Mick Clohisey
Raheny’s Mick Clohisey and Mary Cullen of North Sligo were the winners of the AXA Raheny 5-Mile held in blustery conditions today. Both had clear wins with Clohisey’s time of 24 mins 5 secs putting him almost half a minute clear of Scott Rankin from Foyle Valley and Mary Cullen finishing in 26 mins 16 secs, 50 seconds ahead of Caroline Crowley from Crusaders – and well off her own course record of 25:35 set two years ago (although the course was slightly different due to road works on the coast road).
A large number of teams had entered with Raheny best of the 29 senior men’s teams, beating Rathfarnham WSAF and Crusaders, With Crowley, 2nd, Orla Drumm 4th, and newly crowned national inter champion Marie Hyland 6th, Crusaders raced away with the women’s team title. Winning the over 40 team titles were the Crusaders men and the Raheny women. The host club had two women’s category winners- Annette Kealy W45 and Orland Gormley W50. Drogheda’s Nuala Reilly was first W60 – her first race in this age group.
- Sean Hehir of Rathfarnham WSAF and Clonliffe’s Barbara Sanchez were the winners of the John Treacy 10 mile in Dungarvan. A chip timing failure meant a delay in the production of results.
ELIZABETH MORLAND’S time of 8.43 secs to win the junior 60m hurdles at the Glo Health National Jun/23 Indoors in Athlone puts her second on the all-time Irish junior list. UCD’s Sarah Lavin won the senior hurdles in 8.34 secs. Other records fell in the junior 400m won by Jenna Bromell in 54.19 secs, in the junior women’s shot with 13.97m for Michaela Walsh, and in the junior men’s triple jump with a 14.44m leap from Jordan Hoang of Tullamore Harriers. In a thrilling junior 200m, Sharlene Mawdsley beat Ciara Neville in 24.41; Neville won the 60m in 7.47 secs, beating Molly Scott and Megan Marrs. Raheny’s Eoin Strutt won the U23 800m in 1:56.77.
AMY FOSTER’s time of 7.39 secs for in second place 60m at the Welsh Championships in Cardiff puts her top of the rankings for the season. Ranked second is Kilkenny’s Cliodhna Manning who ran 7.55 secs in the heats in Cardiff. In Albuquerque, Tori Pena opened her season with a 4.26m in the women’s pole vault.
KILLIAN MOONEY of DSD and Raheny’s Kate Cronin were the winners of the Hellfire hill race – round two of the new look Leinster winter spring league.
SEAN TOBIN of Clonmel finished second in a mile with a time of 4:01.86 in University Park.
AXA Raheny 5-Mile (2,375 finishers; www.myrunresults.com)
Men – 1 Mick Clohisey (Raheny Shamrock) 24.05, 2 Scott Rankin (Foyle Valley) 24.33, 3 Rory Chesser (Ennis TC) 24.59, 4 Paddy Hamilton (Slieve Gullion) 24.55, 5 Liam Brady (Tullamroe Hrs) 25.10, 6 Conor Duffy (Glaslough) 25.15, 7 Eoin Callaghan (Star of the Sea) 25.18, 8 Killian Lonergan (Clonliffe, M40) 25.25, 9 Leon O’Connor (DSD) 25.36, 10 Peter Arthur (Liffey Valley) 25.47. Jun: Darren Ryan (Lusk) 26.58. M40: 2 Richard Gorman (Sligo) 26.15, 3 Niall Lynch (Donore) 27.00. M45: Des Tremble (Donore) 28.01, 2 Keith Downey (Skerries) 28.22, 3 David Carrie (Dunleer) 29.00. M50: 1 Phelim Glynn (Dunboyne) 27.11, 2 Sam Crawford (East Antrim) 28.40, 3 Mick Traynor (Raheny Shamrock) 29.01. M55: 1 Chris Keeling (Balbriggan and Dist) 30.05, 2 Gerry Woods (Tallaght) 30.39, 3 James Cottle (Crusaders) 31.07. M60: 1 Declan Poynton (Tallaght) 33.22, 2 Eddie Harrison (Raheny Shamrock) 35.45, 3 Conor Cooney (Drogheda and Dist) 36.55. M65: 1 John Todd (Tullamroe Hrs) 33.14, 2 Patrick Ryan 38.14, 3 Ciaran McGovern (Tullamor eHrs) 39.15. M70: Terry Mee (Donore) 37.15, 2 Pat Bonass (Clonliffe) 38.17, 3 Paddy Beauchamp 38.47. M75: 1 Sean Cooney (Tara) 38.32, 2 James Bennett (Clonliffe) 43.54. Teams – Senior (29 teams): 1 Raheny Shamrock 33, 2 Rathfarnham WSAF 71, 3 Crusaders 83. M40 (16): 1 Crusaders 40, 2 Donore 48, 3 Tallaght 110.
