Tomas Fitzpatrick of the host club won the Tallaght 5k for a second year; Fitzpatrick had run the Rotterdam Marathon two weeks ago. A close second was Raheny’s Mark Kirwan, with Martin Hoare of Celbridge AC third. First woman was Claire Sullivan of Rathfarnham WSAF who also won the Dublin novice road title. First of the male novice runners was Peter Fitzsimons of Tallaght. The race, held in perfect running conditions, attracted a record 300 entries, including a strong team from South Dublin Special Olympics, led home by Timothy Morahan in an excellent time of 19 mins 35 secs. A few pics at www.flickr.com/lindie
TWO WOMEN finished in the top six at the Barrington’s Hospital Limerick Marathon. Winner was Limerick’s Martin Doody in 2:28.33. In fourth place was Ciara Hickey of Bros Pearse in 2:47.04 while sixth was Tullamore’s Pauline Curley in 2:59.12. Winners of the half marathon were West Waterford’s Philip Harty and Sarah Mulligan of DSD. Winning the six mile in 29 mins 33 secs was Peter Somba who outkicked Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu. Siobhan O’Doherty of Borrisokane was a clear winner of the women’s race in 34:17 – almost three minutes ahead of the chasers. Assuming that is correct.
GARY O’HANLON of Clonliffe and Sli Cualann’s Deirdre Byrne were the winners of the Boyne 10k. O’Hanlon, who was also first M40, finished in 32 mins 9 secs. Byrne’s time of 34 mins 14 secs saw her finishing fourth overall in the race. Drogheda and District won both the men and women’s team categories.
HIGHLIGHT of the Irish Milers Club meet at Greystones yesterday was an 800m World Junior qualifying time for Carla Sweeney of WSAF. Sweeney won the women’s A 800m in 2 mins 09.14 secs – inside the B mark for the World Juniors. To book her place on the team she must run that time or faster a second time and is aiming to do so at the next IMC meet in Belfast next weekend. Other good wins came for William Maunsell in the 5000m, Brian Kelly in the men’s 800m and Fiona Kehoe in the women’s 800m.
Abroad, Adam McMullen of Crusader opened his season with a 7.75m long jump in Claremont Florida last night; Lisburn’s Amy Foster won the 100m in 11.54 secs.
Sunday May 1
Tallaght 5k (Incorp Dublin Masters and Novice Road C’ships. 300 finishers; www.myrunresults.com)
Men– 1 Tomas Fitzpatrick (Tallaght) 1506, 2 Mark Kirwan (Raheny Shamrock) 15.35, 3 Martin Hoare (Celbridge) 16.14, 4 Ronan Kearns (Rath WSAF, M35) 16.20, 5 David Fitzpatrick (Tallaght,M35) 16.22, 6 Sean Doran (Clonliffe) 16.43. M40: Paul Fleming (Rath WSAF) 17.12. M45: Dominic Horan (Sli Cualannn) 17.26. M50: Phelim Glynn (Dunboyne) 16.48. M55: Gerard Robinson ( St Coca’s) 17.54. M60: Michael Carolan (Bros Pearse) 21.18. M65: Bobby King (St Coca’s) 22.18. Jun: Dermot Kenny (Tallaght) 17.23. Dublin Novice C’ships: 1 Peter Fitzsimmons (Tallaght) 16.51, 2 Conor McCarthy (Sportsworld) 16.58, 3 Aaron Browne (Raheny Shamrock) 17.06. Teams – Senior: 1 Tallaght AC, 2 Rathfarnham WSAF, 3 Sportsworld. M35: 1 Rathfarnham WSAF, 2 Tallaght, 3 Bros Pearse.
Women – 1 Claire Sullivan (Rathfarnham WSAF, novice) 18.45, 2 Laura McDonnell(Tallaght) 18.50, 3 Donna Mahon (Rath WSAF, W40) 18.54, 4 Valerie Cole (Raheny Shamrock, novice) 19.22, 5 Lynne Hennessy (Rath WSAF, novice) 19.27, 6 Laura Brennan (Raheny Shamrock) 19.58. W35: Anne O’Brien (Balbriggan and Dist) 20.57. W45: Vanessa Sallier (Rath WSAF) 20.27 W50: Grainne Butler (Civil Service Hrs) 20.13. W55:Bernie Manley (Raheny Shamrock) 24.13. W60: Maxine Jones (DSD) 21.24. W65: Eileen O’Brien (Lucan Hrs) 25.29. Jun: Abbi Brennan (Tallaght) 27.10. Teams – Senior: 1 Rathfarnham WSAF, 2 Tallaght, 3 DSD. W35 (tbc): 1 DSD, 2 Tallaght.
