Continued Warm Weather Racing

20/7/2026

Cillian Traynor, Jade Murphy and Sarah Lyons

The hot weather is either a blessing or a curse, depending on your point of view. The short distance racers love it; but, it’s not so helpful for our longer distance runners. On balance though, despite its challenges, we should embrace it and enjoy it while it lasts and we may have to get used to it going forward in any event!

On a warm sunny evening on Wednesday, the 7th Dublin Athletics graded meet took place in Lucan. The club was well represented with several athletes taking part in the track & field events.

In the first heat of the women’s grade A 800m Charlotte Myers placed 6th in 2:12.41, followed by Sarah Lyons (11th in 2:19.98). Then, in the grade C race of the same distance, Jade Murphy placed 3rd in a time of 2:29.67. In the men’s 800m series, Lucas Ryan placed 2nd in the A grade event with a super time of 1:53.19 whilst Enda Clarke placed 3rd in the first heat of the B standard race, with a time of 2:01.26.

We then had a series of 3000m races and we were well represented by the men here. Brian Regan ran in the A graded race where he placed 15th in 9:49.21, whilst Karl Fitzmaurice and Jan Manschot both ran in the B grade race, placing, respectively, 6th and 7th in times of 10:07.10 and 10:11.40. Finally, on the track, Cillian Traynor won the grade C race in a time of 10:36.05.

There was only one field event that took place at the meet, the shot put, which was won by Antonio Santa Otero using the standard 7.25kg shot, which he launched a mighty 17.48m with his 2nd throw of 6.

Saturday and Sunday saw the AAI Games along with the National Combined Events Championships take place in the Morton Stadium in Santry and we had several athletes taking part, mostly in the sprints, but also in middle distance events and in the field too.

Lisa Corrigan took on the F50 pentathlon, where she recorded points in 4 of the 5 events, running 17.67 for the 80mH (0.762m), 3:02.11 for the 800m, registering 3.67m for the long jump and 4.72m with the 3kg shot, to win the gold medal in that category. Congrats to her!

The 100m races were divided into 2 series, with each series involving several heats, with finishing places being determined by the times across the heats in each series. In the first series of the women’s 100m, Marion Gillman ran in heat 1 where she placed 7th in 13.46. Then, in heat 3, Juliette McCloskey placed 4th in 13.30, followed by Elif Eksin (7th in 14.18). Overall, Juliette placed 18th, Marion 20th and Elif 22nd. In series 2, Marion placed 3rd in heat 3 in 13.18, followed by Juliette (4th in 13.44) and Elif (7th in 14.39). When the smoke had cleared, Marion placed 17th overall, followed by Juliette (18th) and Elife (21st).

The men’s 100m had the same arrangement. In heat 1 of the first series Charlie Bastow placed 6th in 11.10, whilst in heat 2 Luc Culliton took 2nd in 11.34, with Liam Beaumont placing 5th in heat 3 in a time of 11.58, meaning that Charlie placed 6th overall, followed by Luc (12th) and Liam (20th). Charlie then took 5th place in heat 1 of series 2 in 11.16, whilst, in heat 2, Luc placed 2nd in 11.12, followed by Liam (6th in 11.49). The overall picture revealed that Luc placed 6th, Charlie 7th and Liam 16th. The men’s field largely measured 24-30, whilst the women’s overall field was 21-23.

There was just one round of the 200m. In heat 2 of 3, Karen Hughes placed 6th in 27.28. Then, in the 3rd heat, the race was won by Marion (27.01), followed by Juliette (2nd in 27.48) and Meabh Murphy (5th in 28.85). The 200m event overall was won in 24.14 by ex-Crusader, now running for UCD, Rhianna McCarthy, with Marion placing 12th, Karen 13th, Juliette 14th and Meabh 17th.

Luc was our only male representative in the 200m series, placing 6th in the 2nd heat in 22.58, and 11th overall.

Sarah Lyons took on the women’s 1500m where she placed 10th in 4:52.10, whilst Alex Ainsworth ran in the men’s race of the same distance, placing 7th in heat 2 in a time of 4:06.49. Finally, Antonio Santana Otero easily beat the field in the shot put with all three of his successful marks of the 7.26kg shot, recording a distance of 17.78m with his second effort.

On the same evening as the graded meet, the BHAA held its annual DCC 5k race using the Poolbeg parkrun course in Seán Moore Park, with its climb and descent in the Irishtown Nature Reserve. As usual, our clubhouse played an integral part in the registration and post-race festivities.

