Fast times for Cullen and Hutchinson; Saturday Results

Mary Cullen of North Sligo ran a superb 15 mins 23.12 secs to finish fourth in the invitational 5000m at the Mount Sac meet in California. This was not far off her personal best of 15:18.34 set indoors in 2009; Cullen has also run 15:19.04 outdoors. In the same race, DSD’s Ava Hutchinson ran a personal best 15:51.49 for 15th place.

Ferrybank’s Shane Quinn finished fourth in one of the 5000m races with a time of 13:48.90.

* Niamh Whelan of Ferrybank scored and early season victory over Togher’s Marian Hefferan when she won the 200m at the Leevale Open Sports in Cork. Whelan’s time of 24.89 put her comfortably clear of Heffernan on 25.07. Kelly Proper of Ferrybank was third in 25.37.

Marcus Lawler of SLOT won the men’s 00m in 11.07, beating David Hynes of Menapians who ran 11.09 and also took the 200m in 21.85. .

Siobhra O’Flaherty still a junior comfortably won the senior women’s 3000m in 10:06.17, with Niamh Roe second in 10:28.58.

Phil Healy of of Bandon won the women’s 100m with a time of 12.16 with sister Joan Healy 2^nd in 12.19 and Sarah Lavin of Emerald third in 12.36. In the 100m hurdles, Lavin was a cleaar winner in 14.08, with Kelly Proper second. Ppoper was having a busy day – she also won the long jump with 5.91, and tied with Neasa Murphy for victory in the high jump.

Clonmel’s Sean Tobin clocked a time of 1:51.65 to win the 800masnd also won the mile in 4:20.01. In the 3000m, KCH’s Eoin Everard scored a solid victory over Leevale’s Mark Hanrahan; his winning time was 8:17.58. Kourosh Foroughi of Star of the Sea won the 1110m hurcles and the high jump. Full results of both senior and junior competitions at www.leevale,org.

* Great new course record of 34 mins 34 secs for Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane)  at the Butlerstown 10km, near Waterford city  on Friday evening.

* Gary O’Hanlon led home over 600 finishers at the Pasty Kelly 5km in Dundalk in 15 mins 9 secs. Raheny’s Aoife Talty was eighth overall and first woman in 16 mins 46 secs..

RESULTS

Saturday April 20

BHAA K-Club 10km, Straffan, Co Kildare(463 finishers;  www.bhaa.ie/events/kclub-2013/ under “details”)

Men: 1 Eoghan McGinley 32.44, 2 Eoin Callaghan 32.46, 3 Declan Power (M40) 32.54, 4 Peter Mooney 32.56, 5 Stephen Moore (UBS) 33.04, 6 Fergal Whitty (AIB, M35) 33.10. M40: 2 David Byrne 33.53, 3 Cormac Minnock35.07. M45: 1 Phelim Glynn35.02, 2 Colm Murray 36.30, 3 Paul McQuillan 37.01. M50: Gerry O’Connell (MarinoInst of Ed) 34.57.

Women: 1 Ilona McElroy 38.26, 2 Mary Finn 38.50, 3 Paula Grant 39.24, 4 Suzanne Foot 39.36, 5 Sharon Tighe (W45) 39.52, 6 Teresa Agar 39.58. W40: 1 Elaine Conlon 40.54, 2 Lorraine Byrne 41.14, 3 Rachel Morgan 41.53. W45: 2 Orla Gormley (Aer Lingus) 40.00, 3 Mary Watters (Watters Bus Hire) 42.51. W50: Sheelagh Jones (Sec Teachers) 42.55. W55: 1 Mary Jennings (Sec Teacher) 43.58, 2 Mary Butler (RTE)

Patsy Kelly 5km, Dundalk (611 finishers; www.chip.it.ie)

Men: 1 Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe) 15.09, 2 Mary Hoey (Star of the Sea) 15.35, 3 Brian McCluskey (Nth East Runners) 15.41, 4 Andre Hicks (Dromore) 16.14, 5 Stepehen Mulholan (NER) 16.16, 6 Rory Kavanagh (Dunboyne) 16.24.M40: 1Jim Gonnelly (NER) 16.52, 2 Mike Keely (City of Derry) 17.54, 3 Aidan Grier (Garda AC) 18.08. M50: 1 Brian Lynch (NER) 17.00, 2 Gerry Kenny (NER) 18.46, 3 Gdrry McEnaney (NER) 18.52.

