Athletes took full advantage of the long weekend to take part in the events on offer. The track season and field season is now well underway and there are still a good few long distance road races taking place. We start with Saturday’s IMC meet that took place in the Morton Stadium in Santry. Crusaders were out in force, helping out Mike McGovern and Susan Walsh out and the whole afternoon went extremely smoothly and on time. Conditions were not great as it was on the cool side and there was a bit of a headwind coming off the bend onto the home straight for runners. Still, there were some good times recorded and some really exciting races, not least of which was the last 800m race of the afternoon involving British Olympic 4th place finalist, Alex Bell, and a strong Polish runner, Margarita Koczanowa. Alex took the win with a time of 2:01.374 to Margarita’s 2:01.380 as she fell at the line. We also had some Crusaders taking part in a few of the races, as well as the shot put. Henry griffin placed 5th in the 800m men’s G standard contest, with a time of 2:08.36. Later, Chris Russell recorded a PB time of 4:09.62 for 9th place in the men’s 1500m D standard race. We had two runners take part in the 1500m men’s E graded event, and they pulled and puished each other to the line. Patrick Conlon just managed to get past Enda Clarke in 3rd place in a PB time of 4:23.26, with Enda one place back in 4th in a time of 4:23.85. Conor Quinn was the only competitor to throw the 5kg shot, where he recorded a throw of 14.78m. Members may be interested to know that Mary Horgan, who now runs for UCD, placed 5th in the women’s 1500m A race in a time of 4:29.32. On Sunday, track and field athletes headed to UCD’s track for the first meet of the Dublin Graded fixtures. One of the highlights of the day, a sunny and warm one finally, was Clare Sullivan’s win in the women’s 3000m A+B graded race. It turned out to be the County championship and Clare won her gold medal in a time of 10:41.64. Then, in the C+D event, Amy O’Donoghue placed 2nd in a time of 14:52.68, a time affected by her recovering from a midweek cold. Amy McGuinness ran in the 800m grade C race, taking 2nd place in 2:29.75, and being awarded the bronze medal in the Dublin Championships, a great start to the season. Members may be interested to learn that Rhianna McCarthy, running now for UCD, took 3rd spot in the women’s A graded 100m in a time of 12.21. Turning to the men, we had runners in several 100m events. In the grade A round 1, 3rd heat, Hugo Magee placed 3rd in 10.99 and then going on to win the 2nd heat of round 2 in 10.81. Meanwhile, Luke Timlin crossed the line in 11.08 to place 2nd in the 1st heat of round 1 of the B graded event, going on to place 2nd again in the first heat of round 2 in a time of 11.00. Finally, Cillian Doherty won both races in the grade C 100m, in times of 11.20 and 11.22. The next series of races for the men were the 3000m, where in the A graded race Andrea Rondina finished in 9th place in 9:03.10 and where for some reason there were no results posted for the B race in which we had at least 4, maybe 5, runners. When the results are posted, the report will be updated. What we do know, from a couple of the runners themselves is that Enda Clarke ran a PB time of 9.49, whilst Brian Regan may have run 10.03. Men’s captain Joe McDermott also competed in the race, along with Jan Manschot. Suffering slightly from a cold, Brendan Glynn placed 8th in 14:18.79 in the D grade event. The final track results come from the men’s 800m, where, in heat 2, Paul E. Kelly took 9th place in the grade D event in a time of 3:23.85, whilst, in heat 3, Karl Fitzmaurice ran 2:22.50 for 7th place in the same grade. In the field Shane Cosgrave placed 4th in the hammer with a throw of 33.03m, whilst Conor Quinn won the shot put with his 4th throw of 6 to record a distance of 15.0m, followed by Shane Lynch who took 3rd spot with a throw of 12.63m (from his second throw). On the roads this week, there was a lot of action in Limerick around the races that traditionally occur during the festival there to celebrate