Mark Christie of Mullingar 
Harriers and Newcastle’s Kerry O’Flaherty were the winners at the National 10k, held in Dublin’s Phoenix Park in conjunction with the Great Ireland Run.
In the men’s race, Christie was also the overall winner of the race in 29 mins 30 secs, beating British guest Graham Rush who finished in 29:41. Raheny’s Mick Clohisey was a close third and second in the Nation Championships in 29:44. Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe was third in the National Championships in 30:20.
The late withdrawal of Fionnuala McCormack left the way open for Olympic steeplechaser O’Flaherty to take the national title in 34 mins 38 secs – like Christie’s, an excellent time for the undulating course. Overall she finished third behind British visitors Gemma Steel in 34:15 and Jenny Spink in 34.24.
Leevale’s Clare McCarthy was fourth overall and second in the National Championships in 34:47 while taking national 10km bronze was Laura Shaughnessy of DSD in 35:06. Winning the team title for the first time (I think) were the women of Metro St Brigid’s, led by Catherina Mullen in 7th place. Raheny won both the senior and M35 titles, with Tallaght best of the M50 teams. First W35 team was Donore Harriers; first W50 were the defending champions from Mayo AC.
At the TQ 10km in Belfast, the women’s times on a flatter course were faster, with QUB’s Emma Mitchell winning in 34 mins 5 secs after an early battle with national marathon champion Laura Graham of Mourne Runners. Graham had to be satisfied with second place in 34:27. Third was Amy Bulman in 37:25.
Overall winner of the race was Dromore’s Russell White in 31 mins 35 secs with Chris Madden only three seconds behind for second and Conor Duffy of Glaslough third in 31:45.
SIOBHAN O’DOHERTY of Borrisleigh clocked a time of 2:45.05 at the Paris Marathon. In Ballycotton last month, O’Doherty had maintained that she had no plans to run a marathon … Also in marathon action was Caitriona Jennings of Letterkenny AC who ran a time of 2 hrs 44 mins in Rotterdam, where conditions were equally stifling. Qualifying standard for the World Championships next August is 2 hrs 38 mins. For the men, it’s 2 hrs 17 mins, with only Paul Pollock inside that time after running 2:15.30 in Japan in February.
Great Ireland Run 10km, Phoenix Park (estimated 4,228 finishers. Nat 10km- 207 women; 241 men)
Men: 1 Mark Christie (Mullingar Hrs) 29,30, 2 Graham Rush (Cheltenham and County) 29.41, 3 Mick Clohisey (Raheny Shamrock) 29.44, 4 Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe) 30.20, 5 Alex Teuten (City of Portsmouth) 30.31, 6 Kevin Dooney (Raheny) 30.38, 7 John Beattie (Newham and Essex Beagles) 30.41, 8 Daniel Cuffe (Liverpool Hrs) 30.49, 9 Liam Brady (Tullamore Hrs) 31.19, 10 John Coghlan (MSB) 31.35, 11 Andrew Connick (Ferrybank AC) 31.29, 12 Danny Mooney (Letterkenny) 31.34. M40: 2 Rob Cross (Crusaders) 32.30, 2 Richard Gorman (Slio AC) 32.56, 3 Eamonn McAndrew (Nth Sligo) 33.01.M45: 1 Declan Power (Clonliffe) 33.10, 2 Tony Reilly (Portlaoise AC) 33.45, 3 Patrick Davoren (Clonliffe) 34.42. M50: 1 Pauric McKinney (Inishowen AC) 33.09,2 Phelim Glynn (Dunboyne) 34.28, 3 Aengus Burke (Portlaoise AC) 34.42. M55: 1 Mick Byrne (Sli Cualann) 35.21, 2 Niall Coppinger (Tallaght AC) 36.57, 3 Ger Moloney (St Paul’s) 37.18. M60: 1 James Cottle (Crusaders) 39.12, 2 Martin Kearney (GCH) 39.44, 3 Tom Loftus (Raheny) 40.03. M65: 1 Pat O’Shea (Iveragh) 41.24, 2 Barry Potts (Donore) 42.11, 3 Martin McEvilly (GCH) 44.29. M70: 1 Leslie Percy 45.08, 2 Terry Mee (Donore) 47.54, 3 Philip Cribbin (Clare River Hrs) 51.32, 4 Martin Hynes (Tuam AC) 52. 19, 5 Trevor Lloyd (Sportsworld) 52.32. M75: Hugo Young (BallydrainHrs) 55.48. Teams – Senior (21 teams): 1 Raheny Shamrock (M Clohisey, K Dooney, S Ryan, D Foley) 2:07.45, 2 Clonliffe Hrs 2:10.33, 3 Letterkenny 2:12.25. M35 (24 teams): 1 Raheny Shamrock (J Dunne, M McMahon, C McCarthy) 1:40.06, 2 North Sligo 1:42.26, 3 Sligo AC 1:43.04.M50 (7 teams): 1 Tallaght (N Coppinger, G Dore, D Meehan) 1:59.00, 2 Rathfarnham 1:59.47, 3 Tullamore Hrs 2:02.00
Women: 1 Gemma Steel (Charnwood AC) 34.15, 2 Jenny Spink (Bristol and West) 34.24, 3 Kerry O’Flaherty (Newcastle and Dist, W35) 34.38, 4 Clare McCarthy (Leevale, W40) 34.47, 5 Laura Shaughnessy (DSD AC) 35.04, 6 Catherine Whoriskey (City of Derry) 35.55, 7 Catherina Mullen (MSB) 36.30, 8 Lauren Hall (UK Armed Forces) 36.37, 9 Sarah Doohan (Corran AC) 37.36, 10 Kate O’Neill (MSB) 37.40. W40: 2 Karen Costello (Dunleer) 38.31, 3 Zoe Quinn (Dublin Bay RC) 38.59. W45: 1 Colette Tuohy (Mayo AC) 39.56, 2 Emilia Dan (Dunboyne) 40.26, 3 Mari Johnson (Sligo AC) 41.12. W50: 1 Angela O’Connor (Mayo AC) 41.02, 2 Adreinne Atkins (Raheny) 43.09, 3 Maura Dervin (Mullingar Hrs) 44.28. W55: 1 Lucy Brennan (Sligo) 39.59, 2 Rose Lambe (Carrick Aces) 40.25, 3 Jean O’Kennedy (Sli Cualann) 45.15. W60: 1 Carmell Parnell (Leevale) 41.30, 2 Pauline Moran (Mayo AC) 42.27, 3 Noreen Bonner (Finn Valley) 43.39. W65: 1 Margaret Glavey (Mayo AC) 46.17, 2 Mary Lynch (Raheny) 46.31, 3 Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Hrs) 50.57. W70: 1 Judith Lloyd (Sportsworld) 53.04, 2 Geraldine Walsh (Mullingar Hrs) 72.02. Teams – Senior (20 teams): 1 Metro St Brigid’s (C Mullen, K O’Neill,S Fay) 1:56.14, 2 Galway City Hrs 1:59.10, 3 Dundrum South Dublin 2:01.14. W35 (24 teams): 1 Donore Harriers (A Nic Dhomhnaill, B Elliott, K Doran) 2:03.42, 2 Sli Cualann 2:07.13, 3 Sligo AC 2:07.44. W50 (6 teams): 1 Mayo (A O’Connor, P Moran, M Glavey) 2:10.01, 2 Mullingar Hrs 2:21.23, 3 Galway City Hrs 2:24.05.
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