Round-Up: Christie pips Sittuk at Rathfarnham 5k. McCarthy 1st W40 at Berlin Marathon

IMG_8169Mullingar ‘s Mark Christie just piped Freddy Sittuk for victory in the New Ireland Rathfarnham 5k, with both men given a time of  14 mins 26 secs – off the course record of 13 mins 53 secs. Third was Kilkenny’s Brian Maher. With Kevin Dooney fourth and Donal Foley 24th, Raheny finished first team ahead of host club Rathfarnham WSAF.

First woman in 16 mins 30 secs was DSD’s Laura Shaughnessy, with Siobhan O’Doherty of Borrisokane second. Caroline Crowley in third place was leading Crusaders to team victory for a second year.

CLAIRE McCARTHY of Leevale finished first W40 at the Berlin Marathon today with a time of 2 hrs 38 mins. Gladys Ganiel of North Belfast Harriers was not too far behind finishing second W35 in 2:39.10. Paul Moran, running in the M50 age group, clocked a time of 2:44.47 for 13th place; in the same age group, Ronan Boland of Eagle ran 2:45.43 amd Dunleer’s  David Carrie  2:56.19. Winner in this age group  was former Spanish international athlete Martin Fiz in 2:26.32.

Sunday September 25

Rathfarnham 5km, Dodder Park Rd, Dublin(904 entries; www.myrunresults.com)

Men: 1 Mark Christie (Mullingar Hrs) 14.26, 2 Freddy Sittuk (Raheny) 14.26, 3 Brian Maher (KCH) 14.28, 4 Kevin Dooney (Raheny) 14.38, 5 Thomas Hayes (KCH) 14.39, 6 Fiktu Teshager 14.53. M40: 1 Declan Reed (City of Derry Spartans) 15.06, 2 Ciaran Diviney (Crusaders) 15.40, 3 Paul Fleming (Rathfarnham WSAF 15.57. M45: 1 Bruce Campbell 17.04, 2 Mark Walsh (Kilcoole AC) 18.05, 3 Donal Iremonger (Donore) 18.21. M50: 1 Gerard Lalor 18.09,2 Bob Lawlor (Naas AC) 18.47, 3 Paul Reilly (Drogheda and Dist) 18.56. M55: 1 Tom Cuddy (Rathfarnham WSAF) 18.22, 2 Martin Kelly 19.28, 3 Tom Ryan 19.48. M60: 1 Michael Jordan (Nth East Runners) 18.34, 2 Des FLanagan 18.47, 3 Terry Kavanagh (Sli Cualann) 19.54. Jun: Sam Allen (Donore) 16.02. Teams 17) – 1 Raheny Shamrock 30, 2 Rathfarnham WSAF 44, 3 St Abban’s 48.

Women: 1 Laura Shaughnessy (DSD) 16.30, 2 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane) 16.43, 3 Caroline Crowley (Crusaders) 16.45, 4 Orla Drumm (Crusaders) 16.58, 5 Noeleen Brouder (Sportsworld) 17.29, 6 Carla Sweeney (Rathfarnhm WSAF, Jun) 17.47. W40: 1 Mary Leech (Drogheda and Dist) 18.28, 2 Barbara Murray (Donore) 18.53, 3 Monica Corcoran (St Michael’s) 19.22. W45: 1 Sandra Armstrong (Sportsworld) 20.19, 2 Breda Smyth (Lucan Hrs) 20.53, 3 Orla O’Flynn (Sportsworld) 21.32. W50: 1 Grainne Butler (CSH) 19.47, 2 Annette Kehoe (DSD) 21.04, 3 Carol Dempsey 21.19. W55: 1 Catherine Kelly 23.07, 2 Aileen Melody (Sportsworld) 23.0, 3 Eileen Fallon 25.01. W60: 1 Bertha O’Brien 20.48, 2 Mags McCreary (CSH) 22.45, 3 Joan Coyle (DSD) 23.57.  Teams (13) – 1 Crusaders 21, 2 Donore Harriers 32. 3 Sportsworld 41.

Tipperary Sports Partnership  Women’s Mini Marathon 10k.

1 Aine Roche (Cahir) 39.44, 2 Linda Grogan (Cashel) 40.13, 3 Lisa Marie Healy (Thurles) 42.23.

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