Former world champion rower Sinead Jennings made a winning return to road racing when she won the Great Limerick Run Half Marathon in 79 mins 19 secs. Jennings is based in Limerick, where she is a member of the St Michael’s rowing club.
Sergiu Ciobanu won the race, with his Clonliffe buddy Gary O’Hanlon first home in the marathon. Angela McCann was first woman in the marathon.
Robbie Matthews of Dunshaughlin made it three wins from three when he beat Colin Costello from Star of the Sea to win the Boyne 10km in Drogheda. First woman was Kate O’Neill of MSB.
Over 1,500 turned out for the race, including 45 teams, not all of them from running clubs.
On a weekend packed with races, the Tallaght 5km attracted a small crowd with Rathfarnham veteran Paul Fleming the winner. Finishing second and helping Raheny to team victory was Bernard Roe, who then headed to Drogheda for the Boyne 10km, where he was fifth and Raheny was also first team.
Maria McCambridge was in Donegal running the Letterkenny 10km – a charity race she once won outright. Now officially back with Dundrum South Dublin, McCambridge finished first woman in her first race since the Rotterdam Marathon, where she was forced to drop out. McCambridge’s next big outing is in DSD colours at the European Clubs.
Also from what we can gather (thank you Facebook!), Sonia O’Sullivan, Lizzie Lee and Rosie Ryan were at the West of Ireland Women’s Mini Marathon in Co Mayo.
*Amy Foster (City of Lisburn) won the 100m at the Miting d’AtletismePala Frugell in Spain. Foster finished in 11.58 secs; second was Sarah Lavin (Emerald) in 11.96. Denis Finnegan won the triple jump with a best of 15.47.
Sunday May 5
Great Limerick Run Marathon, Half Marathon and 6-mile. www.greatlimerickrun.com.
Half Marathon – Men: 1 Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe) 68.44, 2 Michael Shannon 71.14, 3 James Liddane (BMOH, M35) 74.36, 4 Julio Cesar F Castro (Kilmurry Ibr BC) 75.46, 5 Rob Cross (Crusaders, M35) 76.24, 6 Patrick Tierney (M35).
Women: 1 Sinead Jennings W35) 79.19, 2 Kate Cronin 83.45, 3 Tracey Guilfoyle (W45) 89.24, 4 Marie Byrne (Clonliffe) 89.24, 5 Katherine Ayre 90.50, 6 Sineady Brody (GCH) 92.34.
Marathon – Men: 1 Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe, M35) 2:29.46, 2 Raivis Zakis (W Waterford) 2:35.39, 3 James Doran (Riocht) 2:44.10, 4 Mike Curley Cunningham (BMOH, M45) 2:48.14. Women: 1 Angela McCann (Clonmel, W40) 2:57.17, 2 Mary Sweeney (St Finbarr’s W50) 3:-7.54, 3 Julia Donovan (Wimbledon Windmilers) 3:14.43.
6-Mile – Men: 1 Hamid El Mouaziz 28.45, 2 Dan Mulhare (Portlaoise) 29.40, 3 Niall O’Callaghan 33.03. Women: 1 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane) 34.33, 2 Orla Drumm (Crusaders) 34.52, 3 Eimear O’Brien 35.52.
Boyne 10km, Drogheda (1,598 finishers; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men – 1 Robbie Matthews (Dunshaughlin) 32.09, 2 Colin Costello (Star of the Sea) 32.43, 3 Mick Traynor (Raheny Shamrock, M45) 33.02, 4 Simon Ryan (Raheny Shamrock) 33.12, 5 Bernard Roe (Raheny Shamrock) 33.22, 6 Brian McCluskey (North East Runners) 33.39, 7 Simon Reede (Raheny Shamrock) 44.04, 8 James Cloney (St Killian’s) 34.16. M40: 2 Jim Gonnelly(NER) 35.47, 3 Niall Haplin (NER) 36.54. M50: 1 Brian Lynch (NER) 36.33, 2 Patrick O’Grady ( Drogheda & Dist) 36.59, 3 Sean Ryan (Civil Service Hrs) 42.37. M60: 1 Jim Farrell 48.39, 2 Gerry Carroll 55.18, 3 Des Rogers 66.16. M70: Jim Leonard ( D&D) 70.22. MJ: 1 Kieran Bowers 38.25, 2 Philip Reilly 38.56, 3 Eoghan Reilly 41.35. Teams (25)– 1 Raheny Shamrock 12, 2 North East Runners 37. 3 Drogheda and District 65.
Women: 1 Kate O’Neill (MSB) 38.02, 2 Maria Dolan (Rathfarnham WSAF) 38.43, 3 Nicola Bull 39.13, 4 Karen Lavelle (Star of the Sea, W40) 39.50, 5 Sinead Lambe (Donore) 39.58, 6 Florence Curley (Donore) 40.58, 7 Caitriona O’Brien (Bohermeen) 41.46, 8 Mary Leech (Drogheda & Dist) 41.50. W40: 2 Linda Meehan 44.35, 3 Karin Duffner (Finn Valley) 46.51. W50: 1 Linda Gunning (Bohermeen) 44.20, 2 Maura Flanagan 51.02, 3 Mary McDonnell ( D&D) 52.24.W60: 1 Loretta Wakely Vassidy 57.58, 2 Rosanna Crean (D&D) 59.55, 3 Pauline Murphy (D&D) 61.54. W70: 1 Mary Donnelly 1:541.36. WJ: 1 Sarah Haak (Dunleer) 47.57, 2 Heather Kenney (Boyrne RFC) 60.57, 3 Emily McMahon 61.35. Teams (20) – 1 Drogheda and District 27, 2 Donore Harriers 43, 3 Dunleer 63.
