Within the mountains of the Isla Canarias Zak Hanna and Sarah McCormack battled for medals and at dwelling the roads noticed loads of motion. Lindie Naughton studies.
William Maunsell of Clonmel AC gained the Roscommon Harriers 10 mile on Saturday (July 2) after battling it out all the way in which with Andrew Annett of Mourne Runners and Gideon Kimosop of 1ZERo1.
Maunsell crossed the road in 50 minutes 34 secs, with Annett second in 50:40 and Kimosop third in 50:49.
Ninth general and first girl in a brand new course report time of 55:22 was Ann-Marie McGlynn of Letterkenny AC.
Earlier winner Michelle Finn of Leevale AC, recent from profitable her eight nationwide steeplechase title per week earlier, was second in 56:42 and Lizzie Lee, additionally Leevale, third in 59:51. McGlynn as the primary grasp general, with Colin McDowell of North Belfast Harriers twelfth general and first male grasp – and first M50.
The race was a part of the Kia Sequence and within the crew occasion, Leevale’s all-female crew was first general (Niamh Moore the crew’s third counter) forward of blended groups from DSD AC and Mullingar Harriers.
At the moment topping the factors desk are Lizzie Lee, with eleven factors from 4 races, and Michael Harty of East Cork with eighteen factors from 4 races. Within the crew occasion, Leevale and DSD are battling it out, with simply two factors between them. The very best 4 outcomes from the seven races within the sequence will rely.
Two rounds of the KIA Sequence stay, each of them over ten miles – the Edenderry 10 on Sunday July 10 and the Cork Metropolis 10 on Saturday August 20.
William Maunsell of Clonmel AC
Halves and 10ks a lots
In Co Mayo, Gary O’Hanlon of Clonliffe Harriers gained the Achill Half Marathon in 77 minutes 06, with Olympic marathon runner Breege Connolly of Metropolis of Derry Spartans fifth and first girl in 81:08. John Lee in 36 minutes 12 secs and Fiona Slingerland in 40:48 have been the winners of the related 10km.
Additionally on Saturday, Steven McAlary of Metropolis of Derry Spartans AC was the winner of the Larne 10km in 30 minutes 44 secs. McAlary had pulled away from a bunch of 4 , three of them from Metropolis of Derry Spartans, after the midway level. His club-mate Kyle Doherty completed second in 31:31, adopted by Scott Rankin of Foyle Valley AC in 31:37 and Declan Reed of Metropolis of Derry Spartans AC, who was first M45 in 31:48.
Jessica Craig of North Down AC was first girl in 34:29, adopted by Caitlyn Harvey of Annadael Striders in 36:01 and April Clarke of North Belfast Harriers in 38:27.
Profitable the Clontarf Half Marathon in 75:52 was Jesus Calle Arroyo of Raheny Shamrock AC. A distant second in 80:58 was Donore Harriers’ Didier da Costa. First girl in 83:51 was Alison Armstrong of Dublin Metropolis Harriers. A complete of 1,466 accomplished the race as soon as issues with registration have been resolved by the brand new organisers.
An additional 611 ran the five-mile; winners have been Colm Parnell of Crusaders AC in 27:58 and Madison Parrone in 31:45.
Races passed off in counties Kildare, Cork, Waterford and Wexford on Friday night (July 1). In Kildare, Peter Somba of Dunboyne AC gained the Leixlip 5km in 14 minutes 36 secs. Conal McCaughey of North Belfast Harriers was an in depth second in 14:38 and RoryO’Connor of North Cork AC third in 14:51. Peter Cash, seventh general, was first M40 in 15:49. UCD’s Danielle Donegan was first girl in 16:48, with Laura McDonnell of Rathfarnham WSAF AC ten seconds adrift for second and Kate McDonald of Ballyroad Abbeyleix and District AC third in 17:03.
At the Willie Neenan Memorial 5-mile street race in Millstreet, Co Cork, Michael McMahon of North Cork AC led dwelling over 2 hundred finishers in 26 minutes 9 secs. Nick O’Donoghue of East Cork AC was second in 26:13 and Michael Herlihy of North Cork AC third in 26:26. Martina Kiely of St Finbarr’s AC was first girl in 29:14, adopted by Leevale’s Carole Finn in 30:56 and Nadine Forde, additionally Leevale, in 32:30. Each winners have been within the over 40 class.
