Mayo’s John Byrne led home almost 900 finishers at the Athlone Flatline Half Marathon today. Byrne’s time of 71.mins 39 secs put him over a minute clear of the field led by Peter Mooney of the Marathon Club of Ireland.
Finishing 11th and first woman in 75 mins 21 secs was Maria McCambridge of Dundrum South Dublin, who is building up quite a winning streak at the moment. Second was Raheny veteran Annette Kealy who clocked a fine time of 79 mins 10 secs.
A total of 81 finished the marathon, all but 19 of them members of the Marathon Club of Ireland. Brendan Ryan in just under 3 hrs 2 minutes was first home,with Olwyn Dunne first woman.
* Freddy Keron Sittuk travelled to Wexford last night where he set a new men’s record of 30 mins 54 secs at the Kilmore 10km. SBR’s Tom Hogan was over a minute behind in second place. First woman was local athlete Jackie Carty in 36 mins 43 secs; her clubmate Fiona Kehoe was second.
* Laura Crowe of Riocht finished eighth in a closely fought women’s mile at the Great North City Games in Newcastle. Crowe’s time of 4 mins 38.36 secs put her less than five seconds behind the winner Morgan Uceny of the USA who finished in 4:33.97.
Top 3 Kill GAA 10km
* Michael Mulhare of Portlaoise was a runaway winner of the Kill GAA 10km, clocking an excellent time of 29 mins 45 secs for the hilly course. Annadale’s Paddy Hamilton finished a minute behind for second; Paul Campbell was third. Michelle Cox of Newbridge was first woman.
* Riocht’s Niamh O’Sullivan now in the over 50 age group, was a clear winner of the Killarney Women’s 10km Mini Marathon in 37 mins 11 secs. Over 600 finished.
* London-based Mayo native Henry Hughes had the distinction of leading home 104 finishers at the inaugural Parkrun 5km in Westport. First women was Ciara Kelleher.
Saturday September 14
Athlone Flatline Half Marathon (896 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 John Byrne (Mayo AC) 71.39, 2 Peter Mooney ( MCI) 72.55, 3 Paul Moran 73.12, 4 Michael Gibson Brabazon (Mullingar Hrs) 73.23, 5 Paul Buckley 73.48, 6 Darragh Bell (Raheny Shamrock) 74.27, 7 Noel Kelly (Trizone, M40) 74.43, 8 Shane Simcox 74.49. M40: 2 Ian McGrath (Sli Cualann) 75.48, 3 Gary Condon (Sli Cualann) 76.08. M50: 1 Eddie Lynch 80.58, 2 Eddie Lynch 80.58, 3 Paul McDermott 91.46.
Women: 1 Maria McCambridge (DSD) 75.21, 2 Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock, W40) 79.10, 3 Orna Dilworth (Sportsworld) 85.38, 4 Jane-Anne Healy (Athenry) 85.53, 5 Colette Tuohy (Mayo AC, W40) 86.43, 6 Aine O’Reilly (Mullingar Hrs) 87.23, 7 Lucy Brennan (Sligo AC, W50) 87.59, 8 Sinead Roche (Mullingar Hrs) 88.33. W40: 3 Mari Johnston (Sligo AC) 89.30. W50: 2 Roseanne Mitchell ( Sligo AC) 94.07, 3 Julie Maguire (Athlone) 1:49.53.
Marathon (81 finishers) – Men: 1 Brendan Ryan 3:01.54, 2 Mark Lacey (Pixel Pro) 3:06.50, 3 Brian Ankers (Marathon Club Ireland) 3:07.23. Women: 1 Olwyn Dunne 3:24.25, 2 Caroline McGloughlin 3:48.50, 3 Leslie Crawford (MCI) 3:50.07.
Arachas Insurance Kilmore 10km, Co Wexford (191 finishers; www.kilmoreathletics.com)
Men: 1 Freddy Keron Sittuk (Kenya) 30.54, 2 Tom Hogan (SBR) 32.17, 3 Niall Shiel ( St Killian’s) 32.34, 4 Myles Gibbons (SBR) 32.50, 5 Gerard Forde 33.12, 6 Tommy McElwaine (SBR, M45) 34.00. M40: John McGrath (United Strideres) 36.40. M50: Ger Maloney (St Paul’s) 35.32. M55: Domhnaill MacAuley 41.05. M60: Jim Boland (Sli Cualann) 43.10. Teams – 1 SBR 7, 2 Slaney Olympic 81, 3 Menapians 89.
Women: 1 Jackie Carty (Kilmore, W40) 36.43, 2 Fiona Kehoe (Kilmore) 39.03, 3 Maria Griffin (St Joseph’s, W40) 39.43, 4 Sally Forristal (St Joseph’s) 40.15, 5 Ann Sullivan (DMP, W50) 40.26, 6 Elaine Cardiff (Kilmore) 40.33. W45: Frances Lee Mullally (St Joseph’s) 44.02. W55: Annis Kehoe (Slaney Oly) 54.40. W60: Jane Porter (Slaney Oly) 51.22. Teams – 1 Kilmore A 10, 2 St Joseph’s 16, 3 Kilmore B 32.
Kill GAA 10km Co Kildare (300 finishers; www.actiontiming.ie)
Men: 1 Michael Mulhare (Portlaoise) 29.45, 2 Paddy Hamilton (Annadale) 30.45, 3 Paul Campbell 33.13, 4 Paul O’Connell 33.52, 5 Patrick Malone 33.58, 6 David Fitzpatrick 34.05.
