Results Feb 9-12 (ongoing)

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Robert Heffernan

Derval O’Rourke  provided the highlight of the second day at the Woodie’s DIY Senior Indoors in the Odyssey, Belfast when she won the  60m hurdles in 8.21. Emerald’s  Sarah Lavin finished second, with her time of 8.46,  equalling O’Rourke’s junior record, set in 1999.
In the men’s hurdles, Ben Reynolds  of North Down  was a clear winner in 7.75  – just one hundredth of a second outside the World Indoors qualifying mark.
Amy Foster of City of Lisburn won the women’s 60m title in 7.37;   Joan Healy  of Bandon was second in 7.58 and Leah Moore of Clonliffe  third.   
A surprise winner of the men’s 60m in 6.79 secs was Nigerian-born Seye Ogunlewe  of Celbridge, a many times schools’ champion. Pre-race favourite of Dean Adams of Ballymena and Antrim was second in 6.88 and David Hynes of  Menapians a close third ahead of Steven Colvert of Crusaders.
Winning the men’s  200m in a personal best 21.86 was  17-year-old Marcus Lawler of St Laurence O’Toole. Steffi Creaner won th ewomen’s race in 24.31, also a PB.  Eoin Mulhall of Crusaders  won the 400m in 48.40, with  Christine Mc Mahon best of the women in 56.06.
Letterkenny’s Daniel Mooney  won the men’s 1500m  beating clubmate Ruairi Finnegan, while Orla Drumm of UCC outkicked  Sarah Treacy of Moynalvy to take the women’s 1500m.
Ciara Everard of UCD beat Laura Crowe of Riocht to win the 800m in 2:07.34, with the men’s title going to Brian Kelly of St. Abban’s AC with a time of 1:54.94. 
Women– 60m H: 1 D O’Rourk (Leevale) 8.21; 2 S Lavin (Emerald) 8.46; 3 L O’Hara (Dooneen) 8.68.
60m: 1 A Foster (CoL) 7.37; 2 J Healy (Bandon) 7.58; 3 L Moore (Clonliffe) 7.80. 
200m: 1 S Carroll (Dooneen) 25.60; 2 J Sheehan (Lee) 25.85; 3 C Boomer (Lagan V) 25.93.
400m: 1 C McMahon (B&A) 56.06; 2 C McCallion (Clonliffe) 57.14; 3 J Neville (Lee) 58.21.
800m: 1 C Everard (KCH) 2:07.34; 2 L Crowe (Riocht) 2:07.62; 3 S Eviston (Raheny Shamrock) 2:07.70. 
1500m: 1 O Drumm (UCC) 4:20.54; 2 S Treacey (Moynalvy) 4:22.17; 3 S McCarthy (UCC) 4:38.99. 
HJ: 1 C Farrell (Craughwell) 1.70; 2 L Byrne (F’bank) 1.65; 3 A Croke (Dooneen) 1.65. 
TJ: 1 McLoone 12.47; 2 S Buggy (St A) 12.10; 3 M Devlin (CoD) 11.65.  

Men – 60m H: 1 B Reynolds (N Down) 7.75; 2 V Papso (Slovakia) 7.85; 3 P Coghlan (Crusaders) 7.95.
60m: S Ogunlewe (Celbridge) 6.79; 2 S Adams (B&A) 6.88; 3 D Hynes (Mnapians) 6.89.
200m: 1 M Lawler(SLOT) 21.86; 2 D Hynes (Menapians) 21.86; 3 J Davis Raheny Shamrock) 22.23.
400m: 1 E Mulhall 9Crus) 48.40 (pb); 2 J Harvey (UU) 48.62; 3 J Greene (F’bank) 49.58. 
800m: 1 B Kelly (St A) 1:54.94; 2 K Griffin (Tir C) 1:55.37; 3 D Conin (BlarneyIn) 1:55.41. 
1500m: 1 D Mooney (L’kenny) 3:52.83; 2 R Finnegan (do) 3:54.83; 3 C Bradley (CoD) 3:55.27. 
HJ: 1 B Pender (St A) 2.15; 2 M Bowler (KCH) 1.90; 3 R Bill (B&A) 1.85. 
LJ: 1 E Fahey (Donore) 7.10; 2 A Kennedy Raheny Shamrock) 7.06; 3 A McMullen (Mid-Ulster) 6.86.
TJ: 1 Kennedy 14.98; 2 D Finnegan (Leevale) 14.88; 3 S Archer (F’bank) 13.54.
SP: 1 S Breathnach (GCH) 15.92; 2 A Doyle (Mid-Ulster) 15.02; 3 D Clifforf (FMV) 13.78. 
PV: 1 D Donegan (Clonliffe) 4.60; 2 I Rogers (do) 4.50; 3 T Houlihan (W Wat) 4.40. 