the bank holiday weekend. In hot conditions on Sunday on a hilly course we had at least 3 runners in the full marathon. Alongside 1,065 other runners, Robert Browne placed 11th in a great time of 2:47:24. Rob was followed by Kenan Furlong who managed to record pretty even splits to achieve a time of 2:59:46 and then by Garret Connolly (72nd in a PB time of 3:05:38), improving his marathon time by about 5 minutes and qualifying him for entry into Boston next year, despite finding the last 10k extremely challenging. Then, in the field of nearly 1400 in the half marathon we had at least 8 Crusaders take part. They were led across the line by Kevin Kavanagh, another runner to record a PB, placing 16th in 78:19. Kevin was followed by John Fahy (28th in 81:16, possibly quite close to a PB time). John was followed by Limerick native Paul Reidy who found the second half extremely tough as he returns from recent injury (92nd in 88:37) and then by Kev Moore (164th in 91:47). Further back came another Limerick local, Luke Haran, who placed 408th in 1:42:42 who finished just ahead of Mary Donnelly (523rd overall and 69th female finisher in 1:43:21), with Eoghan Kerins a few minutes behind them (768th in 1:46:19). The contingent was completed by Aitor Arribas Velasco who ran 1:55:52 for 1,330th place. Also, in Ireland on Sunday, Sean Brady joined a field of 883 finishers in the Drogheda 10k. On a hilly course that required an early climb but also a helpful downhill halfway through, Sean reported that conditions were warm for the race, but that he was satisfied with his pacing to record a super 43:31 and 89th spot. Aoife Kelly reported that she completed her longest run of the year to date, achieving a distance of 16.75k in a time of about 98 minutes as she was caught at that point by the chasing car in the Wings for Life World Run that took place around Raheny and Clontarf on Sunday. Lukasz Batruch ran as a pacer in the same event, but in Zug, in Switzerland, managing to get to 30k in 2:25:00. Then, on Bank Holiday Monday, ladies' captain Kathryn Gibbons took part in a race in her native Donegal, the North West 10k. In a field of 993 finishers, Kathryn placed 46th overall and 5th female finisher in a time of 40:21. The course was flat for the most part with a short climb and descent in the middle of about 20m and involved one clockwise and two ant-clockwise loops of Letterkenny. Further afield, we had runners in Spain, Switzerland and Denmark for full and half marathons. Josie Ward ran in the Geneva marathon where on an undulating course and in increasing warm temperatures she recorded a super PB time of 3:45:25. Further west, Joanne Carey ran in the Estepona Half marathon in Malaga in Spain where she recorded a time of 1:42:57 for 142nd overall out of 490 runners and 14th female finisher. Finally, we had two runners take part in the Copenhagen marathon Again, in warm conditions, but on a flat course, Conor Macguinness, in his second marathon in 3 weeks (Boston being the first of the two), finished in an excellent time of 3:02:06, possibly even a PB, ahead of Michael Judge, who ran 3:26:31 on the back of limited training. There was another midweek race last week in the mountains. This time it was an 8.5k run over Scarr in Wicklow. The course involved a climb of 410m on difficult terrain and attracted a field of 185 runners, of whom at least half a dozen were Crusaders. In the Leinster League event, Warren Swords placed 8th in a time of 36:01 and he was followed by Becky Quinn who placed 23rd overall and 2nd in the ladies’ race in a time of 40:12. Becky was followed by Brian McGuckin (65th in 45:28) and then by Ian Clifford (102nd in 49:09), Gavan Doherty (115th in 51:22) and by Berndt Heim (180th in 71:21). We had the usual smattering of podium places in parkruns on Saturday morning. Peter O’Toole led the field of 465 home in St. Anne’s Raheny in a time of 17:32. He was joined in the event by Emer Kenny who placed 149th and 34th in 26:18. Ciara Regan was also a first finisher, this time in Poolbeg, where she placed 12th overall in a field of 193. Ahead of her came