Mick Clohisey of Raheny Sharmock was a clear winner of the 40th Ballycotton 10, beating five times winner Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe. Both men broke 50 minutes, as did Kevin Maunsell of Clonmel.
Siobhan O’Doherty of Borrisokane won the women’s race in 58 mins 9 secs. Conditions were sunny but windy on the way out; the compensation 
was a following wind on the way home. A few pics at www.lindie.zenfolio.com
VALDAS Dopolskas of Balbriggan and District was the runaway winner in 68.32 of the Meath Half Marathon in Bohermeen. Dunleer’s Karen Costello won a more tightly contested women’s race in 86 mins 18 secs.
IN JAPAN, Mayo-born Sinéad Diver,who runs in Australian colours, ran a personal best 2:31.37 to finish tenth in the Nagoya Women’s Marathon in 2:31.37. The time knocked two and a half minutes off her previous best. Diver is 40. Excellent article at http://www.mayoac.com/sinead-diver-fifth-time-irish-marathon-list/
AT THE British Indoor Masters Championships in Lee Valley, Cathryn Brady of DSD won the W50 800m and was second in the 1500m, while her team mate Kevin Byrne won the M45 long jump and pole vault, despite arriving late at the stadium because of a delayed train. The other Irish winner was Mary Barrett of Loughrea in the W55 shot. Finishing second in the W60 1500m was Maxine Jones of DSD; she was also third in the 800m.
STAR OF THE IRIS TEAM at the European Throws Cup in Gran Canaria was Michaela Walsh from Swinford. She finished second in the B final of the U23 women’s hammer with a new Irish junior record of 59.64m, which also puts her fifth on the all-time Irish list. Walsh was also 8th in the shot with 15.79m. In the B final of the U23 men’s shot, John Kelly’s 16.84m was enough for third place. Eoin Sheridan threw 61.76 for 14th place in the U23 discus.
At senior level, Marco Pons of DMP was 8th in the B final of the discus with 48.79m, while Padraig White of Dunboyne was 9th in the hammer with 61.21m.
JOHN TRAVERS Donore came home first at the Cara Bundoran 10 mile, holding off the challenge of Conor Duffy of Glaslough Harriers, Letterkenny’s Eoin McGinley, and Conal McCaughey, Derry City.
Travers made his break at the seven mile mark, and despite a stitch in the final mile finished in 52mins 22secs -18 secs ahead of Duffy.
Catherine Whoriskey, City of Derry, Derry, finished 14th overall and first woman in 58.29, with Letterkenny’s Catriona Jenning second in 60.19
SIOFRA CLEIRIGH BUTTER representing Villanova finished 8th in the women’s mile at the NCAA Division 1 Indoor Championships in Texas. Her time was 4 mins 34.78 secs.
IN WALES, Alex O’Shea from St Finbarr’s won the Barry 40-mile in 4 hours 30 mins.
40th BALLYCOTTON ‘10’ (Full results www.myrunresults.com; 2,96 finishers)
1 Mick Clohisey (Raheny) 49:20; 2 Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe) 49:46; 3 Kevin Maunsell (Clonmel) 49:54; 4 Alan O’Shea (Bantry) 51:46; 5 Michael Harty (East Cork) 51:50; 6 Louis McCarthy (Rathfarnham) 52:12; 7 Sean McGrath (East Cork) 52:38; 8 Paul Stephenson (Rathfarnham) 52:54; 9 Mike Carmody (An Bru) 53:00; 10 Barry Donovan (Leevale) 53:14.
M40: 1 R Cross (Crusaders) 54:40; 2 M Corbett (St Finbarrs) 55:00; 3 W Sosnowski (unatt) 55:21.
M45: 1 S O’Neill (Rathfarnham-WSAF) 53:30; 2 C Merritt (Carraig na bhFear) 53:37; 3 G Condon (Sli Cualann) 53:43.
M50: 1 C Connell (St Finbarrs) 56:19; 2 C Burke (St Abbans) 56:58; 3 R Boland (Eagle) 60:45.
M55: 1 T Payne (Tinryland) 58:49; 2 J Kenny (Kilmurry-Ibrick NC) 64:27; 3 B Feery (Fethard) 65:42.