Tallaght 5km (104 finisheres; www.precisiontiming.net)
Men: 1 Paul Fleming (Rathfarnham WSAF) 15.49, 2 Bernard Roe (Raheny Shamrock) 15.51, 3 David Fitzpatrick (Tallaght) 15.55, 4 Ian Conroy (Raheny Shamrock) 16.03, 5 Phil Kilgannon 9Sportsworld) 16.07, 6 Ronan Kearns (Rathfarnham WSAF) 16.11. M40: Des Kennedy (Raheny) 16.26. M45: Pearse Coyle ( Rathfarnham WSAF) 17.48. M50: Patrick Gissane 21.30. M55: Paddy Parrott (MSB) 18.30. M60: Seamus Gaughan (Mayo AC) 18.42. M65: Sean Lambe 27.39. Jun: Abdullah Mohamed (Dunboyne) 17.29, 2 Sean McCabe (Tallaght) 17.44. Teams (2) – Raheny Shamrock 26, 2 Tallaght 117.
Women: 1 Lorraine Nolan (Rathfarnham WSAF) 19.47, 2 Laura McDonnell (Tallaght) 19.57, 3 Niamh Garvey (Raheny Shamrock) 20.55,4 Marisa McMillan (Tallaght) 21.29, 5 Peig Dunne (W40) 21.49, 6 Nicola Dowdall (Donore) 22.00. W40: 2 Regina Moody (Tallaght) 27.27, 3 Alison McIntyre 28.25. W45: 1 Mary Purdue-Smyth (Raheny) 22.39, 2 Keira Geraghty (Tallaght) 22.39, 3 Ailison Larkin 34.48. W55: Christine McCann (Sli Cualann) 29.45. W60: Liz Conroy (Tallaght) 25.53.
Northwest Charity 10km, Letterkenny. Co Donegal. www.northwest10k.com.
Men: 1 Keith Shields (Foyle Valley) 32.15, 2 Scott Rankin (Foyle Valley) 33.11, 3 Eoghan McGinley (Cranford) 33.31, 4 Pauric McKinney (Inishowne, M45) 33.42, 5 Gary Crossan (M40) 34.11, 6 Gerard Gallagher (Finn Valley) 34.26. M50:Gerry McMonagle (Letterkenny) 37.57.
Women: 1 Maria McCambridge (DSD, W35) 35.39, 2 Fionnuala Diver (Letterkenny) 38.24, 3 Noreen Porter (Finn Valley, W40) 41.43, 4 Kim McLaughlin (Inishowen) 41.53, 5 Frances Judge (Letterkenny, W45) 42.24, 6 Teresa Doherty (Inishowen) 42.28.
Waterford-Tramore 7.5-Mile (500 finishers;www.totaltiming.ie; www.westwaterfordathletics.org)
Men: 1 Andrew Connick (Ferrybank) 41:14, 2 Michael Lyons (Grange Fermoy) 42:11, 3 Tommy McElwaine (Sliabh Bhuí Rovers, M40) 42:23, 4 Myles Gibbons (SBR) 42:49, 5 Trevor Power (Waterford AC) 42:57, 6 Martin Managhan (Slaney Oly) 43.03. M40: 2 Kevin Maloney (Waterford AC) 45.39, 3 Stephen Green (Waterford TC) 46.55. M45:1 Sean Caulfield (St Senan’s) 44.27, 2 Ted Flannery (United Striders) 44.58, 3 Michael Dundord ( W Waterford) 47.24. M50: Derek Tebay (Waterford AC) 47.39. M55: Eugene Doherty (SBR) 47.53. M60: Paddy Halpin (Ballynonty) 54.45. Junior: R O’Donoghue (Glanmire).
Women: 1 Sylvia Malone (Waterford AC, W35) 47:39, 2 Mags Bolger Kirwan (WAC, W45) 48:56, 3 Joan Mahony (WAC) 50:03, 4 Suzanne Dullaghan (WAC, W40) 50:12, 5 Breda Mahony (Donore Hrs) 51:05. W50: Gabrielle Blair (WAC) 57.39. W55: Andrea Ridge (Tuam) 69.25. Junior: Siobhan Heylin (WAC) 61.15.
Bay Run ’13 Half Marathon, Glengarriff to Bantry (673 finishers; www.sportstiming.ie; www.bayrun.ie)
Men: 1 Sandis Bralitis (W Waterford) 69.32, 2 Alan O’Shea (Bandon) 72.12, 3 Gavin Sweeney 72.23, 4 Claire Gibbons McCarthy 81.04, 5 Mark Wolfe 81.08, 6 Brian Hegarty 82.22. Women: 2 Nollaig O’Neill 85.36, 3 Ann Marie Holland(Eagle) 87.01, 4 Marian Creedon 87.16, 5 Anne Marie Power 93.42, 6 Carmel Deane 9414.
Laois GAA 10km, O’Moore Park, Portlaoise,
Men: 1 Thomas Hayes 33.01, 2 Colm Burje 33.59, 3 Cornelius Marshall 35.14. Women: 1 Margaret Danagher 39.21, 2 Teresa Agar 40.25, 3 Louise Mahoney 41.01.
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