Women: 1 Aoife Talty (Raheny Shamrock) 16.46, 2 Donna Evans (Monagahn Phoenix) 18.48, 3 Pamela Howard (Drogheda & Dist) 19.27, 4 Denise Egan 19.44, 5 Karen Costello (Dunleer) 19.51, 6 Maureen Harbison (Drogheda & Dist) 20.01. W40: 1 Mary McGreehan (Drogheda & Dist) 20.56, 2 Una Breen 21.10, 3 Helen Cheshire (Dunleer) 21.51. W50: Roisin Johnson 24.07, 2 Deirdre McFerran 26.37, 3 Fiona Myers 26.41.

Parkrun 5km, Marlay (390 finishers; www.parkrun.ie/marlay)

Men: 1 Peter Gerard Casey 17.17, 2 Andrew Lawless (Kilcoole AC) 17.38, 3 John Healy (M50) 17.48.M20-24: Colm Moran (3ROC Orienteering Club/Rathfarnham WSAF) 17.57. M14 Paul O’Donnell 18.11. M15-19: Jonathan Quinn (GEN Orienteering Club) 18.13. Women: 1 Amy Wright (Crusaders) 20.10, 2 Annette Kehoe (DSD, W45) 20.45, 3 Ailish Reid 21.48, 4 Sue Zlnay (DSD, W50) 79.59.

Parkrun 5km, Malahide Castle (427 finishers; www.parkrun.ie/malahide)

Men: 1 Unknown, 2 Alban Coghlan 16.40, 2 Seaon Mac Seoin (MSB, M40) 17.04 (PB), 3 Gerard Martin 17.17 (PB). Women: 1 Eva McNelis 19.35 (PB), 2 Suzanne Sheehy (Fingallians AC) 19.57. 3 Cindy Kelly  19.58 (PB).

Dublin Urban Trail Runs Race 3 (of 3), Tymon Park, Tallaght. www.urbantrailsireland.com

9.5km (239 finishers): Men – 1 Diarmuid Collins 34.55, 2 Ross Cadogan 38.27, 3 Gar Tyrrell 38.40.M50: Jack Tyrrell (Tallaght AC) 39.14. M40: Luca Vasconi 41.59. Women: 1 Caoimhe Kiernan 40.44, 2 Stephanie Bergin 44.26, 3 Miriam Maher 45.45. W50: 1 Helen Dunne (Tallaght AC) 47.11, 2 Eileen Rowland 47.24.W40: Michele Groarke 47.48.

4.5km (134 finishers):1 Elizabeth Egan 18.49, 2 Mark Mitton 21.22, 3 Lindsey Mills 221.55, 4 Bernei White (Dublin Striders, W40) 22.35, Guillaume Nolian 22.45.

Leinster Chartered Accountants 10km, Phoenix Park, Dublin. All funds to Aware (296 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)

Men: Martin Hoare 36.21, 2 Thomas Sherlock 36.53, 3 Jason Gavin 38.34. Women: 1 Florence O’Donoghue 39.38, 2 Alison Warde 45.42, 3 Gillian Clarke 45.58.

Ardarathon Charity 10km, Ardara, Co Donegal (617 finishers; www.championchipireland.com)

Men: 1 Seanie McDevitt 36.52, 2 Declan Gillespie (Sliabh Liag) 37.26, 3 Ashaun McShane 37.35. Women: 1 Siobhan Gallagher 42.45, 2 Teresa Doherty (Inishowen) 44.41, 3 Julie McMullen (Tir Chonaill) 45.18.