In a field of 120 runners, rather a regular size now for BHAA events, Joe Walsh ran 18:10 for 6th place overall and 2nd in his M50 age category. He led the Crusaders contingent home and was followed by Lucas Huchard in quite possibly his first BHAA race (9th in 18:28). Next came Karl Walsh (15th and 2nd M45 in 19:35), followed by Eamon MacFhionnlaoich, a man familiar with the course (25th and 2nd M60 in 20:42), David O’Donnell (34th and 3rd M60 in 21:08), Anthony Hackett (48th in 21:57), Sharon Woods (51st overall, 10th female finisher and 3rd F55 in 22:21), Chris Bannon (61st in 23:31) and Robbie Moore (73rd in 24:45).

Then, on Saturday, Dee Ni Chearbhaill took part in the East wall ITBB 5k, where in a field of 375, she placed 50th overall and 5th female finisher in a time of 22.13. Further afield on the same day, Ronan Walsh and his partner Claire Reidy ran in the Battersea half marathon in London, finishing side by side in 99:41 (Claire) and 99:42 (Ronan) in 189th and 190th places in a field of 873.

In slightly cooler but still sunny conditions, 1626 runners finished the Irish Runner 10-miler in the Phoenix Park, a race that incorporated the 10-mile national road championships. As with all longer distance races in the Phoenix Park, the course was hilly.

We had at least 15 runners in the race, led home by Ciarain Kelly in a time of 58:25 for 54th place. Ciarain was followed by Henry Griffin (118th in 62:11), Michael O’Shea (219th in 68:10), Ray Walsh (280th in 70:36), Liam O’Brien (358th in 72:01), David O’Donnell (412th in 73:46), Sharon Woods (501st and 97th in 78:00), Phelim Murray (534th in 75:53), Daniel Littlewood (648th in 79:32), Juliane Frydenlund (932nd and 225th in 88:22), Mauro Verrocchio (975th in 89:50), Lisa Branigan (1145th and 320th in 96:29) after a long run to get to the start line, Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (1168th and 333rd in 97:28), Kevin Kenny, pacing the 100 minutes runners (1246th in 99:30), and Heather Sander (1354th and 433rd in 1:44:20).

Also, on Sunday morning, TJ Bourke took part in the Malahide Castle Summer Series 10k, where, alongside 724 other finishers, he placed 5th in a PB time of 36:54.

There was one race in the mountains with Crusaders participation. On Wednesday, 132 runners took to Trooperstown Hill in Co. Wicklow, with its climb of 455m over 11.5k, and they were joined by Jason Kehoe and Gavan Doherty. Jason placed 30th in 67:34, followed by Gavan in 70th spot in 78:19.

There was a decent participation by club members on Saturday morning’s parkruns. Alma Hanevy was a first finisher in Mullingar, where, in a field of 112, she placed 9th overall in a time of 22:09, whilst, in Father Collins Park, in a field of 217, Ivan Kinahan led everyone home in 17:19. Luke Corcoran did the same in Bushy Park (its 400th edition), running 18:41. Luke was followed across the line in the field of 208 by Mairead Cashman who placed 140th and 42nd in 32:20. Likewise, Emma Rowe was a first finisher in Poolbeg where she also placed 8th overall in a time of 20:01. Emma was preceded by Jamie Renehan (2nd in 18:57) and followed by Piarais Neary (13th in 21:09). Daniel Littlewood was next (15th in 21:39) and he was followed by Luke Haran (19th in 22:02) a Limerick man who stayed in Dublin for the weekend for the All-Ireland SHC, Kabir Sala (25th in 22:14), Zlatko Kulic (28th in 22:25), Adrian Byrne (30th in 22:26), Lucas Ryan (32nd in 22:28), John Lohan (36th in 22:40), Charles Cartledge (59th in 24:04), Russell Murphy (76th in 25:10), Josie Ward (90th and 21st in 26:23) whose pregnancy seems to be making her faster (!), Imogen Guinness (108th and 26th in 27:32), Ella Campbell (147th and 47th in 29:31), Mari Hansen (150th and 48th in 29:37), Sharon Woods (153rd and 50th in 29:53), Ashley Hayes (174th in 31:08), Maureen McGinley (180th and 71st in 31:48) and Cynthia Perucca (186th and 74th in 32:15).

