A Soggy morning for the National 10-mile road Championships

20/7/2025

L-R: Chris Bannon, Kate Murray, Aoife Quigley, Kieran Martin, Olwyn Dunne

There was no shelter anywhere and everyone got drenched in the Phoenix Park on Sunday morning for the annual Irish Runner 10-mile road race, incorporating the national championships. Otherwise, nearly all the events covered in this report were blessed with drier conditions.

We start with a result on the track from Monday evening, down in Cork, where Aoife Quigley took part in the Cork Athletics graded meet 5000m, which she completed in 19:32.06 for 4th place. Then, on Wednesday evening, in Lucan, we had two athletes compete in the 7th meet in the Dublin graded series. In an eventful week for her, Annie Hughes placed 6th in 2:20.04 in heat 1 of the women’s grade A 800m, whilst Alex Ainsworth took part in his first ever 3000m on the track, placing 7th in 8:57.19 in the A grade race.

Over the weekend we had several athletes take part in the AAI Games down in Co. Carlow. On the first day of the meet, Sean Owens won the first series of the 110mH (0.991m) in 14.28, improving on the second day, winning in 14.04 in the second series.
In heat 2 of the men’s 200m, Luc Culliton placed 4th in 22.88, whilst, in heat 5 of the women’s 200m, Juliette McCloskey placed 5th in 27.92.

There were a few races on the second day, with several heats and two series of the men’s 100m. In the first heat of the first series, Cillian Doherty placed 4th in 10.93, whilst, in the second heat, Sean Owens continued his winning streak, placing 1st in 10.80, followed by Charlie Bastow (4th in 11.26). Luc placed 4th in heat 5 in 11.75. In the second series, Sean had to accept 2nd place in 10.67 in the first heat, whilst in heat 2, Charlie placed 4th in 11.12.

Colm Parnell placed 9th in the men’s 1500m in a time of 4:04.46, whilst in the women’s 400mH (0.762m), Emily Lyne placed 2nd in 61.67. Finally, Eva Griffin competed in the women’s 400m, where she placed 5th in 59.92.

There was another race in the BHAA summer league on Thursday evening. On the same course as the Poolbeg parkrun, 167 runners competed in the Dublin City Council 5k. We had at least 8 athletes in the race, led home by Joe Walsh (9th overall and 1st M45 in 17:45), just ahead of Karl Walsh (15th and 3rd M45 in 18:32). They were followed by Ciara Regan who placed 27th overall and 2nd female finisher in 19:37. Ciara was followed by Sean Murphy (32nd in 20:17) and then further back by Gian Piero Allerta (74th in 22:34), Sharon Woods (71st, 12th and 1st F55 in 22:53), Brian O’Neill (87th in 24:06) and his daughter Orla (96th and 20th in 24:52).

As mentioned above, the national 10-mile championships on Sunday morning were held in extremely wet conditions, thankfully with little to no wind and quite mild temperatures. On the hilly and challenging course, taking in most of the west side of the park as well as a trip along Conyngham Road on the outside of the park, we had at least 24 runners in the field of more than 1800 finishers. The overall race was won by a country mile by Leevale’s Ryan Creech in 49:54. Further back came our first athlete home, Joe McDermott, in 55th spot in 59:37. Joe was followed by Mikel Crisostomo (88th in 63:02) and James Sherry (120th in 65:01). The three-men senior team placed 9th out of 31 in the team competition.

Kieran Martin came next in 125th in 65:17, followed by Michael O’Conor (132nd in 65:35) who did not particularly enjoy his outing, Ed Forester (174th in 66:55) and Aoife Quigley, who placed 187th overall, 23rd female finisher and 3rd F40 in the national championships in 67:49. Brian McGuckin came across the line next, in 223rd place (69:06), followed by Michael Judge (266th in 70:34), Eoghan Corrigan (339th in 73:44) testing himself, Liam O’Brien (353rd in 73:54), Noel Carr (383rd in 75:12) and Louise Dobbyn (405th and 73rd in 76:02).

In 448th and 82nd spots came Orla O’Flynn (77:22), who, with Aoife and Sharon Woods (530th and 95th in 79:01), won the women’s O/35 team bronze medal, a super haul, in a competition involving 23 teams. Tony Hackett was next (662nd in 80:26), followed by Kate Murray (705th and 146th in 84:48), Chris Bannon (740th in 85:58), Olwyn Dunne (763rd in 81:29) who arrived in time to join the second wave, but suffered in terms of guntime, Kevin Kenny (947th in 88:05), Gabriela Segura (1055th and 273rd in 94:23), Alan Martin (1200th in 95:50) and Lisa and Máirín Shine (1648th and 616th and 1650th and 618th, both in 1:53:40).

The previous day, Ciara Regan had joined a field in Rostrevor, Co. Down for the Rossi 5k. Alongside 239 other runners, Ciara placed 23rd and 3rd in 19:45.

We have one race on which to report in respect of IMRA. This was the 90-strong 10 around Carnavaddy in the Ravensdale Forest in Co. Louth. Paul McNamara placed 18th in 62:17 in the event which enjoyed a climb of 450m.

