Tomas Fitzpatrick made it a home victory for a second year at the Tallaght 5km, when he beat a quality field including Clonliffe’s Mark Kenneally and Mick Clohisey of Raheny Shamrock. His winning time was 14 mins 37 secs.
Finishing 11th overall and first woman in 16 mins 26 secs was Maria McCambridge who, like many south Dublin based athletes has been finding a home away from home at the Tallaght track since the closure first of Belfield and then of Irishtown. Pictures at www.flickr.com/lindie and www.lindie.zenfolio.com
MARY CULLEN made her long-awaited comeback to the roads at the Ballymote Teams Challenge 5km, where she finished fourth overall in 15 mins 58 secs. In the Ballymote Mile, John Travers of Donore was the winner in 4 mins 4 secs with Danny Mooney of Letterkenny second in 4:10.
PAUL POLLOCK travelled to California for the Payton Jordan Invitational in Stanford, where he finished 15th in the 10m,000m in 29:15.51; winner was Britain’s Andy Vernon in 27:42.62. After the race, Pollock described his performance as one of his worst to date.
FREDDY KERON Sittuk won the marathon at the Great Limerick Run in 2:26.38, followed closely by Lezan Kimutai in 2:27.08. Sittuk had withdrawn from the Belfast Marathon, claiming lack of fitness. First woman was Pauline Curley of Tullamore in 2:48.49. Angela McCann of Clonmel was a distant second. Peter Somba from Kenya won the half marathon in 67 mins 02 secs beating Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu by just seven seconds. Aoife Cook from Youghal was first woman. Rathfarnham’s Sean Hehir won the six-mile race where Catherina McKiernan was fourth overall and first woman, followed by Orla Drumm, fifth and second woman.
LIZZIE LEE from Leevale was a comfortable winner of the West of Ireland Women’s Mini Marathon in Castlebar, Co Mayo. Her time of 35 mins 35 secs put her well clear of the chasers led by Norah Newcombe of Mayo AC who finished in 37:14, with Galway’s Regina Casey third. Finishing seventh was the great Sonia O’Sullivan in 40:31. Thanks to Tom Hunt of Mayo AC for the info, results and pic.
JAYME ROSSITER of Clonliffe Harriers broke the nine-minute barrer for the first time when finishing third in the steeplechase at the BUCS Championships in Bedford Rossiter was competing with Loughborough. Also in action in the 400m hurdles were Irish international Christine McMahon, ran 60.02 secs in her heat but didn’t run in the final, where and Nessa Cooper Millett of St Abban’s finished third in 60.32. Winning the women’s shot was Claire Fitzpatrick with a put of 14.49m. Kathy Hetherington of North Down finished second in the discus with 43.78m. Making the 100m final was Jonathan Browning of Ballymena and Antrim. Adam Hill and Jonathan Hill of Lisburn (jumps) and Leevale’s Paul Scanlon (800m) also competed.
RAHENY’S David Sheehan and Orba Dilworth of Sportsworld were the first home in the Wings for Life international charity run around Dun Laoghaire; 1,264 finished.
ASHLING CARROLL of Fingallians won the opening round of the Women’s Meet & Train Summer League in Lucan last week. Cloniffe’s Bernadette Kiernan was second and Claire Ni Fhaircheallaigh of Dunboye third. Next round over 5km at Firhouse on Sunday May 10. Newcomers welcome.
Monday May 4
Leinster Novice and Masters Road Race C’ships, Gowran, Co Kilkenny. (www.precisiontiming.net)
Novice – Men: 1 Karol Cronin (Sportsworld) 19.26, 2 Stephen Hunter ( St Michael’s) 19.39, 3 Gavin Finlay (Sportsworld) 20.17. Teams (2) – 1 Sportsworld 25, 2 United Striders 28. Women (33 finishers): 1 Mary Anne O’Sullivan (St Abban’s) 10.15, 2 Charlotte Kearney (Donadea Runners) 10.53, 3 Sinead Eacrett (St Michael’s) 11.02. Teams (5) – 1 KCH 37, 2 St Abban’s 56, 3 Newbridge 63.
Master – Men (80 finishers): 1 Myles Gibbon (SBR, M35) 19.35, 2 Tony Reilly (Portlaoise AC, M35) 19.40, 3 Colm Burke (St Abban’s) M35) 19.49. M45: 1 Dominic Horan (Sli Cualann) 21.0. M50: 1 Mick Byrne (Sli Cualann) 20.20, 2 Eddie Newman (Mullingar) 20.38, 3 Christy Donegan (Tullamroe Hrs) 21.03. M55: 1 Ger Maloney (St Paul’s) 21.14, 2 Martin McDonald (Ballyroadn Abbeyleix) 21.36, 3 John Baldwin (Sli Cualann) 22.25. M60: Terry Kavanagh (Sli Cualann) 24.04. M65: Jim Boland (Sli Cualann) 26.40. M70: Jim Langan 9Tullamroe Hrs) 30.45. Teams (11) – 1 Portlaoise AC 35, 2 Liffey Valley Novice 74, 3 Newbridge 75.
