Raheny’s Fiona Roche set a new course record of 56.53 when finishing first woman at the KOSTAL Mallow ’10’ . Roche, fresh from her victory in the Irish Universities Cross-Country last week, was an impressive 11th overall. Her time qualifies her for the Marathon Mission; she was already a member of the development. squad.
Philip Harty led home the 868 finishers in 51 mins 23 secs, with his West Waterford team mates Sandis Bralitis and Raivis Zakis second and third.
* Sergiu Ciobanu won the Borrisokane 10km in 31 mins 41 secs; Siobhan O’Doherty of the host club was first woman and eighth overall in 35 mins 25 secs. Mick Traynor won the Ned Kelly 4-Mile in Moyglass.
Philip Harty led home the 868 finishers in 51 mins 23 secs, with his West Waterford team mates Sandis Bralitis and Raivis Zakis second and third.
* Sergiu Ciobanu won the Borrisokane 10km in 31 mins 41 secs; Siobhan O’Doherty of the host club was first woman and eighth overall in 35 mins 25 secs. Mick Traynor won the Ned Kelly 4-Mile in Moyglass.
* After his serious bike accident a few years ago, Bryan Keane proved that he is right back in form when he finished fourth at the first ITU Cup of the year in Mooloolaba, Australia. Keane was with the main bunch on the swim and cycle, and battled for second place on the 10km run, only losing out in the sprint for the line. Keane’s time of 1 hrs 55 mins 2 secs put him just 30 seconds behind race winner Javier Gomez of Spain.
In the women’s race, Aileen Morrrison Reid was part of the leading group of seven on the swim and kept with them as the gap grew to three minutes on the cycle. She held on for sixth place on the run.
In the USA, Conor Murphy picked up valuable rankings points when he finished fifth in the Pan American Cup in Sarasota with a strong swim and cycle.
Monday March 18
Men:1 Philip Harty (W Waterford) 51.23, 2 Sandis Bralitis (W Waterford) 51.57, 3 Raivis Zakis (W Waterford) 53.53, 4 John Meade (St Finbarr’s) 54.32, 5 Danny Smith (Ballynonty) 54.38, 6 Wieslaw Sosnowski (Eagle) 54.58. M40: 2 David Ryan (Clonmel) 57.39, 3 Sean Murphy (Trim) 57.57. M45:1 Cathal O’Connell (St Finbarr’s) 55.07, 2 Don Keohane (Rossmore) 58.42, 3 Tony Cambridge (Eagle) 61.25. M50:1 Denis Carroll (Eagle) 68.36, 2 Kevin Boag (Mallow) 69.08, 3 Paul Dinan (St Finbarr’s) 69.54. M55:1 James Kenny (Kilmurry Ibr NC) 64.23, 2 Gerry Cantwell ( W Waterford) 64.30, 3 Willie Hayes (
(St Finbarr’s) 65.19. M60:1 Pat Twomey (Eagle) 65.23, 2 John Foley (W Waterford) 75.44, 3 Denis Sheehan ( Mallow) 77.42. M65: Patrick O’Brien 85.07. M70:1 Jim McNamara (Donore) 73.00, 2 John O’Leary (Leevale) 79.40. Jun:Colin Walsh 72.44.
Women:1 Fiona Roche (Raheny Shamrock) 56.53 (rec), 2 Angela McCann (Clonmel, W40) 59.53, 3 Anne Curley (Donore, W40) 60.41, 4 Anna Doris (Midleton, W40) 64.28, 5 Mary Sweeney (St Fimnbarr’s, W50) 65.09. W35:1 Florence Curley (Donore Hrs) 65.28, 2 Niamh Cronin (St Finbarr’s) 66.59, 3 Annemarie Power (Eagle) 67.11. W40: 1 Sinead Paley 65.43, 2 Geraldine O’Shea (St Finbarr’s) 66.34, 3 Helen Leonard (Leevale) 66.50. W45:1 Ann Moore (Leevale) 65.21, 2 Orla O’Rourke 70.00, 3 Clotilde Fitzgibbon (Grange Fermoy) 70.14. W50:1 Maria Hurley (Bantry) 72.36, 2 Mary Mulcahy (St Finbarr’s) 83.16, 3 Frances Lynch 84.02. W55: 1 Marie O’Reilly 90.40, 2 Geraldine O’Sullivan (Bantry) 94.56, 3 Norma Scanlon 98.01. W60:1 Margaret Barry (Midleton) 92.55, 2 Aileen O’Keeffe 94.57, 3 Catherine Moloney 96.48. W65:Maggie Dunne (Grange Fermoy) 94.15. Jun: Margaret O’Brien (Clonakility 75.48.
Borrisokane AC 10km (188 finishers; www.tipperaryathletics.com)
Men: 1 Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe) 31.41, 2 Liam Brady (Tullamore) 32.28, 3 Paul Buckley (Ferbane) 32.45, 4 Konstantins Savcuks (Latvia) 33.21, 5 Patrick Quinn (Ennis) 33.49, 6 Tony Fogarty (Thurles Crokes) 34.24.M40:Mark Gleeson (Nenagh Oly) 34.42. M50:Raymond Flanagan (Birr) 36.04. M60:Dave Brady (Raheny) 47.54.
Women:1 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane) 35.25, 2 Margaret Danagher (Templemore) 38.23, 3 Marie Fitzgibbon (Thurles Crokes) 42.10, 4 Grainne Costello (Limerick AC, W40) 44.03, 5 Stephanie Culligan (Clonmel, W40) 44.07, 6 Sinead Oakes (Nenagh Tri) 44.37. W50:Carmel Mac Domhnaill ( W Limerick) 45.52.
Men:1 Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe, M35) 75.30, 2 Adam Boyd 76.51, 3 Maurice McMahon (M35) 76.54, 4 Don Travers (M35) 77.265, 5 Ian McGrath (M35) 78.18, 6 Gary Condon (M40) 78.24, 7 George Shields (M45) 80.53, 8 Barry Convery (M35) 80.54. M50:Paul Quigley 90.22
Women: 1 Caitriona McConnell 89.04, 2 Linda Mehan (W40) 98.08, 3 Laura O’Driscoll(?) 99.11, 4 Andrea Kennedy (W40) 1:39.59, 5 Olivia Grant (W35) 1:40.49, 6 Natalie Bowbanks 1:41.15. W55: Mary Madden 1:42.42.
Men: 1 James Cloney 16.18, 2 Nicola Bull 18.03, 3 Aonghus O’Connor 18.04, 4 Bernard McMahon 18.05, 5 Dave Campbell 18.15, 6 Pat Fitzpatrick (Dunleer) 18.29. Women: 2 Val Corbett 20.23, 3 Sally Tipping (Drogheda and Dist) 20.43, 4 Mary McGreehan 21.11, 5 Eva Cummins 21.25, 6 Ciara Ludlow 21.57.
Longford Sports and Leisure Centre 10km, Longford.(122 finishers; www.chipit.ie)
Men:1 Peter Mooney 33.54, 2 Rory Mooney 33.59, 3 Richard Gorman 34.24. Women:1 Sinead Phelan 40.17, 2 Aine O’Reilly 40.39, 3 Monica Denneny 43.17
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