To start out the week Lindie Naughton brings us all of the Irish endurance motion and information from the weekend simply gone (Monday 4th November).
Emma McEvoy (Dundrum South Dublin AC) and David Scanlon (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) had been the winners at the Dublin Senior Cross-Nation Championships at Citywest Saggart on Sunday (October 3).
Each races had been over the 6.5km distance, with the ladies up first. On a balmy afternoon and with good underfoot circumstances McEvoy took an early lead and raced away to win in 26 minutes 39 secs. Athletes from Dublin Metropolis Harriers took up the following 4 positions assuring them of staff victory. Orla Duffy was second in 27:33, adopted by Edel Monaghan in 27:42, Sorcha McAllister in 27:47 and Cliona Murphy in 28:07. DSD completed second staff with Raheny Shamrock third.
In the boys’s race, additionally over 6.5km, the lead modified greater than as soon as earlier than Scanlon made his transfer on the ultimate lap to storm residence in 23 minutes 39 secs. Stephen Cashin (Clonliffe Harriers) was second in 23:42 and Éanna Ó Bradaigh (Dundrum South Dublin) third.
With its 4 counters within the high ten, Clonliffe Harriers completed first staff beating Dundrum South Dublin by simply 4 factors. Rathfarnham WSAF, led by Scanlon, completed third staff.
Dublin Senior Cross-Nation Championships: Males’s winner David Scanlon (Rathfarnham WSAF AC). Image: Lindie Naughton
The junior races
Successful the junior girls’s race in some fashion was Emily Bolton who has just lately tranferred from Donore Harries to Clonliffe Harriers. She completed in 16:04. Second was Lorraine O’Connor one other new recruit for Clonliffe, in 16:35 whereas a combating third was Holly O’Brien of Blackrock AC) in 16:50. With Mya O’Reilly making up the counting trio in 14th place, Clonliffe Harriers was the successful staff. Lucan Harriers, was second and Donore Harriers third.
In the boys’s junior race Sean Quinn (Dundrum South Dublin) was the clear winner in 13:38, adopted by Louie Woodger (Metro St Brigid’s) in 13:59 and Ryan O’Neill (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) in 14:00
Clonliffe Harriers completed first staff with Donore Harriers second and Dundrum South Dublin third. Each junior races had been over a 4.5km distance.
Cross-country elsewhere
At Tramore Racecourse, Lizzie Lee (Leevale AC) gained her umpteenth title at the Munster Senior Cross-Nation Championships, additionally on Sunday. Lee was a transparent winner in 28 minutes 12 secs, along with her Leevale clubmate Michelle Kenny second in 28:43 and Laura Cooney (Clonmel AC) third in 28:54. With Claire McCarthy fourth and Whitney Publish sixth, Leevale had been clear winners of the staff title. Clonmel AC was secod and Ennis TC third.
In a double for grasp athletes, Michael Harty (East Cork AC) gained the boys’s race in 23:50. Declan Moore (Bilboa AC) was second in 24:02 and Tony Forristal (East Cork AC) third in 24:16. East Cork gained the staff title by seven factors from Thurles Crokes with St Finbarr’s AC third.
At U19 stage, Saoirse Twomey (West Muskerry AC) gained the ladies’s race in 17:26 and led her membership to staff victory. Finian Lawton (DurrUs AC) was the boys’s winner in 14:31.
At the Connacht Cross-Nation Championships in Roscommon, Abaas Edris (Castlegar AC) gained the boys’s race from Aaron Brennan (Galway Metropolis Harriers) and Aimad Belayd (Castlegar AC).
Ladies’s winner was Mari Johnston (Sligo AC, W50), with Anna Dooner (Roscommon Harriers, W35) second and Colette Tuohy (Mayo AC, W50) third. Moy Valley made it a double within the beneath 19 races with Kea Lavelle first lady and Marc Munnelly better of the boys.
Saturday racing
Claire Fagan (Mullingar Harriers) gained the ladies’s race at the Leinster Senior Cross-County Championships held at Fairwood Park, Tinehealy, Co Wicklow, on Saturday (November 2); her time was 21 minutes 14 secs. Alex Murphy (Suncroft AC) was second and Hannah Kehoe (Kilkenny Metropolis Harriers) third.