With cooler temperatures this Saturday than last weekend, times were generally faster in parkruns this week.

Joanne Carey placed 7th overall and 1st female finisher in 23:11 in the 123-strong field in Avondale Forest. Meanwhile, Aoife McCarthy was also a first finisher in the Edwin Carolan Community parkrun in Co. Cavan where, she also placed 4th overall in 22:35. In a field of 44, Aoife was joined by Lisa and Máirín Shine, with Lisa placing 14th and 7th in 28:47 and Máirín placed 17th and 9th in 29:50.

In Deerpark Forest, Virginia, Sarah Lyons placed 9th and 2nd in 24:52, followed, in the 41-strong field, by Phelim Murray (17th in 29:44). Brian O’Kelly was also a 2nd place finisher, this time in Malahide, where he ran 16:03 in the field of 376. Meanwhile, Ross Neill joined 119 other participants in Sligo where he also placed 2nd in 19:08. Joining our podium places, Alma Hanevy ran alongside 80 other runners in Brickfields where she placed 11th and 2nd in 21:50, whilst Peter O’Toole took 3rd spot in Fairview, with a time of 19:21 in the field of 177.

Stephen Hurley also recorded a podium result in Poolbeg, placing 3rd in 17:52, ahead of at least 16 other Crusaders in the field of 256. Luke Clarke placed 4th in 18:17, followed by Joe Murphy (10th in 19:12), Adrian Groarke (17th in 20:20), Gerard Moore (22nd in 20:44), Fabien Daviaud (28th in 21:23), Kabir Sala (45th in 22:25), Josie Ward (78th and 11th in 24:28), Sharon Woods (94th and 18th in 24:57), Olwyn Dunne (125th and 31st in 26;39), Ellen Walsh (145th and 40th in 27:49), Aisling O’Riordan (161st and 46th in 28:32), Kevin Kenny (175th in 29:03), Fanny Trébouet (181st and 60th in 29:28), Patricia Velasquez (198th and 72nd in 30:46) and Cynthia Perucca (218th and 86th in 31:53). Finally, completing our podium results, Dee Lawlor placed 3rd in Marlay Park, where he ran 18:37. Dee was just ahead of Kev Moore (8th in 19:09) who finished ahead of Mary Donnelly (50th and 6th in 22:33), Eoghan Corrigan (113th in 25:00), Kate Murray (179th and 49th in 27:05) and Mairead Cashman (280th and 93rd in 30:26).

We had two runners in Gorey, where, in a field of 165, Darina Scully placed 28th and 4th in 24:48, followed by Carina Davidson (114th and 36th in 32:31), whilst, in Naas, Karl Walsh ran with 177 other participants, recording a time of 18:43 for 5th spot. Michael Wycherley headed over to the Isle of Wight in the UK where he placed 5th in 18:38 in a field of 314. Meanwhile, Emer Kenny ran once again in Father Collins Park where she placed 70th and 13th in the field of 177 in a time of 27:41, whilst, in Cabinteely, Niall O’Connell took 7th spot in 21:07. The field there measured 166.

Jill Nason ran once again in Shanganagh, alongside 252 other runners, where she placed 198th and 59th in 32:25, whilst Garret Connolly pushed his double buggy around Tolka Park, where he placed 50th in a field of 53 in a time of 41:06. Finally, Louise O’Riordan and Paul and Aoife Kelly ran in the UK. Louise, joined a field of 493 in Battersea where she placed 303rd and 59th in 26:10, whilst, in Lyme Park, with its field of 164, Paul placed 60th in 28:42 and Aoife tailwalked.

