To start out the week Lindie Naughton brings us all of the Irish endurance motion and information from the weekend simply gone (Tuesday sixth July).
Whereas the Olympics are – clearly! – the main focus of our consideration for the time being, it was a busy weekend regionally for observe and area athletics, with the All Eire Below 20 and U23 Championships on Saturday and the All Eire Masters on Sunday each of them in Tullamore, the place officers have been stretched to their limits.
In center distances at the U23 championships, Sadhbh Mohan (Metro St Brigid’s AC) gained the ladies’s 1500m in 4:41.20, Emma McEvoy (Dundrum South Dublin AC)) the 5000m in 17:04.44 and Amy Greene (Finn Valley AC) the 3000m steeplechase in 10:39.40. Of the lads, Cathal O’Reilly (Kilkenny Metropolis Harriers) gained the 1500m in 4:03.22 and Michael Murphy (Tullamore Harriers) the 5000m in 15:00.45.
At Below 20 stage, Sean Quinn (Dundrum South Dublin) proved a star, profitable the 3000m steeplechase in 9:08.07, the place Jonas Stafford (UCD) was an in depth second in 9:10.27. Quinn additionally gained the the 5000m in 15:36.58. Aimee Wallace (Mullingar Harriers) took the 1500m title in 4:28.93 – the quickest ladies’s time of the day – with Elsa Moore (Lifford Strabane) profitable the 5000m in 17:58.04.
All Eire Masters – lining up within the males’s 5000m. Image: Lindie Naughton
The Masters Champs bringing pleasure too
A day later, on a moist and cooler day at the masters championships, Brian Conroy (Clane AC) ran a wise race to take the M40 5000m title with a time of 15:24.67. Eoin Flynn (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) completed second in 15:28.84 and Stephen Conroy, Brian’s brother and Clane AC clubmate, third and first M35 in 15:31.40. Richie Bell (Fr Murphy’s AC) was first M45 in 16:08.57, whereas Lea Fulcher (Plant Based mostly AC) gained the M50-plus race by a way in 16:49.91.
Fulcher additionally gained the M50 800m in 2:11.00; different athletes profitable each 5000m and 800m titles have been Norman Mawhinney (Scrabo Striders) M65 and Martin McEvilly (Galway Metropolis Harrier) M75; with McEvilly making it a hat-trick when he additionally gained the 1500m. Fiona Gettings (Longford AC, W40) produced a commanding efficiency to win the ladies’s 3000m in 10:11.16, with Maria McCambridge (Dundrum South Dublin, W45) second in 10:13.66 and Helen McCready (Rosses AC, W35) third in 10:15.32.
Gettings later completed second behind Denise Toner (Clones AC, W45) within the ladies’s 1500m with the pair timed at 4:46.52 and 4:48.52 respectively. Profitable the W60 race comfortably was Anne Gilshinan (Slaney Olympic) in 5:07.56. Gilshinan is a former W55 world champion and like most of the athletes competing on Sunday in Tullamore is heading to Gothenburg in Sweden for the World Masters Championships beginning on August 13.
A world first
At the primary ever ladies’s world decathlon championship, in Geneva, Ohio, USA, Lara O’Byrne (Donore Harriers) amassed a complete of 6570 factors over the ten occasions to complete sixth. Winner was Allison Halverson (Armenia) with 72386 factors. Lara, aged simply 23, picked up her greatest factors within the 100m hurdles, 100m, 400m, and excessive bounce and likewise recorded a private greatest within the shot. She rounded off two exhausting days by clocking 5:26.54 for eighth place within the 1500m.
Shona O’Brien (Cork TC) proved the category of the sphere within the ladies’s 1050m at the eighth and closing Dublin Graded Observe and Discipline meet of the season held at Santry on Wednesday (July 31).
