18.07; 4 Sonia O’Connell 18.36; 5 Dervila Holmes (Donore) 18.53; 6 Sandra Armstrong (Sportsworld, W40) 19.30; 7 Maria Snell 19.29; 8 Kathleen Horgan (Sportsworld, W35) 19.40; 9 Mairead Murphy (Liffey Valley, W40) 19.46; 10 Stephanie Bergin (Sportsworld)19.51.  W35 :1 Cleary; 2  Horgan; 3 Ashling Doyle 21.43.  W40: Armstrong; 2 Murphy;  3 Sharon Tighe (Tallaght) 20.07. W45: 1 Mary Watters (Navan) 19.56; 2 Mary Purdue-Smyth (Raheny Shamrock) 22.06; 3 Carol Dempsey 23.05. W50: 1 Sheelagh Jones (DSD) 20.41;  2 Una Reilly (Liffey Valley) 21.43; 3 Mags McCreary (Civil Service) 22.08. Teams – Sportsworld 213; 2 Donore Hrs 258; 3 Liffey Valley 296.
 

Resolution Run 5km, Renmore, Co Galway (197 finishers; www.resolutionrun.ie).

Men: 1 Matt Bidwell (GCH) 16.34; 2 Edwin Koenck (Sligo AC) 16.42; 3 Gary Scully (Nenagh Olympic) 16.43; 4 Shane Scully (Nenagh Olympic) 16.58; 5 Owen Byrne (Mayo AC) 17.01; 6 Christy McGrath(GCH) 17.11; 7 Ian Egan (GCH, M40) 17.15; 8 Enda Mannion (Tuam AC) 17.20; 9 TJ McHugh (Mayo AC) 17.31; 10 Anto Devaney (Mayo AC) 17.44.

M40:1 Egan; 2 Declan Maden (Tullamore Hrs) 18.43; 3 Mick Rice (Athenry AC) 19.08. M50: 1 Tommy Joe Whyte (Tuam) 18.57; 2  Andrew Talbot (CRH) 20.12; 3 Martin O’Donnell (CRH) 20.28. M60: Martin McEvilly (GCH) 19.06; 2 Joe Scanlan (GCH) 20.38; 3 TJ Beatty (Loughrea) 22.27.

Women: 1 Laura Shaughnessy (Loughrea) 18.27; 2 Catherine Conway (Mayo AC) 18.44; 3 Irene Gorman (GCH) 129.31; 4 Anne Lennon (Mayo AC, W40) 20.09; 5 Michelle Lynch (GCH) 20.39; 6 Bernie Mulryan (Athenry AC, W50) 22.25; 7 Bernie Kelly (GCH, W50) 22.44; 8 Sinead Kelly 22.51; 9 Aoife Calan (Athenry) 23.33; 10 Caitriona Ni Mhurcu (UCD) 23.38.  W40: 1 Lennon; 2 Geraldine Lally (Castlegar) 25.35; 3 Claire Dillon (GCH) 25.50.

W50: 1 Mulryan; 2 Kelly; 3  Marie Rooney (Craughwell) 27.47. W60:Judith Roche (Loughrea) 24.43;  2 Mary Doyle (GCH) 29.37; 3 Margo Ryan (GCH) 35.30. 
  

Charles O’Shea Memorial 10km, Beaufort, Co Kerry (143 runners; full result www.munstersrunning.blogspot.com).

Men: 1 Aodh O’Neill (Iveragh) 32:53; 2 Cian Murphy (Iveragh) 33:16; 3 Arthur Fitzgerald (Farranfore-Maine) 33:49; 4 Robert Purcell (Gneeveguilla, M40) 33:56; 5 John Barrett (Gneeveguilla, M45) 34:28; 6 Donal Coakley (Togher) 35:21; 7 Sean Murphy (Trim, M40) 36:29; 8 Tommy O’Brien (Riocht) 37:04; 9 Robert Purcell (Gneeveguilla, MJ) 37:37; 10 Patrick O’Shea (Iveragh, M60) 38:10.  M40: 1 Purcell; 2 Murphy; 3 John Dunphy (Eagle) 39:31. M45: 1 Barrett; 2 Eamonn Monaghan (Enniskillen) 38:52; 3 Stephen O’Mahony (Skibbereen) 39:19. M50: 1 Mike Mangan (Star of the Laune) 40:24; 2 John Kissane (Iveragh) 43:04; 3 Frantisek Neupauer (Killarney) 44:54.M55: 1 Willie Hayes (St Finbarr’s) 39:32; 2 Neilus Aherne (Midleton) 40:00; 3 Joe Murphy (Eagle) 41:42. M60: 2 Michael O’Connor (Farranfore-Maine) 42:35; 3 Pat Cleary (Tralee) 48:10.M65: 1 Mike Bowler (Iveragh) 43:58; 2 Jim Fitzmaurice (Ballylongford) 50:14.
Women: 1 Geraldine O’Shea (St Finbarrs, W40) 39:22; 2 Karina Teahan (St Finbarr’s) 39:55; 3 Mary Sweeney (St Finbarr’s, W50) 40:20; 4 Maureen Harrington (Riocht, W40) 41:57; 5 Anna O’Neill (Doheny, W40) 42:04; 6 Caitriona Barry (Tralee) 42:46.

