Freddy Keron Sittuk not only won the Pat the Baker Longford Marathon but set a new course record of 2 hrs 22 mins 36 secs. Freddy, from Kenya, has become a familiar figure on the Irish roads since arriving here for the Belfast Marathon in May. In second place in 2:31.51 was Clonliffe’s Gary O’Hanlon running his sixth marathon this year; he has finished either first or second in all.
Winning a remarkable fourth consecutive women’s title was Tullamore’s Pauline Curley in an excellent 2:44.25, which is a new women’s course record. It was also the 44-year-old Curley’s fastest time in some years. It’s been a good year for her – last June she won the Cork Marathon in 2:45.5 and a few months earlier she took the national master’s cross country title. She was also second woman in last October’s Dublin Marathon in 2:45.51.
Curley has been a Longford “regular” for many years, winning the half marathon for the first time in 2006 and again in 2007 and 2009 (2008 was the year she so memorably ran for Ireland at the Olympics). Among her other big achievements is her 2009 world master’s marathon title with a time of 2:43.56. Not bad for a woman who first represented Ireland at the 2002 World Cross!
Winning the half marathon in 68 mins 46 secs was West Waterford’s Philip Harty. Michelle McGee of Bros Pearse, running her debut half marathon in her native county, was first woman in 85 mins 8 secs.
* At the Dublin City Triathlon in Islandsbridge and the Phoenix Park, Olympian Gavin Noble proved the class of the field in the Olympic distance race. He came out of the water in first place and never relinquished his lead, finishing in 1 hrs 57 mins 25 secs. Kevin Thornton in second place was almost four minutes behind. The women’s race saw a battle to the line, with Rachel Glendon just holding off a fast finishing Joyce Wolfe.
* Clonliffe’s Sara McCormack who is based in Scotland ran 15.45.61, for 5,000m record at the BMC meet in Coventry. Eoin Pierce finished 2nd in the A 1500 in 3.54.02. Alistair Cragg, also Clonliffe, has won the Edmonton Half Marathon in Canada in 64 mins 59 secs.
Sunday August 25
Longford Marathon, Half Marathon and Ultra (39 miles), www.longfordmarathon.com.
Marathon – Men: 1 Freddy Keron Sittuk (Ken) 2:22.36, 2 Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe Hrs) 2:31.51, 3 Julio Cesar F Castro (Kilmurry Ibk NC) 2:38.45. M40: Wieslaw Sosnowski (Eagle) 2:40.20, 2 Damien McSharry (Sligo) 2:58.02, 3 Kevin Sweeney 3:00.54. M45: 1 Geoff Smyth 3:07.57, 2 Liam Whelan 3:17.30, 3 Adrian McCreesh 3:18.58. M50: 1 Martin Halvey 3:00.33, 2 Ian James 3:05.56, 3 Sean McCormack 3:11.29. M55: 1 Greg McClure 3:12.42, 2 Sean McGowan 3:37.10, 3 Dennis McMonagle 3:38.46. M60: 1 Niall Mathews (RTE) 3:37.43, 2 Bill Kennedy 3:59.46, 3 Colin Longworth 4:02.22. M65: 1 Patrick Hannon 4:05.38, 2 Vincent Casey 4:43.02. M70: 1 Seam Lambe 5:06.42, 2 Liam Fenlon 5:54.00, 3 Denis Keogh 7:02.29. Wheelchair – Jerry Forde (Blarney, M60) 4:10.22.
Women: Pauline Curley (Tullamore Hrs, W40) 2:44.22, 2 Angela McCann (Clonmel, W40) 3:03.36, 3 Beth Sweeney 3:21.44. W40: 3 Claire Dineen 3:53.53. W45: 1 Caroline Kelly 3:30.45, 2 Jean Coleman 4:12.50, 3 Eilish Bell 4:27.58. W55: Margaret O’Donnell 4:36.12. W55: 1 Mary Jennings (Waterford AC) 3:24.02, 2 Kay McColgan 5:43.42. W60: Colette O’Hagan 5:12.37, 2 Joan McGuinness 5:32.24.
