Masters: Sadowska and Reed come out on top. Indoor record for Morland. Fitzpatrick 1st in Hannut

Anna Sadowska of Civil Service Harriers won the women’s masters title at Dundalk IT today after a tremendous battle with previous winner  Pauline Curley of Tullamore, who was first W45.  Curley had led out the 4km race closely followed by Sadowska. The pair were soon elbow to elbow until Sadowska used the hill on the final lap to pull away; a slip in the muddy conditions for Curley ended her chances of giving chase. Coming through late to finish third was Pauline Grant of Portlaoise AC. Sportsworld (unofficially) finished best of the teams.

In the men’s race, Declan Reed of  City of Derry Spartans  soon surged ahead, determined to make it a hat-trick of wins. Behind him Tim Twoomey  from Cork won the battle for second place.  Finishing fourth and first M50 was Pauric McKinney of Inishowen; Raheny’s Mick Traynor make a welcome return to racing to finish second  M50. Donore retained the M35 team title; Raheny  finished best M50.

A clear winner of the women’s inter race was Marie Hyland of Crusaders. City of Derry’s  Catherine Whoriskey set a fierce pace on the opening lap but was soon reeled in although she did manage to hold on for third place behind Caitriona Mullen of Shercock. Winning the men’s inter race was Annalee’s Cian O’Reilly; Thomas Moran  of Dunshaughlin and North Belfast Harrier Mark McKinstry were second and third.

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ELIZABETH MORLAND  of Cushinstown set a superb new Irish junior and senior record when winning the junior women’s Combined Events Championships in Athlone with 4043 points. Morland is the first Irish woman of any age to notch up a score of over 4,000 points. Her highest score came in the 60m hurdles, where her time of 8.56 secs was worth 1004 points.  Winning the girls’ youth title with a  record score of 3877 was Kate O’Connor  of Dundalk; Anne Corcoran of Ferrybank and Kate Taylor of St Cronan’s also scored over 3000 points. Highest men’s score came from  Joseph McEvoy from Nenagh Olympic who won the M16 title with 3441 points; second was Brian Lynch of Old Abbey with 3396. Rolus Olusa of Donore won the men’s senior title with 32.04 points; winning the senior woman’s title was visitor Sofia Jager Stenberg with 3382 points. Amy McTeggart of Boyne was second on 3176 points.

EIMEAR FITZPATRICK  of Dundrum South Dublin won the junior women’s race at the  Lotto Cross Cup meet in Hannut, Belgium. On a mudbath of a course, Fitzpatrick  dominated the race from early on and came home ten seconds clear of Eleanore Andre of Belgium. DSD’s Niamh Carey was five second behind again for third and with Roseane McCullough eight, Grace Dervan 9th and and Aoife Colleran 14th DSD also won the team prize.   In the junior men’s race, the DSD team was led home by Paul O’Connell who finished thirteen.   First for the club in the senior races were John Eves 22nd of the men and Fiona Clinton 20th of the women. Both races were won by Ethiopians.

IN THE USA, Leevale’s Ciarán Ó Lionáird ran an encouraging time of 3:41.41  for 1500m in his indoor season opener.

BRIAN MCMAHON  and Niamh Devlin were the winners of the Bank of Ireland BHAA cross-country races in Firhouse.

Glo Health National Masters and Inter Cross-Country, Dundalk IT.

Masters –

Men’s 7km (255 finishers): 1 Declan Reid (City of Derry Spartans, M40) 23.27, 2 Tim Twomey (Leevale, M35) 24.03, 3 Brian McCloskey (Nth East Runners, M40) 24.08, 4 Pauric McKinney (Inishowen, M50) 24.18, 5 Shane O’Neill (Rathfarnham WSAF, M40) 24.19, 6 Chris McGuinness (Foyle Valley, M35) 24.23. M50: 2 Mick Traynor (Raheny Shamrock) 24.37. M35: 3 Tim O’Connor (Riocht).M45: 1 Kevin O’Connor (DSD), 2 Eamon White (NBH), 3 Tony O’Reilly (Portlaoise). M50: 3 Damien Martin (Raheny Shamrock). M55: 1 Tommy Payne (Tinryland), 2 Jim Stafford (Slaney Oly), 3 Tom O’Connor (Liffey Valley).M60: 1 Neilus Aherne (Midleton), 2 Gerry O’Doherty (Springwell Runners), 3 Peter Lilburn (City of Derry Spartans).  4km – M65: 1 JJ Murphy (Tinryland) 14.03 , 2 Martin McEvilly (GCH) 14.30, 3 Tom Madden (Marian) 15.05. M70: 1 Gerry Lynch (City of Derry) 15.37, 2 Richard Mullins (St Abban’s) 16.24, 3 Patrick Healy (Portmarnock) 16.44. M75: Sean Cooney (Tara AC) 1822. Team – St Abban’s

Teams – M35 (23 total): 1 Donore Harriers (11,14,18,26) 69, 2 Rathfarnham WSAF (5,12,39.40)96, 3 St Finbarr’s (15,22,24,67) 128. Counties (8) : 1 Dublin 86, 2 Cork 99, 3 Donegal 213. M50 (10): 1 Raheny Shamrock 302, 2 Tullamore Hrs 391, 3 Rathfarnham WSAF 505. Counties(6): 1 Dublin, 2 Offaly, 3 Clare. M65 – St Abban’s.