Barrington’s Hospital Great Limerick Run, People’s Park (http://tdleventservices.co.uk)
Marathon (586 finishers); 1 Martin Doody (Limerick AC, M35) 2:28.33, 2 Peter Money (M35) 2:31.27, 3 Rory Mooney (St Coca’s) 2:41.51, 4 Ciara Hickey (Bros Pearse, W35) 2:47.04, 5 Michael O’Regan (M35) 2:48.01, 6 Pauline Curley (Tullamore Hrs, W45) 2:49.12. Women: 3 Dee Grady 3:01.53.
Half Marathon (1,218 finishers)
Men: 1 Philip Harty (W Waterford, M35) 69.46, 2 Brian Hegarty (Leevale, M35) 72.24, 3 Denis Shanahan (Thurles Crokes, M35) 74.09, 4 Paul Moran (Rathfarnham WSAF, M45) 74.17. Women: 1 Sarah Mulligan (DSD) 77.42, 2 Aoife Cooke (Youghal) 79.46, 3 Orla Drumm (Crusaders) 79.47.
Six mile (2,767 finishers) – Men: 1 Peter Somba (Kenya) 29.33, 2 Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe) 29.37, 3 Mark Kenneally (Clonliffe Hrs) 29.59, 4 Jake O’Regan (St John’s Clare) 30.32. Women: 1 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane) 34.17, 2 Helen Brouder (Sportsworld) 37.10, 3 Celene Williams 41.11.
Coca Cola Boyne 10k (1,553 finishers; www.myrunresults.com)
Men: 1 Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe, M40) 32.09, 2 Brian McCluskey (Nth East Runners, M40) 33.06, 3 Shane Toner (Glenmore AC) 34.05, 4 Deirdre Byrne (Sli Cualann) 34.14, 5 Wes O’Brien (Raheny Shamrock) 34.31, 6 Simon Ryan (Raheny Shamrock) 34.57. M50: Robert Reid (Dunshaughlin) 38.10. M60: John Duggan 46.29. M70: Jim Farrell 48.13. Jun: Cormac O Gibne (Boyne AC) 41.28. Teams – 1 Drogheda and District 32, 2 Raheny Shamrock 116, 3 Balbriggan and District 146.
Women: 2 Heather Foley 36.51, 3 Nimah Devlin (DSD) 38.33, 4 Noreen Mackey (Drogheda and Dist) 41.02, 5 Pamela Howard (Drogheda and Dist)41.27, 6 Andrea McGuinness (Bohermeen, W40) 41.33. W50: Mary Watters (Navan) 45.02. W60: Nuala Reilly (Drogheda and Dist) 46.26. Jun: Sarah King 51.45. Teams 1 Drogheda and District 17, 2 Balbriggan and District 77, 3 Ashbourne 124.
Saturday, April 30
Irish Milers Club/Greystones T-F, Greystones. www.irishmilersclub.org
Men – 800m A: 1 Brian Kelly (St Abban’s) 1:53.41, 2 Kevin Kelly (St Coca’s) 1:54.21, 3 Kevin Chesser (Ennis TC) 1:55.99. 1500m: 1 Pierre Murchan (Celtic DCH) 3:52.23, 2 Morgan Thomas (Dunshaughlin) 3:53.29, 3 James Ledingham 3:53.63. 5000m: 1 William Mansell (Clonmel) 14:17.35, 2 Kevin Maunsell (Clonmel) 14:20.49, 3 Brian Maher (KCH, M35) 14:20.85.
Women – 800m: 1 Carla Sweeney (WSAF) 2:09.14, 2 Rose Finnegan (Bohermeen) 2:09.54, 3 Amy Hamill (Glaslough) 2:11.62. 1500m: 1 Fiona Mehoe (Kilmore) 4:28.33,2 Joanne Mills (Newcastle and Dist) 4:41.25, 3 Eimear Fitzpatrick (DSD) 4:43.91.
Waterford-Tramore 7.5 Mile (race 3 Ger Wyley Sports/Nike Summer Series) (www.totaltiming.ie)
Men: 1 Frank Quinlan (Waterford AC) 40.43, 2 Emmet Kelly (Waterford TC) 43.23, 3 Paul Gibbons (SBR) 43.41. M40: Colm Costello (Bros Pearse) 44.54. Women: 1 Adele Walsh (St Senan’s) 48.45, 2 Elaine O’Donovan (St Joseph’s) 49.09, 3 Laura Robinson (Lusk AC0 50.18.
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