Women – 1 Mary Cullen (Nth Sligo) 26.16, 2 Caroline Crowley (Crusaders) 27.06, 3 Deirdre Byrne (Sli Cualann) 27.46, 4 Orla Drumm (Crusaders) 27.59, 5 Ciara Hickey (Bros Pearse) 28.31, 6 Marie Hyland (Crusaders) 28.33, 7 Ciara Durkan (Skerries) 28.34, 8 Charlotte Kearney (Doneadea) 29.29, 9 Mary Ann O’Sullivan ( St Abban’s) 29.38, 10 Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock, W45) 30.11 Jun– Orla Bollard (Skerries) 32.30. W40: 1 Paula Grant (Portlaoise) 30.52, 2 Niamh Hogan 30.55, 3 Gerrie Short (Beechmount) 31.25. W45: 2 Sharon Tighe (Tallaght) 33.58, 3 Lorraine Sherwood 34.14. W50: 1 Orla Gormley (Raheny Shamrock) 34.03, 2 Mary Watters (Navan) 34.37, 3 Carol Dempsey 34.49. W55: Dolores Kelly (Balrbigan) 37.50, 2 Jean Dunne 39.35, 3 Karen McLoughlin 40.26. W60: 1 Nuala Reilly (Drogheda and Dist) 35.14, 2 Marie Reilly (Navan) 37.53, 3 Mary Lycnh 41.37. W65: 1 Josie Power (Fingallians) 41.15, 2 Carol Lynch (Sportsworld) 45.17, 3 June Comiskey (Raheny Shamrock) 46.03. W70: Marie Kenney 47.40. Teams – Senior (25): 1 Crusaders 12, 2 Sportsworld 58, 3 Tallaght 101. W40(20): 1 Raheny Shamrock 63, 2 Drogheda and Dist 76, 3 Crusaders 84.
John Treacy Dungarvan ’10’, www.westwaterfordathletics.org.
Men – 1 Sean Hehir (Rathfarnham/WSAF) 50.15, 2 Tim O’Donoghue (East Cork) 52.44, 3 Alan O’Shea (Bantry) 54.04, 4 Frank Quinlan (Waterford AC) 54.39, 5 John O’Connell (Leevale) 54.43, 6 Michael Morgan (St Finbarr’s) 55.00, 7 Brendan Murphy (Crusaders) 55.17, 8 Danny Smyth (Ballynonty) 55.41, 9 Declan Power (Clonliffe Hrs) 55.45, 10 Raivis Zakis (West Waterford) 55.50. Jun: Andrew Maher (Togher) 71.43. M40: 1 Michael Harrington (Bantry) 57.58, 2 P.J. Scollard (Waterford AC) 59.03. M45: 1 Tony Kelleher (Togher) 56.51, 2 Paul Duggan (St Finbarr’s) 58.47. M50: 1 Paul Moran (Rathfarnham WSAF) 57.24, 2 Kevin Murphy (Slaney Oly) 60.13. M55: 1 Gerry O’Connell 59.19, 2 Gerry Cantwell (West Waterford) 67.33. M60: Joe Gough (West Waterford) 64.02. M65: Maurice Tobin (Grange Fermoy) 72.54. Wheelchair – Gerry Forde.
