To begin the week Lindie Naughton brings us all of the Irish endurance motion and information from the weekend simply gone (Monday 14th October).
Within the ladies’s 6km race at the Autumn Open Cross-Nation held on the Nationwide Cross-Nation Course at Abbotstown on Sunday (October 14) English customer Sophie Tarver pushed the tempo from the beginning and was the winner in 20:12.
Íde Nic Dhomhnaill (West Limerick AC) was second in 20:25, with Fiona Everard (Bandon AC) third in 20:32. Fourth and first W35 in 20:43 was Nakita Burke (Letterkenny AC); the race integrated a trial for the British and Irish Masters Worldwide in Belfast on November 16.
That’s the day earlier than the All Eire Senior Cross-Nation Championships, which suggests a tough alternative for a lot of eligible athletes.
Photograph: Lindie Naughton
Keelan Kilrehill (Moy Valley AC) was the winner of the boys’s race. In distinction to the ladies’s winner Kilrehill ran a tactical race tucking in behind Sean Tobin (Clonmel AC) who pushed the tempo from the beginning of the 8km race.
On the fourth and closing 2km lap Kilrehill made a decisive transfer pulling away to win in 23 minutes 51 secs. Tobin was second in 24:16 and Spanish customer Isaac Hirshman Chandler third in 24:24.
First M40 was Michael Harty (East Cork AC) in 25:03 whereas within the the M60, class ex-Olympic marathon man Tommy Hughes (Attempt RC) was the winner in 30:01.
Tommy Hughes. Photograph: Lindie Naughton
Over the shorter 6km distance, Joe Gough (West Waterford AC) was first M70. Joseph Stewart (Jog Lisburn) was first M80.
Pierce Geoghegan (Liffey Valley ) was third M40 in 26:22, Mark Ryan Rathfarnham WSAF AC) Winner of the junior males’s 6km race in 17:56 was Sean Quinn (Dundrum South Dublin) with Noah Harris (Parnell AC) second in 18:18 and Lughaidh Mallon (Lagan Valley AC) third in 18:28.
Winner of the junior ladies’s 4.5km race was Emily Bolton, who has not too long ago transferred to Clonliffe Harriers, in 15:23.
First race on the programme at Abbotstown was the Nationwide cross nation 1500m combined relay, which attracted 5 entries, all of them from Dublin golf equipment. Dublin Metropolis Harriers have been the winners forward of Dundrum South Dublin and Raheny Shamrock, with Clonliffe Harriers fourth and Lucan Harriers fifth.
Profitable the ‘Autumn Expertise’ 4km race which concluded the day’s occasions was Sam Curtis in 15:27. Fourth and first girl in 17:33 was Renee Letz.
Cross-country throughout the nation
In Co Cork, Aoibheann Lawton (Durrus AC) led house 51 finishers in the Cork Novice Cross-Nation Championships, ending in a time of 15:24. William Verling (St Nicholas AC) received the boys’s race with the race attracting an entry of 89.
A day earlier (October 12), Stephen Scullion (Aldershot Farnham and District AC/Clonliffe Harriers) made his first look as an official masters athlete with a transparent victory within the males’s race at the Northern Eire Masters Cross-Nation Championships and Trials, held on the Queen’s Enjoying Fields, Belfast.
Scullion’s time of 25 minutes 55 secs for the 7.73km put him effectively over a minute away from the chasers led by Stephen Connolly (Annadale Striders) in 27:24 and John Black (North Belfast Harriers) in 27:42. Fourth and first M40 was Alan Bogle (Metropolis of Derry Spartans AC).
Beating athletes as much as twenty years youthful was Eamon White (North Belfast Harriers) who was thirteenth and first M55. Over a shorter 6km distance, Laurence Johnston (North Belfast Harriers) was first M65 and Terry Eakin (North Down AC) first M75.
Judith Storm (Metropolis of Derry Spartans) was the winner of the ladies’s 6km race in 22:35. Second and third have been Sarah McNutt (North Belfast Harriers) and Catherine O’Connor (East Down AC). Fifth and first W40 was Tanya Cumming (Newcastle and District AC). Different winners have been Kelly Neely (Metropolis of Lisburn AC) W45, Karen Wilton (Jog Lisburn) W50 and Shileen O’Kane (Lagan Valley AC), W55.
Colleges Cross Nation
At the Geraldine Dolan Memorial Colleges Cross-Nation, at Ballinacree, Oldcastle, Co Meath on Tuesday (October 8), Olivia Ryan of Ratoath Faculty received the ladies’ inter race, together with her clubmate Lily Flood not solely first in the junior race however main her faculty to workforce victory.
Loreto Mullingar was the successful workforce within the senior race, led by Grace Byrne the person winner and Jessica Cunningham in second place.