Cooley Legends Half Marathon, Carlingford Co Louth (142 finishers; www.chipit.ie)

Men: 1 Justin Maxwell 1:23.55, 2 Cathal Reilly 1:27.07, 3 Shane Lynch 1:29.38. M40: Niall McCabe 1:30.55. Women: 1 Karen Alexander 1:34.01, 2 Lisa McCabe 1:35.23, 3 Jolene Mellon 1:45.04.

10km (48 finishers): Men – Shane Toner 41.54. Women – Agnes Feher5.59.

Suirvivor – the Devil’s Mud and Obstacle 10km Run, WIT, Carriganore, Co Waterford (201 finishers; www.totaltiming.ie)

Men: 1 Gary Cantwell43.52, 2 John Dinneen 45.06, 3 Gary McCormck 50.36. Women: 1 Diane Behan 53.07, 2 Louise Sheridan 61.38, 3 Niamh Tebay 63.53.

Lisburn Duathlon (46 finishers; www.championchipireland.com)

Men: Phil Wood (Invictus) 47.20, 2 Stuart Bennett 48.03, 3 Ben Christman (QUB) 49.07. Women: Kerry Speers (Peninsula) 55.18.

Friday April 19

Butlerstown 10km, Co Waterford (249 finishers).

Men: 1 Raivis Zakis (W Waterford) 32.50, 2 David Ryan (Clonmel) 33.08, 3 Frank Quinlan (WAC) 33.12. M40 Paudie O’Keeffe 35.20. M45 Sean Caulfield (St Senan’s) 35.27. M50 Walter Keane 37.46. M55 Colin Lyons ( W Waterford) 41.01. M60: Maurice Tobin (Graneg Frmoy) 43.06. Jun: Aaron Crotty 38.53.

Women: 1 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane) 34.34 (rec) , 2 Sylvia Malone (WAC) 38.24, 3 Pauline Lambe (WAC) 40.18. W35 Naomi Doonan 42.37. W40 Suzanne ullaghan (WAC) 40.37. W45 Liz Ryan 46.23. W50 Gabrielle Blair (WAC) 45.10. W55 Kathleen Kennedy 51.41. Jun : Alice Neumerzhitskaya (Clonmel) 54.52.

Thursday April 18

Ballintotis 4-Mile, Co Cork (835 finishers).

Men: 1 James McCarthy (East Cork) 19.43, 2 Tim O’Donoghue ( E cork) 20.08, 3 Gavin Sweeney 20.25. Women: 1 Rhona Lynch (Eagle, W35) 24.45, 2 Michelle Kenny (Midleton) 24.58, 3 Helen Leonard (Leevale, W40) 25.02.