O’Brien gained the mixed A/B race in 4:39.85. Second and first in grade B was Rachel Murphy (Plant Based mostly AC) in 4:52.71 whereas third in 5:02.07 was Sharon Cantwell (Moyne)
Race of the evening was the lads’s grade A 1500m, with David Scanlon (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) and Fintan Kerins (Clonliffe Harriers) battling it out to the road with Scanlon profitable in 3:59.27 and Kerins second in 3:59.43. Third in 4:02.38 was Aaron Donnelly (DSD), whereas fourth was grasp athlete John Craig (Annadale Striders) in 4:02.64.
As a prelude to the meet, a ladies’s masters 4 x 800m relay noticed world data set within the W35, W45 and W70 age group, with grasp ladies travelling from all around the nation to hitch within the enjoyable.
Roads
Kieran Kelly (Raheny Shamrock AC) was the winner of the Michael Fearon and Kevin Marron 5km, in Carlingford, Co Louth on Friday night (August 2). His time was 14 minutes 49 secs.
Second in 14:55 was Cameron Stewart (Annadale Striders) whereas third was James Hyland (Raheny Shamrock) in 15:12. Fourth and first U19 was Oisin McGloin (Lagan Valley AC) in 15:20.
Hannah Gilliland (Annadale Striders) was first lady in 16:38 – simply eight seconds off the course document. Faye Dervan (Dublin Metropolis Harriers) was second in 16:54 and Robyn McKee (Annadale Striders) third in 17:17.
Within the crew competitors, the Raheny trio of Kelly, Hyland and Rooney proved better of the lads forward of Lagan Valley and North Belfast Harriers, with eighteen means entered. Tafelta, led by Jennifer Martin in sixth place, took the ladies’s crew prize, with Newry AC second and Dunleer third of the 13 groups.
On Sunday, Peter Somba (Ratoath) had his second win in three days at the Kilbeggan 10-Mile in Aghamore, Co Westmeath, on Sunday (August 4). Somba proved the category of the sphere, profitable in 54 minutes 20 secs, with Wayne Waldron second in 55:32 and James Keegan (Mullingar Harriers) third in 55:39. First lady in 59:45 was Aoife Kilgannon (Sligo AC). Rachel Birt (Annalee AC) was second in 60:37 and Paula Guinan (Oughaval AC) third in 68:38.
At the Banna 10km in Ardfert, Co Kerry, Karl Lenihan (West Limerick AC) was the winner in 33:33, with Susan Glennon (Mullingar Harriers) first lady in 39:53. Winners of the 5km have been Pádraig O’Donnell (West Limerick) in 17:06 and Deborah Leahy in 22:20.
Roisin McMahon (Sportsworld) was first residence at the Clare Ladies’s 10km Mini Marathon, Sixmilebridge, Co Clare, 9 in a time of 39 minutes 40 secs. Caoimhne Ní Shuibhne (Inishowen AC) was second in 41:31 and Siobhan Walsh (Carraig-Na-Bhfear AC) third in 45.18.
Profitable the Breffni 3 Province Problem Half Marathon in Arva, Co Cavan on Saturday (August 3) was Dermot Clancy in 79 minutes 26 secs. Therese McBreen was first lady in 99:01. Within the 10km, the winners have been Kevin Dillon in 37:18 and Edel Noland in 47:10.
Turning again to a busy Friday night, Peter Somba was the winner at the Birr 5km in Co Offaly in 15:14. Second was Kevin Moore (Mullingar Harriers) in 15:26 whereas third was Mick Fogarty (Ferbane AC, M45) in 15:49.
Lauren Dermody (Castlecomer AC0 was first lady in 18:01, with Denise Egan (Ferbane AC, W45) second in 18:19 and Caroline Donnelly (Edenderry AC, W45) third in 18:35. The race was the eighth and closing spherical within the 2024 Offaly 5km Street Races Sequence.
At the Streets of Athboy 5km, in Co Meath, Aaron Getty (St Brigid’s AC) was the winner in 15:24 with Nichola Sheridan (Bohermeen AC) first lady in 17:06. Only one second behind for second place was Barbara Cleary (Donore Harriers, W50) in 17:07.
