Bronze medal winning Irish team – Caroline Crowley,Lizzie Lee, Kerry O’Flaherty, Fionnula McCormack, Ciara Durkan, Michelle Finn.
Fionnuala McCormack of Kilcoole finished a fighting fourth in the Spar European Cross-Country Championships in Hyeres.
With Leevale’s Lizzie Lee running a wonderfully consistent race to finish 13th, Caroline Crowley, a brilliant 23rd, Ciara Durkan 43rd, and the backing of Michele Finn and Kerry O’Flaherty, the team ended up with 83 points. That put them comfortably clear of Spain, who had been lying third earlier in the race.
The race was won by the Ethiopian-born Sifan Hassan, who was running for the Netherlands. Gebre, an Ethiopian running in Spanish colours, attempted to stay with Hassan but ran badly out of steam midway through the race.
In the men’s race, Mick Clohisey finished 37th. Winner was the Kenyan Kaya running for Turkey; second was Bezebah, the Ethiopian who has served a two-year ban for doping. He was running in Spanish colours – and wearing “I Run Clean” on his number. First true European was Carvalho in 6th place running for France. Spain was first team, with its team of Kenyans and Moroccans finishing 2nd 3rd, 4th, 5th. France was second.
Best of the Irish in the junior men’s race was Jack O’Leary who finished 23rd, passing a fading Kevin Mulcaire in the final stages of the race. In the first ten minutes of the race, Mulcaire had looked comfortable in the leading pack, even briefly leading, but when defending champion Yemaneberhan Crippa of Italy injected a burst of speed, he fell back rapidly. Best of the Irish in the U23 men’s race was Brandon Hargreaves, who finished 31st. In the women’s races, Sophie Murphy finished 54th of the juniors and Shona Heaslip 33rd U23.
AT HOME, Gary Thornton from Galway won the Aware 10km held in very wet conditions at the Phoenix Park. He beat Brian Maher of Kilkenny and Rathfarnham’s Sean Hehir. First woman was Sarah Mulligan of DSD. Winners of the Vodafone BHAA 5km cross-country in Marlay Park were DSD’s Killian Mooney and Orla Drumm of Crusaders. Philip Harty and former junior international race walker Kate Veale, both West Waterford, were the winners of the Clean Zone Technology Paddy Joe Curran Memorial Turkey Trot 5-Mile (phew!), held in Dungarvan.
Results
Sunday January 13
European C-C Championships, Hyeres, France
Women – Junior: 1 Konstanze Klosterhalfen(Ger) 13.12, 2 Harriet Knowles-Jones (GB) 13.16, 3 Aline Reh (Ger) 13.20. Irish: 54 Sophie Murphy 14.35, 55 Emma O’Brien 14.38, 59 Nadia Power 14.40, 61 Aoibhe Richardson 14.40, 67 Deirdre Healy 14.50; Isabel Carron dns. Teams (11) – 1 Germany 20, 2 Great Britain 40, 3 Denmark 62,…11 Ireland 228.
U23: 1 Louise Carton (Ger) 19.46, 2 Jip Vastenburg (Ned) 19.46, 3 Amla Terzic (Srb) 19.49. Irish: 33 Shona Heaslip 20.58, 36 Emma Mitchell 21.01. Teams (6) – 1 GB 41, 2 France 71, 3 Italy 82.
Senior: 1 Sifan Hassan (Ned) 25.47, 2 Kate Avery (GB) 25.55, 3 Karolina Grovdal (Nor) 25.57, 4 Fionnuala McCormack (Ire) 26.00. Other Irish: 13 Lizzie Lee 26.41, 23 Caroline Crowley 27.01, 43 Ciara Durkan 27.34, 54 Michelle Finn 28.05, 55 Kerry O’Flaherty 28.11 Teams – 1 GB 33, 2 France 78, 3 Ireland 83.
Men – Junior 5.9km: 1 Yemaneberhan Crippa (Ita) 17.39, 2 Fabien Palcau (Fra) 17.45, 3 El Madhu Lahoufi (Spa) 17.48. Irish – 23 Jack O’Leary 18.14, 25 Kevin Mulcaire 19.29, 52 Peter Lynch 18.47, 65 Pierre Murchan 19.09, 19.09, 70 James Edgar 19.17, 75 Cathal Doyle 19.28. Teams – 1 France 27, 2 Italy 29, 3 GB 6.
U23: 1 Jonny Davies (GB) 23.32, 2 Carlos Mayo (Esp) 23.35, 3 Amanal Petres (Ger) 23.39. Irish – 31 Brandon Hargreaves 24.22, 39 Sean Tobin 24.31, 43 Aaron Hanlon 24.39, 48 Hugh Armstrong 24.52, 50 Thomas Moran 24.57, 59 Keith Fallon 26.07. Teams (8) – 1 Spain 39, 2 Great Britain 41, 3 France 59…7 Ireland 161.
