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| The chasers – including Gerard Heery, Rob Cross and David Carrie |
Mark Hoey of Star of the Sea was the surprise winner of today’s National Lottery Dublin Half Marathon in the Phoenix Park.
In cold, occasionally blustery conditions, Hoey had run shoulder to shoulder with Rathfarnham’s Barry Minnock for the first five miles of the race after the the veteran Seamus Power of Kilmurry Ibrikane took an early lead. At seven miles, Power was forced to slow down when he got a bad stitch and Hoey moved into the lead, taking victory in 68 minutes 50 seconds. Finishing over half a minute behind was Sligo’s Martin Conway, with Pat Cassidy of Glasmough third and Minnock fourth and first over 35.
Power recovered later in the race and held on to finish sixth and first over 40 in 70 minutes 44 seconds. Former British Olympian James McIlroy from Larne finished a very respectable eighth place. A remarkable 11th and first over 45 was David Carrie, the inspiration behind “Team Carrie” – a large group of Louth and Meath athletes training for the Dublin marathon, among them Mark Hoey.
First of the women in a new personal best time of 76 minutes 27 seconds was Siobhan O’Doherty of Borrisokane. Raheny veteran Annette Kealy was second with her clubmate Lorraine Manning third. The women’s results may have some anomalies; for example, a woman called Sorcha McCague from Monaghan is listed as coming second with a finish line time of 76:37 and a chip time 75:45. There is also a Kieron Peters listed as coming eighth or ninth; could be a Canadian? There were a lot of them about.
Results (provisional; see http://dublinmarathon.ie/results.php)-
Men – 1 Mark Hoey (Star of the Sea) 68.50; 2 Martin Conway (Sligo) 69.29; 3 Patrick Cassidy (Glaslough) 69.36; 4 Barry Minnock M35 (Rathfarnham WSAF) 70.07; 5 Tommy Evans (Gowran) 70.23; 6 Seamus Power M40 (Kilmurray Ibrikane) 70.44; 7 Phil Kilgannon (Sportsworld) 72.05; 8 James McIlroy (Larne) 72.11; 9 Paul Fleming M35 (Rathfarnham WSAF) 73.09; 10 David Byrne M35 (Tallaght) 73.22; 11 David Carrie Dunleer M45 73.29l 12 Eamonn O’Connor (Louth) 73.32.
M35: 1 Minnock; 2 Fleming; 3 Byrne
M40: 1 Power; 2 Michael Boyle 73.57; 3 Gerard Heery (St Brigid’s) 74.31.
M45: 1 Carrie; 2 Tom McGrath (Mullingar) 73.47; 3 Paul Moran (Dunboyne ) 75.07.
M50: 1 Gerry O’Connell (NER) 76.46.; 2 Massimiliano Begliomini 77.42; 3 Kevin Coady (Dunboyne) 78.43.
M55: 1 Eugene Doherty (Wicklow) 84.59; 2 Terry Clarke (Rathfarnham WSAF/RTE) 87.30; 3 Pat Muldoon 87.57.
M60: 1 Vivian O’Hanlon 1:32.49; 2 Dave Brady (Raheny Shamrock) 1:40.13; 3 Niall Mathews (RTE) 1:41.24.
M65: 1 Tom Gilmore 1:40.18; 3 Ger Kelly 1:45..58; 3 Padraig Gibbons 1:46.07.
M70: 1 Brian Talbot 2:00.04; 2 John Fitzsimons (Crusaders) 2: 2.23; 3 Sean Lambe 2:02.27.
M75: Martyn Smyth 2:41:37.
Women – 1 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane) 76.25; 2 Annette Kealy W40 (Raheny Shamrock) 1:19.12; 3 Lorraine Manning (Raheny Shamrock) 1:19.54; 4 Angela McCann W40 (Clonmel) 80.15; 5 Barbara Cleary W35 80.53; 6 Meghan Kennihan (USA) 81.28; 7 Anne Curley W40 (Donore) 82.30; 8 Kieran Peters 85.06 (??); 9 Rachael Beck W40 85.38; 10 Fiona Stack 85.39; 10 Catherine Kiley 87.39.
W35: 1 Clancy; 2 Eimear McGovern 88.42; 3 Vivienne Fenton 90.43.
W40: 1 Kealy; 2 McCann; 3 Curley.
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| Mary Watters |
W45: 1 Mary Watters (Navan) 96.23; 2 Roisin O Meachair 1:36:04; 3 Carmel Brannigan (Galway) 1:35:35.
W50: 1 Linda Gunning (Bohermeen) 1:37.45; 2 Mary Collins 1:39.22; 3 Brenda Mitchell 1:42.02.
W55: 1 Mary Jennings (Waterford) 1:36.45; 2 Nuala Reilly (Drogheda and Dist) 1:45.57; 3 Helen Collins 1:48.41.
W60: 1 Josie Power Fingallians) 1:39.04; 2 Eileen O’Brien (Lucan) 1:44.42; 3 Phyllis Browne (Fingallians) 1:49.10.
W65: Terry Blake (Blackrock) 2:35.52.
W70: Helen O’Sullivan 3:00.40.
O’Brien Challenge 26 Kilomarathon, Lough Fea (76 finishers)
Men – 1 Christopher McPeak (Sperrin H) 1:47.11; 2 Gary Keenan M45 (Orangegrove) 1:47.33; 3 Dale Matthews M45 (NCH) 1:47.33; 4 Aidan O’Hagan (Sperrin H) 1:49.26; 5 Paul McLaughlin M45 (Sperrin H) ; 6 Thomas Leitch M40 (u/a) 1:55.44.
Women – 1 Denise Mathers W45 (NCH) 2:17.45; 2 Hazel McCausland W50 (Omagh H) 2:28.30; 3 Suzanne Allen W45 (Ballymena) 2:32.03.; 4 Suzanne Loughran W40 (u/a) 2:39.04; 5 Karen Falls W40 (u/a) 2:41.07; 6 Nuala Ui Ghruagain W40 (u/a) 3:08.21.
O’Brien Challenge 5-mileFun Run/Walk (12 finishers)
1 Noel Adair (Coleraine) 37.03; 2 Elizabeth Leitch 39:30; 3 Brian McKinless (Shamrock Runners) 40.31; 4 ara Lynn (Sperrin H) 42.54; 5 Gerry Hagan 48.20; 6 Deirdre Bradley (Sperrin H) 50.13.
Men – 1 Eoin Cummins 4:13.03; Aodh O’Neill 4:17.13; 3 Mrk Nolan 4:18.21; 4 Eric Wolfe 4:20.38; 5 Kevin Keane 4:25.10; 6 Ruaidhri Geraghty 4:27.42.
Women – 1 Joyce Wolfe 4:47.05; 2 Aoife Lynch 4:49.14; 3 Jennifer Duffy 4:56.21.
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