Maria McCambridge finished sixth in today’s Great Scottish Run in Glasgow with a time of 73 mins 23 secs.
That time – marginally faster than her 73 mins 28 secs from Charleville a few weeks ago – puts her second on the current Irish rankings behind Fionnualla Britton McCormack, who ran 71 mins 33 secs in Lille last month. Lizzie Lee’s time of 73 mins 28 secs from the National Half Marathon puts her third, and these three are almost three minutes clear of the chasers.
Two places ahead of McCambridge, Jo Pavey set a new world record of 69 mins 58 secs for women over 40. Pavey finished just behind Gemma Steel, who was third in 69 mins 56 secs. Winner was Edna Kiplagat in 68 mins 21 secs, with Doris Changeiywo 2nd in 69 mins 50 secs.
Men’s winner was Moses Kipsiro in 62 mins 18 secs, followed by Scotland’s Callum Hawkins 62 mins 42 secs and Japheth Korir 63 mins 14 secs.
ELIUD TOO, who won the Dublin Marathon last year, pulverised the course record at the sixth annual Athlone Three-Quarter Marathon. His time of 1 hrs 40 mins 13 secs saw him finish a full twenty minutes ahead of Rathfarnham’s Brian Furey – who is no mean athlete. Too is advised by Kildare man Neil Fleming, better known as a canoeist and winner of the Liffey Descent last week; Fleming works in the USA as a sports physiologist. Both men have links to the Le Cheile club. In the women’s race, Pauline Curley’s time of 2:05.43 was the second fastest ever for the course – not bad for a W45 who (we think) is recovering from knee surgery. Linda Byrne of DSD ran 1:59.42 in 2011 and she remains the only woman to have broken two hours.
MARY CULLEN was first women at the Grange 10km in a fast time of 33 mins 48 secs. Finn Valley’s Teresa Doherty was second in 36:50. Overall race winner was Richard Gorman in 32 mins 38 secs.
DAVID MANSFIELD, who is coached by Sergiu Ciobanu, was a clear winner of the Cork to Cobh 15-mile road race, organised by Cork BHAA. Mansfield’s time of 81 mins 12 secs put him comfortably clear of Colin Merritt. Anne Marie Holland was first woman in 98 minutes.
LAURA GRAHAM, who is training for the SSE Airtricity Dublin marathon won the RunHer 10km in Belfast in 36 mins 209 secs – a massive PB.
GEMMA REDDIN of Crusaders and Patrick MacGabhan of Dundrum South Dublin were the winners of a well-supported Dublin Novice Cross-Country Championships held in the Phoenix Park. The Crusaders women and the DSD men were the team winners. Leevale’s Donal Coakley and Aoife Coakley of Youghal were the winners in the Cork Novice. In Carndonagh, Fionualla Diver and Ciaran Doherty made it a Letterkenny double at the Donegal masters’ cross-country, and set down markers for the forthcoming masters international.
Sunday October 4
Cork to Cobh 15-Mile Road Race (Cork BHAA)
Men : 1 David Mansfield (Clonmel) 81:12, 2 Colin Meritt (Army, M40) 82:46, 3 John Meade (Joyce Wolfe Physio) 83:40, 4 Raivis Zakis (West Waterford) 85:55, 5 Owen Casey (Murphy’s Rock) 86:12, 6 Lyall Guiney 86:26,. M40: 2 Con Marshall (St Finbarr’s) 89:13, 3 Joe Cunningham (Eli Lilly) 89:29. M45: 1 Pat Dunsworth (Tralee) 89.41, 2 Eugene McCarthy (Macroom) 90.11 , 3 John Murphy (McCarthy Insur) 91.18. M50: Mike Curley Cunningham (Limerick) 92.34, 2 Ronan Boland (McCarthy Insur) 98.28, 3 Thomas Fox (RDJ Solcs) 99.27. M55: 1 James Kenny (Clare) 97.13, 2 Walter Keane (Tramore) 1:40.14, 3 Stephen Chrysanthou (Carrigaline) 1:54.06. M60: 1 Willie O’Riordan, 2 Neil Holland, 3 Patrick Moloney. M65: 1 Mautice Tobin, 2 Christy O’Driscoll. M70: Paddy Daly. M75: Peter Gaffney Teams – A:1 Musgrave 42, 2 McCarthy Insurance 61, 3 Avondhu Motors 108. B: 1 Eli Lilly 212, 2 Army 223, 3 Avondhu Motors 289. C:1 Musgrave 270, 2 Depuy 453, 3 Ervia 547.
Women:1 Anne Marie Holland (Janssen, W40) 98:00, 2 Una Plant (Kinsale, W45) 98:33, 3 Mary Sweeney (Fit4Life, W55) 1:45:44, 4 Sorcha Kearney (W40) 1:46:13, 5 Orla Crosbie (HSE, W45) 1:48:04, 6 Orla O’Rourke (Keen on Sport, W45) 1:48:47. W50: 1 Marie Gillman (Merck Millipore) 1:58.41, 2 Kay Allen, 3 Sinead Kennedy. W55: 1 Theresa Barnett (Kinsale) 1:52.00, 2 Niamh Keane, 3 Frances O’Connor. W60: 1 Marian Horgan, 2 Claire Kelly. W65: Kathleen Kennedy. Teams – A: 1 Fit4Life 251, 2 Merck Millipore 359. B: 1 Merck Millipore 513, 2 Culley Engineering 852.
