After finishing first in 2013, Siobhán O’Doherty of Borrisokane AC in Co Tipperary took a second victory in the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon held in Dublin today for the 34th time.
Victory didn’t come easy, with O’Doherty and Letterkenny’s Natasha Adams locked together at the halfway point on the Stillorgan road. In the end, there was just three seconds in it, with O’Doherty crossing the line in 34 mins and 30 secs followed by Adams in 34.33. O’Doherty is a women’s mini marathon regular – she was runner-up in the race in 2011 and 2012, winner in 2013, and then seventh in 2014 and fourth in 2015.
Sarah Mulligan of host club Dundrum South Dublin was third in 35.28, followed by Orla Drumm of Crusaders and last year’s winner Maria McCambridge of DSD who was wearing No 1. Finishing in sixth place was Olivia Clinton of DSD; Ciara Hickey of Bros Pearse was seventh in 37 mins 3 secs.
Another former winner in action was Annette Kealy of Raheny Shamrock, while traveling from Cork to take part was world W60 masters’ 10,000m champion Carmel Parnell of Leevale. To judge from the singlets, Carmel was just one of thousands from clubs all over the country for whom a trip to Dublin for the mini marathon remains an annual pilgrimage. Among them was a large group from Carrick Aces led by former international athlete Rose Lambe who was first W55 in last year’s mini marathon; first home for the Aces was Anne Linden who broke 40 minutes. A technical glitch meant the race start was delayed by ten minutes.
PHILIP HARTY of West Waterford won the Cork City Marathon in a time of 2 hrs 32 mins 58 secs this morning. First woman was Leevale’s Nollaig O’Neill who was defending the title she won last year and finished in 3:00:40. Peter Somba won the half marathon beating Sergiu Ciobanu of Clonliffe, who was going for a third consecutive victory in the race. Aoife Cooke of Youghal AC won the women’s race; Mary Sweeney, her aunt and coach,was sixth woman and first W55 in the full marathon. Unfortunately the course proved longer than expected by almost half a mile after the motorbike outriders leading the race took the wrong route.
Results –
VHI Women’s Mini Marathon 10k Dublin – Top 50 (First 200 at http://www.vhiwomensminimarathon.ie/vhi-womens-mini-marathon-blogs/top-200-finishers.835.html)
1 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane AC) 34:30, 2 Natasha Adams (Letterkenny, W35) 34:33, 3 Sarah Mulligan (DSD) 35:28, 4 Orla Drumm (Crusaders) 35:56, 5 Maria McCambridge (DSD, W40) 36:21, 6 Fiona Clinton (DSD) 36:42, 7 Ciara Hickey (Bros Pearse, W35) 37:07, 8 Catherina Mullen (Shercock AC) 37:10, 9 Jane Ann Meehan (Athenry AC) 37:21, 10 Sara Doohan (Corran AC) 37:46, 11 Noreen Brouder (Sportsworld) 37:59, 12 Fionnuala Diver (Letterkenny AC) 38:05, 13 Sharon Grant (Portlaoise, W35) 38:51, 14 Paula Grant (Portlaoise AC) 38:54, 15 Harriette Robinson (DSD) 38:58, 16 Kim Hickey (Donore ) 39:00, 17 Nichola Sheridan (Bohermeen) 39:20, 18 Colette Tuohy (Mayo AC, W40) 39:25, 19 Anne Linden (Carrick Aces) 39:27, 20 Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock, W45) 39:36, 21 Louise O’Reilly 39:49, 22 Sinead Fowley (Leitrim GAA) 39:50, 23 Karen Lavelle (Star of the Sea) 40:06, 24 Carmel Parnell (Leevale, W60) 40:14, 25 Ciara Brady (Piranha TC) 40:37, 26 Suzanne Foot (Sli Cualann), 40:48, 27 Helen Barry 40:50, 28 Emma Leahy 40:52, 29 Sandra Lynch 040:52, 30 Sophie Wickham (England) 41:08, 31 Amy Moriarty 41:10, 32 Grace Kennedy 41:11, 33 Monica McGanaghan 41:13, 34 Rose Lambe (Carrick Aces, W55) 41:15, 35 Florence Curley (Donore Hrs, W40) 41:22, 36 Paula Prendergast (Mayo AC) 41:23, 37 Claire Tonry 41:27, 38 Kate Kelly Cronin 41:33, 39 Aoife Parrella 41:37, 40 Jane McGinley 41:43, 41 Louise Kierans 41:46, 42 Stephanie Barnewell (DSD) 41:50, 43 Cecile Ollagnier 42:09, 44 Ciara O’Neill 42:10, 45 Yvonne Fehily 42:15, 46 Aine Crimin 42:16, 47 Anna Bushe 42:16, 48 Yasmin Canning 42:21, 49 Sarah Quigley 42:25, 50 Eimear Griffin 42:30.
Cork City Marathon (Full results http://www.sportsplits.com/Home/QuickResults?clientId=74&raceId=168&culture=en-US)
Men: 1 Philip Harty (West Waterford, M35) 2:32:58, 2 Eoin Sugrue (M40) 2:36.47, 3 Brian Hegarty (Leevale, M35) 2:38.10, 4 Cathal O’Connell (St Finbarr’s, M50) 2:40:28, 5 Finbarr O’Dwyer (Leevale, M40) 2:43:46, 6 Alan Lehane (St Finbarr’s) 2:45:2.
Women: 1 Nollaig O’Neill (Leevale, W40) 3:00:40, 2 Una Murphy Plant (Kinsale, W45) 3:03:01, 3 Dolores Duffy (Watergrasshill,W45) 3:14:08, 4 Orla Crosbie (St Finbarr’s W45) 3:15:43 , 5 Geraldine O’Shea (St Finbarr’sW45) 3:18:10, 6 Mary Sweeney (St Finbarr’s, W55) 3:19:38
Half-Marathon (course may have been long)-
Men: 1 Peter Somba 71.19, 2 Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe) 71.27, 3 Eoin Field (St Finbarr’s)74.49, 4 Alan O’Shea (Bantry) 74.55, 5 John Meade (St Finbarr’s, M35) 75.15.
Women: 1 Aoife Cooke (Youghal AC) 85.28, 2 Norah Pieterse (Mayo AC) 8554, 3 Anne Marie Holland (Youghal AC) 91.29, 4 Teresa Murphy 91.53, 5 Orla O’Rourke (Ballymore Cobh) 95.11.
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