To start out the week Lindie Naughton brings us all of the Irish endurance motion and information from the weekend simply gone (Tuesday nineteenth November).
Ann-Marie McGlynn (Letterkenny AC) made Irish athletics historical past at Irvinestown, Co Fermanagh on Sunday (November 17) when successful the ladies’s 6.5km race solely a mere 4 weeks after taking her first ever title on the Irish Marathon Championships in Dublin.
It’s the first ever time any Irish athlete had each each these titles in a single 12 months.
McGlynn, a former Irish junior Worldwide who took an extended break from the game and can flip forty-five subsequent February, was as shocked as anybody else by her surprising victory. She had lined out in Irvinestown purely within the hope of serving to her membership to workforce victory and a spot on the European Membership Championships.
‘I can’t consider it – it wasn’t within the plan! I’ve achieved little or no coaching prior to now few weeks, however I’m very match I may faucet into that’.
McGlynn had discovered herself within the prime eight after a ‘very scrappy’ first lap earlier than transferring into the highest three after which taking the lead. ‘I didn’t do something then apart from staying in entrance.’
She conceded that the course, over 6.5km of sometimes muddy fields, suited right here. ‘It was a workhorse course the place you needed to grind it out and get it achieved. I’m good at that!’
Now McGlynn will lead the Irish girls’s workforce at subsequent months’ European Championships in Turkey.
First Irishwoman for a second 12 months in Dublin – Ann-Marie McGlynn. Photograph: Lindie Naughton
Ending behind her in Irvinestown was Niamh Allen who was main Leevale to workforce victory, McGlynn’s membership, Letterkenny end second ,with a workforce consisting fully of grasp athletes over the age of 35.
Ending third and better of the Dublin golf equipment was Dublin Metropolis Harriers led by Jodie McCann who completed seventh. Successful the county title was Cork, with Dublin beating Donegal by a single level for second.
Ending eighth and first Underneath 23 was lately topped Dublin senior champion Emma McEvoy. Amy Inexperienced (Finn Valley) was second and Roise Roberts (CNDR) third.
The boys’s race over 6.5km
A transparent winner of the boys’s race was Keelin Kilrehill (Moy Valley) with a time of precisely 23 minutes for the 6.5km course, a a lot decreased distance from the earlier 10km distance and similar to the gap run by the ladies.
Nearly half a minute behind in 23:28 was Niall Murphy (Ennis TC) who was additionally first U23. Defending champion Cormac Dalton (Mullingar Harriers) completed a detailed third in 23:31, whereas fourth in 23:40 was Efrem Gidey of Clonliffe Harriers. Completed seventh and second U23 was Nick Griggs (CNDR), whereas eighth and third U23 was Cathal O’Reilly (Kilkenny Metropolis Harriers). Belfast-based CNDR Monitor gained the workforce title for the very first time, beating North Belfast Harriers and Ennis Monitor Membership. It was a primary victory for an Northern Irish workforce in nearly 70 years — East Antrim had ‘retained’ the title in 1955!
In tenth place Pierre Murchan was main Dublin Metropolis Harriers to victory within the B class. Successful the county title was Dublin with Gidey, Murchan, Eanna Ó Bradaigh (DSD), John Travers (Donore Harriers), and Clonliffe pair Sean O’Leary and Colm Rooney. Galway and second and Clare third.
Successful the junior males’s race was Wicklow man Jonas Stafford , at the moment a scholar at UCD. Frank McGrath (Lagan Valley) was second, and lately topped Dublin champion Sean Quinn (DSD) third. Noah Harris (Parnell AC) was fourth and first U18.
Clonliffe Harriers, led by Ronan Luff in eleventh place, proved better of the groups forward of Lagan Valley and Dundrum South Dublin. With six completed within the prime 19, Dublin took the county workforce title comfortably. Cork was second and Antrim third.
Successful the U18 workforce title was Donore Harriers. Nenagh Olympic was second and Clonliffe Harriers third.
Lucy Foster (Willowfield Harriers) gained the ladies’s junior race, with Annabel Morrison (Enniskillen AC0 second and Avril Millerick (Youghal AC) third. Ending sixth was Megan Brunt (Blackrock AC) who was additionally second U18 behind Eva Bartlett (Lagan Valley). Better of the junior groups was Lagan Valley, with Clonliffe second. In a closely-fought county workforce championships, Louth beat Dublin on count-back, with each groups ending with 54 factors.