Women (34 finishers) : 1 Sharon Grant (Portlaoise) 10.44, 2 Paula Grant (Portlaoise) 10.57, 3 Susan Foot (Sli Cualann, W35) 11.27. W45: Emilia Dan (Dunboyne) 11.30. W50: Mary Daly (Tullamore) 13.01. W60: Una Reilly (Liffey Valley) 13.25. Teams (5) – 1 Portlaosie AC 16, 2 Sli Cualann 20, 3 Offaly W35 31.
Sunday May 3
Tallaght 5km Incorp Dublin Novice C’ships (370 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 T Fitzpatrick (Tallaght) 14:37; 2 Mark Kenneally (Clonliffe) 14:46; 3 Mick Clohisey (Raheny) 14:48; 4 Kevin Maunsell (Clonmel) 15:36; 5 Michael Harty (East Cork) 15:37; 6 Damien Cauet (Liffey Valley) 15:44; 7 Dave Rooney (Raheny) 15:56; 8 P Arthur (Liffey Valley) 15:57; 9 Paul Fleming (Rathfarnham, M40) 16:15; 10 Ahmed Abdi (Dunboyne, MJ) 16:25. M40: 2 Dermot Delaney 18:03; 3 Liam Cullen (Tallaght) 18:12.
M45: 1 Joe Peppard (Tallaght) 18:09; 2 Paul Conroy (Raheny) 19:07; 3 Eric Cullen (Rathfarnham-WSAF) 19:22. M50: 1 Ray Thornberry (DSD) 18:21; 2 Gerry Dunne (DSD) 18:29; 3 Noel Tobin (Sportsworld) 18:55.
M55: 1 Brendan Ryan 18:28; 2 Gerry Woods (Tallaght) 18:36; 3 Tom Cuddy (Rathfarnham-WSAF) 19:15.
M60: 1 Des Flanagan 19:13; 2 Michael Carolan (Bro Pearse) 21:38; 3 John Walshe (East Cork) 23:18. M65: 1 Terry Mee (Donore) 22:25; 2 Matt Cooley 23:52; 3 Ray McCormack (Raheny) 28:25. MJ: 2 Evan Flynn (Tallaght) 16:58; 3 Joseph Lyons (Tallaght) 18:58.
Teams– 1 Liffey Valley 28; 2 Raheny 29; 3 Tallaght 72. Dublin Novice C’ships team – 1 Liffey Valley, 2 Rathfarnham WSAF, 3 Tallaght.
Women: 1 Maria McCambridge (DSD, W35) 16:26; 2 Ciara Hickey (Bros Pearse) 18:10; 3 Niamh Donnelly
(DCH) 18:16; 4 Annette Kealy (Raheny, F35) 18:22; 5 Laura McDonnell (Tallaght) 18:34; 6 Maria Dolan (Rathfarnham-WSAF, W45) 18:47.W35: 3 Aisling Carroll (Fingallians) 19:01. W40: 1 Florence Curley (Donore) 19:35; 2 Sandra Armstrong (Sportsworld) 20:31; 3 Karen Clarke (Bro Pearse) 21:07. W45: 2 Pauline Robertston (DSD) 20:47; 3 Ingrid McGovern (Bro Pearse) 22:12. W50: 1 Grainne Butler (Civil Service) 19:31; 2 Mary Watters (Navan) 20:42; 3 Carol Dempsey 20:42. W55: 1 Sheelagh Jones (DSD) 21:33; 2 Helen Ingram (Rathfarn ham-WSAF) 21:37; 3 Bernie Manley (Raheny) 22:52. W60: 1 Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Hrs) 25:06; 2 Elizabeth Conroy (Tallaght) 26:07; 3 Bertha O’Brien 28:50.W65: 1 Ann Coghlan (Tallaght CSG) 45:01; 2 Mairin Oman (Tallaght CSG) 45:01. WJ: 1 E Peppard (Tallaght) 21:30; 2 Eva Murphy 29:24; 3 Aloisia King (Tallaght) 30:33.Team – 1 DSD. Dublin Novice C’ships team – 1 DCH, 2 Rathfarnham WSAF, 3 Donore Harriers.