Munster Operating with John Walshe
Dave O’Connor of St Catherine’s AC presenting Tamzin Muldowney of East Cork with the Dan McCarthy Memorial Cup for the wining crew. Additionally pictured are scoring members James McCarthy, Tony Forristal and John Spelman.
Gavin O’Rourke, representing Eli Lilly, made it 4 wins out of 4 Cork BHAA races in a month when taking the honours at the ThermoFisher Scientific four-mile at Ringaskiddy on Tuesday evening. Second was John Meade (Dept of Schooling) in 20:44 with Donal Coakley (Gilead Sciences) third in 20:48.
Mallow runner Breda Gaffney (Avondhu MF) was first of the ladies in 23:54 from Sharon Rynne (Kepak), 24:11, and Sandra Manning (SOSV), 24:50.
On Thursday evening, St Catherine’s AC staged its annual 5km at Ballynoe and right here one other man on a profitable streak, Tony Forristal of East Cork, added to his victories. In an in depth end the place solely 9 seconds separate the primary 5, Forrsistal edged out Mark Walsh of Leevale by only a second, 15:48 to fifteen:49. Third was Darragh Mulcahy (St Finbarr’s) in 15:56.
Aoife Cooke of Eagle was a transparent ladies’s winner in 17:41 from Michelle Kenny (Leevale) who recorded 18:17 with Tamzin Muldowney (East Cork) third in 18:50.
In an uncommon crew contest which noticed three males and one lady scoring, East Cork got here out greatest on 34 factors, only a level forward of Leevale. Not alone did they take the Dan McCarthy Memorial Cup in addition they gained the €400 that went with it.
Regardless of the busy Cork schedule, Friday’s Kinsale Regatta five-mile noticed an enormous turnout with over 600 finishers. Paul Moloney of Mallow was first residence in 25:26 from M50 Eagle man Vivian Foley, 26:12, with Simon Nolan of Bandon third in 26:23.
One other prolific winner, Hannah Steeds of Leevale, within the quick time of 28:10 had two minutes to spare over Catherine Murphy of Eagle who completed in 30:11 with Margaret Murphy from Mallow taking third spot in 30:31.
Hills/trails
Luke Taylor (Highland Hill Runners) gained the Seven Sevens mountain traditional within the Mournes on Saturday (August 3) with a time of three hrs 47 minutes 17 secs for the 30.5km course with 2,600m of climb. Second in 3:48.00 was Adam Cunningham (Mourne Runners), whereas third and first U23 was Ashley Crutchley (Newcastle and District AC) in 3:58.37. First lady in 5:57.00 was Bernadette Quinn (Springwell RC). Shirley Farnan (BARF, W55) was second in 6:16.38 and Nicola McIntyre (Jog Moira, W50) third in 6:33.04.
Profitable the Keeper Hill-Killoscully Half Marathon within the rolling hills of the Silvermines in Tipperary, additionally on Saturday, was Michael Costello in 1 hr 29 minutes. Harry Brown (West Muskerry AC, M40) was second in 1:43 and Kealey Tideswell (Clonmel AC, W40) third and first lady in 1:43.46. Second lady in 1:50.50 was Dee Collins from Co Clare.
Trasna – Matthieu Bonne. From John O’Regan
Extremely operating
Matthieu Bonne set a brand new Belgian Nationwide Document for 24hours of 275.2 km at the Trasna Na Uaireanta 24 in Leixlip, Kildare, which began on Saturday and continued into Sunday.
Second and first lady with a complete of 221.2km was Lorraine McMahon (Wexford Marathon Membership) whereas third and second lady with 201.6 km accomplished was Deirdre Martin of Carrick-on- Shannon AC.
Greatest within the 12-hour was Louise Byrne (Glendalough AC) who accomplished 99.2km. Caroline McCabe (McCabe AC) was second with 95.5km and Arlene Moore (Garristown Flayers) third with 95.1km.