Roads
Better of the Irish at Sunday’s Chicago Marathon was Peter Lynch (Kilkenny Metropolis Harriers) with a time of two:17.40 in his debut over the gap. Lynch, presently resident in North Carolina, ran a managed race for the primary twenty miles, passing the half-way mark in 65.16, which hinted at a sub- 2 hrs 10 minutes end. Sadly, he slowly down drastically within the closing six miles.
Emmet Jennings (Dundrum South Dublin) completed fifth in the Manchester Half Marathon additionally on Sunday with time of 65 minutes 32 secs. Jennings ran a private better of 64:52 in Valencia in October 2023.
At the FASN Charity 5km in Dundalk, Sean Doran (Clonliffe Harriers) was the clear winner in 15:56. Third and first girl in 18:37 was Kelly Breen.
Military athlete Nathan O’Leary was an acceptable winner of the Cork BHAA Defence Forces 5km, held in Tramore Valley Park, On Sunday (October 13) – his second race in 5 days. O’Leary proved the category of the sphere when ending in 15 minutes 41 secs. Second in 16:33 was visitor runner Andrew Sheehan in 16:33, whereas an in depth third and first M45 was Tim O’Connor in 16:37.
First girl was Linda O’Connor in 18:49; Gwen Conroy was second in 20:03 and Mairead Perez third in 20:48. All three ladies have been over 45.
In Co Cork on Saturday (October 12), Karl Fitzmaurice (Shannon AC) was the winner of the Ballagran John Brady 5-Mile, with a time of 25 minutes 34 secs. Damien Madigan (North Cork AC) was second in 26:29 and Niall O’Riordan (An Bru AC) third in 27:45.
First girl in 34:18 was Sophie Moroney (Emerald AC). Fiona Boyce (North Cork AC) was second in 36:06 and Katie Murphy (Churchtown Roadrunners AC) third in 36:14.
Native athlete Cian McPhilips was the winner of the Ray Flynn Mile on Friday night (October 11) in Longford, simply holding off Kevin McGrath (Bohermeen AC) to complete in 4 minutes 9 secs; McGarth completed in 4:10. Third in 4:12 was Istvan Szogi, whereas fourth in 4:27 was John Travers (Donore Harriers).
An all-Dublin prime three within the ladies’s race noticed Amy O’Donoghue (Dundrum South Dublin AC) the winner in 4:51, adopted by Dublin Metropolis Harriers pair Niamh Carr in 4:54 and Edel Monaghan 4:55. Native girl Fiona Gettings was fourth in 4:57.
Winner of the related 5km evening run was Kevin Moore (Mullingar Harriers) in 15:56. Enda Clarke (Crusaders AC) was second in 16:51. First girl was Treasa Gibney (North Westmeath AC) in 19:53.
Josh O’Sullivan Hourihan of Donore Harriers (and the military) was the winner of the An Cosantoir 10km within the Phoenix Park, on Wednesday (October 9) in a time of 32 minutes 15 secs. Conor Tiernan of the Air Corps was second in 32:31 and Nathan O’Leary of the Military third in 33:27.
First girl was Elizabeth Carr of Military HQ in 38:09 Profitable the super-tough ‘Block’ race for groups of twelve working in unison was a centesimal Cadet Class Workforce 1 in 41:51.
Off-road
Irish worldwide mountain runners Zak Hanna (Newcastle and District AC) proved the category of the sphere at the annual GR8 Dundrum race in Co Down on Saturday (October 12) finishing the 8.4 mile distance in 45 minutes 24 secs. Second in 47:10 was Jordan Heron (Larne AC) , whereas third and first grasp was Colin James (East Antrim Harriers, M45) in 49:21.
Ending seventh and first girl was Breege Connolly in 51:21. Laura Wylie (Jog Moira) was second girl in 56:15 and and Louise Carson third and first grasp in 57:47. The course, from Dundrum’s primary avenue, took in highway, seaside and boardwalk.
Charlie Wilson (Lagan Valley AG) received the three.5 mile highway race in 21:44, with Willow Farrington (Scrabo Striders) first girl in 24:46. Each winners are nonetheless juniors. Lee Maginnis (Clonliffe Harriers) completed third and first M45 in 21:53.
Photograph: Skyrun
Winner of the tenth anniversary Mournes Skyline 35km (with 2,700m of climb) at Newcastle , Co Down, additionally on Saturday, in 4 hrs 1 min 38 was the U23 Scottish phenomenon Caleb Nonhebel, who had completed second on the Seven Sisters Skyrace final month.
Enda Cloake (Slaney Olympic AC) was second in 4:06.40 and Craig Lowe from England third in 4:10.25. First girl was Isobel Oakes (Sligo AC) in 5:52.07. Polish Skyrunner Kasia Osipowicz was second in 5:24.16 and English athlete Kerry Munn third and first W60 in 5:30.02
Photograph: Skyrun
