Over a thousand young athletes turned out for the 9th DCU Schools Invitational Cross-Country at St Clare’s Glasnevin. Winners of the senior races were Mitchell Byrne of Templeogue College in his first victory at this level and Louise McPhillips of Alexandra College.
* Fionnuala Britton has won the women’s race at the Antrim International for a second year. Louise Damen, second a few years ago, was runner-up with Magdalene Masai from Kenya third, ahead of Linda Byrne. Gladys Ganiel O’Neill won the Ulster and NI Championships run in conjunction with the race. Best of the Irish men was Stephen Scullion, who was fifth.
Britton and probably Byrne will run at the World Cross-Country Championships in Poland but a team won’t be sent because other members of the squad are already in training for spring marathons (apparently…).
* Sprinter Steven Colvert ran 34.25 for 300m in Gran Canaria.
* Eoin Keith,who set a new Irish 72 -hour record 12 days ago, has won the Art O’Neill Ultra Challenge in the Wicklow Mountains, with a time of 6 hours mins 35 secs.
*Mick Trayner of Raheny Shamrock won the Dublin men’s masters’ title in St Anne’s Park, beating Davey Byrne of Tallaght. Jean Wilson of Sportworld won the women’s 3km with Donore’s Anne Curley second.
* Maura Ginty of Sportsworld won the women’s Meet and Train Winter League 2-mile in Bush Park, Terenure. This first ever cross-country in Bushy Park attracted a record 103 runners from clubs all over Dublin and Meath, including newcomers from Metro St Brigid’s.
* Sean Hehir of Rathfarnham WSAF won the Tom Walsh Memorial 10km in Caherconlish, Co Clare in a new course record time of 30 mins 37 secs.
Wednesday January 16
Sunday January 13
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Dublin Masters’ Cross-Country, St Anne’s Park, Raheny. Full result www.dublinathletics.com
Women’s 3km(59 entries): 1 Jean Wilson (Sportsworld) 10.57, 2 Anne Curley (Donore, W40) 11.05, 3 Dervila Holmes (Donore, W35) 11.10; 4 Helen White (SW, W45) 11.19, 5 Maria Dolan (Rath WSAF, W40) 11.24, 6 Ruth Kelly (SW, W35) 11.34. W40: 3 Brid Ni Chonaill (Raheny) 11.41. W45: 2 Sharon Tighe (Tallaght) 11.38; 3 Jacqui Boyle (Tallaght) 11.42. W50: 1 Bernie Byrne (Clonliffe) 12.00, 2 Sheelagh Jones (DSD) 12.21, 3 Anna King (Tallaght) 12.44. W55: Helen Ingram (Rath WSAF) 13.07. W60: 1 Mags McCreary (Civil Service) 13.24; 2 Anne Reede (Raheny) 15.02; 3 Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Hrs) 15.19. W70: Anne Woodlock (Donore) 18.48. Teams – 1 Sportsworld (1,4,6,11) 22, 2 Donore Harriers (2,3,10,15) 30; 3 Raheny Shamrock A (8.13.14.16) 51.
Men’s 6km (125 finishers; no times for the first 48): 1 Michael Traynor (Raheny Shamrock, M45), 2 David Byrne (Tallaght, M40). 3 David Kirwan (Raheny, M35). 4 Damien Martin (Raheny, M45), 5 Shane O’Neill (Rathfarnham WSAF, M40), 6 Simon Reede (Raheny, M35). M40: 3 Turlough Conroy (Rathfarnham). M45: 3 Eoin Brady (Raheny). M50: 1 Tom O’Connor (Liffey Valley); 2 Philip O’Doherty (Clonliffe), 3 Pat McCavana (DSD). M55: 1 Gerry Woods (Tallaght); 2 Sean Doyle (Rathfarnham WSAF), 3 Dan O’Carrroll (Rathfarnham). M60: 1 Vivian O’Hanlon (Tallaght) 26.16; 2 Joe Cooper (Liffey Valley) 26.42, 3 Garry Clarke (Tallaght) 27.19. M65: 1 Pat Collins (Liffey Valley) 24.56; 2 Terry Mee (Donore) 28.47; 3 Tony Martin (Civil Service) 29.40 M70:1 Jim McNamara (Donore) 27.09; 2 John Byrne (Civil Service) 38.48. Teams – 1 Raheny Shamrock (1,3,4,6) 14; 2 Rathfarnham WSAF (5,8,11,16) 40; 3 Liffey Valley (9,18,19,21) 67. M50: 1 Rathfarnham WSAF 194, 2 Tallaght 198, 3 Clonliffe 285.
