Raheny’s Mick Clohisey was a comfortable winner of today’s SSE Airtricity Fingal 10km in Swords. Clohisey, who will run the marathon at the Rio Olympics in a few weeks time, was winning for a second year. His time of 30 mins 24 secs gave him a 21 seconds margin over DSD’s Brandon Hargreaves who finished in 30:46. Kilkenny veteran Brian Maher was third in 31:02.
Winner of the women’s race was Laura Graham of Mourne Runners who ran a personal best of 35 minutes, 26 seconds to finished five seconds clear of Catherina McKiernan; Ciara Hickey of Bros Pearse was third in 35:52. Last October, Graham, a 30-year-old mother of four, took bronze in the National Marathon in Dublin. Earlier this year, she ran 2:48.03 in the London Marathon and eight days later, was second woman in the Belfast Marathon in 2:49.18. Definitely one to watch!
A surprise finisher in the race was former Dublin Marathon winner Christine Kennedy, who’s back running after a freak accident a year ago. Kennedy, originally from Galway, moved to London from her long-time base in California last November. On only three weeks training, she
Christine Kennedy and Nuala Reilly
finished in 40 mins 10 secs and is looking forward to the Streets of Galway 8k next month. Her target remains the first sub-3-hour marathon by a 60 year old woman.
Nearly 4,000 runners took part in the race – the second of this year’s SSE Airtricity Race Series and the only one taking place outside the Phoenix Park.
IN CORK, Claire Gibbons McCarthy of Leevale set a new women’s record of 39 mins 18 secs at the Donoughmore 7-Mile. Michael Corbett of St Finbarr’s was the race winner in 38.53
Results
Sunday July 24
SSE Airtricity Dublin Race Series 2: Fingal 10km, Swords
Men: 1 Mick Clohisey (Raheny Shamrock) 30.24, 2 Brandon Hargreaves (DSD) 30.46, 3 Brian Maher (KCH, M35) 31.03, 4 Colin Maher 31.44, 5 Mark Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock) 31.58, 6 David McPherson (Thomastown) 32.18, 7 Stephen Conroy (Celbridge) 32.26, 8 David Glynn 32.30. M35: 2 John Dunne (Donore) 32.49, 3 Wesley O’Brien 33.39. M40: 1 Myles Gibbons (SBR) 32.50, 2 Seamus Somers (Sligo) 33.38, 3 Andrew Considine (NBH) 34.41. M45: Declan Power (Clonliffe) 32.59, 2 Keith Downey (Skerries) 35.49, 3 Davie Carrie 36.44. M50: 1 Brian Kelly (Raheny Shamrock) 35.39, 2 ?? (SBR) 35.55, 3 Paul Quinn (Liffey Valley)38.17. M55: 1 Frank McCarthy (Drogheda and Dist) 39.32, 2 Edward Groblowski 40.25, 3 Seamus Rooney (Raheny Shamrock) 41.02. M60: Eugene Doherty (SBR) 38.28, 2 James Cottle (Crusaders) 38.50 3 Terry Clarke (Rathfarnham WSAF) 40.40. M65: 1 Patrick Gowen 54.24, 2 Glen Greer 54.59, 3 Patrick Anderson 54.52. M70: 1 Terry Mee (Donore) 46.02, 2 Micheal Ferry (Garda) 47.33, 3 Paddy Beauchamp 49.27. M75: John Brownlee 81.19. M80: Martyn Smyth 82.42.
Laura Graham
Women: 1 Laura Graham (Mourne Runners) 35.27, 2 Catherina McKiernan (W45) 35.32, 3 Ciara Hickey (Bros Pearse, W35) 35.54, 4 Una Britton (Kilcoole) 3601, 5 Niamh Devlin (DSD) 38.00, 6 Cathy McCourt (W40) 39.05. W35: 2 Sarah Quigley (Raheny Shamrock) 39.15, 3 Alma Hanevy (Donore) 40.57. W40: 2 Shirley Mitchell (Civil Service) 40.49, 3 Anne Marie Kenny (Sli Cualann) 41.11. W45: 2 Donna Mahon (Rathfarnham WSAF) 39.51, 3 Elaine Wall (Carrick Aces) 40.43. W50: 1 Annette Kehoe (DSD) 43.10, 2 Josephine Killeen 43.24, 3 Helen O’Riordan 43.29. W55: 1 Lauren Flood (Dunboyne) 50.17, 2 Liz Arkins (Lucan) 52.55, 3 Mary Moloney (Civil Service) 53.37. W60: 1 Christine Kennedy (GCH) 40.16, 2 Nuala Reilly (Droghea and Dist) 44.56, 3 Mary Jennings (Waterford) 46.36. W65: 1 Mary Lynch (Raheny Shamrock) 46.43, 2 Phyllis Browne (Star of th eSea) 51.16, 3 Carol Lynch (Sportsworld) 52.21. W70: Terry Blake 81.26.
Friday July 22
Donoughmore 7-Mile, Co Cork. Results www.corkathletics.com
1 Michael Corbett (St Finbarr’s, M40) 38.53, 2 Claire Gibbons McCarthy (Leevale AC, W40) 39.18 (rec), 3 Cathal O’Connell (St Finbarr’s, M50) 39.23, 4 Eoin Sugrue (M40) 40.12,
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