Two of the best races on the Business Houses Athletic Association calendar took place on Tuesday – and both attracted record crowds. At the Dunboyne 5-Mile, a flood of late entries stretched the race organisers to their limit, but all ended well, with the usual huge spread of food, thoughtful prizes and plenty of time for chat on a typically enjoyable BHAA night.
Winner was Simon Ryan who finished in exactly 25 minutes. First woman was Aoife Talty, running her first race for some time. Also turning out was Hazel Murphy, another athlete returning after a long break.
At the John Buckley BHAA 5km in Cork, Mark Hanrahan won in 14 mins 34 secs – just two seconds outside the course record. Orla Drumm, representing UCC, was first woman. Close to a thousand lined out – and all got a 20% discount voucher for John Buckley Sports. That’s value!
PS: BHAA races are organised by runners for runners on an entirely voluntary basis – and to keep the show on the road, they need helpers at every single race. So if you are injured or sidelined, offer to lend a hand. Or if you run 10 or more races a year, sacrifice one race to help out. YOUR BHAA needs YOU!
AT THE CORK Graded League, David Cussen of Old Abbey won the high jump with a leap of 2.05; next up for Cussen is Saturday’s All Ireland Schools Championships. Race of the evening was the men’s 3000m, with James McCarthy winning in 8:38.30 – just .35 of a second ahead of his clubmate Tim O’Donoghue.
AISLINN CROSSEY of Newry AC warmed up for Saturday’s Aviva All-Ireland School by clocking a time of 56.72 secs for the 400m at the Dublin Graded Laegue in Irishtown. Closest race of the day was the women’s mile, with Marie Hyland of Crusaders just holding off the fast-finishing Mauar Kearns of Donore and Ilona McElroy of Crusders another footstep behind. Kourosh Foroughi of Star of the Sea threw 50.95m in the javelin and clocked 52.66 secs in the 200m. DMP’s Marco Pons won the discus with 47.82.
DSD’s KILLIAN MOONEY was a clear winner of hill running’s Leinster Evening League race last night at Glasnamullen in Co Wicklow. Orienteer Eoin McCullough was second and Emma Hand first woman. CNOC’s Ruth Lynam was first over 60 (and indeed over 50) beating Mary Hickey from Arklow – the only woman to have completed all the Dublin Marathons to date.
MARK ENGLISH OF UCD will make his outdoor debut in the 800m at Saturday’s IFAM International Flanders Meet in Oordegem Belgium. A large Irish team includes Sarah Lavin who goes in the 100m hurdles; Thomas Barr, Jason Harvey, Timmy Crowe and Paul Byrne in the 400m hurdles, and men and women’s 4x100m teams. Barr opened his season last night with a time of 50.34 in Namur, Belgium – less than two tenths of a second off the Euro A standard. UCD’s Ciara Everard finished second in the 800m with 2:06.51, while Ferrybank’s Kelly Proper ran 23.60 secs in the 200m. A day later, Karl Griffin ran 1:59.74 for 800m in Belgium, with only 0.29 secs separating the top four finishers; he was 2nd.
Wednesday May 28
Dublin Graded League Rd 3 Irishtown www.dublinathletics.com
Selected results – Women – 400m: A – Aislinn Crossey (Newry AC) 56.72, 2 Louise Holmes (KCH) 58.94, 3 Aisling Drumgoole (Raheny) 59.23. B – Vanessa O’Connor (MSB) 60.58. Mile: A/B – Marie Hyland (Crusaders) 5:21.56, 2 Maura Kearns (Donore) 5:21.57, 3 Ilona McElroy (Crusaders) 5:21.86. B – Ide Nic Dhomhnaill (Donore) 5:27.98, 2 Sorcha Nic Dhomhnaill (Donore) 5:29.68. 5000m: 1 Meghan Ryan (DSD) 10:13.41, 2 Fiona Clinton (DSD) 10:14.83, 3 Louise Reilly (Clonliffe) 10:18.74. JT: Grace Casey (Eire Og) 36.07. DT: 1 Arlette Bomahou (DSD) 17.87, 2 Frances Mansfield (Clonliffe, W70) 14.08.
Men – 400m (6 races): A – Colm Bourke (Sligo AC) 50.75. B – Kourosh Foroughi (Star of the Sea) 52.66. C – Feidhlim Kelly (Raheny) 52.21. Mile: A/B – 1 John Eves (DSD) 4:22.83, 2 Mark Conway (DSD) 4:31.59. B – 1 Dermot Brennan (Finn Valley) 4:29.16, 2 Niall Shiels (St Killian’s) 4:30.08. C – Shane Merrigan (Clonliffe) 4:51.72. D – Sean Murray (Tallaght) 4:568.48. 5000m: A/B – 1 Conor Duffy (Glaslough) 14.55, 2 Hugh Armstrong (Ballina) 15.19, 3 Aoghan Mac Domhnaill (Donore) 15.39. TJ: Thomas Doring (Clonliffe) 11.72. JT: Kourosh Foroughi (SotS) 50.95. DT: Marco Pons (DMP) 47.82.