Women – 1 Barbara Sanchez (Clonliffe Hrs) 57.35, 2 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane AC) 59.06, 3 Jane Ann Healy Meehan (Athenry AC) 59.37, 4 Maria Mc Cambridge (DSD) 60.32, 5 Una Plant Murphy 63.41, 6 Clare Annan (Clonmel AC) 64.27. W35: 1 Karina Teehan (St.Finbarr’s) 65.00, 2 Gail Phibbs (Lakeshore Striders) 66.02. W40: 1 Adele Walsh (St Senan’s) 66.29, 2 Siobhan McHugh (Clonmel AC) 70.48. W45: 1 Anna Doris (Midleton AC) 65.46, 2 Dolores Duffy (Watergrasshill AC) 67.39. W50: 1 Joan Ennis (Grange Fermoy) 64.50, 2 Helen Gilroy (Midleton AC) 71.35. W55: Mary Sweeney (St Finbarr’s) 69.39
Glo Health Junior and U23 Indoor Championships, Athlone
Junior women
60m: 1 C Neville (Emerald) 7.47, 2 M Scott (SLOT) 7.56, 3. M Marrs (Lisburn) 7.63. 200m: 1 S Mawdsley (Newport) 24.40, 2 C Neville (Emerald) 24.88, 3 LA Costello (Galway City Harriers) 25.33. 400m: 1 J Bromell (Emeral) 54.19 (rec), 2. M O’Reilly (DSD) 57.01, 3. S Becker (St Joseph’s) 57.68. 800m: 1A Hamill (Glaslough Hrs) 2:18.96, 2. R Finnegan (Bohermeen) 2:18.96, 3. A Delargey (Nenagh) 2:19.41.1500m: 1 C Sweeney (WSAF) 4:39.80, 2. A Joyce (Claremorris), 3 C. O’Reilly (Annalee) 4:48.10. 3km walk: 1 S O’Connor (Celbridge) 14:56.70, 2 O O’Connor (Waterford) 14:59.30, 3 N O’Connor (Celbridge) 15:12.90. 60m hurdles: 1E Morland (Cushinstown) 8.43 (rec), 2 M Marrs (City of Lisburn) 8.98, 3. R Dunne (DSD) 9.28. High jump: 1 D Kealy (St Abban’s) 1.60m, 2 S Craig (Lifford) 1.55m, 3. S Reihill (Tallaght) 1.45. Long jump: 1 E Morland (Cushinstown) 5.70, 2 J Boyle (Finn Valley) 5.51, 3 A O’Brien (Tralee Hrs) 5.34. Triple jump: 1 A O’Brien (Tralee Hrs) 10.92, 2 G Furlong (Waterford) 10.79, 3 F Nic Phaidin (Rosses) 10.60. Pole vault: 1A Healy (Donore Hrs) 2.75, 2 M Flynn (Lusk) 2.60, 3. S Derham (Lusk) 2.60. Shot: 1 M Walsh (Swinford) 13.97m (rec), 2 A Torsney (Fingallians) 11.45, 3 D Ryan (Nenagh) 11.33.
Junior men
60m: 1 B Fisher (City of Lisburn) 6.99, 2. J Dempsey (GCH) 7.07, 3. D McDonald (Menapians) 7.08. 200m: 1 D McDonald (Menapians) 21.99, 2. C Newell (Ballymena & Antrim) 22.12, 3 C Greene (GCH) 22.15. 400m: 1 C O’Donnell (Nth Sligo) 49.21, 2 J Mitchell (Emerald) 49.71, 3 C Locke (Dooneen) 50.05. 800m: 1C Izuchukwu (Tullamore Hrs) 1:55.79, 2 C Hayes (Le Cheile) 1:56.39 . C Crawford-Walker (Lagan Valley) 1:56.43.1500m: 1.K McGrath (Bohermeen) 3:59.90, 2. L Horgan (Leevale) 4:01.10, 3. P Murchan (DCH) 4:02.50. 3km walk: 1A Egan (Clonmel) 13:14.60, 2. A Tobin (Clonmel) 13:48.70, 3. G McMahon (Shannon) 13:57.30. 60m hurdles: 1 P Sexton (Annalee) 8.36, 2 J Murphy (Leevale) 8.40, 3 B Fisher (City of Lisburn) 8.58. High jump: 1 R Carthy Walshe (Adamstown) 1.90, 2 D Mahon (Gowran) 1.90, 3 D Ryan (Waterford) 1.80. Long jump:1 K Marks (Cushinstown) 7.15, 2 B Fisher (City of Lisburn) 7.06, 3 L Bellintani (Raheny Shamrock) 6.70. Triple jump: 1 J Hoang (Tullamore Hrs) 14.44 (rec), 2 S Joyce (Cushinstown) 14.02, 3. I Brennan (Finn Valley) 13.52. Pole vault: 1 S Power (St Joseph’s) 3.60, 2 Matthew Callinan (SLOT) 3.40, 3 D Nolan (SLOT) 3.20. Shot: 1 JJ Kelly (Brow Rangers) 13.41, 2 S Joyce (Cushinstown) 13.08, 3 J Bell 12.40. Wt for dist 35lb: 1 G Hicks (Bandon) 7.32, 2. L Ross (Bandon) 6.13, 3 JJ Kelly (Brow Rangers) 6.06
