Leevale’s Lizzie Lee ran a personal best 74 mins 05 when finishing second in today’s Barcelona Half Marathon in Spain. At ten miles Lee was on target for a 72:30 time, but the return of a calf niggle she suffered last December saw her reduced to a limp for the final three miles. On a perfect day for distance running, Florence Kiplagat won the race in a world record time of 65 mins 7 secs – after Lizzie had helped her pin on her race number!
Of the Irish men, Raheny’s Mick Clohisey ran 64 mins 40 secs but Sean Hehir of Rathfarnham
WSAF was forced to pull out at eight miles.
AT THE MILLROSE GAMES in New York, Ciara Mageean of UCD ran a time of 8.55.09 to finish seventh in the 3000m. The time is comfortably inside the European Indoors qualifying time of 9 mins. Also in the USA, Kevin Batt of DSD ran a time of 7:51.87 for 3000m.
IN SHEFFIELD, at the British Indoors, Sara Treacy of Dunboyne won the 3000m in a personal best 9:06.27, outsprinting Englands’s Emilie Gorecka who finished in 9:06.27. Maria McCambridge of DSD was fifth in 9:14.99 and Newcastle’s Kerry O’Flaherty seventh in 9:19.51. In the 1500m, DSD’s Claire Tarplee finished third in 4:15.65, while in the 60m, Phil Healy of Bandon was thirdin 7.47 secs, while Lisburn’s Amy Foster was seventh in 7.54 seconds.
Paul Pollock of Annadale Striders was eighth in the men’s 3000m in of 8:13.53, followed by DSD’s Brendan O’Neill tenth in the personal best 8:16.70.
FERRYBANK’S Andrew Connick and Grace McConnell of Ballyroan Abbeyleix were the winners of the Bausch and Lomb 4-Mile in Kilmacthomas. Bantry’s Alan O’Shea was first home at the Tommy Ryan Memorial 5-Mile, organisedby Eagle AC in Carrigaline. The women’s race ended in a dead heat between Laoise Ni Thuama and Helen Leonard.
EMMETT Dunleavy and Emma Donlon were the winners at the Garda BHAA Cross-Country races in Dublin’s Phoenix Park.
Sunday February 15
Tommy Ryan Memorial 5-Mile, Carrigaline, Co Cork.
Men: 1 Alan O’Shea (Bantry) 25:07, 2 S McGrath (East Cork) 25:56, 3 A Sheehan (Leevale) 27:24, 4 A O’Brien (Eagle) 28:17; 5 W Sosnowski (Eagle, M40) 28:21, 6 M Coakley (Navy) 28:27. M40: 2 J O’Callaghan (Eagle) 29:42, 3 A Bateman 31:10. M45: 1 T Cambridge (Eagle) 29:44, 2 P O’Connor (Eagle) 30:23, 3 F O’Meara (Midleton) 31:21. M50: 1 K Devine (St Finbarr’s) 28:55, 2 D O’Callaghan (Eagle) 33:06, 3 D Cronin (Mallow) 34:27.M55: 1 J Kelleher 31:19, 2 D Carroll (Eagle) 33:38, 3 M McGrath (Eagle) 34:44. M60: 1 T Huff (Ballynonty) 33:17, 2 A O’Farrell (Carrigaline RR) 36:21, 3 J Quigley (Eagle) 36:28. M65: 1 R Piotrowski (Eagle) 33:02, 2 J Murray (Rising Sun) 38:38, 3 B Sisk 39:38. M70: 1 J Cotter 44:46, 2 K Cummins 57:27, 3 F Kelleher 57:41. M75: 1 J O’Leary (Leevale) 40:07, 2 P Cronin 51:06.
Women: =1 Laoise Ní Thuama/Helen Leonard (Leevale, W40) 31:20, 3 Nollaig O’Neill (Leevale, W40) 31:28, 4 U Plant (W40) 32:25, 5 N Cronin (St Finbarr’s) 32:28, 6 D Twohig (St Finbarr’s, W40) 32:30.W45: 1 O Rourke (Ballymore-Cobh) 34:44, 2 B Looney (Eagle) 41:09, 3 C Hyde 44:18; W50: 1 K Cronin (Mallow) 40:51, 2 D Qunlan 41:43, 3 S Muckian 45:13. W55: 1 M Radley 43:31; W60: 1 D Anthony 52:52.
Bausch and Lomb 5-Mile, Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford (Race 4, Michael Roche Carpets Series; 230 finishers)
Men: 1 Andrew Connick (Ferrybank) 25:55, 2 Noel Murphy (Waterford) 26:29, 3 Tony O’ Reilly (Ballyroan Abbeyleix) 26:54, 4 A Coghlan (Crusaders) 27:01. M40: Alan Ryan (West Waterford) 29.20 M45: Brendan Aspel (Waterford) 31.26. M50: Martin Hayes (West Waterford); 31.02 M55: Walter Keane (Waterford) 30.43.
Women: 1 Grace McConnell (Ballyroan Abbeyleix) 31:41, 2 Sally Forristal (St Joseph’s) 31:51, 3 Angela McCann (Clonmel) 31:58, 4 Maeve Savage (Waterford, W35) 32:01. W40: Corinna Walsh (West Waterford) 32.21 W45: Elaine Barry (Tramore) 37.12. W50: Bernie Prendergast (West Waterford) 40.11. Junior: Aoife Hamilton (West Waterford) 34.12 230 competed.
Gort 4km, Co Galway (www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Matt Bidwell 26:19, 2 O Byrne 27:36, 3 M Grealish 29:65. Women: 1 L McTigue 34:16, 2 M Flannery 35:53, 3 M O’Driscoll 37:33.
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