Freddy Keron Sittuk set off on a mission to break the course record at the 5th Strawberry Half Marathon in Enniscorthy today, but the weather decided otherwise . Although it wasn’t cold, gusting winds sapped the energy and though the second half of the course is less hilly, it proved a battle all the way to the finish line. The course record time of 68 mins 4 secs came when Sittuk came into view on the other side of the river with a bridge still to cross and about 400m to go. He finished in 69 mins 51 secs – not bad for a man who had won the Walled City Marathon in Derry only a week earlier.
“I tried to run an even race but it’s a very hilly course and it was windy. Very tough,” said the 32-year-old Kenyan who was winning the race for a second year. He’s staying with SBR’s Tom Hogan for the next week or so and it was Hogan finished second in 73 mins 12. On a good day for SBR, Paul Lynch was third and Myles Gibbons fourth.
First woman was Orna Dilworth of Sportsworld who finishing in 89 mins 37 secs – just outsprinting Annaleigh Hoare of Kilmore. Third and first master was Olwyn Dunne of Crusaders.
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IN KILMACOW, Brian Maher of Kilkenny City Harriers and Jackie Carthy of Kilmore were the winners of the annual Little South Run 4-mile, organised by St Senan’s AC.
A NIGHT EARLIER, Star of the Sea’s Mark Hoey won the Patrick Bell 5km in Bohermneen in 15 mins 34 secs. Aoife Talty of Raheny had her second win inside a week and broke 17 minutes, finishing in 16 mins 57 secs.
NIALL SHEIL of St Killian’s and local athlete Martin O’Dwyer were the winners of the Carraig Hotel Deadman’s 5 mile in Carrick-on-Suir on Friday evening. Sheil ran of 26.41; O’Dwyer 29.53. Next stop for the Three Counties Challenge is Co Waterford where the Rathgormack 5 mile race takes place on Friday July 11 (7:30pm).
ON THE TRACK, Jason Harvey of Crusaders ran 51.72 secs to win the 400m hurdles at the NI and Ulster Track and Field Championships at the Mary Peters track in Belfast.
A close second was Paul Byrne of St Abban’s in 51.91 secs. Jessie Barr of Ferrybank battled atrocious weather to win the the women’s 400m hurdles in 60.11. Ben Reynolds of North Down won the 110h hurldes in 13.83 secs.
Jason Smyth of Derry City TC won the 100m in 10.87, beating Jamie Davis of Raheny Shamrock, who ran 11.09 secs. Winning the women’s 100m was Catherine McManus of DCH, who just held off Megan Marrs of City of Lisburn to win in 11.93 secs; Marrs was a clear winner of the 100m hurdles.
City of Lisburn’s Roseanna McGuckian, just home for the European Youth Olympic Trials in Baku, won the 200m, in a World Juniort B standards time of 24.38 secs. Amy Foster, also City of Lisburn had beaten McGuckian in her heat in 24.32 secs, but did not run in the final.
DSD’s Sinead Denny proved that she is over a recent injury scare by winning a closely fought women’s 400m in 55.81 secs. Just behind her were Lagan Valley’s Katie Kirk in 55.88 secs and Newry’s Aislinn Crossey in 56.63 secs.
Annalee’s Clodagh O’Reilly won the women’s 1500m comfortably in 4:39.51; Eddie McGinley of Annadale won the 5000m in 14:35.10.
In the field, Trim’s David Tobin won the long jump with 7.04m. Adam McMullen of Crusaders jumped 14.55m for victory in the triple jump. Robert Moffett of Ballymena, aged 19, threw 63.09m to win the hammer. Full result at www.athleticsni.org
MARK ENGLISH of UCD finished 5th in the 800m at the FBK Games in Hengelo Holland with a time of 1:46.22 – inside the Euro qualification mark of 1:46.45. Last Thursday, Paul Robinson of St Coca’s ran 3:36.45 for 12th in the 1500m at the Rome Diamond League meet.
Sunday June 8
Slaney Olympic Strawberry Fair Half Marathon and 5-Mile, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford (www.redtagtiming.com).
Half marathon (269 finishers) – Men: 1 Freddy Keron Sittuk (Kenya) 69.51, 2 Tom Hogan (SBR) 73.12, 3 Paul Lynch (SBR) 75.17, 4 Myles Gibbons (SBR) 77.45, 5 Martin Monaghan (Slaney Oly, M40) 78.29, 6 Tommy McElwaine (SBR, M45) 79.30, 7 Alan Ryan (Wexford TC, M45) 80.33, 8 Billy Reck (M45) 80.50, 9 Barry Hartnett 81.13, 10 Ger Doyle (SBR, M40) 81.31. M40: 3 Eddie Kennedy (DMP) 83.32. M50: 1 Pat Morrissey 96.31, 2 Dermot O’Shea 1:41.38, Stephen Willoughby (Sportsworld) 1:4236. M55: 1 Michael O’Gorman (United Striders) 1:40.00, 2 Jim Sutton (Slaney Oly) 1:41.38, 3 Paul Foley (Kilmore 1:44.10. M60: Dave Brady (Raheny Shamrock) 1:53.32.
Women: Orna Dilworth (Sportsworld) 89.37, 2 Annaleigh Hoare (Kilmore) 1:29.39, 3 Olwyn Dunne (Crusaders, W45) 90.48, 4 Sarah Healy (Nth Sligo) 90.52, 5 Grace Gannon 98.20, 6 Mary Doyle (SBR) 98.56, 7 Grainne Grennan (W55) 1:41.19, 8 Lynda Fay 1:42.41, 9 Geraldine Dowling 1:43.25, 10 Victoria Bisbee 1:43.36. W60: Mary Nolan Hickey (Sli Cualann) 1:52.04.