Women: 1 Michelle Cox (Newbridge) 39.12, 2 Karen O’Hanlon (Dunboyne) 39.24, 3 Gillian Clyne 41.06, 4 Sinead Eacrett 42.01, 5 Niamh Brophy 43.27, 6 Mary Morrell 46.53.
Great North City Games, Newcastle
Women’s mile (13 finishers) – 1 Morgan Uceny (USA) 4:33.97, 2 Laura Weightman (GBR) 4:34.63, 3 Hannah England (GBR) 4:35.12, 4 Emma Jackson (GBR) 4:35.34, 5 Susan Kuijken (Ned) 4:35.81, 6 Helen Obiri (Ken) 4:35.86, 7 Milcah Chemos (Ken) 4:36.66, 8 Laura Crowe (Ire) 4:38.36.
Killarney Women’s Mini Marathon (606 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
1 Niamh O’Sullivan (Riocht, W50) 37.11, 2 Siobhan Daly ( Riocht) 40.53, 3 Mary O’Connor (W45) 41.38, 4 Orla Gormley (Raheny Shamrock, W45) 42.11, 5 Sheila Cronin 43.42, 6 Margaret Carlin (W50) 43.49. W17: 1 Niamh Shannon 55.35, 2 Majella Shanahan 59.02, 3 Aine O’Connor 60.36. W40: 1 Mary O’Connell (Gneeveguilla) 46.10, 2 Tina Donovan 46.21, 3 Kathleen Egan 47.06. W45: 3 Eileen Egan 46.35. W50: 3 Anne Mangan (Star of the Laune) 44.55. W55: 1 Marian Costello 65.39 2 Margaret O’Connor 88.08, 3 Anna Boland 91.17. W60: Sandra Hoffman 84.18. W65: Katherine Kinsella 82.38.
East Clare 10km, Kilkishen.
Men: 1 Sean Hehir (Rathfarnham WSAF) 30.06, 2 Keith Lynch (BMOH) 33.34, 3 Martin Grealish ( Ennis TC) 35.09. Wheelchair: Pat Tierney (Kilishen Wheelchair) 35.05. M40: Mike Cunningham (Moreabbey Milers) 35.28. Women: 1 Veronica Colleran (Ennis TC) 38.05, 2 Grace Shalloo (Ennis TC) 40.58, 3 Imogen Cotter (Ennis TC) 42.58. W40: Loretoo Duggan (KilmurryIbr/NC) 43.33.
Parkrun 5km: Malahide Demesne, Dublin (284 finishers) – Men: 1 Daire Bermingham (Raheny Shamrock) 15.53, 2 Emmett O Briaian (Donore Hrs, M35) 16.24, 3 Kieron Peters (Star of the Sea) 16.28 (PB). Women: 1 Mairead Mulligan (Fingallians, W35) 20.45 (PB) 2 Aine Crimin (Raheny Shamrock) 20.58, 3 Aoife Nolan 22.04 (PB).
Marlay Park, Dublin (353 finishers) – Men: 1 Niall Coppinger (Tallaght, M50) 16.56, 2 Adrian White 17.39(PB), 3 Andrew Lawless (Kilcoole) 17.44. Women: 1 Valerie McGuinness (Rathfarnham WSAF) 19.13, 2 Vanessa Sallier (Rathfarnham WSAF, W40) 19.23, 3 Julia O’Halloran 21.21 (PB).
Griffeen Park, Lucan (133 finishers) – Men: 1 Martin Horan (Le Cheile) 17.35, 2 Will Byrne (M35) 17.47 (PB), 3 John O’Regan (Le Cheile, M40) 17.54 (PB). Women: 1 Jean Carr (Clonliffe, W50) 21.22, 2 Karen Clarke (Bros Pearse, W40) 21.48, 3 Sinerad Leavy (Le Cheile) 22.47 (PB).
Westport, Co Mayo (104 finishers) – Men: 1 Henry Hughes (Mayo AC/Thames Valley Hrs) 17.23, 2 Tony Heraty (Westport AC) 17.38, 3 Patrick Morrison 17.50, 4 Matt Shields (Nth Belfast Hrs, M55) 18.03. Women: 1 Ciara Kelleher (W35) 22.37, 2 Aisling Heraty 22.57, 3 Sarah Staunton (Westport AC W14) 24.30.
Castle Demesne, Co Cork (53 finishers) – Men: 1 Gearoid O’Leary (Eagle) 19.25, 2 Eoin O’Riordan (W Muskerry, M40) 20.44 (PB), 3 David Corkery (M40) 20.57 (PB). Women: 1 Claire Kingston 24.13 (PB), 2 Clara Zapletal (W15) 25.16, 3 Gobnait Cronin (W35) 25.30 (PB).
Friday September 13
National Sports Campus 5km Fun Run, Blanchardstown, Co Dublin (32 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net).
Men: 1 Shane Grehan 18.53, 2 Eoin Comerford 19.04, 3 Benny Cullen 19.37. Women: 1 Una May (Celbridge) 21.19, 2 Lorraine Gallagher 26.01, 3 Joanne Bruen 26.43.
Limerick Feet on the Street Autumn Series Rathkeale 4-Mile, Co Limerick.
Men: 1 N Toner (UL) 21:02, 2 J Doran (Ríocht) 21:05, 3 C Murphy (Inveragh) 21:06. Women: 1 T Johnson (Dooneen) 24:34, 2 N Fitzgerald (W Limerick) 26:01, 3 R Brouder (W Limerick) 27:52.
No comments yet.