First U23 was Abbie Sheridan (St Peter’s AC) in sixth place. Fagan was additionally main Mullingar Harriers to staff victory over Sli Cualann with solely two membership groups entered. Westmeath was first county forward of Kilkenny and Wicklow.
Making it a Mullingar Harriers double by successful the boys’s race was Vinny Connolly who completed in 28:28. Michael Murphy (Tullamore Harriers) was second in 28:32 and Cian Kelly (St Abban’s) third in 28:52. Mullingar Harriers gained the staff competiton, with Tullamore Harriers second and St Abban’s third. Laois was the successful county, with Westmeath second and Offaly third.
At U19 stage, Dearbhla Allen (St Peter’s AC) gained the ladies’s race with Callum Barron (Kilkenny Metropolis Harriers) first of the boys.
Stranorlar, Co Donegal was the venue for the NI and Ulster Novice Cross-Nation, the place Marianne Doherty not solely gained the ladies’s race but in addition led Lagan Valley to staff victory over Annadale Striders, led by Lucy Backus who completed second lady. Rosses AC was third staff, led by Bernie Boyle who completed third total.
Minolaugas Balciouska (Monaghan City Runners) was the boys’s winner, with Jared Martin (Ballydrain Harriers) a detailed second and Noah Kavanagh (Lagan Valley AC) third. Ballydrain completed first staff, successful on countback from Lagan Valley, with Metropolis of Derry Spartans third.
Lucy Foster (Willowfield Harriers) gained the U18 girls’s race comfortably, with Lagan Valley the one staff to complete, whereas first of the U19 males was Caolan McFadden (Cranford AC) with host membership Finn Valley the primary staff.
Finn McNally (North Belfast Harries) was a snug winner of the 88th McConnell Defend 5-mile Cross-Nation, held at Sixmilewater Park, Ballyclare. McNally completed in 25 minutes 54 secs, with Finn Diver (Beechmount Harriers) second in 26:29 and Stephen Connolly (Annadale Striders) third in 26:35. Ending eighth and first grasp was Declan Reed (Metropolis of Derry Spartans, M50) in 27:22.
Successful the ladies’s three-mile race was Rebecca Rossiter (CNDR TC) in 17:52. Kirsty Foster (Willowfield Harries) was a detailed second in 17:55 and Roise Roberts (CNDR TC) third in 17:58. Fifth and first grasp was Elisoa Crawford (North Belfast Harriers, W50) in 18:19. Winner of the M60 race, additionally over three miles, was David Clarke (North Belfast Harriers) in 18:56.
Roads and trails
John Meade (St Finbarr’s AC) was the winner of the Stone Mad Half Marathon in Blarney, Co Cork on Sunday. His time of 71:26 put him effectively away from the chasers led by Declan Guina in 72:07 with Donncha Kiely third in 74:45. First lady in 84:27 was Emma Doyle. Laura Noonan was second in 87:34 and Karen Twomey third in 87:36.
Alix Jones (Tuam AC), the present Irish Universities 400m hurdles champion, was first lady on the Corofin 8km in Co Galway on Sunday (November 3), successful in a time of 28 minutes 41 secs and ending seventh total. Total race winner was Mick Fogarty (Ferbane AC, M40) in 25:41.
Patrick McColl (Belfast Roadrunners AC) and Deb O’Neill had been the winners at the Run Forest Run 5km/10km at Minnowburn, Mary Peters Monitor, Belfast, on Saturday, with 624 finishing the race. An extra 205 ran the 5km.
Stateside
Laura Mooney (Tullamore Harriers helped Windfall School to second place within the girls’s 6km race at the Huge East Cross Nation Championships in Marven Park, Leesburg, Virginia, on Friday (November 1) ending tenth total in 20 minutes 40 secs. Niamh O’Mahoney (An Riocht AC) completed 18th and Cara Laverty (Finn Valley) twentieth.
In the boys’s 8km race, James Dunne (Tullamore Harriers) completed fifth, Michael Morgan (Sligo AC) seventh, Cormac Dixon (Tallaght AC) sixteenth, Sean Donoghue (DCH), twenty first. Shane Coffey (Naas AC) was thirty eighth and Liam McCay (Finn Valley AC) thirty ninth.
