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| Col Mhuire Mullingar – winners boys’ senior title |
On a misty moisty morning in south Dublin, Parkrun fever hit Marlay Park this morning with 370 turning out to run. Among them was Matt Shields, who brought the Parkrun concept to Ireland only a few short years ago, members of DLR Council who are helping finance the weekly free runs and representatives of local communities in the Dublin area aiming to start Parkruns of their own (Ardgillen Park near Balbriggan, Shanganagh Park near Bray and Griffeen Park in Lucan are already under discussion).
Although there is only the incentive of a personal best on the listings and a special t-shirt when you reach 50 runs, this simple but brilliant idea has clearly captured the imagination. Between Marlay and Malahide (they’re on their 18th run), around 700 men, women and children were running today in Dublin. Brilliant! Keep an eye on www.irishrunner.com for pics from Tomas Greally.
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| Pics by Damian Lawlor of Col Mhuire |
* UCD ended a ten year DCU winning streak to finish best overall college at the Irish Universities Cross-Country Championships at UUJ. Even better, a variety of colleges featured in the top ten of both men and women’s races. UCD’s Fiona Roche was the winner of the women’s race over 4000m race, with Jason Fahy of Waterford IT scoring a solid victory over John Travers of AIT to win the the men’s 8000m. In a closely fought women’s team competition, Trinity beat UCC and UCD with DCU fourth. UCD, led by Chris Johnston in third place, won the men’s team title, with DCU, winners for the past five years, second. Watch it on Flotrack Ireland.
* Sean Tobin (High School Clonmel) and Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (Colaiste Iosagain) lived up to their billing to win the seniors races at the Aviva Irish Schools Cross-Country in UU Jordanstown.
In the girls’ 2.5km, Linda Conroy (Mercy Kilbeggan) did her best to stick with Buttner but fell back when Cleirigh Buttner opened up a decisive 15 metre gap Sarah Ni Mhaolmhuire (Colaiste Iosagain) snatched the bronze to ensure team gold for Colaiste Iosagain with a score of just nine points.
After finished second last year, Sean Tobin was determined to end his schools career on a winning note. Hugh Armstrong (Gortner Abbey Crossmolina) made the early pace but Tobin was keeping a watching brief and broke clear with two laps to go in the 6000m race. Armstrong held on for second with Kyle Larkin third and Colaiste Mhuire Mullingar best of the teams.
Clodagh O’Reilly (Loreto Cavan) led the inter girls’ 3,500m race from the start to come home a comfortable winner. In second place Isabelle Carron was leading Skerries CC to team victory.
In the inter boys’ 4,500m race, Kevin Mulcaire (St Flannan’s Ennis) only just pipped Jack MacGabhann (St Mary’s College) in the best race of the day. Liam MacGiolla Phadraig (Colaiste Eoin) finished third and St Malachy’s Belfast finished top team.
Siofra O’Flaherty (St Leo’s Carlow) won the junior girls’ race ahead of Eimear Fitzpatrick (Our Lady’s Terenure) . Colaiste Iosagain won the team title. Fearghal Curtin (Midleton CBS) was a comfortable winner of the boys’ junior race , with Alan Monaghan (St Patrick’s Navan) second and Oisin O Gibne (Drogheda Grammar) third. St Michael’s Enniskillen took team gold.
Caoimhe Harrington (Colaiste Pobail Bheanntrai) and Paddy Maher (Dunshauglin CC) won the minor races.
Watch all the action on Flotrack Ireland.
* Stephen Moore and Aoife Talty were the winners at the NUI/AIB BHAACross-Country races in Maynooth.
* Over 4,000 got down and dirty at Runamuck at Johnstown Bridge. All but 500-is in the one-lap event. There were some impressive times in the one-lap race, with John Dineen first home in under 25 minutes.
