Dublin title for McCormack/Race Round-up Nov 3-4 (ongoing).

By on November 4, 2012 in Uncategorized

Four years after winning the National Intercounty title, Alan McCormack of Dundrum South Dublin showed a remarkable return to form when he won the Dublin Senior Cross-Country title in Santry today.
McCormack bided his time when Belfast athlete Stephen Scullion, wearing the Clonliffe shirt, made the early pace in tough, slippery conditions.  
“I knew it would be a different race in the second half, that it would be a tough man’s course,  and so it proved to be,” said McCormack after his victory.  After his long absence from the sharp end of racing, McCormack, who is coached by Jerry Kiernan, is taking it day by day but hopes to turn out in the National Intercounties later this month in Ratoath. 
Finishing a fighting second after a mid-race tumble was the defending champion John Coghlan of Metro St Brigid’s. Scullion held on for third, despite the best efforts of  his Clonliffe team mate Sergiu Ciobanu, running just six days after a gruelling experience in the Dublin Marathon.  John Travers from Donore and MSB’s Liam Tremble finished fifth and sixth;  Travers is the latest athlete to join Jerry Kiernan training group.  Clonliffe finished best of the teams ahead of Raheny.
In an exciting women’s race, Raheny pair Elish Kelly and Fiona Roche finished first and second, with Donore’s Barabra Cleary third. Niamh Devlin of DSD had bravely made the early running, but was caught on the second of four laps and faded to sixth  place behind her clubmate Sarah Mullingan and Sonya O’Connell of Rathfarnham. Donore was first team. 
Clonliffe’s Ian Guiden was a comfortable winner of the men’s junior race, while DSD’s Clare McCarthy, Sarah Fitzpatrick and Sarah Miles were the top three in the juniro women’s race. 
Meanwhile at the Cork Senior Championships in Carrignavar,  Leevale dominated with Mark Hanrahan winning the men’s race from his clubmate (and international triathlete) Bryan Keane, while Lizzie Lee beat  Clare Gibbons-McCarthy of St Finbarr’s for the women’s titles.  Winning the Limerick titles were Colm Turner of Limerick AC and Bilboa’s Rosemary Ryan, whiel in Ballyclare, Niall Robinson and Jessica were the senior winners at the McConnell Shield. 
In the opening round of the Women’s Meet and Train Winter Series over a tough two-mile course in Dunboyne,  Shona Keane of Sportsworld outsprinted her clubmate Caroline Conway for victory. Only six days earlier, Keane had finished 15th Irish woman in the Dublin Marathon with a time of 3 hrs 4 mins. 
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Results – 
Sunday November 4
Dublin Senior and Junior C-C C’ships, Santry. Full result Dublin Athletics website.
Women – Senior (20 finishers, 3 teams) : 1 Elish Kelly (Raheny) 19.35; 2 Fiona Roche (Raheny) 19.37; 3 Barbara Cleary (Donore) 19.49, 4 Sarah Mulligan (DSD) 20.22, 5 Sonya O’Connell (Rathfarnham  WSAF ) 20.38; 6 Niamh Devlin (DSD) 20.48.  Teams – Donore (3,7,8,13) 31; 2 Raheny Shamrock (1,2,14,17) 34; 3 Clonliffe (9,11,12,20) 52. 
 Junior (13 finishers, 2 teams): 1 Clare McCarthy(DSD) 12.17; 2 Sarah Fitzpatrick (DSD) 12.28; 3 Sarah Miles (DSD) 12.29; 4 Iseult O’Donnell (Raheny) 12.38; 5 Clarie Brennan (Celic DCH) 12.54; 6 Roisin Leahy (Clonliffe) 13.00. Teams – 1 DSD (1,2,3,8) 14; 2 Celtic DCH (5,7,9,10) 31.

Men – Senior 10km(46 finishers, 5 teams): 1 Alan McCormack (DSD) 34.26; John Coghlan (MSB) 34.47; 3 Stephen Scullion (Clonliffe) 34.51; 4 Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe) 34.55; 5 John Travers (Donore) 35.02; 6 Liam Tremble (MSB) 35.10. Teams – 1 Clonliffe (3,4,11,14,21,26) 79; 2 Raheny Shamrock (8,10,16,18,19,22) 93; 3 Rathfarnham WSAF (8,10,16,18,19,22) 159; 4 Crusaders 169; 5 Liffey Valley 223.
Junior (16 finishers 2 teams): 1 Ian Guiden (Clonliffe) 20.49; 2 Dmitijs Serjogins (Clonliffe) 21.42; 3 Mitchell Byrne (WSAF) 22.00; 4 Dylan Keegan (Templeogue) 22.02; 5 Conor O’Keeffe (Templeogue) 22.08; 6 Cillian Kirwan (Raheny) 22.26. Teams – 1 Clonliffe (1,2,8,15) 26; 2 Raheny Shamrock (6,10,11,12) 39. 

