Sarah McCormack
Sarah McCormack of Clonliffe Harriers finished best of the Irish at the 30th World Mountain Running Championships in Italy when she finished 15th in the women’s uphill only 8.4km race in a time of 51 mins 13 secs. Less than a minute behind was Sarah Mulligan of DSD in 20th place with a time of 52:07. With MSB’s Emma Donlon – who came in for Michelle McGee – in 62nd place, the team finished ninth. Last year, McCormack had finished sixth and the team third on an up-and-down course in Poland.
Austrian mountain running legend Andrea Mayr was a clear winner of the race for a record fifth time. Her time of 45.02 put her over two minutes clear of the chasers led by Lucy Wamboi Murigi of Kenya the only African in the women’s race.
In the men’s senior 11.7km race, Clonliffe’s Brian McMahon 55th and Ian Conroy of Raheny 58th were separated by less than half a minute. Just like last year in Poland, Uganda took the first three places with Isaac Kiprop the winner; none of last year’s Ugandan team ran. Winning the junior men’s 8.4km was Uganda’s Philip Kipyeko, with Ireland’s Killian Mooney 53rd.
MARK ENGLISH of UCD finished fourth in the 800m at the IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakech, Morocco. English finished strongly in 1:45.74, less than a second behind race winner Nigel Amos of Botswana who ran 1:44.88
IN NEW YORK, UCD’s Ciara Mageean finished third in the 5th Avenue Mile in 4 mins 21 secs. Winner was USA’s Jenny Simpson in 4:19.
ON THE ROADS, Freddy Keron Sittuk and Gladys Ganiel O’Neill were the winners of the Deep River Rock Belfast Half Marathon, while Gary Murry and Anne Marie McGlynn won the Waterside Half Marathon in Derry. In Cork, Mark Hanrahan and Orla Drumm won the John Buckley Cork 10-Mile.
RUNNERS FROM from France, Belgium and Canada as well as Ireland lined out for the annual Clifden Lifeboat 10km. Galway’s Richard Farnan, the 2012 winner, forced the pace from the start and came home the winner in 36:20 well ahead of local brothers Sean and Seamus Nee, who were leading the Connemara Angels to team victory for a fifth year. First woman was Lorraine O’Connell in 45:57, followed by Olivia Staunton and Chamberlayne Champayne.
Sunday September 14
30th WMRA World Mountain Running Championships, Casette di Massa, Italy
Men – Senior: (158 starters) – 1 Isaac Kiprop (Uga) 53.40, 2 Daniel Rotich (Uga) 55.10, 3 Kibet Soyekwo (Uga) 55.24. 4 Bernard de Matteis (Ita) 55.49. Irish: 55 Brian MacMahon 63.07, 58 Ian Conroy 63.39, 73 James Kevan 64.52, 85 Eoin Flynn 66.04, 98 Tom Hogan 67.29, 103 Barry Minnock 68.19. Teams (23)– 1 Uganda 17, 2 Eritrea 27, 3 Italy 55…14 Ireland 271.
Junior (73 starters): 1 Philip Kipyeko (Uga) 40.51, 2 Ramazan Karagoz (Tur) 42.42, 3 Ferhat Bozkurt (Tur) 42.53. Irish: 53 Killian Mooney 53.08, 62 Jamie Fallon 55.02, 70 Rick McNally 60.24. Teams (16) – 1 Turkey 12, 2 Italy 34, 3 GBR 57…15 Ireland 185.
Women – Senior (83 starters) : 1 Andrea Mayr (Aut) 45.07, 2 Lucy Wamboi Murigi (Ken) 47.49, 3 Allison McLaughlin (USA) 47.55. Irish: 15 Sarah McCormack 51.13, 20 Sarah Mulligan 52.07, 62 Emma Donlon 58.38. Teams (16) – 1 Italy 32, 2 GBR 41, 3 USA 63….9 Ireland 98. Junior (43 starters): Stella Chesang (Uga) 19.23. No Irish. Teams (13) – 1 Germany 8, 2 USA 12, 3 Czech Republic 12, 4 GBR 19.
Waterside Half Marathon, Gransha Park, Derry(1,590 finishers; www.nirunning.co.uk)
Men: Gary Murry (St Malachy’s) 68.01, 2 Declan Reed (City of Derry, M40) 68.12, 2 Scott Rankin (Foyle Valley) 69.54. Women: 1 Anne-Marie McGlynn (Lifford) 77.21, 2 Fiona Stack (Raheny Shamrock) 80.26, 3 Claire McGuigan (Lifford) 85.19. Wheelchair – Karol Doherty 79.35.
Deep River Rock Belfast City Half Marathon (3,095 finishers; www.belfasthalfmarathon.net)
Men: Freddy Keron Sittuk (Raheny Shamrock) 67.31, 2 Eddie McGinley (Annadale) 67.34, 3 Keith Purcy (Annadale) 70.38. Women: 1 Gladys Ganiel O’Neill (NBH) 79.15, 2 Louise Smith (NBH) 80.43, 3 Heather Foley 81.23.
John Buckley Sports Cork City 10-Miler, Lee Rowing Club (500 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Mark Hanrahan (Leevale) 51.22, 2 John Meade (St Finbarr’s) 53.38, 3 Colin Merritt (Carrig na bhFear, M40) 54.36. Women: Orla Drumm (Crusaders) 59.15, 2 Carmel Crowley (Bandon, W45) 62.12, 3 Anne Marie Holland (St Finbarr’s, W35) 62.53.
Spar Ratoath 10km, Co Meath (379 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Rory Kavanagh (Dunboyne) 16.18, 2 Ciaran O’Dwyer (Dunshaughlin, M40) 16.57, 3 David O’Connell (Bohermeen, M50) 17.24. Women: 1 Paula Grant (Portlaoise) 18.11, 2 Sharon Grant (Portlaoise) 18.13, 3 Charlotte Kearney (Donadea)18.31.
Maynooth 5km, North Kildare Sports Club. (169 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 John Travers (Donore) 14.38, 2 Patrick Roche (Naas) 15.26, 3 Niall O’Callaghan 9Star of the Sea) 16.01. Women: 1 Ailish Malone (Clonliffe) 17.58, 2 Sarah Healy (Nth Sligo) 19.33, 3 Marianne Mulreid (St Coca’s) 20.59.
Carrick Aces 5km, Monaghan (172 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Ray Smith (Carrick Aces) 17.09, 2 Aidan Cunningham (M40) 17.10, 3 Gregory Murphy 17.12. Women: 1 Anne Linden (Carrick Aces) 19.00, 2 Emma McKenna (Monaghan Phoenix) 19.23, 3 Karen Costello (Dunleer) 19.57, 5 Rose Lambe (Carrick Aces, W50) 20.18
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