Laura Crowe
The Irish women’s team, led by Sarah McCormack in sixth place, have taken team bronze at the World Mountain Running Championships in Krynica, Poland.
McCormack, who is based in Scotland, ran a brilliant race to finish less than two minutes behind Italy’s Alice Gaggi. Less than two minutes behind again was Raheny’s Kate Cronin in 18th place, with Sarah Mulligan of DSD 43 seconds behind in 27th place and Sharon Trimble of North Belfast Harriers in 52nd place making up the Irish team. Italy with, its four runners all inside the top 15, were comfortable winners of the gold medals ahead of Great Britain.
This has been a great year for Irish women’s mountain running; in July Sarah Mulligan became the first Irish woman to win the grueling Snowdon International in Wales.
In the men’s race, Ugandan runners completely dominated, taking the top four places and beating Italy to the team title. Clonliffe’s Brian McMahon in 33rd place was best of the Irish; the team was 11th. Best of the Irish men in the junior race was Padraig Moran 34th; no junior Irish women ran.
Closer to home, Stephen Cunningham of Mourne Runners finished 7th in the Ben Nevis Mountain Race in Scotland in a time of 1 hrs 45 mins 35 secs. Jonny Steede of Ballymena, winner of the Wicklow Way Ultra last March, was 22nd despite going off course.
* In Rieti Italy, Laura Crowe of Riocht ran a brilliant personal best of 2:00.98 to finish sixth in the women’s 800m. Her time catapults her into fourth place on the all-time Irish list. Mark English of UCD had set his sights on the Irish record in the men’s 800m and he came very close for a second time this seasonwhen he finished fourth in 1.44.89 . In July, English ran 1.44.84 at the Diamond League meeting in London; David Matthews’ Irish record stands at 1:44.82. Paul Robinson of St Coca’s finished eighth in the men’s 1500m, setting a new Irish U23 record in a personal best time of 3:35.22. Kenya’s Silas Kiplagat won the race in 3.30.13.
*Bantry’s Alan O’Shea – an ex-mountain running international – won the John Buckley Cork Half Marathon in Blarney today with his time of 66 mins 59 secs putting him almost two minutes clear of Philip Harty from West Waterford) 68.52. In third place was former Irish marathon champion Cathal O’Connell of St Finbarr’s who was also first master and first M50.
Emma Murphy of host club St Finbarr’s won the women’s race ahead of her clubmate Anne Marie Holland. Her winning time was 82 mins 9 secs.
* Local athlete Keith Shields of Foyle Valley outsprinted Declan Reed to win Waterside Half Marathon in Derry in 69 mins 45 secs, with Reed timed at 69:47. Pre-race favourite Stephen Scullion had pulled out of the race with a leg strain. Ann Marie McGlynn of Lifford was first woman in 79 mins 27 secs.
*Darragh Rennicks of the host club Bohermeem and Raheny’s Simon Ryan battled it out for victory in the Rennicks and Delaney Cups Bohermeen 5-Mile, with Rennicks making it to the line ahead of Ryan with three seconds to spare.
Dunboyne team
In an even closer battle for third place, Peter Mooney just edged out Dunboyne’s Rory Kavanagh. Just a point separated the top two teams with Dunboyne taking home the beautiful Rennicks Cup (a replica of the Sam Maguire) from Bohermeen.
Lorraine Manning of Raheny was a clear winner of the women’s race from Sinead Lambe one of a car load of Donore athletes in action, with Jim McNamara and Ann Woodlock making it an over 65 double – and both of them over 70.
Sunday September 8
29th World Mountain Running Championships, Krynica, Poland
Women ((9.08km +561m, -552; 79 finishers) – Senior: 1 Alice Gaggi (Ita) 42.47, 2 Emma Clayton (GBR) 43.12, 3 Elisa Desco (Ita) 43.32. Irish: 6 Sarah McCormack 44.23, 18 Kate Cronin 46.11, 27 Sarah Mulligan 46.54, 52 Sharon Trimble 50.12. Teams – 1 Italy 11, 2 Great Britain 22, 3 Ireland 51. Junior (4.65km +286, -276; 40 finishers : 1 Mandy Ortiz (USA) 22.56, 2 Lea Einfalt (Slo) 23.07, 3 Tubay Erdal (Tur) 23.21. No Irish.