Day 1
Togher race walker Robert Heffernan  won a 14th national indoor title at the Woodie’s DIY Senior Indoor Championships in the Odyssey, Belfast today (Sat). Laura Reynolds of Mohill  won the women’s walk. 
Ferrybank’s Kelly Proper of Ferrybank showed a welcome return to form when she won the long jump with a season’s best 6.34m. 
DSD’s Claire Bergin ran 54.82 in the 400m heats, but won’t compete in the final. Christine McMahon, back competing after taking a seaon off, won her heat in a personal best  56.54 and is  favourite to take the title. 
Fastest in the men’s 400m heats in 49.31 was  Jason Harvey  of University of Ulster. 
Mark Christie of Mullingar and DSD’s Hazel Murphy won the men and women’s 3000m titles.
* DCU finished second to Villanova  in the Colleges Medley Relay at the Millrose games, in the Armory, New York. David McCarthy was 8th in the Wanamaker Mile in 3:37.86.

Woodie’s DIY National Indoors, Odyssey, Belfast – Saturday

Men – 5km walk; 1 Robert Heffernan (Togher) 19.06; 2 Jamie Costin (W Waterford)19.35.06; 3 Tom Bosworth (UK) 19:50; 4 Michael Doyle (Tara AC) 19.50.52.
60m (heats) : Steven Colvert 6.86 (pb). 
400m (heats) Ht 1: Jason Harvey 49.32. Ht 3: Eoin Mulhall 49.77. 
1500m – Ht 2 Daniel Mooney 4:01.80; 2 Shane Fitzsimons.  
3000m: 1 Mark Christie (Mullingar) 8:01.29; 2 Mark Hanrahan (Leevale) 8:03.77; 3 A Sanchez (Sligo) 8:05.88. 
Women –
60m qualifiers: Amy Foster 7.39. Joan Healy 7.59, Aoife MacNeill 7.73, Sarah Murray 7.75, Leah Murray 7.77, Marian Heffernan 7.81.
400m (heats): Claire Bergin (DSD) 54.81
3000m: 1 Hazel Murphy (DSD)  9:20.35; 2  Teresa McGloin (Finn Valley) 9:47.36; 3  Emer O’Brien  (Sligo AC) 10:09.91. 
Pole vault: Claire Wilkinson 3.80; 2 Lisa Houlihan (W Waterford)3.00; 3 A Phelan (St Brendan’s) 2.60.
Long jump: 1 Kelly Proper (Ferrybank) 6.34; 2 Mary McLoone (Tir Chon) 5.83; 3 L Byrne (F’Bank) 5.81. 
Shot: 1  Claire Fitzgerald (Tralee Hrs) 13.66; 2 G Stewart (Tir Chon) 12.20; 3 N Murphy (Blar/Inis)11.52.

3km Walk: 1 Laura Reynolds (Mohill) 12:43.23; 2 Kate Veale  (W Wat) 12:52.79; 3 Maeve Curley (Craughwell) 13: 44.10.  

Other results – 
Sunday Feb 12

Larry McGuill Ras na h Eireann, Oldbridge, Co Meath www.rasnaheireann.com 

Meath athletes were well represented in the masters grades at Ras na hEireann; picture shows Don Mahon, Trim AC, 2nd M40; Linda Fahy, Dunshaughlin AC, 1st W40, Paddy Mangan, Dunshaughlin AC, 1st Larry McGuill Memorial Run, Ursula Byrne, 1st W45 Dunshaughlin AC W45; Ann Tobin, Trim AC, 1st W50; Patsy Fitzsimons, South O’Hanlon, 1st M55.

