Irish ultra runner Eoin Keith has won the Northern Traverse from the west to the east coast of northern England in a time of 51 hours 37 minutes 23 secs. The 190 mile course with 16,000 ft of climb through fell, dale and moor, started at St Bees and took in the Lake District in Cumbria, the Pennines and the north Yorkshire moors before the finish at Robin Hood Bay. By the fourth of 16 checkpoints, Keith had built up a lead of almost half an hour and he stretched away further from the chasers as the race proceeded.
Dunboyne-based Peter Somba won a quality men’s race at the Government Services BHAA 5-Mile in Dunboyne last night. Somba’s time of 24 mins 23 secs saw him shake off the challenge of Mark Kirwan, Tomas Fitzpatrick and Sean Hehir who came in within six seconds of each other. Winning the women’s race in 28 mins 26 secs was Laura Shaughnessy, with BHAA regulars Sonya McConnon and Niamh Devlin second and third. Beating eleven other teams to win the A grade was RTE, with one of the many Bank of Ireland teams out last night finishing second ahead of Teachers. Next Leinster BHAA outing is the Trinity Track Meet on Wednesday June 15 followed by the revamped Phoenix Park Trail 5km on Tuesday June 28 (7.30).
In Cork, Mark Hanrahan and Sinead O’Connor were the winners of the annual John Buckley BHAA 5-Mile held at the Marina, with 839 finishers.
Tuesday May 31
Government Services BHAA 10km, Dunboyne (445 finishers; full result www.bhaa.ie)
Men: 1 Peter Somba 24.23, 2 Mark Kirwan (Glanbia) 24.31, 3 Tomas Fitzpatrick (Suzuki Cars) 24.35, 4 Sean Hehir (Teachers) 24.37, 4 Emmet Jennings (Teachers) 25.06, 6 Eoin Callaghan (Teachers) 25.42. M40: Fergal Whitty (AIB) 27.19. M45: Arnaud Benjacar (Irish Life) 27.34. M50: Brian Kelly (Norton Gp) 28.40. M55: Brian Geraghty 27.37. M65: John Todd (Cadbury) 32.59. M70: Terry Mee (Dublin Taxis) 36.13.
Women: 1 Laura Shaughnessy (Temple St Hosp) 28.26, 2 Sonya McConnon (Trinity) 30.11, 3 Niamh Devlin (HSE) 30.24, 4 Laura Buckley 31.33, 5 Yvonne MacAuley (Trinity) 31.37, 6 Shauna Moore (Teachers) 32.22. W40: Mairead Crowley (Gardai) 36.57. W45: Vanessa Sallier (Dept SFA) 32.58. W50: Mary Watters (Navan Bus Hire) 34.36. W55: Linda Finnegan (Irish Life) 35.06. W60: Nuala O’Reilly (Fairgate HC) 35.34. W65: Phyllis Browne (Slice) 40.33. W70: Eveyln McNelia (Teachers) 40.37.
Teams – A (tbc): 1 RTE 23??, 2 B of Ire 95, 2 Teachers 170. B: 1 Dublin Bus 346, 2 Transport 545, 3 DCC 556. C: 1 B of Ire 210, 32 ESB 421, 3 Eir 684. D: 1 AIB 208, 2 B of Ire A 461, 3 B of Ire B 925. Women: 1 Hospitals 454, 2 Teachers A 581, 3 Teachers B 756.
John Buckley Sports BHAA 5k, Marina, Cork (839 finishers; www.corkbhaa.com)
Men: 1 Mark Hanrahan (John Buckley Sports) 14: 33; 2 Ben Thistlewood 15:01: 3 James McCarthy (McCarthys) 15:08; 4 Stuart Moloney 15:24; 5 Colin Merritt (Army, M45) 15:26; 6 Mike Carmody 15:28. Teams – A: 1 Dept of Ed 87; 2 Pfizer 144; 3 UCC 145. B: 1 Simply Suits 130; 2 Avondhu MF 164; 3 Army 346. C: 1 Novartis 472; 2 Cork Co Co 486; 3 EMC 556.
Women: 1 Sinead O’Connor (Dept of Ed) 16:54; 2 Emma Murphy (Murphy) 17:13; 3 Martina Kiely (Dept of Educ) 17:24; 4 Michelle Kenny (Dept of Ed, W35) 18:02; 5 Niamh Roe (Dept of Ed) 18:25; 6 Lorna Davey-Fitzgerald (HSE, W35) 18:53. Teams – A: 1 Dept of Ed ‘A’ 90; 2 Dept of Ed‘B’ 161; 3 HSE 227. B: 1 Dept of Ed 517; 2 Goldstar Telecom 573; Cork Co Co 574. C: 1 HSE ‘A’ 738; 2 UCC 927: 3 HSE ‘B’ 933.
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