Sean Hehir and Barbara Sanchez were the winners of today’s SSE Airtricity Dublin Half Marathon, leading home a field of 6,940 finishers at Dublin’s Phoenix Park.
Hehir of Rathfarnham WSAF, whose immediate target is a third national title at the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon on Sunday October 30, was overall winner of the race in 67 mins 45 secs. He finished comfortably clear of his Rathfarnham team mate Fikru Teshager, who was timed at 68 mins 58 secs, and Raheny’s Mark Kirwan, who crossed the line in 69 mins 27 secs.
In the women’s race, Sanchez, who is back living in France after ten years in this country, came home in 78 mins 26 secs. Catherina McKiernan, who still holds the Irish marathon record, was second and first W45 in 79 mins 27 secs while 2012 Olympian, Caitriona Jennings, who has recently joined Letterkenny AC in her native Donegal, was third in 80 mins 23 secs. Conditions were warm, wet and windy.
PAUL POLLOCK of Annadale was first home at the Bangor 10k, finishing in 30 mins 40 secs. Second was Raheny’s Freddy Sittuk, with Laura Graham of Mourne Runners the first woman.
JAMIE FALLON of Craughwell and GCH’s Margaret Sheridan were the winners of the revived Castlegar Cross-Country races, and mainstay of the winter calendar for about twenty years until 1995. After the success of the meet, hopes that now high that it will again become an annual event.Pics/video at Castlegar AC Facebook page.
ON THE RIVER LIFFEY, Peter Egan of Salmon Leap and Mads Pederson of Denmark 
won one of the best K2 races ever at the Liffey Descent, beating British pair Jonathan Boyton and Nicky Cresser in a sprint for the line after 17 miles of rough water and lots of spills. They finished in 1 hrs 48 mins 8 secs.
On a great day for the Salmon Leap club in Leixlip, Egan’s sister Jenny won the women’s K1 race at her first ever attempt, while Tom Brennan retained the men’s K1 title he won last year. He finished in 2:02.52, with a minute to spare over Belgian visitor Dries Corrijn. Third was Sean McCarthy in 2:03.56 while fourth was Jon Simmons in 2:06.48; both also Salmon Leap members. A few pics from the finish at www.flickr.com/lindie
Results:
Saturday September 24
SSE Airtricity Dublin Race Series 4: Dublin Half Marathon, Phoenix Park (6,940 finishers; www.tdleventservices.co.uk)
Men: 1 Sean Hehir (Rathfarnham WSAF) 67.45, 2 Fikru Teshager (Rathfarnham WSAF) 68.56,3 Mark Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock) 69.27, 4 Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe Harriers, M40) 70.31, 5 Mark Hoey (Team Carrie) 71.12, 6 David McPherson (Thomastown AC) 72.04. M35: 1 Trevor Power (Waterford AC) 73.04, 2 Thomas Simmons (Nth Belfast Hrs) 75.44, 3 Rory Mooney (St Coca’s) 76.05. M40: 2 Fergal Whitty (Donore) 74.14, 3 Myles Gibbons (SBR) 75.44. M45: 1 Tom Costello (Rathfarnham WSAF) 74.59, 2 Peter Gaffney 76.16, 3 Ray Coogan 76.56. M50: 1 Tom McGrath (Mullingar Hrs) 74.26, 2 Eddie Newman (Mullingar Hrs) 74.59, 3 George Shields (Nth East Runners) 81.30. M55: 1 Gerry O’Connell 83.04, 2 Peter Donoghue (Celbridge) 88.45, 3 Derek Quinn (Tallaght AC) 91.27. M60: 1 James Cottle (Crusaders) 87.18, 2 Eugene Doherty (SBR) 89.13, 3 Terry Clarke (Rathfarnham WSAF) 89.53.M65: 1 Barry Potts (Donore Hrs) 95.01, 2 Pat Comey (Trim AC) 98.45, 3 Garry Clarke (Tallaght) 1:45.15. M70: 1 Terry Mee (Donore) 1:46.36, 2 Michael Ferry (Garda AC) 1:56.58, 3 Ray McCormack (Raheny ) 2:09.04. M75: 1 Peter Curran (Sth O’Hanlon) 2:36.32, 2 Sean Lambe 2:40.34. Jun: Dylan Keegan (Templeogue AC) 84.38.