Barrington’s Hospital Great Limerick Run Marathon, Half Marathon and 6-Mile, www.greatlimerickrun.com.
(corrected) 6 Miles (5,742 finishers; 3,313 women) – 1 Sean Hehir (Rathfarnham WSAF) 30.29, 2 Rob Cross (Crusaders, M25) 32.36, 3 Declan Moore 33.15, 4 Bernhard Ronning (Seabreeze Night Runners) 33.57, 5 Catherina McKiernan (Cornafean, W45) 34.07, 6 Orla Drumm (Crusaders 34.07, 7 James Murphy (Crusaders, M35) 34.14, 8 Hugh Larkin (Crusaders, M35) 34.29, 9 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisoleigh) 34.32, 10 Anthony Sharkey 35.12. Women: 4 Imogen Cotter 37.31, 5 Cushla Hehir ( Ennis TC) 38.25, 6 Noelle Aherne (W Limerick) 40.02.
Half Marathon (2,136 finishers; 937 women) – Men: 1 Peter Somba 67.02, 2 Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe) 67.09, 3 Cillian O’Leary (Raheny Shamrock, M35) 71.49, 4 Brian Leahy (Raheny Shamrock, M35) 72.12, 5 Michael O’Brien (W Limerick) 73.25, 6 Brian Hegarty (Leevale) 73.56. M45: Tom Walsh (BHOM) 87.18. Women: 1 Aoife Cooke (Youghal) 85.39, 2 Hannah Fothergill (Limerick ) 86.32, 3 Dena Hogan 89.23, 4 No 11859 90.57, 5 Maria Carey (Ennis TC, W35) 91.57, 6 Derval Devaney (W35) 92.21.
Marathon (839 finishers; 201 women) – Men: 1 Freddy Keron Sittuk (Raheny Shamrock) 2:26.38, 2 Lezan Kimutai (Ken, M40) 2:27.08, 3 Tom Hogan (SBR) 2:31.30, 4 Liam Feely (Nth Leitrim) 2:35.15, 5 Peter Mooney (M35) 2:35.30, 6 James Liddane (BMOH, M35) 2:39.42.
Women: 1 Pauline Curley (Tullamore, W45) 2:48.49, 2 Angela McCann (Clonmel, W35) 3:10.11, 3 Laura Rooney (Millipore, W35) 3:15.54, 4 Siobhan McHugh (Clonmel, W35) 3:19.32, 5 Roisisn McDaid (Leevale) 3:21.57, 6 Yvonne Deegan (Limerick Country Club) 3:23.52.
Teams – 1 Undertrained and Overconfident 2:37.10, 2 An Bru AC 2:39.13, 3 Irish Times 2:57.03.
Boyne 10km, Drogheda (1,468 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Brian McCluskey (Nth East Runners) 33.07, 2 Shane Toner (Glenmore) 33.48, 3 Maurice McMahon (Nth East Runners, M40) 33.55. Women: 1 Karen Lavelle (Star of the Sea, W40) 39.34, 2 Ruth Fitzgerald 39.51, 3 Tara Kennedy (W40) 40.53.
Norah Newcombe (Mayo), Regina Casey (GCH)
West of Ireland Women’s 10k Mini Marathon, Castlebar (1589 finishers)
1 Lizzie Lee (Leevale) 35:35, Norah Newcombe (Mayo AC) 37:14, 3 Regina Casey (GCH) 37:25, 4 Colette Tuohy (Mayo AC, W45) 39:36 5 Fiona Boyle (Attymass) 40:58, 6 Sorcha McAllister (Westport AC, U19) 41:06, 7 Sonia O’Sullivan (Ballymore Cobh, W45) 41:31, 8 Lorraine Carey 41:53, 9 Angela O’Connor (Mayo AC, W45) 42:11, 10 Michelle Needham (Westport AC) 42:39, 11 Claire O’Boyle (Ballina) 43:10, 12 Aishling Van Resburg (Sligo AC) 43:39 , 13 Anne Heaney (Mayo AC, W40) 44:07, 14 Ellen Moran 44:14, 15 Annemarie Miskell 44:39. W50 Ann Murray (Mayo AC) 46:13. W60 Mags Glavey (Mayo AC) 45:27.
Mallow 7km Women’s Mini Marathon, Co Cork.
1 Michelle Finn (Leevale) 24:50, 2 M Kiely (St Finbarr’s) 26:34, 3 M Sweeney (St Finbarr’s) 29:16; 4 C Cooke (UCC) 29:23, 5 A Cronin (Liscarroll) 32:54, 6 O Noonan 33:21, 7 R Sheehan (Duhallow) 35:08, 8 M Murphy (St Finbarr’s) 35:12, 9 A Dennehy 36:08, 10 S Creedon (Millstreet) 36:58.
