Kilkenny City Harriers won the M18 4×100 title in the closest race of the day at the GloHealth Irish Juvenile Relay Championships in Tullamore. Their time of 44.03 put them just .01 ahead of Bandon AC and was one of seven new records set on a perfect day for running.
Other record-breaking winners included Menapians M16 4×100 with a time of 44.92. Tallaght won the M18 4x400m in 3 mins 31.86 secs with Dundrum South Dublin team best of the girls in 4:17.15.
Blackrock AC from Co Dublin won both the W12 and 13 4x100m title in new championships best times of 55.77 secs and 53.28 secs respectively. In the Under 14 4x100m races, St Laurent O’Toole proved best of the girls in 51.41 with Leevale winning the boys’ title in 50.18. Taking a hat-trick of victories in the U15,16 and 17 age groups were the girls of Emerald AC, while winning the W19 4x100m was Tir Chonaill in 49.03 secs. Galway City Harriers won the girls’ 4x400m in 4:12.30.
EARLIER IN THE WEEK, Paul Robinson of St Coca’s ran a personal best 3:40.39 to win the 1500m at the Belfast International Meet. Robinson was pushed hard by Australian visitor Ryan Gregson, who finished on his heels. In the men’s 400m, UCD’s Mark English secured a shock victory over Clonliffe’s Brain Gregan, with a winning time of 46.56 secs – a personal best. Lisburn’s Amy Foster won the 100m and North Down’s Ben Reynolds the 110m hurdles, while Northern Ireland sprinter Leon Reid beat Craig Lynch of Shercock in the men’s 100m. Christine McMahon, who recently made the qualification mark for the European Championships, started well in the 400m hurdles but lost out to English visitor Aisha Naibe-Wey and the fast-finishing Jessie Barr of Ferrybank. In the 5000m, Kevin Batt made his first appearance in a St Coca’s vest to finished second behind Ben St Lawrence of Australia, who was a clear winner in 13 mins 27.72 secs. Batt finished second in 14:02.97, with Mark Christie of Mullingar a close third.
FREDDY KERON SITTUK won the Achill Half Marathon today in 69 mins 57 secs, with Gary O’Hanlon second.
Saturday July 5
Achill Half Marathon and 10km, Keel, Achill Island, Co Mayo (www.precisiontiming.net)
Half Marathon (688 finishers) – Men: 1 Freddy Keron Sittuk 69.57, 2 Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe) 70.23, 3 Tudor Moldovan 73.26, 4 David Murray 80.54, 5 Rory Mooney 80.57. Women: 1 Michelle Mullaney (W35) 93.29, 2 Anne Marie Needham (W35) 93.33, 3 Rachel Wade 94.25.
10km (586 finishers) – Patrick O’Toole 34.09; Gillian Clyne 41.44.
Clontarf Half Marathon and 5 Mile, Dublin; www.redtagtiming.com
Half (1,621 finishers) – Men: 1 Paul Lynch (SBR) 76.47, 2 Simon Mulvey (Tallaght) 79.05, 3 David Hiddlestone (Black Lungs Toronto) 79.23. Women: 1 Aoife Joyce (Crusaders) 90.17, 2 Pascale Bethiaume 92.00, 3 Alma Hanevy (Donore) 92.20.
5-Mile (706 finishers) – Men: 1 Wishu Gebreselaisie 26.58, 2 Kevin Baker (Mullingar Hrs) 27.10, 3 Adam Pardoux 28.11.Women: 1 Justine O’Connell (DSD) 31.57, 2 Riona Ni Mhuirteaigh (St LOT) 33.15, 3 Jean Wallace (3D Tri) 35.03
Friday July 4
Ras na Rinne 6m, Co Waterford, Ger Wyley Sports/Skins Summer Series Rd 8.
Men: 1 B Murphy (Carrick-on-Suir) 36:25, 2 R Zakis (West Waterford) 33:01, 3 F Hayes (East Cork) 33:36. M40: P Duggan (St Joseph’s). M45: J Baldwin (Waterford); M50: D Kelleher . M55: J Gough (W Waterford). Jun: L Reilly (W Waterford).
Women: 1 M O’Dwyer (Carrick-on-Suir) 36:25, 2 N O’Donovan (W Waterford) 41:30, 3 S Prendergast (W Waterford) 43:59.W35: M Dyer (W Waterford). W40: B Coffey (W Waterford). W45: A Dunford (W Waterford). W50: B Prendergast (W Waterford).
Bruff 5-Mile, Co Limerick, Race 6 (final rd) Ballyhoura Limerick Series.
Men: 1 M Carmody (Limerick) 25:52, 2 D Moore (Bilboa) 26:53, 3 R O’Connor (North Cork) 27:07, 4 K Lynch (BMOH) 27:09, 5 D Kearns (Dooneen, M40) 27:41, 6 M Cunningham (Mooreabbey, M40) 27:48. M40: 3 T Blackburn (Mooreabbey) 28:16. M50: 1 G Griffin (Mooreabbey) 30:48, 2 D Sheehan (Mallow) 31:23, 3 J O’Shea (W Limerick) 31:35. M60: 1 T Madden (Marian) 33:19, 2 E O’Dwyer (Galtee) 37:01, 3 J Barrett (W Limerick) 37:20. Jun: E Valatka (Kilfinane, MJ) 28:34.