Biofreeze Irish Runner 10-miler (national championships) (1815)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Ryan Creech 1 00:49:54
40 Megan Ryan 1 00:57:56
Crusaders AC runners
55 Joe McDermott 00:59:37
88 Mikel Crisostomo 01:03:02
120 James Sherry 01:05:01
125 Kieran Martin 01:05:17
132 Michael O’Conor 01:05:35
174 Edward Forester 01:06:55
187 Aoife Quigley 01:07:49 (23)
223 Brian McGuckin 01:09:06
266 Michael Judge 01:10:34
339 Eoghan Corrigan 01:13:44
353 Liam O’Brien 01:13:54
383 Noel Carr 01:15:12
405 Louise Dobbyn 01:16:02 (73)
448 Orla O’Flynn 01:17:22 (82)
530 Sharon Woods 01:19:01 (95)
662 Tony Hackett 01:20:26
705 Kate Murray 01:24:48 (146)
740 Chris Bannon 01:25:58
762 Olwyn Dunne 01:21:29 (164)
947 Kevin Kenny 01:28:05
1055 Gabriela Segura 01:34:23 (273)
1200 Alan Martin 01:35:50
1648 Máirín Shine 01:53:40 (616)
1650 Lisa Shine 01:53:40 (618)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/biofreeze_irish_runner_10_mile_2025/5566/results
BHAA DCC 5k (167)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Matthew Kane 1 00:15:55
20 Maura Kearns 1 00:19:08
Crusaders AC runners
9 Joe Walsh 00:17:45
15 Karl Walsh 00:18:32
27 Ciara Regan 00:19:37 (2)
32 Sean Murphy 00:20:17
64 GianPiero Allerta 00:22:34
71 Sharon Woods 00:22:53 (12)
87 Brian O’Neill 00:24:06
96 Orla O’Neill 00:24:52 (20)
Full results here: https://members.bhaa.ie/results/race/533
Rossi 5k (240)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Mark Malone 1 00:16:40
6 Kerry O’Flaherty 1 00:18:05
Crusaders AC runner
23 Ciara Regan 00:19:45 (3)
Full results here: https://www.championchipireland.com/index.html#results
IMRA Carnavaddy 10k (90)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Aaron Smith 1 00:51:02
24 Susan Glennon 1 01:03:58
Crusaders AC runner
18 Paul McNamara 01:02:17
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2672
Sligo Parkrun (120)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cian Aherne 1 00:17:26
15 Ita McVeigh 1 00:22:32
Crusaders AC runner
2 Ross Neill 00:19:08
Edwin Carolan Community Parkrun (44)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Micheal Bennett 1 00:22:03
4 Aoife McCarthy 1 00:22:35
Crusaders AC Runners
4 Aoife McCarthy 00:22:35 (1)
14 Lisa Shine 00:28:47 (7)
17 Máirín Shine 00:29:50 (9)
Malahide Parkrun (376)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Gavin Eccles 1 00:15:52
10 Sinead Farrell 1 00:18:53
Crusaders AC runner
2 Brian O’Kelly 00:16:03
Poolbeg Parkrun (256)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Malcolm O’Connell 1 00:17:27
21 Ava Rose Clarke 1 00:20:31
Crusaders AC runners
3 Stephen Hurley 00:17:52
4 Luke Clarke 00:18:17
10 Joe Murphy 00:19:12
17 Adrian Groarke 00:20:20
22 Gerard Moore 00:20:44
28 Fabien Daviaud 00:21:23
45 Kabir Sala 00:22:25
78 Josie Ward 00:24:28 (11)
94 Sharon Woods 00:24:57 (18)
108 Charles Cartledge 00:25:48
125 Olwyn Dunne 00:26:39 (31)
145 Ellen Walsh 00:27:49 (40)
161 Aisling O’Riordan 00:28:32 (46)
175 Kevin Kenny 00:29:03
181 Fanny Trébouet 00:29:28 (60)
198 Patricia Velasquez 00:30:46 (72)
218 Cynthia Perucca 00:31:53 (86)
Naas Parkrun (178)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 James O’Brien 1 00:17:48
20 Claire Brady 1 00:22:16
Crusaders AC runner
5 Karl Walsh 00:18:43
Father Collins Parkrun (177)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Shaun Conaghan 1 00:18:39
2 Rachael Dowling 1 00:18:50
Crusaders AC runner
70 Emer Kenny 00:27:41 (13)
Gorey Parkrun (165)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 James Herterich 1 00:19:31
18 Suzanne Keane 1 00:23:09
Crusaders AC runners
28 Darina Scully 00:24:48 (4)
114 Carina Davidson 00:32:31 (36)
Avondale Forest Parkrun (123)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tomás Kavanagh 1 00:18:33
7 Joanne Carey 1 00:23:11
Crusaders AC runner
7 Joanne Carey 00:23:11 (1)
Brickfields Parkrun (87)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Maxim Bondarenko 1 00:18:20
10 Eimear Nic An Bhaird 1 00:21:24
Crusaders AC runner
11 Alma Hanevy 00:21:50
Fairview Parkrun (217)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Darragh Ward 1 00:17:48
33 Yvonne Sweeney 1 00:23:57
Crusaders AC runner
3 Peter O’Toole 00:19:21
Shanganagh Parkrun (253)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Paul McKenna 1 00:17:14
9 Emily Kane 1 00:20:14
Crusaders AC runner
198 Jill Nason 00:32:25 (59)
Cabinteely Parkrun (166)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luca Fattaccini 1 00:19:22
12 Lara Woods 1 00:22:24
Crusaders AC runner
7 Niall O’Connell 00:21:07
Deerpark Forest, Virginia Parkrun (41)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Aidan Monaghan 1 00:20:20
5 Amy Kelly 1 00:22:34
Crusaders AC runners
9 Sarah Lyons 00:24:52 (2)
17 Phelim Murray 00:29:44
Marlay Parkrun (439)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Barry McCartin 1 00:17:47
17 Aisling Kelly 1 00:20:16
Crusaders AC runners
3 Derek Lawlor 00:18:37
8 Kev Moore 00:19:09
50 Mary Donnelly 00:22:33 (6)
113 Eoghan Corrigan 00:25:00
179 Kate Murray 00:27:05 (49)
280 Mairead Cashman 00:30:26 (93)
Tolka Valley Parkrun (53)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Edward Scott 1 00:19:24
11 Aleksandra Sobota 1 00:23:10
Crusaders AC runner
50 Garret Connolly 00:41:06