Fionnuala Britton held off Britain’s Gemma Steel to win the women’s race at the Antrim IAAF International Cross Country today.
Steel, third behind Britton at last month’s Europeans, bravely stayed with Britton over the opening two laps before Britton pulled away for victory. Ethiopian Birtukan Adama was third.
In a men’s race dominated by Kenyans, Mike Kigen won for a third consecutive year.
Joe McAllister and Breege Connolly took the Northern Ireland titles.
* In Nenagh, David Hynes of Menapians ran 7.02 for 60m; Amy Foster clocked 7.52 in the first to the two women’s races. Leona Byrne of St Laurence O’Toole won the women’s combined events indoor title with a good score of 3396.
* US-based Tori Pena improved her Irish indoor pole vault record to 4.45m in Reno, Nevada on Saturday; just seven centimetres off the World Indoor qualification standard of 4.52cm. Pena has jumped 4.40m outdoors; her previous indoor best of 4.21m was set in Seattle a year ago.
Saturday January 21
Antrim International Cross-Country, Greenmount.
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| Breege Connolly |
Senior Women (52 finishers): 1 Fionnuala Britton (Kilcoole AC) 19:32; 2 Gemma Steel (GBR) 19:39; 3 Birtuken Adamu (Etha)19:54; 4 Mekcles Bekle (Eth) 20:11; 5 Mekasha Waganesh (Eth) 20:28; 6 Purity Kirui (Ken) 20.39. Irish – 10 Aoife Culhane (DSD) 21;14; 13 Breege Connolly (NBH) 21;54; 14 Lizzie Lee (Leevale) 22,00; 15 Laura Shaughnessy (UCD) 22:03; 16 Julie Turley (Dromore) 22.18; 17 Lauren Scott (Nth Down) 22.23; 18 Cathy McCourt (NBH, W35) 22.35.
NI & Ulster Champs 1 Connolly, 2 Turley, 3 Scott. Teams- 1 North Belfast 27; 2. North Down 38; 3. City of Derry (2) 4.
W17 (21): 1 Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (DSD) 14:25; 2 Clare McCarthy (DSD) 14:40; 3 Emma Dunnett (Edinburgh )14:45.
W20: 1 Regina Dolan (Annalee) 15:23; 2 Alice Fennell (Leinster) 15:26; 3 Beckie Taylor (Blackburn Hrs) 15:31.
Senior Men (136) : 1 Mike Kigen (Ken) 34:48; 2 Patrick Mutunga (Ken) 35:16; 3 Bernard Rotich (Ken) 35:21; 4 Yirsaw Tegegne (Eth) 35:37; 5 Frank Tickner (Eng) 35:38; 6 Joseph Birech (Ken) 35.47. Irish – 12 Joe McAllister (St Malachy’s) 38:01; 12 Andrew Agnew (Annadale) 38:11; 16 S Stephen Scullion (NBH) 38:37; 17 Emmett Dunleavy (Nth Sligo) 38:37; 19 Eddie McGinley (Annadale) 38:51; 20 Jarleth Falls (Ballymean and Antrim) 39:12; 21 David Morwood (Anadale, M40) 39:12; 23 Ciaran Dhhoerty (Letterkenny, M35) 39:29; 25 Michael McKillop (St Malachy’s) 39:39; 26 Greg Roberts (City of Derry) 39:59.
NI & Ulster Championships: 1 McAlister, 2 Agnew, 3 Scullion. Teams – 1 Annadale Striders 73; 2 St Malachy’s 80; 3 City of Derry 120. .
M17 (47): 1 Callum Matthews (Kilbarchan) 19:29; 2 Neil Gourley (Giffnock Nth) 19:38; 3 Ryan Thomson (Ronhill Cambuslang Hrs) 19:47; 4 Ian Hartnett (Togher) 19:50; 5 Conal Kirk (Lagan Valey) 19:51; 6 Killian Mooney (DSD) 20:01. 4. I Hartnett (Togher AC) Teams – 1 Togher 40; 2 Ronhill Cambuslang Hrs 42; 3 DSD AC 47.
M20 (16) : 1 Harvey Dixon (Aldershot) 18:34; 2 Stephen Kerr (Armagh) 18:51; 3 Chris Perrin (Cannock & Stafford) 19:18; 4 Patrick Monaghan (St Colman’s College Newry) 19:44; 5 Andrew Monaghan (St Colman’s College Newry); 6 Ryan Hot (Willowfield) 20:00. Team – St Colman’s College.
