Fionnuala Britton of Kilcoole won the Great Edinburgh Cross Country on Saturday after taking the lead in the 6km race with about 2km to go. Despite a minor fall with 600m remaining, Britton finished with 16 seconds to spare in 20 mins 40 secs. Behind her, Linda Byrne worked her way through the field to finish sixth – just behind Portugal’s Anna Dulce Felix of Portugal, who was second behind Britton at the European Championships last month. Next up for the Irish pair is the Antrim International on Saturday on January 12.
* At the Munster Indoors in Nenagh, Robert Heffernan won the 5000m walk in his best ever time for an opening run of the season. In second place was Brendan Boyce in a new personal best time. Sean Tobin produced the fastest time of the day in the 1500m, while Kelly Proper won the senior women’s 60m and Laura Crowe the 1500m.
*Claire Tarplee of DSD won the women’s 1500m at the BMC Sheffield Indoors Open in a time of 4:19.31. Kristaps Valters of Clonliffe was third in the 800m in 1:55.02, with his clubmate Mark McDonald clocking a time of 4:02.38 for 8th in the 1500m.
Sunday January 6
Munster Indoors,Nenagh (selected)
Women: 60m – Jun: Maire Heelan (Emerald) 8.07, 2 Annie Stafford (Menapians)8.10. U23: Heelan 8.03. Senior: Kelly Proper (Ferrybank) 7.69. 200m – Jun: Orla Furney (Gorey) 26.39. 400m – Jun: Jenna Bromell (Emerald) 59.37. 800m – W35: Margaret Danaher (Templemore) 2:27.72. 1500m – Sen: Laura Crowe (Riocht) 4:25.96. 3000m – W40: Anna O’Neill (Doheny) 10:30.44. 3km walk – Jun: Claudia Loughnane (Marian) 17:14.19. Triple jump – jun: 1 Jess Sheehan (Leevale) 10.72, 2 Deirbhile Ryna (NOAC) 10.61. Long jump – Jun: Annie Stafford (Leevale) 5.15. U23: Amanda Nevin (Borrisokane) 5.20. Shot – Jun: Niamh Murphy (BIAC) 12.43.
Men: 60m – Jun: Ht 1 – Cormac Lynch (Marian) 7.16 (ht 1); final 1 Eoin O’Connell (Tralee) 7.20; 2 Dai Tobin (Trim) 7.38. M35: Patrick Shanahan (Manapians) 7.54. M40: Mike O’Brien (Limerick) 7.87. 200m – Jun: 1 Paul Murphy (Ferrybank) 23.73, 2 Evan Crotty (Emerald) 23.78. U23: Shane O’Dwyer (Ferrybank) 23.74. 400m – Jun: 1 Billy Cosgrave (Emerald) 52.25, 2 Evan Crotty 52.46, 3 David Colbert (Midleton) 51.96. Sen: Barry Upton (Menapians) 51.96. 800m – Jun: Tom Hennessy (NOAC) 2:01.84. Sen: William Maunsell 2:01.02. 1500m – Jun: Sean Tobin (Clonmel) 4:03.18. U23: Darragh Lynch (Ennis TC) 4:06.74. M55: Joe Gough (W Waterford) 4:57.09. 5km walk: 1 Robert Heffernan (Togher) 19:13.82, 2 Brendan Boyce (Letterkenny) 19:39.11, 3 Cian McManamon (Westport) 20:18.96. High jump – Jun: David Cussen (Old Abbey) 2.02. U23: Shane O’Dwyer (Ferrybank) 2.00. Triple jump – jun: 1 Emmanuel Ogbona (Tramore) 12.65, 2 Oisin Fitzpatrick (NOAC) 12.26. U23: Sean Archer (Ferrybank) 13.40. Sen: Denis Finnegan (Leevale) 14.55. Long jump – Jun: 1 Tony Stafford (Menapians) 6.77, 2 Eoin O’Conell (Tralee) 6.74, 3 David Cussen (Old Abbey) 6.46. Shot – U23: Patrick McSweeney (Bandon) 12.35. M55: Patsy O’Connor (Tralee) 13.26. Wt for dist – U23: McSweeney 8.14. M50: Martin Fitzpatrick (St mary’s) 6.91. M55: O’Connor 9.08. M60: John Rice (Grange Fermoy) 8.86. M70: Gerry O’Connor (Marian) 7.88. M75: Eddie Mulcahy (FFMV) 7.35.
