* Including weekend results round-up.
A record 356 men and women turned out for the 20th Garda St Raphael’s BHAA Cross-Country in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Annette Kealy was a comfortable winner of the women’s 2-mile race ahead of Ailish McDermott. In the men’s race, Mick Clohisey had a good win over Tommy Evans, with Mark Hoey a close third.
Irish 100km champion John Byrne of Mayo AC beat marathon runner Barry Minnock of Rathfarnham to win the Donadea Trail 50km in Co Kildare. Forced to drop out was Athenry’s Mick Rice. Charlotte Kearney of host club Donadea was first woman.
*Irish Olympic marathon runner Bertie Messitt has died after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.
Born in 1930 in Bray, Co Wicklow, Messitt ran for Ireland in the marathon at the Rome Olympic Games of 1960 and also at the European Championships of 1958 and 1962. A member of Donore Harriers, he set 16 national athletics records, in distances ranging from 3,000m to the marathon, during a long and distinguished career.
Messitt, a true gentlemen of athletics, contributed hugely to the sport he loved. He was a founding members of Donnybrook Athletic Club based in the Donnybrook bus depot where he worked, and of the Business Houses Athletics Association. From that came the Dublin Marathon. He will be greatly missed.
Sunday 19
Bausch and Lomb Kilmacthomas 5 mile
Men: 1 Sandis Bralitis (W Waterford) 25.59; 2 Raivis Zakis (W Waterford) 26.07; 3 Niall Sheil (St Killian’s) 26.08; 4 Dzintars Klava (W Waterford) 26.12; 5 James Clooney (St Killian’s) 26.42 . M40 Dermot McCarthy (Waterford AC) 28.26. M45 Martin Hayes (W Waterford) 29.00. M50 Martin McCarthy (W Waterford) 28.35. M55 Joe Gough (W Waterford) 29.55. M60 Con Kelleher (Waterford AC) 35.07. Junior: Damien Murphy (W Waterford)28.33
Women: 1 Angela McCann (Clonmel) 29.10 (course rec); 2 Corinna Walsh (W Waterford) 30.06; 3 Sylvia Malone (Waterford AC) 30.25. W35 Catherine Mooney Ind 34.06; W40 Diane Behan (Waterford AC) 33.20; W45 Elaine Barry (Waterford AC) 35.16; W50 Ann Power Ind 37.27. W55 Patricia O’Keeffe (Waterford AC) 46.22. Junior: Siobhan Heylin (Waterford AC) 41.00.
Saturday 18
20th Garda/St Raphael’s BHAA C-C (women 2m/men 4m), Phoenix Park. Full result bhaa.ie/members/app/event/index/year/2012/tag/garda2012.
Womens’ 2 mile (68) finisher): 1 Annette Kealy (Law Library, W40) 13:04; 2 Ailish McDermott (Dublin Hospitals) 13:16; 3 Marion Doherty (Gardai) 14:00; 4 Joyce O’Hare (Aegon) 14:01; 5 Stephanie Bergin (AIB) 14:03; 6 Vanessa Sallier (Mercer)14.06. W45: Orla Gormley (Aer Lingus) 14:18. W50: Sheelagh Jones (Sec Teachers) 14:28. W55: Mary Jennings (Sec Teachers) 15:12. W60: Eileen O’Brien (St JoG) 17:55. Teams (5)- 1 Secondary Teachers 68; 2 Health A 79; 3 Gardai 102.
Men’s 4 mile (288 finishers): 1 Mick Clohisey (Spar) 21:11; 2 Tommy Evans (Kilkenny Co C) 21:16; 3 Mark Hoey (Grassroot Landscaping) 21:22; 4 John Eves (UCD) 21:33; 5 Ken Nugent (Tesco) 22:02; 6 Paul Buckley (Army) 22:11. M40: Declan Power (IBM) 22:50. M45: Dave Carrie (An Post) 22:54. M50: Tom O’Connor (B of Ireland) 23:128. M55: Stan Woods (Farrell Bros) 26:27. M60: Peter McDermott (DIT) 28:02. M65: Jimmy Byrne (ESB) 30:24. M70: Austin Mulkearn (Iss) 26:38. Teams – A (10): 1 Pfizer 110; 2 Army 129; 3 Bank of Ireland 134. B (11): 1 AIB 170; 2 Eircom 359; 3 Dublin Bus 372. C (6): 1 Gerard Labs 427; 2 RTE 505; 3 Swords Labs 507. D (6):1 Dublin City Council 530; 2 ESB 607; 2 HSE 619.
Donadea Running Club 50km Trail Race, Donadea Forest Park, Co Kildare (60 finishers; full result www.redtagtiming.com).
Men: 1 John Byrne (Mayo AC, M35) 3:07.64; 2 Barry Minnock (Rathfarnham WSAF, M35) 3:10.43; 3 David Simpson (Willowfield) 3:12.12; 4 Dan Doherty 3:22.35; 5 Paul Tierney (Eagle) 3:28.30; 6 Jim McCormick (M45) 3:30.01.
Women:1 Charlotte Kearney (Donadea RC) 4:04.08; 2 Medhbh Pevoy 4:31.17; 3 Orna Dilworth 4:37.23; 4 Olwyn Dunne (W45) 4:38.38; 5 Rachael Lee 4:48.12; 6 Joan Molloy (W40) 4:50.48.
Altidore 10km Trail Run, Kilpeddar, Co Wicklow (151 finishers; full result http://clickevents.ie/2012/02/altidore-trail-run-results-2012/
Men: 1 Ian McGrath 36:56; 2 Damien Lawless 37:10; 3 Simon Monds 38:53; 4 Conor Duggan 39:39; 5 Fergal Connolly 40:31.; 6 Rene Borg 40:39.
Women:1 Vivienne Fenton 44:55; 2 Rachel Wisdom 45.28; 3 Ailsing Growney 46:45.
International Flanders Meeting, Belgium
60m Hurdles: 2 Ben Reynolds (Nth Down) 7.74 (PB and World Indoors Q)
400m: 2 Brian Gregan (Clonliffe) 46.66 (PB and World Indodors Q)
Sydney Track Classic, Australia
400m: 1 Joanne Cuddihy (KCH) 51.86.
1500m: 8 Paul Robinson (St Coca’s) 3:40.50 (PB)
Aviva Birmingham Games
Long jump: 8 Kelly Proper (Ferrybank) 5.98m.
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