Dublin Juvenile League
News not great from the Rotterdam Marathon: Brian Maher, Maria McCambridge, and Ailish Malone all dropped out. First Irish finisher was Tom Hogan of SBR in 2 hrs 28 mins 38 secs, with Raheny’s Barbara Sanchez ninth overall and best of the Irish women.
In the Phoenix Park, Linda Byrne of DSD won the Woodie’s DIY National 10km title in a time of 34 mins 24 secs. On a blustery day that made a tough course even tougher, she was followed home Raheny’s Elish Kelly and Teresa McGloin from Finn Valley. Taking the men’s Irish title was England-based Stephen Scullion in 30 mins 16 sec, with Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu second and Annadale’s Eddie McGinley third. Just over 6,000 completed the 10km course.
Winning the Spar Mile that took place as part of the Spar Great Ireland Run was Paul Robinson of St Coca’s in 4 mins 14 secs. Kilkenny’s Eoin Everard was second in 4:16 with 17-year-old David Harper from Sligo third in 4:18.
Ethiopia’s Kenenise Bekele and Britain’s Lauren Haworth won the men and women’s international invitational races.
* Bryan Keane has finished second in the World Cup Triathlon in Ishigaki, Japan, despite a crash on the cycle stage. Keane finished in 1 hour 53 mins 50 secs; just over a minute behind the winner Ryan Fisher of Australia and 12 seconds clear of another Aussie, Dan Wilson. A week ago, Keane crashed out of the World Cup event in Auckland New Zealand.
* Irish international athlete Alistair Cragg has joined the coaching staff at Brown university in Providence, Rhode Island. A three-times Irish Olympian, Cragg was a 13-time All-American and seven-time NCAA champion while a student at Arkansas.
* Great turn-out from clubs at the first Dublin Juvenile Track and Field League round in Tallaght. Some pics at www.lindie.zenfolio.com
Sunday April 14
Rotterdam Marathon – some Irish results (see http://www.marathonrotterdam.org/report-2013/results):
Men – Tom Hogan (SBR 2:28.38, Bernard Roe (Raheny Shamrock) 2:30.45, Jason Reid (Rathfarnham WSAF) 2:31.15, Simon Reede (Raheny Shamrock, M35) 2:32.14, Brian Leahy 2:33.32, Colm Moore 2:34.01, Robert Staunton (Gal;way) 2:37.15..
Women – Barbara Sanchez (Raheny Shamrock, W35) 2:38.36, Clare Gibbons McCarthy (St Finbarr’s) 2:43.15 (1st W35), Fiona Stack (Ballyshannon) 2:54.31.
Spar Great Ireland 10km, Phoenix Park (6,187 finishers; www.greatirelandrun.org)
Men: 1 Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 28:51, 2 Sergiy Lebid (Ukraine) 29:08, 3 Ibrahim Jeilan (Ethiopia) 29:18, 4 Hamid El Mouaziz (Belgium) 29:26, 5 Collis Birmingham (Australia) 29:30, 6 Urige Buta (Norway) 29:40, 7 Stephen Scullion (Ireland) 30:15, 8 Mats Lunders (Belgium) 30:28.
Women: 1 Lauren Howarth (GB) 33:36, 2 Gemma Steel (GB) 33:49, 3 Julie Bleasdale (GB) 33:53, 4 Diane Martin (Spain) 34:03, 5 Elena Romagnolo (Italy) 34:19, 6 Linda Byrne (Ireland) 34:24, 7 Ellie Baker (GB) 34:38, 8 Emma Clayton (Great Britain) 35:0.
Mile: 1 Paul Robinson (St Coca’s AC) 4:14, 2 Eoin Everard (Kilkenny City Harriers) 4:16, 3 David Harper (Sligo AC,MJ) 4:18. Junior Run – M12-15: 1 Chilnnie Izuchukwi (Tullamore Harriers) 8:09, 2 Conal Hayes (Le Cheile AC) 8:15, 3 Jamie Wall (Tinryland AC) 8:18. M9-11: 1 Eoin Quinn (Mullingar Harriers), 2 Andrew Shaw (Mullingar Harriers), 3 Andrew Daly (Mullingar Harriers). W12-15: 1 Siofra O’Flaherty (St LOT) ) 8:38, 2 Amy Clarke (Na Fianna) 9:08, 3 Edel Monaghan (Enniskillen RC) 9:30. W9-11: 1 Beatrice Drummond (Mullingar Hrs), 2 Neasa Reilly (Blackrock), 3 Ciara Quinn (Glenmore ).
Irish 10km Championships – Men: 1 Stephen Scullion (NBH) 30:15, 2 Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe Harriers) 30:59, 3 Eddie McGinley (Annadale Striders) 31:00, 4 Philip Harty (West Waterford AC) 31:26, 5 Robbie Matthews (Dunshaughlin AC) 31:54, 6 Andrew Connick (Ferrybank AC) 31:59.
Women: 1 Linda Byrne (DSD) 34:24, 2 Elish Kelly (Raheny Shamrock) 35:37, 3 Teresa McGloin (Finn Valley ) 35:41, 4 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane) 35:58, 5 Ann-Marie McGlynn (Lifford AC) 37:00, 6 Catherina McKiernan (Cornafean, W40) 37:41.
Punchestown Loop 5km, Co Kildare (169 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 David Keenan 17.27, 2 Paul Gibbons (SBR) 17.51, 3 Liam Tully 19.22. Women: 1 Marie Keane 21.38, 2 Audrey McHale 25.48, 3 Orla Gowran 26.14.
Carlow GAA 5km (101 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Brian Kirwan 17.32, 2 Tommy Payne 17.43, 3 Eddie Brennan 18.23. Women: 1 Karen Kavanagh 22.11, 2 Aine Murphy 23.07, 3 Aisling Leonard 23.59.
Ballincollig 5km 9237 finishers)
Men: 1 Michael Harty 16.24, 2 Kevin O’Brien 17.02, 3 David Butler 18.57. Women: 1 Orla Hayes 19.19, 2 Mary Sweeney 19.35, 3 Florence O’Driscoll 21.18
Old Head of Kinsale 7km (110 finishers)
Men: 1 Ciaran Bouse 27.09, 2 Paddy Murphy 28:50.9, 3 Andrew Sheehan 29.13.8. Women: 1 Carol Curley 30.44.8, 2 Aisling Gould 33.13.2, 3 Debbie McCarthy 33.48.4.
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