Relay (17 teams) – 1 The Realy Good Team 2:59.54, 2 Anthony Owens Team 3:08.26, 3 Toweys 3:09.50
Half Marathon – Men: 1 Philip Harty (W Waterford) 68.46, 2 Richard Gorm 71.22, 3 Tudor Moldov 72.38. Women: 1 Michelle McGee (Bros Pearse) 85.08, 2 Mary Gleeson 88.01, 3 Siobhan Carroll-Fitzsimons 89.10.
Ultra – Men: 1 Brian Dunne 5:05.21, 2 Graham Whittaker 5:21.30, 3 Kevin McGeeney 5:22.12. Women: 1 Sinead Phelan 5:43.14, 2 Jean Molloy 6:56.12, 3 Eleanor O’Neill 7:28.54.
Dublin City Triathlon ( www.championchipireland.com)
Standard (372 finishers) – Men: 1 Gavin Noble 1:57.25, 2 Kevin Thornton 2:01.24, 3 Rory Sexton 2:01.48, 4 Trevor Woods 2:04.14, 5 David Richardson 2:04.18, 6 Bjorn Ludick 2:06.00. Women: 1 Rachel Glendon 2:15.25, 2 Joyce Wolfe 2:15.36, 3 Jennifer Duffy 2:15.56, 4 Katie Cooke 2:16.47, 5 Deirdre Casey 2:19.25, 6 Anna Crooks 2:20.01.
Sprint (248 starters) – Men: 1 Brian Campion (MJ) 55.41, 2 Chris Flood 58.25, 3 Jack Molloy(MJ) 58.38. Women: 1 Hannah Brady 62.44, 2 Fiona Goor 63.30, 3 Orla Drumm 64.52.
Clonbur Half Marathon (49 finishers; www.redtagtiming.com)
Men: 1 Noel Gibbons (M40) 85.50, 2 Jimmy Lawlor (M45) 90.25, 3 Sean Og Molloy (M40) 90.40. Women: 1 Colette Sweeney (W40) 93.06, 2 Kathleen Barry (W40) 95.36, 3 Siobhain Egan 99.52.
APFS Harriers 5km Charity Fun Run, Huntstown, Dublin Airport (172 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Colm O’Connell (Raheny Shamrock) 16.43, 2 Michael McSwiggan (Portmarnock) 17.46, 3 Dave Barry 18.08. Jun: Cillian Browne (Greystones & Dist) 18.40. M40: Pat O’Dwyer 19.48. M50: Paul Kearns (Tara) 20.08. M55: Eugene Coppinger (Clonliffe) 21.09.
Women: 1 Marion Doherty (Garda AC) 20.48, 2 Rhona Duane (Donore) 20.54, 3 Karen Clarke (Bros Pearse, W40) 21.54. W50: Joan McTernon (Donore) 22.52. Jun: Caitriona Finlay 24.23.
Oylegate/Glenbrien GAA Half Marathon and 10km, Co Wexford. (www.actiontiming.ie)
Half Marathon (95 finishers) – Men: 1 Tom Hogan (SBR) 75.37, 2 David Barron (Slaney Oly, M40) 77.58, 3 Tommy McElwaine (SBR, M40) 83.59. M50: Mick Morrissey (Slaney Oly) Women: 1 Siobhan O’Shea (Slaney Oly) 1:49.38, 2 Denise Kinsella (Slaney Oly) 1:49.52, 3 Jean Mernagh (Slaney Oly) 1:50.57.
10km – Men: 1 Myles Gibbons (SBR) 33.45, 2 Martin Monaghan (Slaney Oly) 35.15, 3 Paul Gibbons (SBR) 35.44. Women: 1 Aoife Joyce (Crusaders) 41.00, 2 Dena Hogan 41.43, 3 Ciara Wilson 44.35.
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