Men – Senior (13.56km, +838m, – 828m; 129 finishers): 1 Philip Kiplimo (Uga) 54.22, 2 Geoffrey Kusuro (Uga) 55.06, 3 Nathan Ayeko (Uga) 55.19, 4 Peter Kibet (Uga) 55.27, 5 Bernard de Matteis (Ita) 55.44 6 Juan Carlos Carera (Mex) 55.51. Irish – 33 Brian McMahon 60.26, 43 Tom Hogan 62.00, 52 Eoin Flynn 62.40, 88 Kevan James 67.51, 98 Gary O’Hanlon 69.10 . Teams – 1 Uganda 10, 2 Italy 40, 3 Turkey 82…11 Ireland 216.
Junior (9.08km +561m, -552): 1 Nekagenet Crippa (Ita) 38.58, 2 Ramazan Karagoz (Tur) 39.13, 3 Manuel Innerhofer (Aut) 39.44. Irish – 34 Padraig Moran 44.09, 54 Killian Mooney 47.43, 59 Andrew Cullen 48.51, dnf Shane Maguire. Teams (16) – 1 Czech Republic 25, 2 Italy 29, 3 Great Britain 32…13 Ireland 147.
John Buckley St Finbarr’s Cork Half Marathon, Blarney Incorp Munster and Cork Half Marathon Championships. (391 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Alan O’Shea (Bantry) 66.59, 2 Philip Harty (West Waterford) 68.52, 3 Cathal O’Connell (St Finbarr’s, M50) 72.05, 4 Ruairi O’Donnell (Ferrybank) 72.14, 5 Danny Smith (Ballynonty) 73.35, 6 Alex O’Shea ( St Finbarr’s) 73.55. M40: 1 David Ryan (Clonmel) 74.31, 2 Martin Monaghan (Slaney Oly) 75.52, 3 Finbarr O’Dwyer (St Finbarr’s) 77.05. M45: 1 James Ryan Dundrum AC) 78.21, 2 Tom Laffan (Bandon) 78.40, 3 Tony Cambridge (Eagle) 79.57. M50: 2 James Kelleher 83.05, 3 Ronan Boland (Eagle) 86.16. M55: 1 Gerry Cantwell (W Watereford) 85.52, 2 Pat Murphy ( Eagle) 86.30 3 Willie Hayes (St Finbarr’s) 88.43. M60: 1 Patrick O’Shea (Iveragh) 83.48, 2 Joe Gough (W Waterford) 87.07, 3 Pat Twomey (Eagle) 88.37. M65: Donal Murphy (W Limerick) 96.00. M70: Maurice Tobin (Grange Fermoy) 92.33.
Women: 1 Emma Murphy (St Finbarr’s) 82.09, 2 Anne Marie Holland (Eagle, W35) 82.55, 3 Martina O’Dwyer (Carrick-on-Suir, W35) 84.07, 4 Carmel Crowley (Bandon, W45) 85.34, 5 Ann McPhail (Dooneen, W40) 88.00, 6 Siobhan Dempsey (W40) 88.46. W35: 3 Mags Dempsey (Tracton) 91.35. W40: 3 Anne Wolfe (St Finbarr’s) 99.45. W45: 2 Orla Crosbie (St Finbarr’s) 90.32, 3 Clotilde Fitzgibbon (Grange Fermoy) 91.10. W50: 1 Francis O’Connor (Eagle) 1:44.00, 2 Mary Mulcahy (St Finbarr’s) 1:50.45, 3 Angela Murphy 1:54.21. W55: 1 Cebula Bogdan (KRS TKKF Jastrzab) 93.44, 2 Geraldine O’Sullivan (Bantry) 96.27.
Waterside Half Marathon, Gransha Grounds, Derry (1,397 finishers; www.derrycity.gov.uk/halfmarathon).
Men: 1 Keith Shiels (Foyle Valley) 69:46, 2 Declan Reed (City of Derry) 69:47, 3 Scott Rankin (Foyle Valley) 71:39, 4 Greg Roberts (City of Derry) 71.51, 5 Emmet McGinty (City of Derry) 72.04, 6 Pauric McKinney (Inishowen, M45) 72.31, 7 James Brown (City of Derry, M40) 73.29, 8 Don Travers (Newry City , M35) 74.22
Women: 1 Ann-Marie McGlynn (Lifford) 79:47, 2 Julie Balmer (Nth Down) 83:23, 3 Kelly Neely (City of Lisburn) 84:21, 4 Ann Paul (City of Derry, W50) 87.02, 5 Marian Campbell (City of Derry) 87.01, 6 Julie Murphy (Lagan Valley, W35) 92.21.