Senior 10.1km: 1 Ali Kaya (Tur) 29.20, 2 Alemayehu Bezebah (Esp) 29.31, 3 Adel Mechal (Esp) 29.51. Irish – 37 Mick Clohisey 31.13, Paul Pollock 31.31, John Coghlan 31.32, Sergiu Ciobanu 31.41, Joe Sweeney 32.07, Ryan Creech 32.23. Teams (11) – 1 Spain 14, 2 France 35, 3 Great Britain 78….11 Ireland 181.
Vodafone BHAA 5km C-C, Marlay Park, Dublin. www.bhaa.ie.
Men – 1 Killian Mooney 15.29, 2 Alvin Coughlan 15.31, 2 Paul Fleming (Ornua, M40) 15.53, 4 Ronan Kearns (Govt Services, M35) 15.57, 5 Damien Martin (M50) 16.00. Women: 1 Orla Drumm (Doctor) 17.30, 2 Sonya McConnon (TCD) 18.15, 3 Donna Mahon (W40) 18.51. W50: Mary Watters (Watters Bus Hire) 20.30. W55:Sheelagh Jones (Teachers) 21.00. W60: Mary Jennings (Teachers) 23.13.
Clean Zone Technology Paddy Joe Curran Memorial Turkey Trot 5-Mile, Marine Bar, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
Men: 1 P Harty (W Waterford) 25: 56, 2 R Zakis (W Waterford) 26:50, 3 F Quinlan (Waterford, M40) 27:01, 4 D Smith (Ballynonty) 27:47, 5 K Kenneally (West Waterford) 28:43, 6 P Healy (West Waterford) 28:56. M40: 2 A Ryan (W Waterford) 29:52, 3 A Cullen (W Waterford) 30:41. M45: 1 T Mahony 31:48, 2 M Dwyer 31:59, 3 T O’Leary ( all W Waterford) 33:23. M50:2 B Walsh 31:51, 3 M Hayes (W Waterford) 33:01. M55:1 E O’Regan (Youghal) 34:25, 2 C Lyons (W Waterford) 35:02, 3 G Cantwell (W Waterford) 36:16. M60:1 L Dwyer 39:30, 2 J Walshe (East Cork) 40:37, 3 P Proctor (WWaterford) 40:59.
Women:1 K Veale (W Waterford) 32:50, 2 S Prendergast (W Waterford) 34:48, 3 T Rhatigan (Sportsworld) 35:08, 4 L Nyhan (W Waterford, W40) 35:12, 5 O O’Mahony-Bannon (W Waterford) 38:14, 6 A Dunford (W Waterford, W45) 38:16. W35:1 S Nugent (W Waterford) 40:38, 2 M Cunningham (W Waterford) 42:04, 3 L O’Neill 43:33. W40:2 C Kiely (W Waterford) 40:33, 3 P Eichelmann-Daly (Youghal) 40:43. W45:2 A Gaffney (W Waterford) 41:02, 3 C Russell (W Waterford) 42:52. W50:1 A Fitzgerald (W Waterford) 38:58, 2 G Houlihan (Carrick) 44:41, 3 K Byrne 45:37. W55: 1 J Ui Chuirrin (West Waterford) 41:52, 2 M Conway (W Waterford) 45:48, 3 N Conway (W Waterford) 51:52. W65:1 T Gough (W Waterford) 52:23.
Saturday December 12
Aware 10k/5k, Phoenix Park, Dublin (www.myrunresults.com).
10km (946 finishers) – Men: 1 Gary Thornton (GCH) 30.41, 2 Brian Maher (KCH) 31.01, 3 Sean Hehir (Rathfarnham WSAF 31.34. Women: 1 Sarah Mulligan (DSD) 36.26, 2 Maria O’Sullivan (Raheny Shamrock) 37.44, 3 Aisling Jordan 40.51.
5km (494 finishers) – Men:1 David Flynn (Clonliffe) 15.35, 2 Feidhlim MacGowan ( N Sligo) 16.05, 3 Jason Kehoe 16.35. Women: 1 Tara Whyte (Clonliffe) 19.30, 2 Michaela Parker 19.39, 3 Elaine Parker 19.39.
The Eskra Rudolf Run 10k.www.eskra.org.
1 Stephen Duncan (Omagh Hrs, M40) 31.23, 2 Stephen Wylie (N Down) 34.42, 3 Anne Marie McGlynn (Letterkenny, W35) 35.01.
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