John Mulvihill in 2nd place (17:53) and Shane Egan (4th in 18:42). Then Ciara was followed by Adrian Groarke (18th in 20:36), Sharon Woods (43rd and 5th in 23:41), John Lohan (49th in 24:00), Kevin Kenny (67th in 24:47), Kenan Furlong (69th in 24:48), Franky Keane (74th in 25:07), Tanja Narancic (77th and 15th in 25:30), Cynthia Perucca (161st and 569th in 32:58) and Niamh Trihy and Tara Murphy (167th and 168th and 74th and 75th in the same time of 35:36). Michael O’Conor was a first finisher in Falcarragh, where technically he placed 2nd in a time of 20:09 alongside 100 other runners. Caroline Crowley returned to winning form, 4 months after having her second child, placing 8th overall in 21:01 in the 212-strong field in Donabate. Brendan Glynn also ran in the event, placing 49th in 26:06. Karl Walsh appeared again on the podium this week, placing 2nd in 18:05 in Naas, alongside 162 other participants, whilst David Carter finished in 3rd place in the 179-strong field in Cabinteely, with a time of 20:21. Kate Murray ran in Brickfields where she placed 20th and 3rd in 24:50 in a field of 100, whilst Paul Cowhie also placed 3rd in Malahide, with its field of 296, in a time of 17:47. Ross Neill joined 362 other runners in Ormeau Park in Belfast, where he placed 2nd in 18:29, whilst Kev Moore placed 5th in 22:48 in the 65-strong field in Mungret. Elsewhere, Jonathan Claridge took 5th spot in the 123-strong field in Erris, in a time of 20:52, whilst Jill Nason crossed the finish line in 23rd and 8th places in the 40-strong field in Oughterard. Jill’s time was 33:57. Darina Scully paced the 31 minutes runners in River Valley, placing 61st and 15th in 30:59, alongside 119 other participants, whilst Mairead Cashman placed 40th and 15th in 30:44 in Glen River with its field of 74. In Shanganagh this week, Carina Davidson placed 244th and 105th in 38:30 in a field of 267, whilst Helena O’Keeffe placed 78th and 10th in 24:19 in the 217-strong field in Tramore Valley. Kevin Flynn ran a time of 39:07 in Porterstown for 94th position in a field of 117, whilst Colm Foley ran alongside 219 other runners in Griffeen Park, completing the distance in 24:33 for 60th spot. In the SETU Arena parkrun, Máirín, Lisa and Fiona Shine tailwalked for a field of 80 participants. Outside of Ireland, Orlaith de Burca took on Tokoinranta in Finland where, in a field of 98, she placed 71st and 25th in 35:03, whilst in Pollok in Glasgow, Aidan Hudner ran again in a field of 354, where he placed 80th in 24:41. Down in London, Thom Martini ran alongside 494 other runners in Highbury Fields where he placed 102nd in 22:56. Finally, in Dulwich, Richard Morrissey placed 13th in 17:13. The field there measured 666. Drogheda 10k (883) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Aaron Hanlon 1 00:31:18 14 Fiona Roche 1 00:36:33 Crusaders AC runner 89 Sean Brady 00:43:31 Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/drogheda_10k_2024/4846/results Limerick Marathon (1068) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Tudor Mircea 1 02:24:11 28 Yuliya Tarasova 1 02:55:44 Crusaders AC runners 11 Robert Browne 02:47:24 56 Kenan Furlong 02:59:46 72 Garret Connolly 03:05:38 (PB) Full results here: https://www.tdleventservices.co.uk/en/results-embed.php?event=4005#0_F170C4 Limerick Half marathon (1357) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Peter Somba 1 01:08:26 32 Sally Forristal 1 01:22:18 Crusaders AC runners 16 Kevin Kavanagh 01:18:19 (PB) 28 John Fahy 01:21:16 92 Paul Reidy 01:28:37 164 Kev Moore 01:31:47 408 Luke Haran 01:42:42 523 Mary Donnelly 01:43:21 (69) 768 Eoghan Kerins 01:46:19 1330 Aitor Arribas Velasco 01:55:52 Full results here: https://www.tdleventservices.co.uk/en/results-embed.php?event=4005#0_4446CB North West 10k (993) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Mark Grennan 1 00:32:23 10 Noeleen Scanlan 1 00:36:07 Crusaders AC runner 46 Kathryn Gibbons 00:40:21 (5) Full results here: https://northwest10k.com/index.htm IMRA Scarr 8.5k (185) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Enda Cloake 1 00:31:49 18 Sarah Flanagan 1 00:39:06 