Rennicks and Delaney Cups 5-Mile, Bohermeen, Co Meath (122 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Darragh Rennicks (Bohermeen) 24.46, 2 Simon Ryan (Raheny) 24.49, 3 Peter Mooney ( Marathon Club) 26.26, 4 Rory Kavanagh (Dunboyne) 26.28, 5 Conor Duffy (Glaslough Hrs) 26.45, 6 Loughlin Campion (Dunboyne) 27.20. M40: 1 Gerry O’Reilly (Dunboyne) 29.57, 2 Don Mahon (Trim) 32.44, 3 David Fay (Bohermeen) 37.39. M45: 1 David O’Connell (Bohermeen) 29.00, 2 Mark leacy (Sth O’Hanlon) 29.24, 3 Derek Hunter (Dunshaughlin) 30.03. M50: 1 Dermot Clarke (Bohermeen) 27.48, 2 Paddy Mangan (Dunshaughlin) 29.04, 3 Paul McQuillan 29.12. M55: 1 Stan Woods (Ardee) 29.31, 2 Chris Keeling (Balbriggan Road Runners) 31.15, 3 Noel Hanratty (Trim) 31.15. M60: 1 Giancarlo Orlandi ( Drogheda & Dist) 33.33, 2 Conor Cooney ( Drogheda & Dist) 39.09, 3 Pat Comey (Trim) 34.12. M65: 1 Jim McNamara (Donore) 35.16, 2 Michael Hegarty (Sth O’Hanlon) 43.40. MJ: 1 Brian McGrath (Bohermeen) 28.52, 2 Conor Rennicks (Bohermeen) 30.28, 3 Ciaran Connaughton (Dunleer) 30.40. Teams – 1 Dunboyne 28, 2 Bohermeen 29, 3 Trim 109.
Women: 1 Lorraine Manning (Raheny) 29.25, 2 Sinead Lambe (Donore) 30.38, 3 Sonya Reilly (Bohermeen) 31.34, 4 Imelda Clarke (Na Fianna, W45) 32.35 5 Lorna Davey-Fitzgerald (Mallow) 32.37, 6 Caitriona Ball (Bohermeen) 32.56. W40: 1 Olivia Martin 32.59, 2 Rose Murray (Bohermeen) 34.21, 3 Carmel Thorpe (Fr Murphy’s) 37.55. W45: 2 Dervilla Finnegan (Bohermeen) 35.58, 3 Margaret Neary ( Na Fianna) 36.59. W50: 1 Mary Watters (Navan) 34.06, 2 Linda Gunning (Bohermeen) 34.44. W55: Nuala Reilly (Drogheda & Dist) 37.03. W65: 1 Ann Woodlock (Donore) 44.56, 2 Rose Healy ( Fr Murphy’s) 45.14. Teams – 1 Bohermeen 33, 2 Trim 74, 3 Drogheda & District 102.
Titanic 101km & Ultra Series, Belfast. Also 50km and 25km. www.nirunning.co.uk
101km – Men: 1 Nicki McPeake 9:24.42, 2 Tim Brownlee 9:30:21, 3 Simon Reeve (North Belfast Harriers) – 9:32.51. Women: 1 Helena Dornan (Ballycastle Runners)9:40:51, 2 Hannah Shields (City of Derry ) 10:28:07, 3 Aoife O’Donnell 11:38:06
50km -Men: 1 Ger Copeland 3:50:24, 2 Matt Wilson (Willowfield Harriers) 4:05:37, 3 Alastair Shaw (Springwell RC) 4:17:55. Women: 1 Fran McFadden (Springwell RC4:37:20, 2 Gillian Cordner (Seapark ) 4:37:20, 3Joanne Curran (BARF) 4:39:20
25km – Men: 1 James Crossan (Lifford)1:48:51, 2 Chris Collins (East Antrim Hrs1:49:05, 3 Niall Majury 1:50:42. Women: 1 Maeve Gormley 2:06:24, 2Sarah Steer (Orangegrove) 2:06:40, 3 Andrea Heslip (Dromore) 2:18:00
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