Women’s Meet and Train Winter League Rd 2 (2 miles; 113 finishers), Bushy Park, Terenure
1 Maura Ginty (Sportsworld A) 12.34, 2 Bernadette Kiernan (Clonliffe B) 12.37, 3 Caroline Conway (Sportsworld A) 12.38, 4 Freda Comiskey (Lucan A) 12.40. 5 Orna Dilworth (Sportsworld A) 12.47. 6 Catherine Bennett (Fingallians A, W40) 12.48.
Tom Walsh Memorial 10km, Caherconlish, Co Clare (200 finishers)
Men: 1 Sean Hehir (Rathfarnham WSAF) 30.37 (rec), 2 Rory Sexton 33.57, 3 David Ryan 34.15, 4 Mike Curley Cunningham M40 35.31, 5 Mark Daly 35.31, 6 Brian Flannelly 36.49, 7 Angela McCann W40 36.54 (rec), 8 Paul Fitzgerald 36.56. M50: Ben English 38.06. M60: Richard Lenihan 44.32. Jun: John Shanahan 41.04.
Women: 2 Dymphna Ryan W35 37.33, 3 Ann McPhail W40 38.49, 4 Rachel Clancy 40.33, 5 Loretto Duggan W40 42.28, 6 Grainne Costello 42.59. W50: Anne Culhane 47.23. Jun: Anne Marie Carroll 60.22.
Ferrycarrig 5-Mile, Co Wexford
Men: 1 Tom Hogan (SBR) 25.18, 2 Andrew Connick (Ferrybank) 26.13, 3 Niall Shiel (St Killian’s) 26.15, 4 Myles Gibbons (SBR) 27.01; 5 David Barron (Slaney Oly, M40) 27.18, 6 Neil Witorski (Bray Runners 27.22. M40: 2 Jason O’Connor (Slaney Oly) 27.25; 3 Tommy McElwaine (SBR) 27.31. M50: Jim Stafford (Slaney Oly) 27.43.
Women: 1 Jackie Carthy (Kilmore, W40) 29.43, 2 Sylvia Malone (Waterford) 30.28, 3 Ann Sullivan (DMP, W50) 30.40, 4 Elizabeth Egan (Bree) 30.58, 5 Aoife Joyce (Crusaders) 31.10, 6 Adele Walsh (St Senan’s) 31.54.
Saturday January 12
Antrim International Cross-Country, Greenmount. Full result www.athleticsni.org.
Women (80 finishers): 1 Fionnuala Britton ( Irl) 18.17, 2 Louise Damer (Eng) 18.29, 3 Magdalena Masai (Kenya) 18.45, 4 Linda Byrne (Irl) 18.48, 5 Eunice Kales (Ken) 18.57, 6 Freya Murray-Ross (Sco) 18.57, 6 Steph Twell (Eng) 18.58. Other Irish/N Irish: 13 Gladys Ganiel O’Neill (NBH) 19.57, 18 Danielle Fegan (Armagh) 21.18, 19 Jessica Craig (N Down) 21.34, 20 Fionnuala Brown (Letterkenny) 21.42, 23 Clare Connor (NBH) 21.55, 24 Stephanie Hambling (D Down) 22.38.