Crusaders AC runners 8 Warren Swords 00:36:01 23 Becky Quinn 00:40:12 (2) 65 Brian McGuckin 00:45:28 102 Ian Clifford 00:49:09 115 Gavan Doherty 00:51:22 180 Berndt Heim 01:11:21 Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2511/ Glen River Parkrun (74) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 David Jackson 1 00:18:28 4 Orla Rodgers 1 00:21:38 Crusaders AC runner 40 Mairead Cashman 00:30:44 (15) Shanganagh Parkrun (267) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 James Burke 1 00:17:47 18 Suzanne Foot 1 00:20:54 Crusaders AC runner 244 Carina Davidson 00:38:30 (105) Mungret Parkrun (65) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Frank Ryan 1 00:17:48 26 Aisling Kelly 1 00:27:03 Crusaders AC runner 5 Kev Moore 00:22:48 Poolbeg Parkrun (193) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Malcolm O’Connell 1 00:17:45 12 Ciara Regan 1 00:19:55 Crusaders AC runners 2 John Mulvihill 00:17:53 4 Shane Egan 00:18:42 12 Ciara Regan 00:19:55 (1) 18 Adrian Groarke 00:20:36 43 Sharon Woods 00:23:41 (5) 49 John Lohan 00:24:00 67 Kevin Kenny 00:24:47 69 Kenan Furlong 00:24:48 74 Franky Keane 00:25:07 77 Tanja Narancic 00:25:30 (15) 161 Cynthia Perucca 00:32:58 (69) 167 Niamh Trihy 00:35:36 (74) 168 Tara Murphy 00:35:36 (75) SETU Arena Parkrun (80) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Ruairi Hogan 1 00:20:32 11 Meabh Counihan 1 00:24:28 Crusaders AC runners 74 Máirín Shine 00:47:46 (36) 75 Lisa Shine 00:48:42 (37) 76 Fiona Shine 00:48:43 (38) Naas Parkrun (163) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Cian Connolly 1 00:18:03 6 Robyn Browne 1 00:19:38 Crusaders AC runner 2 Karl Walsh 00:18:05 Malahide Parkrun (296) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Niall Baragwanath 1 00:17:32 7 Annette Kealy 1 00:18:39 Crusaders AC runner 3 Paul Cowhie 00:17:47 Griffeen Parkrun (220) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Greg Devereux 1 00:17:23 18 Shuang Shuang Wang 1 00:21:19 Crusaders AC runner 60 Colm Foley 00:24:33 Porterstown Parkrun (117) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Thomas Sherlock 1 00:16:58 13 Colleen Barrett 1 00:22:09 Crusaders AC runner 94 Kevin Flynn 00:39:07 Erris Parkrun (123) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Ruairi McDonnell 1 00:18:39 3 Kea Lavelle 1 00:20:05 Crusaders AC runner 5 Jonathan Claridge 00:20:52 River Valley Parkrun (120) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Viktoras Kuzminas 1 00:17:59 9 Cecile Ollagnier 1 00:22:03 Crusaders AC runner 61 Darina Scully 00:30:59 (15) Oughterard Parkrun (40) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Cathal Curley 1 00:22:19 4 Aideen Summerville 1 00:25:34 Crusaders AC runner 23 Jill Nason 00:33:57 (8) Tramore Valley, Cork Parkrun (217) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Charlie Gaffney 1 00:16:16 28 Pamela Barry 1 00:21:33 Crusaders AC runner 78 Helena O’Keeffe 00:24:19 (10) Falacarragh Parkrun (101) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Roseann Spence 1 00:19:32 2 Michael O’Conor 1 00:20:09 Crusaders AC runner 1 Michael O’Conor 00:20:09 Cabinteely Parkrun (179) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Kevin Venter 1 00:18:18 18 Jennelyn Villocino 1 00:23:54 Crusaders AC runner 3 David Carter 00:20:21 Donabate Parkrun (212) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Shane O’Farrell 1 00:17:27 8 Caroline Crowley 1 00:21:01 Crusaders AC runners 8 Caroline Crowley 00:21:01 (1) 49 Brendan Glynn 00:26:06 Ormeau Parkrun (363) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Cory Fines 1 00:17:29 16 Rachel Morison 1 00:21:00 Crusaders AC runner 2 Ross Neill 00:18:29 Brickfields Parkrun (100) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Stirling Green 1 00:17:11 6 Scarlett Kent 1 00:20:14 Crusaders AC runner 20 Kate Murray 00:24:50 (3) St. Anne’s Parkrun (465) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Peter O’Toole 1 00:17:32 9 Fiona Stack 1 00:18:46 Crusaders AC runners 1 Peter O’Toole 00:17:32 149 Emer Kenny 00:26:18 (34) Comments are closed.
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