Cillian Traynor and Jade Murphy headed to Letterkenny, where, in a field of 72, Cillian placed 3rd in 19:52, followed by Jade (7th and 2nd in 21:08). Ross Neill ran in Sligo alongside 152 other participants, placing 3rd in 19:11, whilst, on a training course with her new employer in San Francisco, Fiona Shine ran in the Sunnyvale Bay Trail parkrun there with its field of 188, placing 43rd and 3rd in 24:57. Olwyn Dunne ran in Alstervold in Hamburg, where she placed 32nd and 7th in 27:21 in a field of 77, whilst back in her old haunt, Cabinteely, Niall O’Connell took 11th spot in a field of 165 in a time of 21:56. Niall was followed by Carina Davidson (67th and 14th in 27:28).

Michael O’Shea ran in Donabate with 190 other runners, placing 22nd in 23:20, whilst, in Porterstown, with its field of 156, Martina White placed 104th and 39th in 33:17. In Griffeen Park with its field of 179, Colm Foley ran 25;01 for 45th spot, whilst, in Poppintree, Paul F. Kelly placed 36th in 24:36, followed in 61st place by Bo Chicoine in a time of 26:32. The field there measured 173. Meanwhile, in Ballincollig, Helena O’Keeffe joined 292 other participants, where she placed 147th and 37th in 28:42, whilst, on Wexford Racecourse, Lisa Shine took 116th and 43rd spots in 35:39, followed by mother Máirín (125th and 48th in 37:39). The field there measured 147.

Darina Scully paced the 27 minutes runners in Malahide, placing 150th and 25th in a field of 383 and in a time of exactly 27:00, whilst, in Marlay Park, in a field 397-strong, Myles Nolan ran 22:39 for 37th spot, followed by Kate Murray (94th and 20th in 25:13) and Fanny Trébouet (243rd and 81st in 30:18).

Down in Co. Cork, Aitor Arribas joined a field of 71 in Clonakilty, where he placed 31st in 26:01, whilst Ailish Hassett ran alongside 121 other participants on Bere Island, where she placed 97th and 43rd in 46:51. Cork native Lorraine McMahon ran in Stockport in the Woodbank parkrun, where, in a field of 205, she placed 124th and 41st in 32:07, whilst, finally, one of our exiles in Australia, Christina Campbell joined 105 other runners in Lake Claremont, Western Australia, where she placed 77th and 26th in 33:23.