IMRA Leinster Evening League, Glasnamullen/Djouce. www.imra.ie
Men: 1 Killian Mooney ( DSD) 46.24, 2 Eoin McCullough (Clonliffe/3ROC) 47.47, 3 Brian Furey (Rath WSAF) 48.05. M40: Bernard Fortune (SBR) 49.17.M50: Ben Mooney (Sli Cualann) 50.45. Women: 1 Emma Hand 57.06, 2 Louise Chawke 57.55, 3 Niamh O Ceallaigh (Sli Cualann) 58.27. W40: Joy Johnson (Sli Cualann) 58.36. W60: Ruth Lynam (CNOC) 73.34.
Tuesday May 27
Dunboyne BHAA 5-Mile (458 finishers; www.bhaa.ie)
Men: 1 Simon Ryan 25.00, 2 Eoin Callaghan (Sec Teacher) 25.24, 3 Rory Kavanagh 25.31, 4 Peter Mooney (NUIM, M35) 25.40, 5 Cillian O’Leary (Sec Teacher) 35.56, 6 Neil Callaghan 26.10. M35: 2 Karl Fitzmaurice (Revenue) 26.38, 3 Ronan Hartnett (Gardai) 26.48. M40: 1 Rob Cross (Arcdox) 26.16, 2 Myles Gibbons (An Post) 26.24, 3 Dave Byrne (KIT) 26.55. M45: 1 Damien Martin 26.43, 2 Keith Donway 28.28, 3 Frank McDonald (Dublin Fire Brig) 30.27. M50: 1 Eddie Newman 27.59, 2 Brian kelly (Norton Gp) 28.23, 3 Tom O’Connor ( B of I) 29.02. M55: 1 Terry Clarke (RTE) 32.40, 2 James Cottle (Airbus) 32.53, 3 Conor Patton ( B of I) 33.26. M60: 1 John Todd (Cadburys) 31.47, 2 Conor Cooney (Fingal CC) 34.24, 3 Stephen Lynch (OSI) 37.05. M65: 1 Barry Potts (Army) 33.02, 2 Bobby King 34.58, 3 Sean Slattery (Swords Labs) 37.07. M70: Terry Mee (Dublin Taxis) 36.10. M75: 1 Seamus Kilcullen ( Enterprise Ireland) 36.26, 2 Tadgh Twomey (Dublin Newspapers) 44.55. Teams – A: 1 Gardai 91, 2 Dublin City Council 177, 3 Bank of Ireland 190. B: 1 ESB 329, 2 Irish Life 369, 3 Gardai 421. C: 1 Swords Labs 589, 2 Manufacturing B 682. D: 1 ESB 788, 2 RTE 808, 3 Bank of Ireland 911.
Women: 1 Aoife Talty 27.18, 2 Clodagh Fitzpatrick 28.07, 3 Hazel Murphy 30.03, 4 Eimear O’Brien 30.14, 5 Emilia Dan (W40) 30.35, 6 Helen Barry (W40) 30.52. W40: 3 Florence Curley (PWC) 31.20. W45: 1 Antoinette Howlin 34.14, 2 Mary Purdue Smith (System Dynamics) 36.12, 3 Bernie Stapleton (Accountant) 36.20. W50: 1 Mary Watters (Watters Bus Hire) 33.32, 2 Bernadette Kavanagh 36.08, 3 Ann Tobin 38.02. W55: 1 Nuala Reilly (Fairgate HC) 36.00, 2 Bernadette Manley 36.22, 3 Angela Galbally(?) 38.06. Teams – 1 Hospitals A 390, 2 Accountants A 669, 3 Bank of Ireland 758.
John Buckley Sports BHAA 5km, Marina, Cork (960 finishers; www.corkbhaa.com
Men: 1 Mark Hanrahan (John Buckley Sports) 14:36; 2 Colm Sheahan 15:06; 3 Gavin Sweeney (Army) 15:30; 4 Colin Merritt (Army, M40) 15:32; 5 Kevin O’Brien 15:38; 6 Rory O’Sullivan (Musgrave) 15:42. M40: 1 Alan O’Shea (Cork CC) 15:56, 2 Roy Fahy (BioPharma) 16.26, 3 Finbar O’Dwyer (IPS) 16.36. M45: Paul Duggan (Musgrave) 16.53. M55: Eamonn McEvoy (Dept of Edf) 17.35.
Teams – A: Musgrave 41; 2 UCC 103; 3 EMC 165. B: 1 Cork City Co 215; 2 IPS 249; 3 Musgrave 316. C: 1 VM Ware 357; 2 HSE 448; 3 CIT 493.
Women: 1 Orla Drumm (UCC) 16:45; 2 Jill Hodgins (Joyce Wolfe Physio, F35) 16:56; 3 Sinead O’Connor (Dept of Ed) 17:08; 4 Martina Kiely (Dept of Ed) 17:44; 5 Aisling Moran (Real Events) 18:21; 6 Aine Roche 19:06. Teams – A: 1 Dept of Education ‘A’ 103; 2 UCC 278.
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