Martin Fagan of Mullingar won the inaugural Bewley’s 10-Mile in Trim this morning. Fagan’s time of 48 mins 23 secs put him almost three minutes ahead of Clonliffe’s Gary O’Hanlon, with Tudor Moldovan, also Clonliffe third. Breege Connolly of North Belfast Harriers was first woman in a personal best time of 57 mins 31 secs, with Tullamore’s Pauline Curley second and first W45 in 59 mins 4 secs, although like O’Hanlon, she didn’t register as a master. Next up for Fagan, who returned from a doping ban less than a year ago, is the Rotterdam Marathon.
IN DUNGARVAN, Raheny’s Mick Clohisey won the John Treacy Dungarvan 10 mile in a record time of 48 mins 45 secs – just seven seconds clear of Leevale’s Mark Hanrahan, who was also inside the old record as was third placed Sean Hehir. For the fourth time, Siobhan O’Doherty of Borrisokane was the women’s winner in a time of 58 mins oo secs exactly. No sign of Mary Cullen in the results, so we take it she didn’t show up.
AT THE ARMORY INVITATIONAL Indoor meet in New York, the Irish team finished second in the medley relay , won by an American quartet in a world record time of 9 mins 19 .93 secs. Ireland finished less than six seconds behind in 9:25.37, a time that was also inside the world record. Splits for the Irish were Declan Murray 2:53.17 for 1200m, Brian Gregan 47.40 secs for 400m, Mark English 1:46.59 for 800m and 3:58.23 for Ciaran O Lionaird in the 16000m. English’s 800m split was the fastest of the day.
EUROPEAN INDOOR qualification marks for UCD’s Ciara Everard and Danny Mooney of Letterkenny were the highlight of the Athletics Ireland Indoor Games in Athlone. Everard clocked a time of 2:03.50 when winning the 800m comfortably from Dutch visitor Suzanne Voorrips who finished in 2:09.06. A close third was Aislinn Crossey of UCD in 2:09.76. Mooney ran a personal best 3:42.69 to win the 1500m; the qualification mark is 3:43.00. Donore’s John Travers and Sarah Treacy of Dunboyne won the 3000m races in 8:19.30 and 9:12.22 respectively.
MARIA McCAMBRIDGE 11th in the women’s race was the best individual performance from the four DSD teams in action at the European Clubs Cross-Country in Guadalajara. The junior women, led by Sophie Murphy, finished fourth; the junior men and the senior women eighth and the senior men 14th. The junior men, led by Patrick Mac Gabhann, were only 13 points off fourth.
Sunday February 1
Bewley’s 1840 10-Mile, Trim (761 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Martin Fagan
Men: 1 Martin Fagan (Mullingar Hrs) 48.23, 2 Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe, M40) 51.17, 3 Tudor Moldovan (Clonliffe) 53.05, 4 Tom Hogan (SBR) 53.26, 5 Luke Forde (Diunboyne) 54.11, 6 Peter Mooney 54.20. M40: 2 Maurice Looby (Mullingar Hrs) 56.37, 3 Garvan Smith (Donore) 58.17. M45: Tom McGrath (Mullingar Hrs) 57.22, 2 Ollie Donnelly (Mullingar Hrs) 60.33, 3 David Carrie (Dunleer) 61.58. M50: 1 Phelim Glynn (Dunboyne) 56.29, 2 Aidan Brennan 59.01, 3 Sean Morley 59.47. M55: 1 Chris Keeling (Balbriggan & Dist) 62.07, 2 Christy Reilly 71.10, 3 Vincent Craig (Laragh) 72.17. M60: 1 Pat Comey 74.44, 2 Bill Kennedy 76.11, 3 Charlie O’Neill (Donore) 76.28. Teams – 1 Mullingar Harriers 60, 2 Donore Harriers 145, 3 Dunboyne 159.
Women: 1 Breege Connolly (NBH) 57.31, 2 Pauline Curley (Tullamore Hrs) 59.04, 3 Sinead Whitelaw (Mullingar Hrs) 61.27, 4 Isobel Oakes 62.36, 5 Aine O’Reilly (Mullingar Hrs) 63.59, 6 Dena Hogan (SBR) 64.37. W40: 1 Olivia Martin (Bohermeen) 66.36, 2 Karen Lavelle (Star of the Sea) 67.39, 3 Andrea McGuinness (Tri an Mhi) 68.02. W45: 1 Mary Hanley (Na Fianna) 67.33, 2 Marie Sudawy 68.52, 3 Imelda Clarke (Na Fianna) 71.13, 4 Brigid Clarke (Na Fianna) 72.47 .W50: 1 Mary Purdue Smyth (Raheny) 75.43, 2 Linda Gunning (Bohermeen) 75.54, 3 Ann Tobin (Trim) 76.44. W55: 1 Nuala Reilly (Drogheda & Dist) 72.06, 2 Angela Gallogly (Dunshaughlin) 78.06, 3 Karen McLoughlin (Raheny) 83.13. W60: 1 Carol Lynch (Sportsworld) 82.40, 2 Josie Power (Fingallians) 92.25.
John Treacy 10-Mile, Dungarvan (www.westwaterfordathletics.com)
Men: 1 Mick Clohisey (Raheny Shamrock) 48.45 (rec), 2 Mark Hanrahan (Leevale) 48.52, 3 Sean Hehir (Rathfarnham WSAF) 49.09, 4 Gary Thornton (GCH) 49.36, 5 James McCarthy (East Cork) 51.35, 6 John Frazer (Crusaders) 51.56. M40: 1 Frank Quinlan (Waterford AC) 56.49, 2 Joe Cunningham (St Finbarr’s) 57.06. M45: 1 Colm Burke (St Abban’s) 54.51, 2 John Murphy (Grange Fermoy) 60.21. M50: 1 Mike Curley Cunningham (Moreabbey Milers) 57.15, 2 Eddie Newman (Mullingar Hrs) 57.38. M55: 1 Gerry Cantwell ( West Waterford) 65.42, 2 Neilus Ahearne (Midletown) 66.18. M60: Joe Gough (W Waterford) 63.26. M65: Maurice Tobin (Grange Fermoy) 71.15. M70: Jim McNamara (Donore) 74.29. Jun: Evan Lynch (Clonmel) 72.48. Teams – 1 Leevale, 2 St Finbarr’s, 3 Kilkenny City Harriers. John Treacy Team Challenge: Waterford AC 2:45.13.
Women: 1 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane) 58.00, 2 Ann Marie Holland (St Finbarr’s) 61.50, 3 Anne Curley (Donore) 62.27, 4 Maria Costello (Gneeveguilla) 62.38, 5 Adele Walsh (St Abban’s) 64.44, 6 Angela McCann (Clonmel) 65.27. W35: Niamh Cronin (St Finbarr’s) 66.52, 2 Pauline Grainger (WGH) 67.35. W40: Siobhan McHugh (Clonmel) 65.29, 2 Anna Doris (Midleton) 65.39. W45: 1 Margo Dinan (St Finbarr’s) 66.44, 2 Ber Carey (Kilkenny TC) 66.51. W50: 1 Joan Ennis (Graneg Fermoy) 67.40, 2 Mary Sweeney (St Finbarr’s) 69.22. W55: Bernadette Mitchell 77.30. W60: Olive Ruane (Hasbro Hrs) 87.08. W65: Terry Gough (W Waterford) 106.53. Team/John Treacy Challenge – St Finbarr’s.
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