Women: 1 A MacPhail (Dooneen, W40) 32:13, 2 L Schwirz (Crusaders) 32:37, 3 G Shaloo (Ennis TC) 33:13, 4 G O’Callaghan 33:14, 5 S Buckley (N Cork) 34:50, 6 L Matthews (Dooneen, W40) 35:31. W40: 3 C O’Sullivan (Galtee) 36:26. W50: 1 C Quish (Mooreabbey) 40:53, 2 B Falahee 41:31, 3 A O’Dea 44:30.
Wednesday July 2
Belfast T-F International, Mary Peters Track. www.athleticsni.org.
Selected results –
Wheelchair – 100m: 1 Paul Hannan (Torque) 17.02. 1500m: Patrick Monaghan (IWA Dublin) 3:53.63, 2 Jack Agnew (Torque) 3:54.3.
Women -100m: 1 Amy Foster (City of Lisburn) 11.69, 2 Hayley Hones (Wigan & Dist) 11.8, 3 Catherine McManus (Celtic DCH) 11.92. 400m: 1 Shana Cox (Woodford Green) 54.01….5 Mandy Gault (Lagan Valley) 55.6. 800m: 1 Hanna Tarver (Edinburgh) 2:02.72, 2 Selam Kajan (Aus) 2:02.98, 3 Laura Crowe (Riocht) 2:03.23….7 Erin McIlveen (City of Lisburn) 2:05.96, 8 Ciara Everard (UCD) 2:06.3, 9 Aislinn Crossey (Newry) 2:06.69. U23 100m H: 1 Catherine McManus (Celtic DCH) 13.97, 2 Megan Marrs (City of Lisburn) 14.03. 400m H: 1 Aisha Naibe-Wey (Herne Hill) 58.54, 2 Jessie Barr (Ferrybank) 58.85, 3 Christine McMahon (Ballymena and Antrim) 58.85. Pole vault: 1 Zoe Brown (Raheny) 4.31, 2 Claire Wilkinson (Balymena and Antrim) 3.71.
Men -100m: 1 Leon Reid (Birchfield Hrs) 10.63, 2 Craig Lynch (Shercock) 10.70, 3 Jonathan Browing (Ballymena and Antrim) 10.95. 400m: 1 Mark English (UCD) 46.56, 2 Brian Gregan (Clonliffe) 46.92, 3 Paul Murphy (Ferrybank) 47.75, 4 Timmy Crowe (Dooneen) 47.94, 5 Jason Harvey (Crusaders) 48.01. 800m – A: 1 Rueben Bett (Ken) 1:47.64, 2 Robert Tully (Star of the Sea) 1:49.15. B : 1 Brian Kelly (St Abban’s) 1:50.64. 1500m: 1 Paul Robinson (St Coca’s) 3:40.39, 2 Ryan Gregson (Aus) 3:40.6, 3 Sam McEntee (Aus) 3:41.33, 4 Collis Brrmingham (Aus) 3:41.82, 5 Eoin Everard (KCH) 3:41.83, 6 David McCarthy W Waterford) 3:42.27. 5000m: 1 Ben St Lawrence (Aus) 13:27.72, 2 Kevin Batt (St Coca’s) 14:02.97, 3 Mark Christie (Mullingar Hrs) 14:03.32, 4 Dewi Griffiths (Swansea) 14:12.17, 5 John Travers (Donore) 14:15.16, 6 Mark Hanrahan (Leevale) 14:21.71, 7 Brandon Hargreaves (Clonliffe) 14:23.51, 8 Gary Murray (St Malachy’s) 14:28.51. 110m H: 1 Ben Reynolds (Nth Down) 13.81, 2 Julian Ortiz (Birchfield Hrs) 14.25.Long jump: Adam McMullen (Crusaders) 7:59. U20 Hammer: Robert Moffett (Balymena and Antrim) 63.76.
South O’Hanlon 5km, Senechalstown, Navan, Co Meath (222 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Cian O’Reilly (Annalee) 15.45, 2 Eoin Callaghan (Star of the Sea) 16.01, 3 Neil Callaghan (Star of the Sea) 16.25. M40: Sean Reilly (Trim) 16.44. M45: Ian O’Leary (Donore) 17.14. M50: Eddie Newman (Mullingar Hrs) 17.25. M55: Dermott Kerr (Armagh) 17.45. Jun: Adam Carey (SO’H) 17.32.
Women: 1 Danielle Fegan (Armagh) 18.54, 2 Sinead Eacrett (St Michael’s) 19.14, 3 Mary Hanely (Na Fianna, W45) 19.31. W50: 1 Mary Watters (Navan) 20.14, 2 Rose Lambe (Carrick Aces) 20.17. W55: Nuala Reilly (Drogheda and Dist) 21.57.
Coillte 10km, Dundrum, Co Tipperary (248 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Kevin Moore (Dundrum) 32.58, 2 Julio Cesar Castro ( Kilmurry Ibr NC) 33.09 3 Danny Smith (Ballynonty) 33.11. Women: 1 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane) 35.14, 2 Dymphna Ryan (Dundrum) 38.43, 3 Claire Annan (Carrick) 38.54.
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