Paul Fleming and Catherina McKiernan were the winners of the Grant Thornton Corporate 5km held in Blanchardstown. The event attracted 107 teams, most of them mixed. It will be interesting to see the effect of this corporate series on the Business Houses Athletics Association – coming up is the legendary ESB Beach 5km on Sandymount Strand next Wednesday May 20 (7.30); newcomers welcome.
Wednesday May 13
Grant Thornton Corporate 5km Team Challenge, National Sports Campus, Blanchardstown, Co Dublin (519 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net).
Men: 1 Paul Fleming (The Big Cheeses) 16.17, 2 Mark Conway (Defence Forces A) 16.24, 3 Niall O’Callaghan (Unilever Team 1) 16.56, 4 Mark Yeates (CityJet) 16.58, 5 Feidhlim Kelly (St David’s CBS) 17.01, 6 Catherina McKiernan (Spar BWG) 17.01.
Women: 2 Deirdre Byrne (St David’s CBS) 17.21, 3 Tara Kennedy (Defence Forces A) 19.36, 4 Anne Marie Woods (Me Foggysnow) 19.46, 5 Amanda-Jayne Comyn (Run Rabbit Run/Grant Thornton) 20.20, 6 Ellen Vitting (Liberty Insurance) 20.23.
Teams – Mixed (73): 1 St David’s CBS 1:12.07, 2 Defence Forces A 1:13.23, 3 The Big Chesses (Irish Dairy Board) 1:16.26. Men (22): 1 ESB Team Electric 1:15.15, 2 Defence Forces B 1:16.34, 3 Men in Black 1:17.39. Women (12) 1 Log (a) 1:48.30, 2 Sports Surgery Clinic 1:49.18, 3 Nutrica Medical Team 1 1:50.09.
Mullingar Pat Finnerty 5km Series Rd 2, Belvedere House (342 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net).
Men: 1 Mark Fagan (Mullingar Hrs) 14.42, 2 Mick Fogarty (AIT) 16.07, 3 Peter Mooney 16.12. MJ: Andrew Nevin (Mullingar Hrs) 17.02. M50: Eddie Newman (Mullingar Hrs) 17.03. M40: Ger Gavin (Mullingar Hrs) 17.06. M45: Tom McGrath (MullingarHrs) 17.14. M55: Joe Holton (Na Fianna) 19.10.
Women: 1 Charlotte Kearney (Donadea) 17.52, 2 Aine O’Reilly (Mullingar Hrs) 18.26, 3 Joan Flynn (Mullingar Hrs) 20.00. W40: Siobhan McCarthy ( MH) 20.46. W45: Imelda Clarke (Na Fianna) 20.15. W50: Ann Keegan 25.35.
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