5-Mile (177 finishers) – Men: 1 Niall Sheil (St Killians, M40) 28.06, 2 Gavin Lynch (Roscrea) 28.43, 3 Fergal O Tuathail 29.00. M50: Ciaran Quirke (Menapians) 33.20. Women: 1 Michelle Cox 32.03, 2 Sinead O’Brien (W40) 35.39, 3 Clare Keely (Coral runners) 35.57.
Little South Run, Kilmacow, Co Kilkenny (315 finishers; www.totaltiming.ie)
Men: 1 Brian Maher (KCH) 19.45, 2 Andrew Connick (Ferrybank) 20.44, 2 Tommy Evans (Gowran) 20.54, 4 Noel Murphy (Waterford AC) 21.19, 5 Alban Coughlan (Crusaders) 21.39, 6 Tommy Payne (Tinryland, M50) 21.44.M40: 1 John McGrath (United Striders) 22.43, 2 Paul Moran (KCH) 22.44, 3 James McCormack (Portlaoise AC) 23.15. M45: 1 Sean Caulfield (St Senan’s) 22.51, 2 Tim Butler (KCH) 25.20, 3 Paul Sheehan ( St Joseph’s AC) 26.18. M50: 2 Derek Nolan (Clonmel AC) 23.49, 3 Darryl Hale (Waterford AC) 25.29. M60: Joe Gough ( W Waterford) 24.38. Jun: Darragh Brennan 25.08.
Women: 1 Jackie Carthy (Kilmore) 23.56, 2 Martina O’Dwyer (Carrick-on-Suir) 24.17, 3 Sylvia Malone (Waterford AC) 24.28, 4 Sally Forristal (St Joseph’s) 25.23, 5 Maria Griffin (St Joseph’s) 25.30, 6 Hannah Rockett (St Senan’s, WJ) 26.13. W40: Mag O’Connor (St Joseph’s) 30.26. W45: Maggie Griffith 30.13. W50: Margaret Dillon 31.47.
Run the Rock 11km Challenge, Macreddin Village, Co Wicklow (158 finishers; www.athleticstiming.com)
Men: 1 Mick Byrne (Sli Cualann, M50) 45.30, 2 Tom Moore (Sli Cualann) 46.21, 3 Colm Mullen 46.49, 4 Cormac Conroy (Sli Cualann, M40) 46.51. Women: 1 Rachel Wislon 54.18, 2 Niamh O Ceallaigh (Sli Cualann) 54.43, 3 Maura Matthews (Clonliffe, W40) 56.18, 4 Joy Johnson (Sli Cualann, W40) 56.50.
Saturday June 7
Patrick Bell Memorial 5km, Bohermeen, Co Meath (414 finishersd; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Mark Hoey (Star of the Sea) 15.34, 2 Conor Healy (Clonliffe) 15.40, 3 Carl Dunne (Dunleer) 15.54, 4 Neil Witorski 15.58, 5 Peter Mooney 15.59, 6 Tony Reilly (Ballyroan, M40) 16.01, 7 Gary Condon (Sli Cualann, M40) 16.15, 8 Paul Cowhie (Civil Service, M50) 156.22, 9 Davy Byrne (Clonliffe, M40) 16.23, 10 Derek Croal Bohermeen) 16.30. M45: 1 Ollie Donnelly (Mullingar Hrs) 16.57, 2 George Shields (NER) 17.30, 3 Aidan Swan (Dunshaughlin) 17.48. M50: 2 Patrick O’Grady (D&D) 16.31, 3 Dermot Clarke (Bohermeen) 17.07. M55: 1 Dermot Kerr (Armagh) 17.06, 2 Eamonn McMahon (NER) 18.40, 3 Michael Mulligan (Dunleer) 19.46. M60: 1 Brian Lynch (NER) 17.34, 2 Noel Hanratty (Trim) 20.14, 3 Conor Cooney (D&D) 20.42. Jun: Conor Rennicks (Bohermeen) 18.02. Teams – 1 North East Runners 141, 2 Bohermeen 188, 3 Civil Service Harriers 222.
Women: 1 Aoife Talty (Raheny Shamrock) 16.57, 2 Emilia Dan (Dunboyne, W40) 18.34, 3 Anna Sadowska (Civil Service) 18.40, 4 Mary Hanley (Na Fianna, W45) 18.51, 5 Ide Nic Dhomhnaill (Donore) 19.01, 6 Sorcha Nic Dhomhnaill (Donore) 19.10, 7 Linda Fahy (Dunshaughlin, W40) 19.18, 8 Suzanne Foot (Sli Cualann, W40) 19.26, 9 Lorna Davy-Fitzgerald (Mallow) 19.29, 10 Caitriona O’Brien (Bohermeen) 19.35. W45: 2 Imelda Clarke (Na Fianna) 19.51, 3 Ursula Byrne (Dunshaughlin) 20.34. W50: 1 Mary Watters (Navan) 20.32, 2 Linda Gunning (Bohermeen) 21.44, 3 Evelyn O’Reilly (Annalee) 26.11. W55: Nuala Reilly (D&D) 21.47. W60: 1 Phyllis Brown (Star of the Sea) 23.20 2 Margaret McAuley (D&D) 25.58, 3 Josie Power (Fingallians) 26.24. Jun: Ciara Rooney (Navan) 19.55. Teams – 1 Donore Harriers 182, 2 Bohermeen 242, 3 Drogheda and District 256.
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