Men (156 finishers): 1 Thomas Ayeko (Uga) 33.08, 2 David Bett (Kenya) 33.45, 3 Andy Vernon (GB) 33.59, 4 Frank Tickner (GB) 34.13, 5 Stephen Scullion (NI) 34.52, 6 Matthew Bowser (N Eng) 34.56. Other Irish/N Irish: 9 Eddie McGinley (Annadale) 35.25, 13 Joe McAllister (St Malachy’s) 36.07, 15 Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe) 36.25, 16 Kevin Seaward (St Malachy’s) 36.35, 30 David Fitzmaurice (Clonliffe) 37.11, 21 Declan Reed (City of Derry) 37.17, 22 Chris Johnston (Letterkenny) 37.32, 23 David Morwood (Annadale, M40) 37.35.
M40 (37): 1 Declan Power (Clonliffe) 18,55, 2 Charles Thomas (Cambuslang) 19.19, 3 Nigel McKibben (Dromore) 19.47
Girls – W13: 1 Katy Ann McDonald (Herne Hill Hrs) 6.20, 2 Rachel Browne (Ballymena and Antrim) 6.51, 3 Jodie McCann (DSD) 6.59. Teams – 1 Dundrum Sth Dublin (3,8,12) 23. W15: 1 Laura Stark (Kilbarchan) 13.38, 2 Zoe Carruthers (City of Lisburn) 13.52, 3 Eimear Fitzpatrick (DSD) 13.57. W17/Jun (49): 1 Rebecca Straw (Eng) 12.43, 2 Elizabeth Bird (Eng) 12.47, 3 Alice Burgin (S Eng) 12.54. W17 – 8 Sarah Fitzpatrick (DSD) 13.37, 10 Aisling Quinn (Ferrybank) 13.38, 12 Isabelle Odlum (DSD) 13.50. Team – 1 DSD 33, 2 Lagan Valley 98.
Boys – M13: 1 Peter Fegan (Burren AC) 6.13, 2 Robbie Coupland (AFD) 6.22, 3 Ryan Stephen (Cambuslang) 6.32, 4 Conor Halpin (DSD) 6.36. Teams – 1 Ron Hill Camuslang Hrs, 2 Burren AC 28. M15: 1 Josh Kerr (Edinburgh) 12.21, 2 Christopher Brown (Trafford) 12.28,3 Ryan Babcock (Trafford) 12.40, 4 Luke McCann (DSD) 12.49. Teams – 1 Dundrum Sth Dublin (4,6,15) 25, 2 Clonliffe Hrs (7,10,13) 30.M17/Jun(74): 1 James McMurray (Eng) 17.24, 2 William Paulsen (Eng) 17.28, 3 Aaron Hanlon (Clonliffe) 17.30. M17 – 7 Ryan Thompson (Cambuslang) 18.07, 9 Callum Matthews (Kilbarchan) 18.23, 11 Aidan Thompson (ua) 18.28. M20 team – Clonliffe.
Art O’Neill Challenge, Dublin to Glenmalure. Full results www.redtagtiming.com
Ultra – Men: 1 Eoin Keith 6 hrs 4 mins 35 secs, 2 Derrick Evans 6:32.56, 3 Stephen Tabb 6:38.32, 4 Gratten O’Rourke 6:38.32, 5 William Walsh 6:38.45, 6 Ivan Slovak 6:348.53. Women: 1 Caroline McLoughlin 8:11.26, Patricia Murphy 8:17.356, 3 Donna McLoughlin 8:29.10.
Hybrid: 1 Troy Bannon 8:54.36, 2 Greg Dixon 8:54.42, 3 Niall Magill 8:54.45.Women: 1 Diana Hogan-Murphy 9:55.07
Walk: 1 John Sheehy 10:12.32; 2 Shane Connolly 10:12.39.
ParkRun 5km, Malahide Castle (377 finishers;www.parkrun.ie)
Men: 1 Eoin Callaghan (Star of the Sea) 16.01; 2 Neil Callaghan (Star of the Sea) 16.19; 3 Niall Lynch 16.54.
Women: 1 Annette Kealy (Raheny, W45) 18.15 (PB); 2 Emma Donlon (MSB) 19.12; 3 Mairead Murphy (Liffey Valley, W45) 20.01.
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