Cork Senior and Junior Cross-Country, Carrignavar, Co Cork

Women – Senior 6km(24 finishers): 1 Lizzie Lee (Leevale) 22:32; 2 Claire Gibbons-McCarthy (St Finbarr’s) 22:55; 3 Carmel Crowley (Bandon) 24:07; 4 Emma Murphy (St Finbarr’s) 24:17; 5 Sinead O’Connor (Leevale) 24:21; 6 Niamh Roe (Eagle) 24:29.  Teams – 1 Leevale (1, 5, 10, 11) 27; 2 Eagle (6, 7, 8, 9) 30; 3 St Finbarrs (2, 4, 13, 19) 38; 4 Midleton (12, 16, 17, 20) 65. 
Junior  4km (9 finishers): 1 Rachael O’Shea (West Muskerry) 17:38; 2 Ann-Marie O’Connor (West Muskerry) 18:55; 3 Laura Gowen (Carraig na bhFear) 19:13; 4 Dervla Devine (Togher) 19:51; 5 Aisling Cotter (Togher) 20:44; 6 Aisling Hanrahan (Leevale) 21:54. Team –  Togher (4, 5, 8, 9) 26. Men – Senior 10km (56 finishers): 1 Mark Hanrahan (Leevale) 32:52; 2 Bryan Keane (Leevale) 33:22; 3 James McCarthy (E Cork) 34:04; 4 Sean McGrath (E Cork) 34:53; 5 Chris Harrington (Leevale) 35:08; 6 Tim O’Donoghue (E Cork) 35:22; 7 Eric Curran (Leevale) 35:35; 8 John Meade (St Finbarr’s) 35:51; 9 Shane Coffey (Togher) 36:02; 10 Colm Sheahan (Leevale) 36:04. Teams–  1 Leevale (1, 2, 5, 7) 15; 2 East Cork (3, 4, 6, 13) 26; 3 Togher (9, 11, 15, 21) 56; 4 St Finbarrs (8, 12, 14, 23) 57. 
Junior  6km (18 finishers): 1 Cullen Lynch (Togher) 22:12; 2 Mark O’Sullivan (Bandon) 22:17; 3 Ian Hartnett (Togher) 22:22; 4 Philip Crowley (Leevale) 22:34; 5 Jamie Buckley (Carraig na bhFear) 22:42; 6 Sean O’Sullivan (Carraig na bnFear) 23:08. Teams –  1 Togher (1, 3, 8, 9) 21; 2 Carraig na bhFear (5, 6, 11, 18) 40; 3 Blarney-Inniscarra (7, 13, 15, 16) 51. 

Offaly C-C Championships, Charleville Demense, Tullamore.
Men’s 10km:  1 Paul Buckley (Ferbane) 35.50; 2 J Harkin (Tullamore Harriers) 36.20; 3 S McKeigue (Ferbane) 36.33. Teams – 1 Ferbane 17, 2 Tullamore Harriers 19. 
Women’s 6km:  1 M Bracken (Tullamore Hrs) 28.02; 2 S Rigney (Tullamore Hrs) 29.09; 3 E Herlihy (Tullamore Hrs) 30.20. Team:  Tullamore Harriers 10.
 
Limerick C-C Championships, Plassey
Men (24): 1. Colm Turner (Limerick AC) 35.20, 2, Liam Reale (Limerick AC) 36.20, 3 Aoghan MacDomhnaill (W Limerick) 36.40. Teams –  1 Limerick AC 18, 2 West Limerick 19, 3 Dooneen 39. Junior: Aaron O’Brien ( W Limerick) 22.18 (6k)
Women (10): 1 Rosemary Ryan (Dooneen) 23.28, 2. T Johnson (Dooneen) 23.39, 3. B Lynch (Dooneen) 26.20. Teams –  1 Dooneen 12, 2 West Limerick 26.

Connacht Senior C-C
 Men: 1 Dermot McDermott (Sligo AC), 2 Fintan Hyland M40 GCH, 3 Robert Malseed M40 (Mayo AC) . Teams – 1 GCH 2 Sligo AC
Women: 1 Catherine Conway (Mayo AC) 2 Michelle Maher (GCH) 3 Colette Tuohy W40 (Mayo AC). Teams 1 Mayo AC.

Women’s Meet and Train 2-Mile Cross-Country, Dunboyne
1 Shona Keane (Sportsworld) 13 mins 23 secs; 2 Caroline Conway (SW) 13.24; 3 Cliona Carty (Donore) 13.28.