Cross-country elsewhere
Winners at the Ledwith Development BHAA 6km Cross-Nation, held at Ledwith Farm, Batterstown, Co Meath on Sunday had been BHAA ‘common’ Paul Fleming (Ornua and additionally Rathfarnham WSAF) and native athlete Eimear English (Dunboyne AC) Fleming was pushed arduous mid-race however pulled away for victory by Des Tremble (Dept of Social Safety and Donore Harriers) on the final of three laps, ending in 21 minutes 49 secs. Tremble) was second in 22:02 and Fred Kiernan (DCC) third in 22:19.
English was sixteenth total in 25:01. Leona O’Reilly (Gardai) was second and Patricia Ferguson third. Taking the workforce prize had been the Accountants, with Gardai second and ESB third. Subsequent BHAA race is the inaugural Santa 6km at McGee Park in Tallaght (a brand new venue) with St Mark’s GAA the race HQ. Particulars www.bhaa.ie
Masters cross-country in robust well being
A day earlier and just for the second time ever, Eire was the general winner at the annual British and Irish Masters Worldwide Cross-Nation, hosted by the Northern Eire Masters Affiliation on the Billy Neill Taking part in Fields, in Belfast.
Individually, Fiona Gettings (Longford AC) W40) was total winner of the ladies’s over 35 plus race, with Clare McGuigan (Letterkenny AC) additionally over 40, ending second. A day later, McGuigan would assist her membership Letterkenny AC to second place on the All Eire Cross-Nation Championships in Co Fermanagh.
Ending fourth and first W35 was Sharon Rynne (Leevale AC) , whereas fifth and third W40 was Kate Purcell (Raheny Shamrock). With Catherine Thornton (Galway Metropolis Harriers) sixth and second W35, backed up by Breffni Kelly (Clane AC) 14th, Eire gained each W35 and W40 workforce classes.
Eire additionally gained the W45 workforce title, led by Michelle Kenny (Leevale AC), eighth total, and the W65 title , the place Pauline Moran (Mayo AC) was the person winner adopted by Sheelagh Jones (Rathfarnham WSAF) fourth and Grainne Grennan (Blackrock AC) eighth. Within the W55 class, Annette Kealy (Raheny Shamrock) added one more particular person title to her assortment, with the workforce ending second.
Within the males’s M35-45 race, Eoin Mullan (Omagh Harriers) was ninth and third M40, adopted by Eoin Flynn (Rathfarnham WSAF) eleventh and fifth M40. Mark Ryan (Rathfarnham WSF ) was second M45 and Alexander Wallace (St Coca’s AC) third on this age group. Within the workforce classes, Eire gained each the M40 and M45 and was second M35.
M70 Irish workforce at British and Irish Masters Worldwide. Photograph Joe Gough.
Age no limitation within the mud
Successful the boys’s M50-60 race was Declan Toal (North East Runners). Des Kennedy (Croghan AC) in fourth place was first M55 and Eamonn White fifth total and second M55 for Northern Eire, with the Northern Eire workforce second on this age group behind England. Eire, with 4 within the prime 9, was the successful M50 workforce and likewise completed second within the M60 age group led by Tommy Hughes (Stride AC) who was fourth particular person.
Lastly, within the M65-75 race, Tommy Payne (Tinryland AC) was second total adopted by Laurence Johnston for Northern Eire. Eire gained the workforce class, with Northern Eire second.
With Joe Gough (West Waterford) main the workforce residence in second place, Eire was additionally second within the M70 age group with Northern Eire third.Lastly, within the M75 age group, Martin McEvilly (Galway Metropolis Harriers) was the person winner, with the workforce positioned third.
General, Eire ended up on 69 factors, adopted by England 61, Scotland 48, Northern Eire 32 factors and Wales 16. Eire final gained the general title in 2022 — the primary time within the historical past of this occasion that England was overwhelmed.
Holding victory within the household on the roads
Michael Flanagan (Galway Metropolis Harriers) led them residence at the annual Hollymount Worldwide Street Race on Sunday (November 17) , finishing the 10km course across the Co Mayo village in a private finest time of 34 minutes 18 secs, Flanagan additionally gained the race in 2022. He was retaining it within the household: again in 1967, his father Tom had gained the race. Two athletes from Tuam AC completed second and third — Paul Kearney in 34.37 and Sean Burke in 36:13.
Caroline Coulter (Tireragh AC ) was first girl in 40:49, with Angela O’Connor (Mayo AC, W55) second in 42.28 and Denise Barrett (Loughrea C) third in 42:21.