AAI Games, Nenagh (PDF of full results at AAI website)
Women – 60m Race 1 : 1 Amy Foster (Lisburn) 7.52; 2 Claire Bergin (DSD) 7.67; 3 Joan Helay (Bandon) 7.79. Race 2 – 1 Foster 7.55; 2 Healy 7.80; 3 Aoife MacNeill (DSD) 7.82. 60H: Katey Bird (Leevale) 9.47. 200m: 1 Katey Bird (Leevale) 27.64; 2 Rachel Murray (Fingallians) 29.29; 3 Sharon Kehoe (Kilmore) 29.93. 400m: 1 Bergin 55.34; 2 Sinead Denny (DSD) 57.73; 3 Kate O’Halloran (Templeogue) 60.77. 1000m: 1 Laura Crowe (Riocht) 2:50.97; 2 Sara Treacy (Moynalvy) 2:52.69; 3 Orla Drumm (UCC) 2:54.36. 3km walk: Laura Reynolds (Mohill) 13.23.18. Long jump: 1 Mary McLoone (Tir Chonaill) 6.13; 2 Kelly Proper (Ferrybank) 5.98; 3 Antoinette Stafford (DMP) 5.75. Shot: 1 Alana Frattorrilli (Limerick) 10.50; 2 Lucy Moore-Fox (DSD) 8.73; 3 Katie O’Donoghue (Craughwell) 8.25.
Men- 60m Race 1: 1 David Hynes (Menapians) 7.05; 2 Patrick Phelan (DSD) 7.16; 3 Deanna O’Byrne (DSD) 7.24. Race 2 – Hynes 7.02; 2 Kileen 7.22; 3 Adrian Jackman (Menapians)7.36. 200m: 1 Hynes 22.31; 2 David Killeen (Leevale) 22.86; 3 Stephen Kelly (Tullamore) 23.93. 400m: 1 Kieran Kelly (Raheny) 51.09; 2 Gerard O’Shea (Dooneen) 55.56; 3 Patrick Phelan (DSD) 51.06. 1000m: 1 Dean Cronin (Blarney) 2:27.58; 2 Mark Hanrahan (Leevale) 2:27.78; 3 Sam Kelly (Fingallians) 2:30.76. 3km walk: Niall Prendeville (Farnfore MV) 13:32.30. Long jump: Stephen Murphy (Ferrybank) 5.94; 2 Barry Quigg (Sliabh Liag) 5.90; 3 Adam Raitt (Bros Pearse) 5.43. High jump: 1 Barry Pender (St bban’s) 2.15; 2 Quigg 1.80; 3 Denis Coghlan (St Finbarr’s) 1.56. Triple jump: 1 Denis Finnegan (Leevale) 14.25; 2 Quigg 11.78. Shot: 1 Sean Breathnach (GCH) 15.58; 2 Kieran Stout (Celbridge) 13.40; 3 David Tierney (Leevale) 12.46. 56 lb for distance: 1 Tierney 8.16; 2 Breathnach 8.01.
Woodie’s DIY Combined Events Indoor Championships, Nenagh .
Women – Senior: 1 Leona Byrne (SLOT) 3396; 2 Grainne Moggan (DSD) 3198; 3 Helen Buckley (Raheny Shamrock) 2631. Junior: 1 Caoimhe Basquille (Sli Cualann) 2819; 2 Karen Dunne (Bohermeen) 2609; 3 Sinead Gaffney (Craughwell) 2504.
Men – Senior: 1 Ger Cremin (Riocht) 2674; 2 Derek Callan (Crusaders) 2590; 3 Keith King (Kilmurry Ibr NC) 2538. Junior: 1 Simon Doyle (SLOT) 3061; 2 David McGeary (KCH) 2857; 3 Sean Gill (Claremorris) 2536.
Masters – M35-M45: 1 Patrick Curran (Tallaght) 2638; 2 Colin McHugh (Drogheda and Dist)2313; 3 Brendan Meagher (Nenagh) 2178. M50+: 1 Joe Gough (W Waterford) 1561; 2 Larry O’Grady (Bilboa) 1125. John Terriff (St Abban’s) 1113. W35:Geraldine Finnegan (Dunleer) 2387.
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