Women: 1 Barbara Sanchez 78.26, 2 Catherina McKiernan (W45) 79.27, 3 Caitriona Jennings (Rathfarnham WSAF, W35) 80.33, 4 Jane Anne Healy (Athenry) 81.55, 5 Karen Alexander (Acorns AC, W35) 82.19, 6 Sandra Lynch (Kilcoole, W35) 86.11. W40: 1 Suzanne Foot (Sli Cualann) 90.03, 2 Lorraine Heffernan (Lucan Hrs) 90.49, 3 Johanna Winks 92.13. W45: 2 Anne Curley (Donore) 87.12, 3 Elaine Walls (Carrick Aces) 87.20. W50: 1 Gabrielle Mallaghan (NBH) 91.23, 2 Helen O’Riordan 96.07, 3 Josepehine Killeen 99.12. W55: 1 Grainne Grennan 1:41.03, 2 Eileen Rowlan (Sportsworld) 1:43.42, 3 Dolores Kelly (Balbriggan and Dist) 1:44.16. W60: 1 Nuala Reilly (Drogheda and Dist) 98.40, 2 Mary Jennings (Waterford AC) 1:44.41, 3 Jane Holmes 1:49.19. W65: 1 Mary Lynch (Raheny Shamrock) 1:43.09, 2 Phyllis Browne (Star of the Sea) 1:48.03, 3 Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Hrs) 1:55.59. W70: Terry Blake 2:58.14.
Bangor Aurora 10k (611 finishers; www.championchipireland.com)
Men: 1 Paul Pollock (Annadale) 30.40, 2 Freddy Sittuk (Raheny) 31.00, 3 Mark McKinstry (NBH) 31.00, 4 Mark McMeechan (Nth Down, jun) 32.52, 5 Lindsay Gordon ( NBH) 33.16, 6 David O’Flaherty (Newcastle and Dist) 33.22.M40: Conor Curran (NBH) 35.02. M45: Martin Wilcox (East Down) 37.06. M50: Francis Marsh (Nth Down) 34.58. M55: David Clarke (NBH) 37.02 J
Women: 1 Laura Graham (Mourne Runners) 37.02, 2 Cathy McCourt (W40) 38.38, 3 Jodi Smith (Nth Down, W35) 39.37, 4 Katie Moore (Nth Down) 39.43, 5 Rachel Gibson 39.53, 6 Yvonne Mcauley 40.24.
Killarney 10-Mile. (241 finishers; www.sportstiming.ie)
Men: 1 Philip Harty 53.50, 2 Sean O’Sullivan 59.12, 3 Tony Harty (M40) 59.32. Women:1 Deirdre Nagle 68.42, 2 Alison Kirwan 70.42, 3 Caitriona Barry 71.03.
Castlegar Cross-County Races, Co Galway. Facebook
Short-course 3k – Women:1 Niamh Hennelly.GCH; 2 Gerardine Nally.Castlegar AC; 3 Trish Garret. Men: 1 Brian O’Connor, 2 Gary Marytn 3 Brian Bruton (all GCH) 1st Castlegar athlete- Austin Salmon
Women – Junior 3k: 1 Aisling Joyce, Claremorris AC; 2 Aoife King, GCH; 3 Sarah Gilhooley, Athenry AC. Senior 4k: 1 Margaret Sheridan, GCH; 2 Emily Bruton, GCH; 3 Marie Conneely
Men – Junior 5k: 1 Eanna O Culain, GCH; 2 Aaron Brennan; 3 Jack Muskella, Craughwell AC. Senior 6k: 1 Jamie Fallon, Craughwell AC; 2 Andrew O Donnghaile,GCH; 3 Peter O’Sullivan, Craughwell AC. M40 Robert Malseed Westport A; M50 Danny Carr GCH; M60 Martin Kearney GCH. 1st Castlegar athlete -Frank King. Teams – GCH (Andrew O Donnghaile, Lloyd Malcolm
Gearoid Hynes, Timmy Jones).
Clew Bay Half Marathon and 10k, Louisburgh, Co Mayo (www.popupraces.ie).
Half Marathon (101 entries) – Noel Gibbons 87.20, Neasa de Burca 90.56. 10k (78 entries) – Darren Butler 37:57, Linda Barrett 44:53.
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