Saturday March 9
AVIVA Irish Schools Cross-Country Championships, UUJ, Ballyclare
Girls – Minor: 1 Caoimhe Harrington ( CP Bheanntrai) 7.22, 2 Nicola Duffy (St Peter’s Dunboyne) 7.30, 3 Laura Ward (Pres Carlow) 7.37. Teams – 1 St Dominic’s Cabra 48, 2 Sacred Heart Omagh 74, 3 Loreto Coleraine 99.
Junior: 1 Siofra O’Flaherty ( St Leo’s Carlow) 10.31, 2 Eimear Fitzpatrick (Our Lady’s Terenure) 10.41, 3 Fiona Everard (Maria Immaculata Dunmanway) 10.42. Teams– 1 Col Iosagain 45, 2 Eureka Kells 81. 3 Methodist College Belfast 101.
Inter: 1 Clodagh O’Reilly (Loreto Cavan) 14.29, 2 Isabel Carron (Skerries CC) 14.43, 3 Zoe Carruthers (Friends) 14.51. Teams – 1 Skerries CC 46, 2 Loreto Kilkenny 88, 3 St Mary’s Naas 93.
Senior: 1 Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (Col Iosagain) 10.27, 2 Linda Conroy (Mercy Kilbeggan) 10.40, 3 Sarah Ni Mhaolmhuire (Col Iosagain), 4 Yasmin Wilson (Ballyclare HS) 11.02, 5 Clar Nic Carthaigh (Col Iosagain) 11.04, 6 Jessica Coyne (Crescent Limerick) 11.10. Teams – 1 Col Iosagain 9, 2 Ballyclare HS 53, 3 Loreto Clonmel 58.
Boys -Minor: 1 Paddy Maher (Dunshaughlin) 9.45, 2 Patrick McNiff (Banbridge Academy) 9.53, 3 Peter Fegan (St Colman’s Newry) 9.56. Teams – 1 St Colman’s Newry 77, 2 Col Mhuire Mullingar 96, 3 Rice College Westport 122.
Junior: 1 Fearghal Curtin (Midleton CBS) 12.36, 2 Alan Monaghan (St Patrick’s Navan) 13.06, 3 Oisin O Gibne (Drogheda Grammar) 13.07. Teams – 1 St Michael’s Enniskillen 70, 2 Knockbeg College 95, 3 St Aidan’s CBS Dublin 117.
Inter: 1 Kevin Mulcaire (St Flannan’s Ennis) 15.20, 2 Jack Mac Gabhann (St Mary’s College) 15.21, 3 Liam Mac Giolla Phadraig (Col Eoin) 15.33. Teams – 1 St Malachy’s Belfast 62, 2 Douglas CS Cork 86, 3 St Aidan’s CBS Dublin 108.
Senior: 1 Sean Tobin (High School Clonmel) 22.42, 2 Hugh Armstrong (Gortner Abbey Crossmolina) 22.57, 3 Kyle Larkin (ASR Limerick) 23.03, 4 Andrew Coscoran (St Mary’s Drogheda) 23.12, 5 Ian Guiden (St Aidan’s) 23.14, 6 Ryan Sharkey (Methodist Belfast) 23.22. Teams – 1 Colaiste Mhuire Mullingar 68, 2 High School Clonmel 92, 3 Rice College Westport 139.
Irish Universities C-C Championships, UUJ
Women’s 4km (55 finishers) : 1 Fiona Roche (UCD) 19.22, 2 Maria O’Sullivan (TCD) 19.45, 3 Una Britton (UL) 19.52, 4 Becky Woods (TCD) 19:59, 5 Lorna Fitzpatrick (QUB) 20.21, 6 Eleanor Hartnett (UCD) 20.25, 7 Snead O’Connor (UCC) 20.35, 8 Mary Mulhare (DCU) 20.50. Teams– 1 TCD (2,4,13,17) 26, 2 UCC (7,10,12,15) 44, 3 UCD (1,6,16,24) 47, 4 DCU (8,9,14,20) 51.
