Matthews, Drumm Win at RTE ‘5’

Robbie Matthews was a clear winner of the  BHAA RTE 5-mile, held in glorious sunshine in Donnybrook Dublin. LIN_8238Matthews’ time of 25 mins 6 secs gave hom a comfortable  lead over second placed Brian G Murphy  and Eoghan McGinley. In the women’s race, Orla Drumm came home first in 28 mins 11 secs, with Ilona McElroy second and Maria Dolan third.

* Anthony Lieghio (Tallaght AC)  finished second 800m with a time of 1:50.52 at the Arkansas Team Invitational in Fayetteville. In the 1500m, Dave Flynn (Clonliffe Hrs) was fourth in 3:54.03.

*John Meade and Niamh Roe won the Cork City Marathon 5km held in Tramore Valley Park, with 283 finishers.

Saturday April 27

RTE BHAA 5-Mile, Donnybrook.

Men: 1 Robbie Matthews (Wellman) 25.02, 2 Brian G Murphy (Bank of NY Mellon) 25.15, 3 Eoghan McGinely  25.25, 4 Ronan Kearns ( Dept of Enterprise) 26.19, 5 Eoin Callaghan 26.20, 6 Donal Hanratty 26.23.

Women: 1 Orla Drumm 28.11, 2 Ilona McElroy (PWC) 30.07, 3 Maria Dolan (W40) 30.14. LIN_8232

 Marlay Parkrun 5km(374 finishers) www.parkrun/ie/marlay

Men: 1 Paddy O’Leary 16.29, 2 David Fitzpatrick (Tallaght, M35) 16.31, 3 Andrew Lawless ( Kilcoole AC) 17.23. Women:1 Elizabeth Egan  (Liverpool Hrs) 18.37, 2 Roisin Neary 1940, 3 Debbie Corcoran 20.22.

Malahide Parkrun 5km (513 finishers; www.parkrun.ie/malahide)

Men: 1 Davy Byrne (M40) 16.48, 2 Paul Gleeson (M45) 16.57, 3 Andrew Wilson (Mansfield Hrs, M40) 17.02. Women: 1 Helen O’Connor (Raheny Shamrock) 20.08 (PB), 2 Helen Carr(Raheny Shamrock, W35) 20.42, 3 Alison O’Sullivan (Clonliffe Hrs, W35) 21.08.

Cork City Marathon 5km (283 finishers)

Men: 1 John Meade 1§6.10, 2 Rory O’Sullivan 16.14, 3 Patrick Roache 16.31, 4 Kevin O’brien 16.53, 5 Michael Lyons 16.53, 6 Kevin Wilmott 17.00. Women: 1 Niamh Roe 18.37, 2 Ann-Marie Holland 18.53, 3 Eadaoin O’Neill  20.02, 4 Fiona Santry 21.05, 5 Elaine O’Donoghue 21.43, 6 Michelle Geyer 21.57.

Ballinahinch Lions 10km (83 finishers; www.athleticsni.org)

Men: 1 Brendan Teer  32.29, 2 Paul Carroll (M35) 35.36, 3 Samuel Crawford(M35) 36.15. Women: 1 Mary Mackin (W35) 44.13, 2  Donna McCusker 44.53, 3 Susan Smyth 45.54.

 

 

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