At the Ballymacarbry 5 Mile in Co Waterford, Dermot Gorman of Carrick-on-Suir AC was the winner and first M40 in 26 minutes 56 secs. West Waterford pair Raivis Zakis and Marc Flavin have been second and third.
First girl was worldwide race walker Kate Veale of West Waterford AC in 31:21. Her West Waterford club-mate Kelly Fitzgerald was second in 31:53, with Elaine Horgan of Clonmel AC third and first W40 in 33:04. First M60 was Joe Gough of West Waterford AC who was eighteenth general in 31:41. Gough is a notable absentee from the World Masters Championships at the moment happening in Finland.
In Co Wexford at the Menapians 5km, Dave Mahon of Slaney Olympic AC was the winner by nearly a minute in I5mins 52, with Ciara Brady of Sportsworld AC a transparent winner of the ladies’s race in 19 minutes 20 secs.
Mark O’Donovan in 17 minutes 40 secs and Emma Boland of Newbridge AC in 19:25 have been the winners of the Alan Mahon 5km, in Kildangan, Co Kildare on Thursday night (June 30).
Parnell AC made it a double victory at the Wicklow 5km Championships in Wicklow city on Wednesday with Derek Crammond first dwelling in in 15 minutes 43 secs and Sheila O’Byrne eleventh general and first girl in 17:38.
Monday night time racing
A Monday night time may appear an uncommon night time for a street race however such has been the case for over 40 years with the Dromcollogher Carnival occasion in Limerick, writes John Walshe.
The unique thought was for it to be a part of the Dromcollogher Carnival, nonetheless going sturdy with all the standard sights because the Forties. Within the early days, the race attracted among the prime runners in Munster, together with Liam O’Brien who gained the race on a number of events the day after profitable certainly one of his 11 Nationwide 3000m steeplechase titles.
This 12 months, the Christy Brosnan Perpetual Cup went to Aogán MacDomhnaill in 21:16, who was main a West Limerick AC clear sweep with club-mates Karol Linehan and Killian Lynch f second and third in respective time of 21:29 and 21:46.
The day after her sister Michelle had taken the nationwide 3000m steeplechase title, Carol Finn of Leevale gained the ladies’s race in 24:07. Two Mallow athletes, Margaret Murphy and Breda Gaffney completed second and third.
Monitor
An exhilarating mile proved the spotlight of the Morton Video games held at Santry on Saturday (July 2) .The highest six all broke the 4 minute barre, with Andrew Coscoran of Star of the Sea AC simply holding off Clonliffe’s Cathal Doyle in a photo-finish to win in 3:57.09.
Doyle clocked 3:57.11 adopted by Darragh McElhinney of UCD AC in 3:58.15, Shane Brackens of Swinford AC in 3:58.28.Australian customer Calling Davies in 3:58.36 and junior athlete Nick Griggs of Mid-Ulster AC 3:58.51.
Coscoran was the primary Irish winner of the Morton Mile since James Nolan some eighteen years in the past.
Winner of the junior miles have been Ava O’Connor of Tullamore Harriers in 4:58.01 and Cathal O’Reilly of Kilkenny Metropolis Harriers in 4:20.67
Mountains And Trails
Zak Hanna Newcastle and District AC completed equal fourth within the up and down 7.1km at the inaugural European Off-Highway Operating Championships at El Paso, in La Palma, Spain.
Hanna, who was in second place at one level within the race, which was held on Friday (July 1) and Spanish athlete Miguel Cornered have been each given a time of 45 thoughts 55 secs.
A day later, within the 47.39km path race, Isobel Oakes completed twentieth girl in 5 hrs 4 minutes 29secs. Better of the boys was Enda Cloake who completed twenty ninth in 4:27.24.
Rounding out the weekend was the 17.6km up and down race, with Sarah McCormack, who battled close to the entrance for a big a part of the race, coming thirteenth in 1 hr 22 minutes 52 secs.
Masters World Championships
Eire is having fun with a gold rush at the World Masters Athletics Championships, which began final week in Tampere, Finland, and continues till subsequent Sunday July 4.
Gold meals winners thus far embody Niamh O’Sullivan W60, Donna Evans W55 and Michelle Kenny W40 within the 8km cross-country, Mark O’Shea M50, Anne Gilshinan W55 and Denise Toner W40 within the 800m and double gold for John Dwyer M35 within the hammer and weight throw. Full round-up subsequent week. Updates at www.wmatampere2022.com