Men’s 8km (114 finishers) : 1 Jason Fahy (WIT) 27.44, 2 John Travers (AIT) 28.03, 3 Chris Johnston (UCD) 28.19, 4 Liam Brady (DIT) 28.47, 5 Darren McBrearty (DCU) 28.53, 6 Sam Mealy (TCD) 29.01, 7 James O’Hare (QUB) 29.06, 8 Ben Thistlewood (UCC) 19.07, 9 Conor Dooney (DIT) 29.13,10 Mark O’Sullivan (CIT) 29.14. Teams – 1 UCD (3,11,12,19,22,23) 90, 2 DCU (5,13,15,18, 33,35) 119, 3 UCC (8,17,21,27,30,31) 134, 4 TCD (14,28,41,47, 54) 190.
Overall teams – 1 – UCD , 2 UCC, 3 CDU, 4 TCD, 5 UL.
Men’s 4-Mile(162 finishers) : 1 Stephen Moore (UBS) 21.24, 2 Declan Fahy M40 21.41, 3 Karl Fitzmaurice (Revenue, M35) 21.46, 4 Chris Muldoon (Swords Labs,M35) 21.52, 5 Alban Coughlan (IBRC) 22.12, 6 Paul O’Connell (IT, M35) 22.20.M40:2 David Hipwell (An Post) 22.33, 3 David Gargan (Swords Labs) 24.26. M45:1 George Shields 23.05, 2 Brian Kelly 23.37, 3 Alan Slevin 24.48. M50: 1 Tom O’Connor (B of Ire) 22.28, 2 Gerry O’Connell 22.58, 3 Gerard Kenny (Engineering A) 24.04. M55:1 Gerry Woods (OPW) 23.50, 2 Paddy Parrott (Motors A) 24.29, 3 Jack Doyle (Army) 24.38. M60: 1 John Todd (Food A) 25.42, 2 Philip Wright 27.11, Conor Cooney (Fingal Co Co) 27.32. M65:1 Michael Ferry (Gardai) 28.07, 2 Terry Mee (Motors A) 30.16, 3 Tom Turner (Manufacturing B) 32.30.M70:Seamus Kilcullen (Enterprise Ireland) 35.14. M75:Tadhg Twomey (Newspapers A) 33.40.
Women’s 2-Mile( 38 finishers): 1 Aoife Talty 11.35, 2 Niamh Boland 12.11, 3 Jean Wilson (TCD, W35) 12.21, 4 Ilona McElroy (PWC) 12.28, 5 Sharon Tighe (W45) 12.45, 6 Graine Butler (Health A , W45) 12.51. W35:2 Anne Marie Coghlan (Accountants A) 14.45, 3 Clare Smith 15.53. W40:1 Vanessa Sallier (Mercer) 13.25, 2 Lesely Evans 13.56, 3 Bernie Stapleton (Accountants A) 14.25. W45:3 Orla Gormley 9Aer Lingus) 13.06. W50:1 Sheelagh Jones (Teachers A) 13.37, 2 Bernie Kavanagh (Pfizer) 14.08, 3 Susan Walsh (Revenue) 15.02. W55: Mary Kelly (Revenue) 16.04. W60:Eileen O’Brien (Health A) 16.16. W70: Anne Woodlock 17.42.
Parkrun 5km Marlay (No 1; 370 finishers). www.parkrun.ie/marlay/
Men: 1 Des Kennedy (Raheny Shamrock, M40) 16.26, 2 Unknown, 3 Fergal Roche (M35) 17.22, 4 Peter Gerard Casey (M45) 17.25, 5 Andrew Flynn (DSD) 17.28, 6 Mark Sheridan (DSD) 17.31. Women: 1 Justine O’Connell Urell (DSD_ 19.04, 2 Breffni Twohig 19.49, 3 Carolyn Brady (DSD, W45) 20.15, 4 Denise O’Mahoney (DSD) 20.20, 5 Pauline Robertson (DSD, W45) 21.02, 6 Laura McDonnell 21.02.