M60: 1 E McEvoy (St Finbarrs) 64:36; 2 M Murphy (St Finbarrs) 65:38; 3 N Aherne (Midleton) 68:17.
M65: 1 W Ebisch (Atletiek Helden) 77:18; 2 D O’Connell (Midleton) 83:43; 3 K Higgs (Eagle) 84:35.
M70: 1 M Dunne (St Finbarrs) 78:06; 2 J Motherway (unatt) 88:38; 3 N O’Leary (Belgooly) 89:42.
M75: 1 J O’Leary (Leevale) 92:52; 2 P Gaffney (Mallow) 93:51; 3 T Dunne (Grange-Fermoy) 94:41.
MJ: 1 L Ecock (Celbridge) 70:30; 2 D Ecock (Celbridge) 75:39; 3 S McGrath) 83:50.
Team: 1 Rathfarnham 25: 2 East Cork 25; 3 Leevale 53.
Women: 1 Sioban O’Doherty (Borrisokane) 58:09; 2 Jill Hodgins (unatt, F40) 58:50; 3 Grace Lynch (Iveragh) 59:18; 4 D Grady (Ennis TC) 61:46; 5 Sinead Tangney (Sportsworld) 61:53; 6 K Cashell (St Finbarrs) 63:08.
F35: 1 L Bolster (Mallow) 63:12; 2 J Kirwan (Slaney Olympic) 66:04; 3 K Hickson (unatt) 67:20.
F40: 2 A Walsh (St Senans) 63:30; 3 A Jordan (Crusaders) 65:01.
F45: 1 U Plant-Murphy (unatt) 66:29; 2 O Crosbie (St Finbarrs) 68:58; 3 F Desmond (Leevale) 69:35.
F50: 1 J Ennis (Grange-Fermoy) 65:19; 2 O O’Rourke (Ballymore-Cobh) 66:56; 3 H Gilroy (Midleton) 70:37.
F55: 1 M Sweeney (St Finbarrs) 70:50; 2 J O’Kennedy (Sli Cualann) 75:34; 3 M Hurley (Bantry) 78:07.
F60: 1 C Kennedy (GCH) 66:16; 2 N Reilly (Drogheda & Dist) 73:53; 3 R Ebisch (Atletiek Helden) 81:20.
F65: 1 M Lynch (Raheny) 78:14; 2 P Browne (Star of the Sea) 92:24; 3 E O’Donoghue (unatt) 99:09.
F70: 1 B McDonnell (Mullingar) 1:56:26; 2 M Dunne (Grange-Fermoy) 1:58:06.
Team: 1 St Finbarrs 49; 2 GCH 90; 2 Midleton 97.
Wheelchair: 1 J Forde (Blarney-Inniscarra, M65).
Meath Spring Half Marathon/10km (www.myrunresults.com)
10km (335 finishers) – Men: 1 Clive Quin (Sli Cualann) 33.45; 2 Allessandro Porazzini (Balbriggan and Dist) 34.03; 3 Stephen Kelly (Drogheda and Dist) 34.34, 4 Mick Byrne (Sli Cualann, M50) 35.19.
Women: 1 Nicola Sheridan (Bohermeen) 39.07, 2 Laura Buckley (Dunboyne) 39.36, 3 Linda Fahy (Dunshaughlin, W40) 41.32.
Half Marathon (760 finishers) – Men: 1 Valdas Dopolskas (Balbriggan and Dist) 68.32, 2 Ian Conroy (Raheny) 73.14, 3 Pauric Ennis (Tullamore Hrs) 73.23, 4 Fergal Whitty (Donore, M40) 73.40, 5 Colin Griffin (Ballinamore) 74.08, 6 Peter Mooney 74.09. M45: Ray Coogan 74.25. M50: Phelim Glynn (Dunboyne) 77.47. M55: Chris Keeling (Balbriggan and Dist) 86.14. M60: James Cottle (Crusaders) 86.59. Teams (25) – 1 Donore Harriers 51, 2 Crusaders AC 124, 3 Balbriggan and District 144.