Women’s international race (67 finishers): 1 Lizzie Adams (Team Puma) 13.03; 2 Sarah Porter (USA) 13.16; 3 Aleksandra Jawor (Poland) 13.19; 2 Agnieska Ciolek (Poland) 13.24; 5 Ciara Durkan (Ire) 13.28; 6 Breege Connolly (Ire) 13.46; 7 Becky Woods (Clonliffe) 13.50;  8 Fiona Roche (Raheny Shamrock) 13.59; 9 Kate O’Neill (MSB) 14.03; 10 Laura Behan (Ire) 14.04; 11 Edyta Lewandows (Poland)  14.13; 12 Laura Shaughnessy (Ireland) 14.14.  W40: Linda Fahey (Dunshaughlin). W45 Ursula Byrne (Dunshaughlin). W50: Ann Tobin (Trim). W55: Nuala Reilly (Drogheda and Dist). Teams – 1 Poland 18; 2 Ireland 21. Clubs – Drogheda and District 93; 2 Dunleer 115; 3 Drogheda and District B 135.

Men’s international race (85 finishers) : 1 Landon Peacock (USA) 17.50; 2 Brian Harvey (USA) 18.03; 3 Arek Gardzielew (Pol) 18.07; 4 Lex Williams (USA) 18.12; 5 Cameron Bean (USA) 18.12; 6 Michael Crouch (USA) 18.31; 7 Justin Lutz (USA) 18.33; 8 Brian McMahon (Ire) 18.38; 9 Emmett Dunleavy (Ire) 18.42; 10 Eddie McGinley (Ire) 18.45; 11 Martin Quinn (Dunleer) 18.59; 12 Aki Nummela (Fin) 19.03. U2o: Shane Walsh (Dunleer). M40: Robert Maher (Drogheda and District). M45 Davie Carrie (Dunleer). M50: Dermot Kerr (Armagh). M55: Terry Clarke (Rathfarnham WSAF)  Teams – 1 USA 7; 2 Ireland 27. Clubs – 1 Armagh AC 72; 3 Dunleer 83; 3 Drogheda and District 131.

Meelagh Valley ‘10’, Bantry (165 finishers; full result http://irelandrunning.blogspot.com.
Men – 1 Alan O’Shea (Bantry) 53.28; 2 George Waugh (Bandon) 55.06; 3 Kevin Wilmot (Bandon) 58.20; 4 Simon Mangan (Greeveguilla) 61:22; 5 Don Koehane (Eagle) 61:38; 6 Aidan Thompson (M45) 63.17. M40: Pat O’Connor (Eagle) 65:50. M60: Pat Twomey (Eagle) 68.31.

Women– 1 Maura Regan (Eagle) 69:25; 2 Geraldine O’Shea (St Finbarr’s, W40) 71:32; 3 Eleanor Casey (Skibbereen) 74.28; 4 Noreen Crowley 9Skibbereen) 77.15; 5 Siobhan Foy  79.00; 6 Irene Eighan (St Finbarr’s) 81.12. W50: Theresa Barnett 82:15.  

Maree 8km Run and Fun Walk, Maree, Oranmore, Co Galway (219 finishers; full result www.precisiontiming.com).
Men: 1 Matt Bidwell M40 26:22; 2 Stephen McKeigue 27:13; 3 Gerard Hughes 27:17; 4 Paul Keane 27:19; 5 Timmy Glavey 27:49;; 6 Paddy O’Toole 28:32.
M50: Tommy Joe Whyte 30:03.
Women: 1 Ann Moran W40 35:13; 2 Mary Kealy W40 35:23; 3 Linda Brennan 35:35; 4 Sharon Nolan 36:34; 5 Mary McHugh W50 37:12; 6 Aideen de Paor 37:18.
ESB Cork BHAA Cross-Country 5km Challenge, Beaumount Park, Blackrock, Cork (160 finishers; full result www.corkbhaa.com).
Men: 1 Seam McGrath (Midleton Tri and Run) 17:25; 2 Michael Buckley (J Wolfe Physio) 17:50; 3 Trevor Woods (UCC, M40) 18:99; 4 John Meade ( J Wolfe Physio) 18:12; 5 Rory O’Sulivan (Deady Sec) 18:12; 6 Roy Fahny  (BioPharma) 18:25. M50: Stan Bychek (Midleton News) 20:51. M45: John Hllahan (An Post) 21:09. M55: Patrick Murphy (UCC) 21:25. M60: John Holland (An Post/Eircom) 23:30. M70: John O’Leary (Bookdeal) 26:35.