U23 Women
60m: 1 P Healy (Bandon) 7.47, 2 S Leacy (KCH) 7.87, 3.B Keogh (Fingallians) 7.92. 200m: 1 P Healy (Bandon)24.04, 2 S McCarthy (Mid Sutton)24.38, 3 B Keogh (Fingallians) 26.20. 800m: 1 A Lally (UCD)2:17.03, 2 S Gaffney (Craughwell) 2:23.60, 3 N Quinn (Portlaoise) 2:24.67 1500m: 1 A O’Donoghue (Emerald) 4:36.50, J Coyne (Dooneen) 4:39.20, 3 A Richardson (KCH) 4:47.80. 3km walk: 1 V Burke (Ballinasloe) 15:40.21, 2 A Heneghan (Westport) 16:03.40, 3 C Mulroy (Swinford) 16:21.89. 60m hurdles: 1 S Lavin (UCD) 8.34, 2 LA O’Hora (Dooneen) 8.65, 3 S Dawkins (St Joseph’s) 9.01. High jump: 1 E Rogers (St Peter’s) 1.66, 2 A McIlmoyle (City of Lisburn) 1.66, 3 S Murphy (Ferrybank) 1.63. Long jump: 1 S McCarthy (Mid Sutton) 5.79, 2 V Fleischer (Celbridge) 5.72, 3 K Blaney (Navan) 5.02. Triple jump: 1 S Buggy (St Abban’s) 12.36, 2 V Fleischer (Celbridge) 11.45, 3 E McCabe (Naas) 10.93. Shot: 1 S Parkinson (Gowran) 11.96, 2. C Twomey (KCH) 9.78, 3 A McTeggart (Boyne) 8.92.
U23 Men
60m: 1.A Mellon (Nth Down) 6.92, 2 K Pike (Clonliffe Hrs) 6.97, 3 D Power (Tullamore Hrs) 7.14. 200m: 1 D Power (Tullamore Hs) 22.34, 2 S Archer (Templemore) 22.52, 3 E Walsh (W Muskerry) 22.90. 400m: 1 E Madden (Carrick-on-Shannon) 48.26, 2 P White (Nenagh) 48.98, 3 M Lawler (SLOT) 50.03. 800m: 1 E Strutt (Raheny Shamrock) 1:56.77, 2 T Hennessy (Nenagh) 1:57.02, 3 C Duncan (Ratoath) 1:57.75. 1500m: 1 P Robb (St Malachy’s) 4:05.80, 2 R Nally (DSD) 4:07.70, 3 C Duncan (Ratoath) 4:09.00. 60m hurdles: . A Fernandez (Clonliffe Hrs) 8.24, 2 G McKenna (Shercock) 9.01, 3 D Kearns (Cushinstown) 9.14. High jump: 1 A Heney (Clonliffe Hrs) 2.00, 2 S Archer (Templemore) 1.90, 3 A Mahin (Clonliffe Hrs) 1.85. Long jump: 1 C Bourke (Raheny Shamrock) 7.10, 2 S Howard (Bandon) 6.89, 3 T Stafford (Menapians) 6.51. Triple jump: 1 C Durnin (St Peter’s) 13.63, 2 A Mahin (Clonliffe Hrs) 13.53m, 3.P Okafor (Bandon) 13.44. Pole vault: C Bermingham (Raheny Shamrock) 4.20. Shot: 1 J Kelly (Crusaders) 13.03m, 2 B Hyland (KCH) 12.06, 3 S McMahon (Shannon) 11.11. Wt for dist 35lb: 1 S McMahon (Shannon) 8.03, 2 J Kelly (Crusaders) 7.82.
Hills: Leinster Winter/Spring League Rd 2, Hellfire Woods (5km, 260m), www.imra.ie
Men: 1 Killian Mooney (DSD) 2557, 2 Des Kennedy (Raheny Shamrock, M40) 27.26, 3 Neil Bolger (Rath WSAF) 27.39. M50: Bob Lawlor (Naas) 30.30. Women: 1 Kate Croin (Raheny Shamrock) 31.51,2 Becky Quinn (W40) 33.00, 3 Mags Fitzgerald (MSR, W40) 34.06. W50: Laura Flynn (Rathfarnham WSAF) 36.28.
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