W45: 1 Katherine Shaw (Carragh Lake) 51:52; 2 Liz McGillicuddy (Gneeveguilla) 61:29.

W50: 1 Sheehan; 2 Geraldine O’Sullivan (Bantry) 46:30; 3 Dorothy Ryan (Limerick CC) 47:21. WJ: 1 Niamh Clifford (Star of the Laune) 43:51.

Wheelchair: 1 Jerry Forde (Blarney-Inniscarra, M60) 61:11.
 

Emyvale 10km (results www.emyvale.net/page390.html)

Men: 1  Patrick Cassidy, Glaslough Harriers, 32.46; 2 Ryan Holt, Willowfield, 33.43; 3 Paul Gleeson, Clones 35.21; 4 Caoimhin Kelly, Glaslough Harriers, 35.54; 5 Daniel Mills, Willowfield, 36.40; 6 Conor McCullagh, Greencastle, 36.51; 7 Patrick Murphy, Glaslough Harriers, 37.40; 8 Patrick Douglas, Monaghan Phoenix, 37.53; 9 Paul McGloughlin, Greencastle, 38.06; 10 Brendan Sherlock, Monaghan Phoenix, 38.21.

Women: 1 Donna Evans, Monaghan Phoenix, 38.80; 2  Cheryl Cardwell, Sperrin Hrs, 43.19; 3 Nuala Reilly, Drogheda and District, W50, 44.49; 4 Denise Treanor, Muckno, 46.27; 5 Heather Watters, Emyvale, 46.36; 6 Helen McCrystal, 46.41; 7 Maria McCluskey 50.09; 8 Anne Treanor 50.09;9. Geraldine McKenna, Jolly Joggers 50.09.

6km – Men: 1 Ryan McAnespie 23.05; 2 Ronan McGurren 23.56; 3 Ryan Henry. 
Women: 1 Alicia Boylan 24.02; 2 Natasha Boylan; 3 Verity O’Connor. 

Saturday December 31 
 Tullamore New Year’s Eve 4.7km Run
Fastest – Men: 1 Catch Grennan  15.10; 2 Eddie Garry 15.35; 3  Mark Serviss  15.46. Women: Pauline Curley 16.22.
Handicap top 3: 1  Rita Daly  13.20; 2 Fra Mollen 13.42; 3 Bernie Daly 13.49.


Lough 5-Mile Road Race (Run West Series; 422 finishers; no times available)

Men: 1 Eddie McGinley (Annadlae); 2 Paddy Hamilton (Annadale); 3 Andrew Agnew (Annadale); 4 Stephen Duncan (Omagh Hrs); 5 Gareth Hill (Ballymena and ntrim); 6 Scott Rankin (Foyle Valley); M35: Gavin Crawford (24-7 Tri Club). M40: 1 Damian Cox (Omagh Hrs); 2 Chris McGuigan (Omagh TC); 3  David Wright (Lagan Valley). M45: 1 Bill Duncan (CoD); 2 Seanie Meyler (Omagh Hrs); 3 Paul McLoughlin (Sperrin Hrs). M50: 1 Dominic McCartan (Omagh Hrs); 2 Kevin Murphy (Sperrin Hrs); 3  Terry McCullagh. M55: Greg McGlure (NBH); 2 Sean McElroy (Omagh Hrs) M60: Frank Boal  (Lagan Valley).

M19: 1 Conor Meyler (Omagh Hrs); 2 Brendan Collins (Omagh Hrs); 3 Eamon Logue (Omagh Hrs). 

Women: 1 Kelly McNeice (City of Lisburn); 2 Elis McKechanie (Hunters Bog Trotters); 3 Cathy McCourt (NBH); 4 Sarah Moore (Omagh Hrs, W19); 5 Jule Butler (Omagh Hrs, W40); 6 Toni Moore (Omagh Hrs, W19); 7 Rosaleen McCartan (Omagh TC< W35); 8 Deirdre Haigney (Omagh Hrs, W35). 9 Sinead McCann (Omagh TC, W35); 10 Carolien Miller (Omagh Hrs, W35). 
 

Belvoir 5-Mile (59 finishers; www.niatheltics.org).

Men: 1 Neil Carty (NBH, M40) 28.22; 2 Phil Wood 28.42; 3 Michael Magee (Beechmount, M40) 29.42; 4 Conor McMullan (Annadale) 30.10; 5 Simon Reeve (NBH) 30.37; 6 Michael Dobbs (Lisburn) 31.36.

Women:1 Karen Alexander (Sperrin Hrs) 31.48; 2 Shileen O’Kane (Lagan AC, W40) 33.52; Gillian Cordner (Seapark) 36.01; 4 Athanasia Sevastaki (NBH) 37.29; 5 Christine Murray W40 37.36; 6 Mary Mackin (Dromore, W50) 37.38.  

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