Women:1 Ann Marie Healy (HSE, W40) 21:29; 2 Helen Leonard (Murphy’s H&F, W40) 22:09; 3 Anna O’Neill (McKessons) 22:23; 4 Maggie Chojan (Dept of Ed, W40) 22:54; 5 Sally Drennan (Dept of Ed, W40) 24:01; 6 Elaine O’Donoghue (HSE) 24:04.


Limerick Senior 4-mile Road Race Championships, Rathkeale
Men: 1 M Carmody (Limerick) 19.21, 2 N O’Callaghan (West Lim) 20.51, 3 M Cunningham (Bilboa) 21.37. Women: 1 T Roche (Dooneen) 23.53, 2 F Burke (West Lim) 25.57, 3 B Lynch (Dooneen) 26.41.
 

Hills: Winter League Rd 3, Annagh Hill (9km, 370m), Co Wexford(129 finishers;  WWW.imra.ie).
Men: 1 Turlough Conway (Rath WSAF, M40) 43:01; 2 Paul Tierney (Eagle) 44:23; 3 Jason Reid (Rath WSAF) 44:25; 4 Greg Byrne  (Rath WSAF)46:54; 5 Eoin Keith (Boars, M40) 47:04; 6 David Power 47:06. M50: Martin Francis (Sli Cualann) 50:46.
Women: 1 Karen O’Hanlon (Dunboyne, W40) 53:31; 2 Mirjam Allik (TCD) 56:21; 3 Catherine Halpin 59:52; 4 Mags Greenan (Clonliffe, W50) 61:20; 5 Michelle Rowley 62:00; 6 Tracie Ryan 63:18.   
Sportsman’s Duathlon Series Rd 1 (of 3), off Old Newry Road, Dundalk, Co Louth, 1. 2-mile run, 10-mile cycle, 2- mile run. (137 finishers; www.setantatri.com).
Men: 1 Paul Carroll 48:31; 2 Niall Somers 49:56; 3 Cian Delaney 50:38.
Women: 1 Helen White (W40) 59:02; 2 Adele Neill 60:15; 3 Breda Daly 61:52.

Scottish Masters Indoors, Glasgow.
Women – Combined Events: W50 1 Lucy Moore-Fox (DSD) 2807 pts (11.41/740, 1.33/771, 8.74/596, 3.58/423, 3:38.23/277)
High jump: W50 – 1 Mary Barrett (Loughrea) 1.35.
60m Hurdles: W50 – 1 Barrett 11.12 
60m: W50 – Barrett 4th, 9.73.
Shot: W75 – 1 Sheila Champion (Sportsworld) 4.92.
Men – Shot: M45 – Thomas McGrane (St Peter’s) 8.19. M50- Bosco Reid (Finn V) 10.80.
60m: M55 – 3 Seamus Agnew (Ballymena and Antrim) 8.81. M65 – 1 Patrick Forbes (Mid-Ulster) 8.84. 

200m: M55 – 4 Agnew 29.92. M65 – 1 Forbes 30.25.

Saturday Feb 11
Millrose Games, the Armory, New York (full result via Flotrack)
Wanaker Mile: 1 Mathew Centrowitz (Nike) 3:534.29 (stadium rec). Irish: 8 David McCarthy 3:57.86. 
Colleges Medley Relay: 1 Villanova 9:38.02; 3 DCU 9:39.68; 3 La Salle U 9:48.53. 
Women’s pole vault: 5 Tori Pena 4.30.