Cork BHAA HSE 4-Mile R-R Marina, Cork.
 Men: 1 B Murphy 20:52; 2 K McKeown 22:23; 3 J Shanahan 22:26; 4 M Dunne 22:31; 5 K Lynch 22:47. Teams – A: 1 Garda 67; 2 Navy 68; 3 Army 116. B: 1 Solvit Foods 125; 2 Revenue 226; 3 CIT Staff 241.  C: 1 Irish Rail 154; 2 UCC 168; 3 IPS 199.  
Women: 1 H Leonard 25:34; 2 J Wolfe 25:56; 3 E Guinane 26:37; 4 A McDaid 26:50; 5 M Doolan 26:59. Teams – A: 1 Dept of Education 238; 2 Novartis 306. B: 1 Bank of Ireland 295; 2 Cork Co Co 455. 

Kildalkey GAA 5km, Co Meath (138 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Thomas Moran (Dunshaughlin) 15.39; 2 Peter Mooney 17.21; 3 Rory Mooney (Rahenay) 17.23; 4 David O’Connell (Bohermeen) 18.01; 5 Garreth Coughlan 18.42; 6 Dominic Moran 18.53.
Women: 1 Claire Smith 221.12; 2 Linda Kenny 21.32; 3 Laura Farrell (Fr Murphy) 21.33; 4 Siobhan Byrne 22.35; 5 Eose Byrne (Donadea) 24.39; 6 Angela Bagnall 25.05.

Saturday November 3 
78th McConnell Shield C-C, Six Mile River Park, Ballyclare (www.athleticsni.org)

Men (93 finishers): 1 Niall Robinson ( N Down) 26.27; 2 Decladn Reed (CoD) 26.31; 3 Brendan Teer (E Down) 26.32; 4 Ryan McDermott (Annadale) 26.34; 5 Owen Carleton (Annadale) 26.44; 6 Scott Rankin (Doyle Valley) 26.52. M35: Alan O’Hara (NBH) 27.062 Guy Andy (Larne) 29.52; 3 Barry Atkinson (E Down) 30.09. M40: 1 Paul Carroll (Annadale) 27.39; 2 Paul Blaney (NBH) 28.43; 3 Dara McAnulty (Foyle V) 30.59. M45: 1 Francis Marsh (N Down) 27.52; 2 Neil Carty (NBH) 28.06; 3 Philip Tweedie (Springwell) 29.01. M50: 1 Noel Connor (Ballymena Runners) 30.17; 2 Laurence Johnston (NBH) 31.04; 3 Robert Wilson (Willowfield) 31.20. M55: Greg McClure (NBH) 33.55; 2 Eric Montgomery (Lagan V) 34.17; 3 Peter Lilbryen (CoD) 35.17. Short course – M60: 1 Terry Eakin (N Down) 18.38; 2 Iwin Speirs (Sperrin Hrs) 19.10; 3 Mike Smith (Dub Runners) 20.43. M65: 1 Christy McMonagle (N Down) 20.41; 2 Dave Seaton (N Down) 20.45. M70: 1 Fred Murnoch ( N Dow) 21.27; 2 Gary Nicholl (Lagan V) 23.08; 3 Drew Crawford (NBH) 29.24. Teams – 1 Annadale Striders 36; 2 City of Derry 38.
Women (59 finishers): 1 Jessica Craig ( N Down) 18.01; 2 Trisha O’Hagan (St Peter’s) 18.07; 3 Katherine Whoriskey (CoD) 18.32; 4 Claire Connor ( NBH) 18.37; 5 Judi Graham ( NBH) 19.10; 6 Stephanie Hambling (N Down, W40) 19.20. W35: 1 Ange Perrott (N Down) 19.54; 2 Hazel McLaughlin (Lagan V) 20.20; 3 Geraldine Quigley (Larne) 20.28. W40: 1 Hambling; 2 Jackie McGinely (CoD) 19.27; 3 Elizabeth Leitch (Orangegrove) 21.32. W45: 1 Geraldine Branagh (Dromore) 19.25; 2 Helen Stockdale (Clones) 19.38; 3 Debbie Matchett (N Down) 19.48. W50: 1 Ruth Magill (Lagan V) 20.01; 2 Una Gavin (CoD) 23.07; 3 Joy McAler (orangegrove) 25.24. W55: Mary Mackin (Dromore) 21.11. W60: Roisin Lynch (CoD) 22.44.
Juveniles: Girls – W16: 1 Rebakah Nixon (Dromore) 12.26; 2 Lois Haggen ( Willowfield) 12.52; 3 Dearbhla Magee 12.54. W14: Emma Hutchinson ( Ballyclare HS) 5.50; 2 Jane McCutcheon (Eniskillen RC) 5.59; 3 Holly Woodhead (Springwell) 6.18.  
Boys – M16: Luke Dinsmore (Springwell) 11.05; 2 Connor McQuillan (NBH) 11.21; 3 Corey Brown (N Down) 12.09. M14: 1 Caleb Dempsey (Ballymena & Antrim) 5.34; 2 Jake Harbison (B&A) 5.41; 3 Oisin Brennan (Springwell) 5.42.

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