Women : 1 Karen Costello (Dunleer, W40) 86.18; 2 Grace Kennedy 86.46, 3 Fiona Fitzgerald 88.01, 4 Emilia Dan (Dunboyne, W45) 88.14, 5 Suzanne Foot (Sli Cualann,W40) 90.08, 6 Andrea McGuinness (Bohermeen, W40) 90.16. W50: Mary Watters (Navan) 1:40.04. W55: Angela Gallogly (Dunshaughlin) 1:46.24. W60: Angela Egan (Dunboyne) 2:21.50. Teams (16 ) – 1 Sli Cualann 46, 2 Dunboyne 52, 3 Bohermeen 132.
Jimmy’s 10km (859 finishers; www.championchipireland.com)
Men: Ben Branagh (St Malachy’s) 31.33, 2 Chris Madden (City of Lisburn) 31.48, 3 David O’Flaherty (Newcastle And Dist) 32.02. Women: 1 Laura Graham (Mourne Runners) 34.59, 2 Amy Bulman (Willowfield, W35) 36.50, 3 Rachel Gibson (N Down) 37.48.
Cara Bundoran 10mile Challenge (www.myrunreuslts.com)
1 John TRAVERS:52:22, Donore Harriers
2 Conor DUFFY:52:40 Glaslough Harriers
3 Eoghan MCGINLEY:53:014, Leterkenny AC
4 Conan MCCAUGHEY:53:33 Derry Track Club
5 Eamon MCANDREW 55:25 North Sligo AC
6 Paul BARBOUR:55:41:55:44 Derry Track Club
7 Pauric BRESLIN:55:54 Letterkenny
8 Seamus SOMERS:55:56:Sligo AC
9 Ciaran MCGONAGLE:56:03 Rosses AC
10 Stephen CASSIDY:56:08 Enniskillen RC
M40
: 1 Eamon McAndrews,55.33,North Sligo AC, 2 Seamus Somers, 55.56,Sligo AC; 3 Dave Slater,58.50, Enniskillen RC.
M50: 1 Eddie Newman, Mullingar, 59.02; 2 Bill Duncan, 62.25,Strabane/Lifford, Michael Duncan,3 65.21 Strabane/Lifford
. M60: 1 Tommy Gartland, Knockmaney Runners,70.48; 2 Brendan Montague, 72.18;Omagh Harriers; 3 Enda Whelan,73.24, Sligo AC.
Junior Bendan McGrinder (Liff, 64.38; Lifford/Strabane; 2 Keelan McGinn,74.00;3 Matt Devlin, 76.31,Corran AC
Women
: 1 Catherine Whoriskey, 58.29,City of Derry Spartans;
2 Caitriona Jennings, 60.19;Letterkenny;
3 Jennifer Flynn,63.09, Finn Valley;
4 Lucy Brennan, 66.54, Sligo AC;
5 Helen McCready, 71.00,Rosses AC;
6 Clare Harkin,72.05, City of Derry Spartans;
7 Sinead Donnolly,72.37.Omagh Tri Club;
8 Josephine Donaghey, 72.51;Convoy AC;
9 Ita Kelly,73.29;
10 Tanya Quinn,73.48,Sperrin Harriers
F40 1 Sinead Donnelly, 72.37; Ita Kelly, 73.29; Tanya Quinn, 73.48. Sperrin Hrs
. F50 1 Lucy Brennan,66.54; 2 Irene Clements,74.41, 3 Margaret Sweeney,75.15 Tir Chonaill AC; 4 Deirdre Dillon,76.39, Tir Chonaill AC
. F60 1 Rose Young, 88.53,Sligo; 2 Mary Martin,90.41, Finn Valley; 3 Agnus Doherty, 98.42.
Junior 1 Dervla Dolan, 99.31,
10km – Men:
1 Richard Gorman,33.04, Sligo AC;
2 Ciaran Doherty,33.46, Letterkenny;
3 Ivan Tonner, 34.08, Letterkenny;
Women
1 Emer OBrien, 38.25, Sligo AC;
2 Denise Toner,38.39, Clones AC
; 3 Noleen Scanlon, 39.03,Letterkenny
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