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| Caitriona Jennings |
Caitriona Jennings, back with the Rathfarnham WSAF club after a period with Sportsworld, ran a superb personal best time of 2 hours 36 minutes 17 seconds at the Rotterdam Marathon.
That makes her the fourth Irish woman to achieve the Olympic A standard of 2 hrs 37 mins.
The 31-year-old Donegal native joins Maria McCambridge of Letterkenny who ran 2:36.37 in Rome last month, Linda Byrne of DSD with 2:36.23 in the Dublin Marathon last October and Ava Hutchinson, also DSD, who clocked a time of 2:35:33 at the Houston Marathon in January. As matters stand, the fastest three will be nominated for London 2012, although the final decision rests with AAI high permance director Kevin Ankrom.
Also in Rotterdam, Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu finished 13th of the men in n 2:15. 27 – an agonising 25 seconds off the men’s A standard. Sean Connolly of Tallaght was 22nd in 2:16.42, Gary Thornton of GCH 28th in 2:17.27, Tom Frazer of St Malachy’s 35th in 2:20.00, Breege Connolly of North Belfast Harriers 2:40.25, Gladys Ganiel, also NBH, 2:43.46, Lizzie Lee of Leevale 2:46.33 in her debut marathon.
Ethiopia’s Yemane Adhane ran 2:04.48 for victory; Tiki Galane, also Ethiopia, was first woman in a course record 2:18.58.
In Paris, Alan O’Shea ran 2:21.56 (67.52 at halfway) , Brian MacMahon of Clonliffe 2:26.33 (70.44 halfway) and Lorraine Manning of Raheny 2:46.43 after going through halfway in 1:21.10. Winner was Stanley Biwott in 2:05.11.
* Clonliffe’s Mark Kenneally and Linda Byrne of DSD won the Woodie’s DIY National 10km titles in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Winning the international Spar Great Ireland Run were Ethiopia’s Kenenise Bekele and Gemma Steel of Great Britain. The evergreen Catherina McKiernan finished in 35 mins 30 secs.
*Joanne Cuddihy won the 400m at the Australian Championships in 51.69 – just off the Olympic A qualifying time of 51.55. Younger sister Caitriona ran a personal best 55.03 for eighth place.
* Finn Valley’s Dempsey McGuigan set a new Irish junior hammer record of 69.68m at a meet in England.
Results
Sunday April 15
Woodie’s DIY National 10km Road Race Championships/Spar Great Ireland Run 10km, Phoenix Park, Dublin. Also junior 2.5k. www.greatirelandrun.org.
Woodie’s DIY Irish 10km Championships
Men – 1 Mark Kenneally (Clonliffe Hrs) 29:23; 2 Tomas Fitzpatrick (Tallaght AC); 30:02; 3 Barry Minnock (Rathfarnham WSAF) 30:32; 4 Ed McGinley (Annadale) 30:37; 5 Andrew Agnew (Abbey) 31:05; 6 James McCarthy (East Cork) 31:14.
Women – 1 Linda Byrne (DSD) 33:49; 2 Fiona Roche (Raheny Shamrock) 35:09; 3 Sarah McCormack (Clonliffe Hrs) 35:15; 4 Julie Turley (Dromore) 35:48; 5 Laura Shaughnessy (UCD AC) 36:14; 6 Ailish Malone (Clonliffe Hrs) 36:31.
Spar Great Ireland run10km, Phoenix Park.
Men – 1 Kenenisa Bekele (Eth) 27:49 (rec); 2 Ayad Lamdassem (Spa) 28:48; 3 Daniele Meucci (Ita) 28:49; 4 Jose Manuel Martinez (Spa) 29:00; 5 Nick McCormick (GB) 29:04;
6 Jesus Espana (Spa) 29:22; 7 Mark Kenneally (Clonliffe Hrs) 29:23; 8 Stuart Stokes (GB) 29:31.
Women – 1 Gemma Steel (GB) 32:06; 2 Charlotte Purdue (GB) 32:10; 3 Christelle Daunay (Fra) 32:27; 4 Helen Clitheroe (GB) 33:02; 5 Rosaria Console (Ita) 33:46; 6 Linda Byrne (DSD) 33:49; 7 Aniko Kalovics (Hun) 34:09; 8 Marta Esteban (Spa) 34:15.
Junior 2.5km:
Boys – 1 Pierre Murchan (Celtic DCH) 9:11; 2 Callum McCormack (Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers) 9:33’; 3 Jack Kyle (Celbridge AC) 9:52
Girls – 1 Siofra O’Flaherty (SLOT) 10:15; 2 Eileen Rafter (Tullamore Hrs) 10:39; 3 Cara Todd (Tullamore Hrs) 10:56.
Men: 1 Sandis Bralitis (W Waterford) 53:23; 2 George Waugh (Bandon) 53:51; 3 John Meade (St Finbarr’s) 55:22; 4 Dzintars Klava (W Waterford) 55:44; 5 Danny Smith (Ballynonty) 56:29; 6 Finay Weir (Waterford, M40) 58:30; 7 Don Keohane (Eagle, M45) 58:47; 8 Denis Dunne (Eagle) 59:03; 9 George McCarthy (Farranfore-MC) 59:32; 10 Ivan Slovak 60:46. M40: 2 Colin O’Herlihy (Eagle) 61:35; 3 Michael Lucey 63:28. M45: 2 David Egan 66:26; 3 Brian Linehan 68:32. M50: 1 James Kelliher 67:01; 2 Ken Carey 67:42; 3 Mark Walsh (Midleton) 69:33. M55: 1 Neilus Aherne (Midleton) 65:31; 2 Joe Murphy (Eagle) 65:39; 3 Pat Twomey (Eagle) 67:23.
Women: 1 Ann-Marie Holland (Eagle, W35) 62:56; 2 Mary Sweeney (St Finbarr’s, W50) 65:05; 3 Geraldine O’Shea (St Finbarr’s, W40) 66:58; 4 Esther Murphy (St Finbarr’s, W35) 68:15; 5 Maura Regan (Eagle) 70:06; 6 Ann Cashman (Eagle) 70:16. W35: 3 Niamh Cronin (St Finbarr’s) 71:02. W40: 2 Margo Dinan (St Finbarr’s) 71:39; 3 Ciara Raginel 75:31. W45: 1 Orla O’Rourke 71:16; 2 Eileen Buckley (St Finbarr’s) 80:27; 3 Breda Sheedy (Midleton) 81:01. W50: 2 Frances O’Connor (Eagle) 82:18 3 M Evans (Riverstick-Kinsale) 84:05.
Men: 1 Eamon White (M40) 33.02; 2 Anthony Malone (M35) 35.45; 3 Colum Hughes (M35) 37.01.
Women:1 Denis Toner 40.11; 2 Geradline Devlin (W45) 41.26; 3 Linsey Kerr 42.06.
Heat 1- Men: 1 Uis Karasevs (Blackhawks) 44.33; 2 Oskars Strazslins (Blackhawks) 47.33; 3 Keith Clarke (Red Man) 47.47.
Women:1 Shileen O’Kane 53.26; 2 Ruth Little 53.58; 3 Anne Killen 56.02.
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