USA T-F Classic, Arkansas
Mile: 1 Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 3:52.63…6  Ciaran O Lionaird (Leevale)  3:54.08 (PB). 
Tyson Invitational, Fayetteville, Arkansas 

800m: 1 Anthony Lieghio (Tallaght/Arkansas) 1:48.58 (PB). 
Perth Track Classic 
400m: 1 Joanne Cuddihy (KCH) 52.08          


AnneValley 5 Mile Challenge, Harney’s Pub Dunhill, Co Waterford (414 finishers; full result www.annevalleyrunning.webs.com.
Men: 1 Brian Murphy 25:28; 2 Sandis Bralitis WW) 25:57; 3 Frank Quinlan (WAC) 26.58; 4 Brian Swaby (WAC) 27:36; 5 Emmet Kelly (Wat Tri) 28:21’ 6 Ronan Wogan (Slane) 28:26. Jun: Damine Muprhy (WW) 28:56. M40: Dermot McCarthy (WAC) 29:02. M45:  John Roche (Clayton) 30:41. M55: Barry Kennedy 36:38. M60: Con Kelleher (WAC) 35.50.

Women: 1 Mags Kirwan Bolger (Carrick R, W45)  30:22; 2 Sylvia Malone (WAC, W35) 30:48; 3 Mary Doolan (W35) 33:03; 4 Siobhan Moylan (W40) 33.46; 5 Orla Quelly (Ferrybank W19) 33.48; 6 Laura Flavin 34.30.      

Cupid’s Dash 10km, Bull Island, Clontarf, Dublin (173 finishers; full result  www.cupidsdash.ie.
Men: 1 Martin Bradshaw 35:38; 2 David Lennards 38:27; 3 Dermot Gorman 39:18; 5 Aleandro Carrasco 40:05.6.
Women: Alison Frelinger 48:26.8; 2 Patricia Ryan 48:45.8; 3 Lurana Kerr 48:50.1; 4 Michelle Nestor 50:00.5.

Thursday 9

Armagh International Road Race.
Men’s International 5000m (68 finishers): 1 James Wilkinson (Team Puma ENG) 13:55; 2 Michael Crouch (USA) 13:55.93; 3 Jonny Mellor(Liverpool Hrs) 13;56.86; 4 Landeon Peacock (USA) 13:59.25; 5 Brian Harvey (USA) 14:00.19; 6 James Walsh (Team  Puma, Eng) 14J1.54. Irish: 30 Shane Kerr (Armagh) 14:48.31; 33 Mark Hoey (Star of the Sea) 14:52.22; 37 Pete Matthews (Armagh) 14:56.72. M40: 1 Antony Whiteman (Shaftesbury Barnett) 14:27.16; 2 David Morwood (Annadale) 15:10.20. M45: 1 Francis Marsh (N Down)16:02.10; 2 Bashir Hussein (Team uma, Eng) 16:21.16. . Junior: Stephen Kerr (Armagh) 15:07.81. 
Men’s 3km (140 finishers): 1 Ciaran O’Doherty (Letterkenny) 8:43.15; 2 Christopher Johnson (Letterkenny) 8:44.04; 3 Jordan Stokes (N Down) 8:54.80; 4 Neil Johnson (Springwell RC) 8:55.76; 5 Darragh Rennicks (Bohermeen) 8:58.02; 6 Frank Conway (Armagh, M45) 9:06.90.
Women’s 3km (69) : 1 Lizzie Adams (Team Puma, Eng) 9:16.43; 2 Sarah Porter (USA) 9:24.90; 3 Eli Stevens  9:28.67; 4 Rachel Bamford (Otley) 9:29.52; 5 Agneiska Ciolek (Poland) 9:29.73; 6 Aleksandra Jawor 9:31.30; 7 Gemma Hiller (Charnwood, Eng) 9:42.99; 8 Julie Turley (Dromore) 9:50.50. Other Irish: 11 Breege Connolly (NBH) 10:05.14; 15 Patricia O’Hagan (St Peter’s Lurgan) 10:18.06. W35: Cathy McCourt (NBH) 10:29.97. W40: Stephanie Hambling (N Down) 10:52.82. W45: Geraldine Branagh (Dromore) 11:03.01. W50: Ruth Magill (Lagan Valley) 11:30.12. Junior: Eva Laverty (Lagan Valley) 10:50.12.   

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