Women’s 4km: 1 Anna Sadowska (Civil Service Hrs, W35) 13.32, 2 Pauline Curley (Tullamore Hrs, W45) 13.39, 3 Paula Grant (Portlaoise, W40) 13.40, 4 Michelle Lennon (Nth Roscommon, W40) 13.46, 5 Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock, W45) 13.46, 6 Karina Teahan (St Finbarr’s, W35) 13.48.  W35: 3 Sharon Grant (Portlaoise) 13.54. W40: 3 Caitriona Devine (Finn Valley) 14.0. W45: 3 Colette Tuohy (Mayo AC) 13.51. W50: 1 Niamh O’Sullivan (Riocht) 14.21, 2 Hannah Shields (City of Derry) 14.39, 3 Ann Paul (City of Derry) 14.39. W55: 1 Rose Lambe (Carrick Aces) 15.14, 2 Pauline Moran (Mayo) 15.44, 2 Linda Finnegan (DSD) 16.16. W60: 1 Carmel Parnell (Leevale) 14.40, 2 Majella Diskin (Riocht) 16.23, 3 Nuala Reilly (Drogheda and Dist) 16.32. W65 (tbc): 1 Roisin Lynch (City of Derry) 17.38, 2 Joan Coyle (DSD) 18.35. W70: Geraldine Walsh (Mullingar Hrs). Teams – W35 (19 teams) 1 Sportsworld (18,23,25,37) 103, 2 Tullamore Harriers (2,22,33,57) 115, 3 Sli Cualann (24,36,48,58) 166. Counties (9) – 1 Dublin 31, 2 Laois 75, 3 Cork 109. W50 (7) – 1 City of Derry Spartans (26, 27, 102,117) 272, 2 Dundrum South Dublin (61,73, 91,95) 320, 3 An Riocht (20,113,124,130) 387. Counties – 1 Derry, 2 Dublin, Kerry.

Inter-

Men’s 8km (85 finishers): 1 Cian O’Reilly (Annalee) 27.0, 2 Thomas Moran (Dunshaughlin) 27.20, 3 Mark McKinstry (Nth Belfast Hrs) 27.22, 4 Patrick Roche (Naas AC) 27.24, 5 Seamus Lynch (Newcastle and Dist) 27.49, 6 Karl Fitzmaurice (Ennis TC) 27.52. Teams (11) -1 Ennis TC (6,7,11,13) 37, 2 St Abban’s (14,19,21,27) 81, 3 Shercock (9,20,26,29) 84. Counties (3) – 1 Clare 91, 2 Dublin 1980, 3 Laois 197.

Women’s 5km (53 finishers): 1 Marie Hyland (Crusaders) 18.56, 2 Caitriona Mullan (Shercock) 19.11, 3 Catherine Whoriskey (City of Derry) 19.15, 4 Adrinna Roche (Longford AC) 19.40, 5 Karla Doran (Donore) 19.44, 6 Anna Reddin (Sligo AC) 19.48. Teams – 1 Crusaders (1,12,14,17) 44, 2 Donore Hrs (5,11,13,24) 53, 3 DCH (10,22,25,26) 83. Counties (2) – 1 Dublin 47, 2 Cork 70.

Total+ Lotto Cross Cup, Hannut, Belgium

Women – Junior: 1 Eimear Fitzpatrick (DSD/Irl) 16.08, 2 Eleanore Andrea (Bel) 16.18,3 Niamh Carey (DSD/Irl) 26.23…8 Roseanne McCullough (DSD/Irl) 17.07, 9 Grave Dervan (DSD/Irl) 17.13, 14 Aoife Colleran (DSD/Irl) 17.47. Senior: 1 Elemu Birtikan (Eth) 18.53, 2 Louise Carton (Bel) 15.58.DSD/Irl: 20 Fiona Clinton 20.37, 30 Sarah Fitzpatrick 21.45, 31 Meghan Ryan (DSD) 22.02.

Men – Junior: DSD/Irl – 13 Paul O’Donnell 20.21, 16 Luke McCann 20.51, 17 Ruadhan O Grada 21.01, 25 Christian McKenna 21.50. Senior – 1 Dame Tasama Faisa (Eth) 28.27. DSD/Irl – 22 John Eves 30.56, 27 Killian Mooney 31.33, 39 Emmet Jennings 32.08, 44 Robert Corbally 33.27, 47 Leon O’Connor 33.41.