6th Athlone 31.56km Three-Quarter Marathon(803 finishers; www.redtagtiming.com)
Men: 1 Eliud Too (Walters Athletics) 1:40.13 (rec), 2 Brian Furey (Rathfarnham WSAF) 2:00.35, 3 Adam Speer (Finn Valley) 2:03.04, 4 Frank Halligan (Crusaders) 2:03.56, 5 Karl Fitzgerald 2:04.24, 6 Kevin Ward (Longford AC, M40) 2:05.08. M50: Kevin Martin 2:11.06.
Women: 1 Pauline Curley (Tullamore Hrs, W45) 2:05.43, 2 Tara Kennedy (Defence Forces, W40) 2:15.55, 3 Sandra Lynch (Kilcoole AC) 2:16.08, 4 Paula Prendergast (Mayo AC) 2:19.46, 5 Sandra Cunningham 2:22.08, 6 Olivia Sheerin (St Michael’s, W50) 2:25.49.
Marty Gallagher 5km, Derry. www.foylevalleyac.com
Men: 1 Scott Rankin (Foyle Valley)15:16, 2 Chris McGuinness (Foyle Valley) 15:29, 3 Fintan Stewart (City of Derry) 15:50. Women: 1 Catherine Whoriskey (City of Derry) 17:30, 2 Gemma Turley (Springwell RC) 18:56, 3rd Katherine Woods (Springwell RC) 19:57
Belfast Telegraph RunHer 5km/10km, Paddock Titanic Quarter (1,600 finishers; www.runher.co.uk.)
10km: 1 Laura Graham 36:29, 2 Hannah Oldroyd (UK Netrunner) 38:05, 3 Julie Balmer (Nth Down) 42:57. 5km: 1 Jessica Craig (Nth Down) 18:29, 2 Jodi Smith (Nth Down) 19:28, 3 Sarah-Jane Guiney (Albertville Hrs) 20:21
Dublin Novice C-C, Phoenix Park.www.dublinathletics.com
Women (86 finishers): 1 Gemma Reddin (Crusaders) 15.19, 2 Orla Bollard (Skerries) 15.25, 3 Karla Doran (Donore) 15.30, 4 Helen Brouder (Sportsworld) 15.33, 5 Anna Sadowska (Civil Service) 15.45, 6 Cliona Murphy (DCH) 15.45. Teams – 1 Crusaders (1,11,12,18) 42, 2 Rathfarnham WSAF (7,9,13,14) 43, 3 Donor eHarriers (3,10,16.30) 69, 4 Civil Service (5,17,21,26) 69, 5 Clonliffe Harriers (19,22,23,37) 101, 6 Sportsworld (4,8,45,48) 105
Men (104 finishers) : 1 Patrick Mac Gabhann (DSD) 18.15, 2 Leon O’Connor (DSD) 18.29, 3 Neil O’Rourke (Civil Service) 19.00, 4 Michael Kiely (Crusaders) 19.13, 5 Pablo Sanchez (Crusaders) 19.23, 6 Josepeh Cooper (Clonliffe) 19.27. Teams – 1 DSD (1,2,9,23) 35, 2 Crusaders (4,5,13,15) 37, 3 Donore Harriers )7.16,19,28) 70, 4 Clonliffe Harriers (6,10, 19.28) 89, 5 Rathfarnham WSAF (8,26,30,36) 100, 6 MSB (25,31,34,48) 128.
Cork Novice Cross-Country Championships, Carraig na bhFear, Co Cork
Men: 1 Donal Coakley (Leevale), 2 Luther Matthias (Cork Varsity), 3 Donal Molloy (Leevale). Team – 1 Leevale (Coakley, Molloy, M Roper, T Kennefeck). Women: 1 Aoife Cooke (Youghal), 2 Andrea Beckerdyke (Leevale), 3 Niamh Moore (Cork Varsity); Teams – 1 Youghal (Cooke, E Cashman, R Mellereck, J Kennelly, 2 St Finbarr’s, 3 Cork Varsity.
Forde’s Daybreak West Waterford Open Cross-Country, St Augustine’s, Dungarvan, www.westwaterfordathletics.org
Men: William Maunsell (Clonmell) 24.14, 2 Andrew Connick (Ferrybank) 24.38, 3 Tim O’Donoghue (East Cork) 24.48. M40: Vinny Codd (WWAC) 29.46. M45: Yev Chizikov (WWAC) 29.52. M50: Ray Hahesy (WWAC 30.07). M55: Ken Higgs (UCC Staff) 37.17. Jun: Fiachra Mahony (Waterford AC) 29.22
Women: 1 Paula Grant (Portlaoise AC) 14.24, 2 Sharon Grant (Portlaoise AC) 14.27, 3 Orla Queally (Ferrybank AC) 14.41. W40: Adele Walsh (St Senan‘s) 14.48. W45:Bridget Coffey (WWAC) 17.37. W50: Mary Hogan 21.31. Jun: Niamh Casey (Ferrybank)15.59.
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