At the Cork BHAA Clearstream Deutsche Börse 5km, on the Marina course in Cork, Gavin O’Rourke (Eli Lilly) led residence near 500 finishers in a time of15:20. A detailed second in 15:20 was Daniel Buckley (Ken’s Monitor Membership), whereas third was Nathan O’Leary (Military) in 15:42. First girl in 18:26 was Siobhan Hoare (HSE, W45). Linda O’Connor (Musgrave, W50) was second and Vicki Spiteri (CU Hospital, W35) third in 19:45.
A day earlier, course information had been set by each the women and men’s winner at the Churchtown Street Runners 10-Mile in Co Cork on Saturday (November 16).
Karl Fitzmaurice (Shannon AC) was the general race winner in 53 minutes 43 secs, with Kealey Tideswell (Clonmel AC, W40) first girl in 59.56. Second total and first M50 was Vivian Foley (Eagle AC) in 55;45.
Additionally on Saturday. Peter Tuohy (Naas AC) was the winner of the Bear Races Clontarf Half Marathon in Dublin oOn Saturday (November 16). Tuohy’s time of 73:08 put him over two minutes away from second positioned Kieran Little (Blackrock AC) who completed in 75:44. First girl in 81:17 was Helena Butterly. A complete of three,476 accomplished the commercially-organised run alongside the Clontarf coast.
An additional 1,310 accomplished the 5-mile, with Igor Radev the winner in 26:24 and Bernadette Bruen (Raheny Shamrock, W50) first girl in 31:57.
Daire Energy at Run the Line 26km. Photograph Lindie Naughton.
Off-road within the hills
Irish worldwide mountain runner Matthew McConnell (Ballyroan, Abbeyleix and District) was the winner of the 26km race at the annual Dublin and Wicklow Mountain Rescue organised Run the Line from Glencullen Journey Park on Saturday (November 17).
McConnell was on his personal from early on and he completed in a time of 1 hr 56 thoughts 44 secs for a course which took in Fairy Citadel, Three Rock, Pine Forest and Cruagh Woods.
Second in 2:05.53 was Brendan Pleasure from Kerry, whereas third in 2:08.42 was Chris Powell.
First girl was extremely path runner Nicola Soraghan in 2:20.57. Aoife O’Brien was second in 2:31.53 and Rosie Temple third in 2:35.48.
Within the shorter 13km race, Ivan Rigal was the winner in 57:35 adopted by Shane Minogue in 57:31 and Michel Lynch in 59:12. Catie Robinson was first girl in 64:59 adopted by Denise Molloy in 68. 57 and Louise Mahoney in 69.18.
7 marathon in 7 days
At the primary of the 7 Marathons in 7 Days Nice World Race William Maunsell of Clonmel AC not solely gained the opening race at Wolf’s Fang in Antarctica on Thursday (November 14) however set a brand new World Antarctica Marathon document of two hrs 38 minutes 42 secs breaking the document set by fellow Clonmel AC member Sean Tobin. Ending third in 3 hrs 19 minutes was Ger Prendergast of Ballymun AC.
The marathoners then moved on to South Africa, then Australia, adopted by Turkey (two races; one in Asia the second in Europe), then South America and at last North America. Extra subsequent week.
Catch-up
A document 149 accomplished the primary spherical of the annual Meet and Prepare Ladies’s Winter League Cross-Nation held held in Tymon Park on Sunday (November 10).
Main them residence was Roisin McMahon (Sportsworld A) with Lisa Gaughan (Dundrum South Dublin A) second and Rachel Calvey (Sportsworld A) third.
With three rounds left (all within the New Yr) new golf equipment are welcome to affix within the enjoyable. Dates are January 12, DSD Tibradden Lane; February 9 , Marino (DFR internet hosting) and March 2, Abbotstown (Blackrock/Waterstown internet hosting) with a social run and prize-giving at Irishtown (Crusaders internet hosting) on April 6. Data: fionashine@gmail.com
A closely-fought males’s race noticed DCU beating College of Galway by simply s a single second on the annual Irish Universities Street Relays hosted by NUI Maynooth on Friday (November 8). Taking the ladies’s title was UCD forward of UCC and DCU.
Bringing the DCU males residence on the ultimate leg was Finn Woodger (additionally Metro St Brigid’s). Different robust legs had been run by Pierre Murchan (Trinity/DCH) whose time of 14 minutes 36 secs for 3 mile leg was the quickest of the day, and Dublin junior males’s champion Sean Quinn (UCD/DSD) with 9:40in the second two-mile, which additionally the quickest time.
Making up the successful UCD workforce had been Hannah Kehoe (additionally KCH), lately topped Dublin senior cross-country champion Emma McEvoy (DSD), Aoife McGreevy (Lagan Valley) and Sadhbh Mohan (MSB).
