Barry Minnock ran 2 hrs 17 mins 41 secs at the Hanover Marathon in Germany today – fastest white guy and a four minute PB!
A great run by the former GAA man, who started his athletics life as a mountain runner and is a member of Rathfarnham WSAF. He had entered the race as a warm-up for the Copenhagen Marathon, intending to drop out at 30km, ran through halfway in 67.30 and felt so good he kept going.
Winner was Joseph Kiptum (Ken) in 2:9.56. First woman was Natalya Puchkov (Rus) 2:30.16.
* Sensational run by Linda Byrne at Great Limerick Half Marathon; eighth overall in 74.56. Sergiu Ciobanu won the men’s race in 67. 58.
* Steven Colvert (Crusaders AC) won his 100m in 10.35 at the Occidental Invitational in Los Angeles, breaking the Irish U23 record held by Jason Smyth. Colvert also won his 200m in 20.77, two hundredths off his PB. At the same meet Paul Hession (Athenry) was 6th in his 100m in 10.64 and ran 21.44 for the 200m.
* Joanne Cuddihy (KCH) finished 2nd in the 400m in Golden Grand Prix in Kawasaki, Japan in 51.78, behind world champion Amantle Montsho of Botswana who ran 50.52. Cuddihy had nailed down her London 2012 place when she won the 400m at the Shizuoka International in 51.45 seconds a few days earlier. The London 2012 A standards is 51.55. Her time, run in wet conditions, improved on the 51.69 she had run in Australia last month.
* Claire Wilkinson won the women’s pole vault with 3.80m at the British Universities Championships in the Olympic Stadium, London. Loughborough student Justine Kinney, who competes in an Irish vest, won the very first official race held on the Olympic track – a heat of the 400m. Her time of 59.79 was a stadium record for exactly six minutes before it was broken in the next heat.
Great Limerick Run (6-mile, half marathon, marathon). www.greatlimerickrun.com.
Marathon (552 finishers)- Men: 1 Brian McMahon 2:28.09; 3 George Waugh 2:28.33; 3 Peter Mooney 2:39.38; 4 Ronan Hartnett M35 2:44.52; 5 Michal Rejmer M35 2:45.07; 6 Mike Curley Cunningham M45 2:46.26. Women: 1 Angela McCann W45 2:58.36; 2 Tracey Roche 3:04.33; 3 Mary Sweeney W50 3:07.41; 4 Deirdre Finn W45 3:19.30; 5 Fiona O’Shea 3:23.28; 6 Shona Keane 3:29.06.
Half Marathon – Men: 1 Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe) 1:07. 58; 2 Michael Shannon 1:09.27; 3 Philip Harty (Donore)1:11.44; 4 Patrick Tierney M35 1:11.49; 5 Brian Leahy 1:12.46 ; 6 Kevin Lawler 1:14.55; 7 Linda Byrne (DSD) 1:14.56; 8 Cathal Kelly 1:19.10.
Women: 1 Byrne; 2 Rosemary Ryan (Bilboa, W35 1:21.03; 3 Tracey Guilfoyle (W45) 1:26.46; 4 Audrey O’Byrne W35 1:25.15; 5 Mary QuinlanW45 1:27.44; 6 Breeda Lynch W35 1:30/28.
6-Mile – Men: 1 Paddy Hamilton 29.17; 2 Brian Maher 30.02 ; 3 James McCarthy 30.15; 4 Sandis Bralitis 30.53; 5 Kenneth Rodgers 31.12; 6 Liam Feely 31.53
Women: 1 Orla Drumm 33.51; 2 Siobhan O’Doherty 34.31; 3 Mary Scully W35 35.50; 4 Josie Tierney W45 ADAPT 31.50/36.46; 5 Aislinn Nic Dhomhnaill 37.31; 6 Dolores Whelan W35 38.40; 7 Ciara Hassett 39.17.
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| Colette Tuohy with daughters Lucy and Suzanne |
Western People West of Ireland Women’s 10km, Castlebar (3,000 finishers; full result www.redtagtiming.com).