Loreto Schools Track and Field Championships, Santry (corrected)
Minor – 80m: 1 Alannah Ryan (Dalkey), 2 Lea Raggert (Kilkenny), 3 Amanda Galligan (St Stephen’s Green). 200m: 1 Clare O’Sullivan (Foxrock), 2 Keva O’Brien (Kilkenny), 3 Edel Smith (Letterkenny). 500m: 1 Eva O’Donovan (Navan), 2 Annie O’Connor (Kilkenny), 3 Zofia Coutahey (Dalkey). 75m H: 1 Ciara Deely (Kilkenny), 2 Grace O’Donnell (Kilkenny), 3 Ellie Green (Letterkenny). High jump: 1 Shauna Miller (Kilkenny), 2 Ciara Deely (Kilkenny), 3 T Daly (Foxrock). Long jump: 1 Keeva O’Brien (Kilkenny), 2 Edel Smith (Letterkenny), 3 Tara Gleeson (St Stephen’s Green). Shot: 1 Foxrock, 2 Karen Enley (Balbriggan), 3 SJ Samson (Foxrock). Discus: 1 Rebecca Paul (St Stephen’s Green), 2 Emma De Bruin (Kilkenny), 2 Rosa Hickey (Dalkey). Javelin: 1 Rebecca Power (St Stephen’s Green), 2 Grace O’Donnell (Kilkenny), 3 Ciara O’Sullivan (Foxrock). Relay: 1 Loreto Kilkenny, 2 Loreto St Stephen’s Green, 3 Loreto Dalkey.
Junior – 100m: 1 Holly O’Reilly (Dalkey), 2 Ava Freeman (Bray), 3 Allison Dawson (Bray). 200m: 1 Sarah Torrans (St Stephen’s Green), 2 Shannon Sheehy (Navan), 3 Laura Hayes (Foxrock). 300m: 1 Irene Rose Mullan (Navan), 2 Aisling Morrissey (Kilkenny), 3 Grace McLaughlin (Beaufort). 800m: 1 Arlene Gossen (Letterkenny), 2 Alannah Bate (Mullingar), 3 Grace Richardson (Kilkenny). 75m H: 1 Kathlyn Dunleavy (Beaufort), 2 Alex Griffin (St Stephen’s Green), 3 Laila Dunne (Beaufort). High jump: 1 Shannon Sheehy (Navan), 2 Rebecca Murphy (Foxrock), 3 Orla Brady (St Stephen’s Green). Long jump: 1 Arlene Crossan (Letterkenny), 2 Alison Dawson (Bray), 3 Sarah Kennedy (Wexford). Shot: 1 Isabella Mullarney (Beaufort), 2 Georgina Steel (Wexford), 3 Kate Drennan (Kilkenny), Discus: 1 Leah Curtin (Dalkey), 2 Sarah Torrans (St Stephen’s Green), 3 Vanessa Devin (Dalkey). Javelin: 1 Isabella Mullarney (Beaufort), 2 S Kennedy (Wexford), 3 G Carr (Letterkenny). Relay  – 1 Green, 2 Bray.
Senior – 100m: 1 Sarah Kate Lacey (Kilkenny), 2 Eimear McMullen (Kilkenny), 3 Orla Comerford (St Stephen’s Green). 200m: 1 Margaret Caldbeck (Kilkenny), 2 Ciara Chapman (Swords), 3 Nicole Cuskelly (Letterkenny). 400m: 1 Holly Doddy (Letterkenny), 2 Louise Mulvaney (Letterkenny), 3 Louise Kehoe (Wexford). 800m: 1 Anna Sheehan (Kilkenny), 2 Clodagh O’Reilly (Cavan), 3 Laura Young (Cavan). Open 1500m: 1 Clodagh O’Reilly (Cavan), 2 Regan McGlynn (St Stephen’s Green), 3 Aoibhe Richardson (Kilkenny). 80m H: 1 Aine Brady (Cavan), 2 Christian McDonnell (Kilkenny), 3 Sinead McDonagh  (Kilkenny). High jump: 1 Caitriona Twomey (Kilkenny), =2 Tara Carr (Letterkenny)/ Sarah Quinn (St Stephen’s Green), = 3 Sarah Kate Lacey (Kilkenny)/Eimear Doherty (Wexford). Long jump: 1 Emer McMullen (Kilkenny), 2 Aine Brady (Cavan) , 3 Sinead McDonagh (Kilkenny). Shot: 1 Caitriona Twomey (Kilkenny), 2 Anne Marie Torsney (Swords), 3 Sarah Parker (Balbriggan). Discus: 1 Anne Marie Torsney (Swords), 2 Aisling Barnwell (Swords), 3 Emer Hogan (Kilkenny). Javelin: 1 Elena Owens (Wexford), 2 Cathy Brock (Dalkey), 3 Ciara McKenna (Dalkey). Relay – 1 Kilkenny, 2 St Stephen’s Green, 3 Mullingar.
Overall 1 Kilkenny, 2 St Stephen’s Green, 3 Letterkenny.