Mark English of UCD finished second in the 600m at the Flame Games in Amsterdam, with his time of 1 min 15.71 secs breaking his own Irish record for this rarely run distance. Kenya’s Alfred Kipketer won the race in 1:15.60. On a chilly evening for athletics, Clonliffe’s Brian Gregan finished fourth in the 400m in 46.91. secs. On the roads, Fionnuala Britton McCormack of Kilcoole ran a personal best 71:33 at the Lille Half Marathon in France. Kenya’s Peninah Arusei won the race in 68 mins 56 secs.
Thomas Fitzpatrick and Laura McDonnell made it a Tallaght double at the Lakes 10km in Blessington. Raheny Shamrock athletes finished second in both races. Fitzpatrick won the race in 30 mins 27, finishing well clear of Mark Kirwan, while in the women’s race, McDonnell was chased hard by Annette Kealy.
Brian McCluskey of North East Runners and Mary Leech of Drogheda and District were the winners of the Seamie Weldon 5km in Ardee. In Killarney, almost 2,000 turned out for the Dingle Marathon and Half Marathon. Winners of the marathon were Eoin Surgue in 2 hrs 39 mins 25 secs and Scottish visitor Joanne Thom in 3:27.39; in the half marathon, John Meade in 74 mins 24 secs and Mary O’Donnell 86 mins 33 secs were first home.
Saturday September 5
The Lakes 10km, Blessington, Co Wicklow (401 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Thomas Fitzpatrick (Tallaght) 30.27, 2 Mark Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock) 31.03, 3 Louis McCarthy (Rathfarnham WSAF)31.55, 4 Brian Maher ( KCH, M35) 32.53, 5 Neil Wiktorski (Sli Cualann) 33.00. 6 David Fitzpatrick (Tallaght).M35: 3 Ian McGrath 35.03. M45: 1 Patrick O’Grady (Drogheda & Dist) 34.41. 2 Peter Gaffney 35.52, 3 Bob Lawlor (Naas AC) 37.37. M55: 1 Peter Donohoe (Celbridge) 37.35, 2 Chris Keeling (Balbriggan & Dist) 39.06, 3 Paul De Freine 40.08.
Women: 1 Laura McDonnell (Tallaght) 37.21, 2 Annette Kealy (Raheny, W45) 37.29, 3 Sonya McConnon (Rathfarnham WSAF) 38.58, 4 Helen Barry (Bray Runners, W35) 39.44, 5 Suzanne Foot (Bray Runners, W35) 39.58, 6 Anne O’Brien (Balbriggan and Dist, W35) 41.11. W45: 2 Sharon Tighe (Tallaght) 43.36, 3 Eileen Rowland (Sportsworld) 44.49. W55: 1 Mary Reilly (Newbridge ) 47.53, 2 Keara Robins 57.02, 3 Jean Timmins (Balbriggan & Dist) 57.40.
Seamie Weldon Memorial 5km, Ardee, Co Louth (402 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Brian McCluskey (North East Runners, M40) 15.32, 2 Simon Ryan (Raheny Shamrock) 15.39, 3 Martin Quinn 16.00, 4 Ciaran McCarthy (Donore Hrs, M40) 16.27, 5 Niall Fergus (North East Runners) 16.50. M40: 3 Aidan Cunningham (NER) 17.08. M50: 1 George Shields (NER) 18.22, 2 Jim Gonnelly (NER) 18.52, 3 Eamonn McMahon (NER) 19.00. M60: 1 Conor Cooney (Drogheda & Dist) 20.48, 2 Patsy Fitzsimons (South O’Hanlon) 21.14, 3 Jim Callan (Mount Pleasnat) 24.12. Jun: 1 Jack Maher 18.44, 2 Donnacadh Hughes (Blackrock AC) 21.54, 3 Christopher Woods (Ardee & Dist) 23.00. .
Women: 1 Mary Leech (Drogheda & Dist) 19.27, 2 Nicola Welsh (Dunleer) 20.02, 3 Dearbhla Greene (NER) 20.12, 4 Karen Costello (Duneer) 20.18 5 Rebecca Carolan (Boyne, W40) 20.22, 6 Freda O’Mara (Lucan Hrs,W40) 20.36. W40: 3 Karen Caldwell (NER) 21.29. W50: 1 Nuala Reilly (Drogheda & Dist) 21.26, 2 Anita Bolton (NER) 23.01, 3 Linda Gunning (Bohermeen) 23.17. W60: 1 Sheila O’Reilly ( Drogheda & Dist) 34.42, 2 Rosaleen Marron 39.23, 3 Rosemary Gorman (Ardee) 44.37. Jun: 1 Tara McGuinness ( Ardee & Dist) 22.23, 2 Niamh McGuinness (Ardee & Dist) 25.26, 3 Katie Jennings 25.33.
The Kerryman Dingle Marathon and Half Marathon, Co Kerry.
Half marathon (1,641 finishers) – Men: 1 John Meade 74.24, 2 Niall Lynch (Donore) 7527, 3 Simon Mangan 76.40. Women: 1 Mary O’Donnell 86.33, 2 Aine O’Reilly 86.33, 3 Noreen Brouder 89.25.
Marathon (378 finishers) – Men: 1 Eoin Sugrue 2:39.25, 2 Sean Murphy 2:49.14, 3 Karl Mannion 2:54.15. Women: 1 Joanne Thom (Edinburgh AC) 3:27.39, 2 Dolores Duffy (Marathon Club of Ireland) 3:31.29, 3 Julie Kennally (Youghal AC) 3:32.40.
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