Wings for Life Dun Laoghaire (1,264 finishers; no times given)
Men: David Sheehan (Raheny Shamrock), 2 Kevin English (Donore), 3 Michael Cantry (Ballina). Women: 1 Orna Dilworth (Sportsworld), 2 Mary Moran (Sportsworld), 3 Sandra Lynch (Kilcoole).
Bay Run Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km, Bantry, Co Cork. www.bayrun.ie
Half Marathon – David Brent 77.23; Nollaig O’Neill 87.17. 10km – Sean Allis 39.01, Ciara Murphy 41.44. Marathon cancelled.
Saturday May 2
Irish Milers Club Meet, Greystones (www.irishmilerslcub.com0
Selected results – Men: 100m (+1.9): Stephen Gaffney (Rathfarnham WSAF) 10.75. 110m H (+1.3): Garbhan McKenna 14.27. 200m (+2.0): Sean Morris (Tallaght) 21.68. 800m: Karl Griffin (UCD) 1:51.47. 1500m: Cormac Kelly (St Abban’s) 3:58.27. 5000m: 1 Kevin Mulcaire (Ennis TC) 14:08.65, 2 Brandon Hargreaves (DSD) 14:09.52, 3 Tomas Fitzpatrick (Tallaght) 14:14.56, 4 Eoin Everard (KCH) 14:15.16, 5 John Coghlan (MSB) 14:16.57, 6 Andrew Coscoran (Star of the Sea) 14:23.97.
Women: 100m H (+0.6): Megan Marrs (Lisburn) 14.14. 800m: 1 Carla Sweeney (WSAF) 2:14.17, 2 Louise Shanahan (Leevale) 2:14.22, 3 Amy Hamill (Glaslough) 2:14.49. 1500m: Emma Mitchell (Banbridge) 4:29.87, 2 Nadia Power (Templeogue) 4:33.88.
Leixlip 5km, Co Kildare (201 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Neil Witorski (Sli Cualann) 16.23, 2 Barry Murphy (Celbridge) 16.25, 3 Conor Burke (Celbridge) 16.30. Women: 1 Michelle Cox (Newbridge) 18.29, 2 Ide Nic Dhomhnaill (Donore) 18.39, 3 Sorcha Nic Dhomhnaill (Donore) 18.43.
Ballymote Team Challenge 5km (214 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Tommy Casey 15.02, 2 Emmett Dunleavy15.11 , 3 John Byrne 15.27.
Women: 1 Mary Cullen 15.58, 2 Natalie Weir 17.27, 3 Eimear O’Brien 17.28. Teams – 1 Perfect Pacing Team 1 64 mins 36 secs; 2 Physio 66.09, 3 Glroy Hunters 69.25. Women: R.I.O.T 72.41.
Bluewall Paddy Byrne Waterford to Tramore 7.5 mile, www.westwaterfordathletics.org
Men – 1 Philip Harty (West Waterford) 39.31, 2 Mick Traynor (Raheny Shamrock) 40.21, 3 Noel Murphy (Waterford AC) 41.19. Jun: Cormac O’ Dwyer 59.26. M40 Frank Quinlan (Waterford AC) 41.51. M45 Michael Dunford (West Waterford) 47.14. M50 Ray Hahesy (West Waterford0 48.03. M55 Walter Keane (Waterford AC) 47.20. M60 Jim O’ Connor 51.09.
Women – 1 Orna Murray (Ferrybank) 45.56, 2 Adele Walsh (St Senan’s) 47.18, 3 Sylvia Malone (Waterford AC) 47.20. W35 Mary Molloy (Carrick-on-Suir) 51.38. W40 Corinna Walsh (West Waterford) 48.44. W45 Ann Dunford (West Waterford) 56.19. W50 Siobhan Kennedy 54.26.
Wednesday April 29
Meet & Train Women’s Summer League Rd 1, Lucan
1 Ashling Carroll (Fingallians A) 19.39, 2 Bernadette Kiernan (Clonliffe) 19.35, 3 Claire Ni Fhaircheallaigh (Dunboyne A) 19.37, 4 Catherine Mulleady (Sportsworld A) 20.43, 5 Fiona Shine (Crusaders A) 21.03, 6 GRainne Nolan (Donroe A) 21.13, 7 Sarah Meegan (Dunboyne A) 21.17, 8 Michelle Robson (Dunboyne A) 21.17, 9 Andrea McNamara (Sportsworld A) 21.18, 10 Kate Purcell (Clonliffe) 21.28.
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