Carlow Senior Cross-Country Championships, Tinryland
Men’s 10km: 1 B Kirwan (SLOT) 34.07, 2 P Payne (Tirny) 34.42, 3 C Payne (Tinry) 35.14. Teams – Tinryland. Women’s 5km: 1 V Nekrasova (SLOT) 20.51, 2 L Delaney (SLOT) 20.52, 3 M O’Sullivan 21.31.
Saturday January 5
South Dublin County Council C-C, Tymon Park. www.bhaa.ie
Women’s 2-mile(79 finishers): 1 Caroline Crowley 11.37, 2 Niamh Devlin 11.57, 3 Jean Wilson (TCD, W35) 12.02, 4 Emma Cooper (HSE, W35) 12.20, 5 Fiona Mahon (Primary Teachers) 12.25, 6 Niamh Boland (Google) 12.30. W35: 3 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill (AIB) 13.52. W40: 1 Aisling Coppinger (Wheelworx) 13.06, 2 Bernie Stapleton (Accountants) 14.42, 3 Mary McDermott (Dept of Ent) 14.51. W45: 1 Jacqui Boyle (Butler and Boyle) 12.52, 2 Orla Gormley (Aer Lingus) 12.57, 3 Sharon Tighe 13.00. W50: 1 Bernadette Kavanagh (Pfizer) 13.41, 2 Anna King (Sec Teachers) 12.02, 3 Susan Walsh (Revenue) 15.07. W55: 1 Nuala Reilly (Fairgate) 13.53, 2 Mary Jennings (Sec Teachers) 14.38, 3 Mary Kelly (Revenue) 16.6. W60: Eileen O’Brien (SJOG) 16.43. W65: 1 Evelyn McNelis (Primary Teachers) 15.21, 2 June Comiskey (Irish Life) 19.56.
Open 4-Mile: Men – 1 Brian McMahon 21.24, 2 Phil Kilgannon 2.02, 3 Eoin Callaghan (Primary Teachers) 22.13, 4 Noel Callaghan 22.26, 5 Declan Fahey (Munster Joinery, M40) 22.40, 6 Clyde Dunne (Dunne Garden Services, M40) 22.45. M35: Niall Gorham (ACC) 23.14, 2 Chris Muldoon (Swords Labs) 23.31, 3 Eanna Cunnane (Salesforce) 23.45. M40: 3 Niall Lynch 23.04. M45: 1 Paul Cowhie (CMS) 22.59, 2 Phelim Glynn (Eircom) 23.14, 3 Paul Gleeson (B of I) 23.03. M50: 1 Tom O’Connor (B of I) 23.03, 2 Tony O (B of America) 24.01, 3 Gerry O’Connell (HSE) 24.29. M55: 1 Gerry Woods (OPW) 25.09, 2 Eamon McMahon (Dundalk IT) 25.22, 3 Noel Hanratty (Sec Teachers) 25.36. M60: 1 John Todd (Cadbury’s) 26.34, 2 Patsy Fitzsimons (Louth Local Auth) 28.29, 3 Conor Cooney (Fingal CC) 29.15. M65: 1 Terry Mee (Dublin Taxis) 30.23, 2 Tom Turner (LWP) 35.01, 3 Maurice Timmons (AIB) 35.29. M70: 1 PJ Lonergan 36.15, 2 Sean Lambe (Glanbia) 39.20, 3 John Byrne (Little Tykes) 39.47. M85: Brendan Early (DEpt of Justice) 48.03
Women: 1 Aoife Quigley (SJOG) 27.47, 2 Grainne Connor (UCD) 29.08, 3 Hilary Collins (Texaco, W60) 33.45.
Parkrun, Malahide (264 finishers; www.parkrun.ie)
Men: 1 Davey Byrne (Tallaght, M40) 16.15 (PB), 2 Ciaran McCarthy M35 17.18, 3 David O’Hara (Raheny Shamrock, M45)18.08 (PB). Women: 1 Jenny Mulryq(?) (Raheny Shamrock) 20.38 (PB), 2 Lisa Margaret Thomas W45 20.49, 3 Helen Carr (Raheny Shamrock, W35) 21.44.
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