Men: 1 Eoin Durkan (Aberdeen) 17.06, 2 Karl Meehan (Raheny Shamrock) 17.41 (PB), 3 Gerard Martin 17.44, 4 Wesley Nolan (MSB) 17.53, 5 Bernard Barrett 17.56, 6 Alan Foley Raheny Shamrock) 18.04.
Women: 1 Kate Cronin (Raheny Shamrock) 18.10, 2 Angela McCann (W40) 18.26, 3 Fionnuala Doherty (W35) 19.33, 4 Sinead Hartnett (Clonliffe) 19.48 (PB), 5 Jacqui Dunphy (Clonliffe) 20.00 (PB), 6 Erin O’Connell 20.15
10-Mile (667 finishers) – Men:1 Richard Gorman (Sligo AC) 55.48, 2 Pauric McKinney (Irishowen, M40) 55.53, 3 Gerard Gallagher 55.59, 4 Paul Ward (M40) 56.24, 5 Daniel Hannigan 58.20, 6 Michael Murphy 58.21 M50: Damien McGinty (City of Derry) 58.55. M60: Christy McMonagle 71.19. Jun: Shane Brady 61.22. Teams – 1 Sligo AC 3:57.18, 2 City of Derry 4:00.08, 3 Inishowen 4:02.30.
Women: 1 Fiona Stack 62.10, 2 Angela Speight 64.36, 3 Lucy Brennan (Sligo AC, W50) 65.40, 4 Tara Malone Enniskillen RC) 66.44, 5 Noeleen Merritt (W40) 66.44; 6 Claire McGuigan 66.48. W60: Margaret Warnock 90.53. Jun:Niamh Walsh 82.06. Teams – 1 Sligo AC 4:48.34, 2 Enniskillen RC 4:52.30, 3 Tir Chonaill 5:05.01.
10km (205 finishers) – Men: 1 Tom Thompson (M40) 37.24, 2 Sean Dudgeon 37.53, 3 Bill Duncan 38.06. M50: Philip Monnisor 42.17. Women: 1 Andrea Horgan 43.00, 2 Lisa O’Donnell 44.41, 3 Marie Rooney (W50) 45.18.
Hurley Hoey Memorial 10km, Gurteen Doora, Co Clare (1,108 finishers; provisional results due to many late entries at www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Michael Shannon (St John’s) 332.00, 2 Kenneth Rodger (St John’s ) 32.06, 3 Robert Staunton (GCH) 32.54, 4 James Murphy 34.19, 5 Gerry Carty (GCH) 35.25, 6 Niall Shanahan 35.38.
Women: 1 Dymphna Ryan (Dundrum AC) 37.28, 2 Maria Carey (Ennis TC) 39.02, 3 Ann McPhail (Dooneen) 39.39, 4 Anne-Marie Brooks 43.02, 5 Lorraine O’Loughlin 43.02, 6 Melanie Hassett 43.39.
10km-ish(487 finishers) – Men: 1 Adrian Hennessy (Outsider) 55.35, 2 Oskars Strazdins (International) 56.21, 3 Raphael Guerard 56.31. Women: 1 Aoife Callan (Athenry Muckers) 71.54, 2 Michelle Moloney 72.58, 3 Tara Shirley 75.44.
5km-ish(3,506 finishers) – Men: 1 John Dineen 24.53, 2 Valeri Mundy (Col Dhulaigh) 25.27, 3 John Burke 26.40, 4 Danny Casey 26.58. Women: 2 Laura Kinane 30.37, 2 Helene McKernan 31.59.
Sportsman’s Duathlon,(3km run, 16km cycle, 3km run), Newry Rd, Dundalk. 130 finishers; www.chipit.ie.
Men: 1 Paul Carroll 50.30, 2 Desi Foley 52.43, 3 Dessie Duffy 53.41. 1 Suzy Macken 59.48, 2 Helen White 61.08, 3 Adele Neill 62.32. .
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