1 Colette Tuohy (Mayo AC) 38.29; 2 Dervilla Holmes (Donore Harriers) 39.25; 3 Angela O’Connor (Mayo AC) 40.39; 4 Ann Marie Hynes (GCH) 41.20; 5 Sarah Syron (Mayo AC) 41.58
6 Rosie Hynes (Swinford AC, W19) 42.29. W40 Chris Gallagher 42.29; W50 Pauline Moran 44.15; W60 Margaret Glavey 46.05 (all Mayo AC).
Men: 1 Simon Ryan (Raheny Shamrock) 32.18; 2 James Cloney (St Killian’s) 33.32; 3 Mark O’Shea (Skerries AC, M40) 34.11; 4 Keith Daly (Donore)35.04 ; 5 Paul Smith (Drogheda & Dist)35.10; 6 Robert Walsh (CCIS) 35.14; 7 Patrick O’Grady (D&D, M50) 35.26; 8 Fiona Roche (Raheny Shamrock) 35.39; 9 Turlough Donnelly 35.50; 10 Eugene Burns (Dunleer) 36.11. M60: Tom Cleary 52.03. M70: Sean Cooney (Tara) 43.32.
Women:1 Roche; 2 Cathy McCourt (NBH) 36.55; 3 Ellen Byrne (Boyne) 41.50; 4 Nuala Reilly (D&D, W50) 42.12; 5 Marion Doherty (D&D) 42.25; 6 Grainne Nolan (Donore) 43.31; 7 Karen Costello (Dunleer) 44.38; 8 Sally Tipping (D&D) 44.39; 9 Deirdre Fitzsimons (Dunboyne, W40) 44.57; 10 Rosemary Hutcheson (Star of the Sea) 45.07. W60: Loretta Wakely 54.52.
10km (197 finishers) – Men: 1 Niall Shiel 33.20; 2 David Fitzpatrick 33.54; 3 Rory Kavanagh 34.46; 4 David O’Connell 36.20; 5 Martin Collier 37.36; 6 Damien Hilliard 38.22.
Women: 1 Fiona Diskin 38.26; 2 Emer O’Shea 41.37; 3 Laura Ward 42.26; 4 Linda Gunning 42.40; 5 Grace Eade 42.48; 6 Claire Smith 45.27.
4km((91 finishers)- Men: 1 Shane O’Connor 13.55; 2 Bryan O’Connor 13.57; 3 Mary Hanley 14.02; 4 Ciaran Leech 15.05. Women: 1 Hanley; 2 Alison Daly 15.23; 3 Emma Neary 17.02.
Bay Run Half Marathon, Glengarriff to Bantry(815 finishers; www.bayrun.ie).
Men: 1 Cathal O’Donovan 1:19.02; 2 Pascal Schwaller 1:19.15; 3 Anthony Malone 1:21.20; 4 Vasily Newmerzhitskiy 1:22.13; 5 Cathal McCarthy 1:22.30; 6 Lizzie Lee 1:22.55.
Women:1 Lee; 2 Marie Scully 1:23.25; 3 Anne Marie Holland 1:24.19; 4 Maura Regan 1:28.31; 5 Nuala Carey 1:30.29; 6 Geraldine O’Shea 1:31.49.
North West 10km, Letterkenny (1,087 finishers; www.northwest10k.com)
Men: 1 Joe McAllister 30:56.7; 2 Patrick Brennan 33:02.2; 3 Chris Johnson 33:16.7; 4 Keith Shiels 33:22.7; 5 Pauric McKinney M45 33:31.7; 6 James Speight 33:43.8
Women: 1 Teresa McGloin 36:38.04; 2 Fionnuala Diver 36:52.8; 3 Kelly Anne Speight 38:39.6; 4 Marina Campbell 39:27.7; 5 Margaret Kelly 39:58.5; 6 Patricia Gallagher 40:15.8.
Orienteering: Irish Championships Day 2, Inch Sand Dunes, Co Kerry. www. orienteering.ie.
Elite – Men (10.53km, 500m, 29 controls): 1 Marcus Pinker (Cork O) 73.18; 2 Darren Burke (Cork O) 81.12; 3 John Feehan (BVOC) 85.37. Women (9.29km, 450m, 24 controls): 1 Maeve O’Grady (DFO) 101.40; 2 RosalindHussey (DUO) 110.10; 3 Ruth Lynam (CNOC) 124.19.
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