BHAA DCC 5k (120)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jacob Collins 1 00:16:47
11 Orna Dignam 1 00:18:47
Crusaders AC runners
6 Joe Walsh 00:18:10
9 Lucas Huchard 00:18:28
15 Karl Walsh 00:19:35
25 Eamon MacFhionnlaoich 00:20:42
34 David O’Donnell 00:21:08
48 Anthony Hackett 00:21:57
51 Sharon Woods 00:22:21 (10)
61 Chris Bannon 00:23:31
73 Robbie Moore 00:24:45
Full results here: https://members.bhaa.ie/results/race/553
Irish Runner 10-miler (National 10-mile Championships) (1626)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Stephen McAuley 1 00:50:01
42 Cliodhna O’Malley 1 00:57:22
Crusaders AC runners
54 Ciarain Kelly 00:58:25
118 Henry Griffin 01:02:11
219 Michael O’Shea 01:08:10
280 Ray Walsh 01:10:36
358 Liam O’Brien 01:12:01
412 David O’Donnell 01:13:46
501 Sharon Woods 01:18:00 (97)
534 Phelim Murray 01:15:53
648 Daniel Littlewood 01:19:32
932 Juliane Frydenlund 01:28:22 (225)
975 Mauro Verrocchio 01:29:50
1145 Lisa Branigan 01:36:29 (320)
1168 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 01:37:28 (333)
1246 Kevin Kenny 01:39:30 PACER
1354 Heather Sander 01:44:20 (433)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/irish_runner_10m_challenge_2026/6113/results?class=10%20mile&perPage=100
East Wall ITBB 5k (375)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Sean Hynes 1 00:16:43
23 Emer Hyland 1 00:20:19
Crusaders AC runner
50 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 00:22:13 (5)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/eastwall_itbb_5km_fun_day_run/6289/results
Malahide Castle Summer Series 10k (725)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Jack Doyle 1 00:35:45
21 Marine Sillien 1 00:40:13
Crusaders AC runner
5 TJ Bourke 00:36:54 (PB)
Full results here: bdee40_f822ecf945d34cadae5e36fffe9e4da0.pdf
IMRA Trooperstown Hill 11.5k (132)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ruben Bartelink 1 00:53:49
25 Emer Perkins 1 01:05:15
Crusaders AC runners
30 Jason Kehoe 01:07:34
70 Gavan Doherty 01:18:19
Full results here: https://imra.ie/events/results?id=2849
Clonakilty Parkrun (71)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Paul Deane 1 00:18:55
6 Fionnuala Mulroy 1 00:20:59
Crusaders AC runner
31 Aitor Arribas Velasco 00:26:01
Bere Island Parkrun (106)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Michael O’Connor 1 00:17:33
4 Michelagh Murphy 1 00:20:57
Crusaders AC runner
97 Ailish Hassett 00:46:51 (43)
Ballincollig Parkrun (293)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Tiarnan O’Donoghue 1 00:17:30
13 Emma Cleary 1 00:20:33
Crusaders AC runner
147 Helena O’Keeffe 00:28:42 (37)
Wexford Racecourse Parkrun (147)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 James Downey 1 00:17:33
14 Una Gaines 1 00:21:31
Crusaders AC runners
116 Lisa Shine 00:35:39 (43)
125 Máirín Shine 00:37:39 (48)
Mullingar Parkrun (112)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Paul Whelehan 1 00:19:22
9 Alma Hanevy 1 00:22:09
Crusaders AC runner
9 Alma Hanevy 00:22:09 (1)
Poolbeg Parkrun (239)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Peter Kern 1 00:18:49
8 Emma Rowe 1 00:20:01
Crusaders AC runners
2 Jamie Renehan 00:18:57
8 Emma Rowe 00:20:01 (1)
13 Piarais Neary 00:21:09
15 Daniel Littlewood 00:21:39
19 Luke Haran 00:22:02
25 Kabir Sala 00:22:14
28 Zlatko Kulic 00:22:25
30 Adrian Byrne 00:22:26
32 Lucas Ryan 00:22:28
36 John Lohan 00:22:40
59 Charles Cartledge 00:24:04
76 Russell Murphy 00:25:10
90 Josie Ward 00:26:23 (21)
108 Imogen Guinness 00:27:32 (26)
147 Ella Campbell 00:29:31 (47)
150 Mari Hansen 00:29:37 (48)
153 Sharon Woods 00:29:53 (50)
174 Ashley Hayes 00:31:08
180 Maureen McGinley 00:31:48 (71)
186 Cynthia Perucca 00:32:15 (74)
Sligo Parkrun (153)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sean Gaffney 1 00:18:57
10 Anja Kolodziej 1 00:20:46
Crusaders AC runner
3 Ross Neill 00:19:11
Griffeen Parkrun (179)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jacek Latala 1 00:18:42
20 Ruby Kelly 00:22:24
Crusaders AC runner
45 Colm Foley 00:25:01
Father Collins Parkrun (217)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ivan Kinehan 1 00:17:19
12 Natalia Lungu 1 00:19:35
Crusaders AC runner
1 Ivan Kinehan 00:17:19
Marlay Parkrun (397)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Allistair Gray 1 00:17:24
20 Jean McAdam 1 00:21:22
Crusaders AC runners
37 Myles Nolan 00:22:39
94 Kate Murray 00:25:13 (20)
243 Fanny Trébouet 00:30:18 (81)
Donabate Parkrun (191)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 William Kerr 1 00:18:12
7 Eibhin Eviston 1 00:20:15
Crusaders AC runner
22 Michael O’Shea 00:23:20
Porterstown Parkrun (156)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Sherlock 1 00:17:31
11 Patricia McLoughlin 1 00:22:12
Crusaders AC runner
104 Martina White 00:33:17 (39)
Bushy Parkrun (208)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luke Corcoran 1 00:18:41
6 Liza Vul 1 00:19:52
Crusaders AC runners
1 Luke Corcoran 00:18:41
140 Mairead Cashman 00:32:20 (42)
Malahide Parkrun (383)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Niall Baragwanath 1 00:16:11
16 Frances Joyce 1 00:20:25
Crusaders AC runner
150 Darina Scully 00:27:00 (25)
Cabinteely Parkrun (165)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Daragh Concannon 1 00:18:22
12 Meg Giblin 1 00:22:05
Crusaders AC runners
11 Niall O’Connell 00:21:56
67 Carina Davidson 00:27:28 (14)
Poppintree Parkrun (173)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Said Abdiwaahab 1 00:17:11
16 Frances Leogue 1 00:22:19
Crusaders AC runners
36 Paul F. Kelly 00:24:36
61 Bo Chicoine 00:26:32
Letterkenny Parkrun (72)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ciaran McBride 1 00:19:02
2 Eimear Gormley 1 00:19:35
Crusaders AC runners
3 Cillian Traynor 00:19:52
7 Jade Murphy 00:21:08 (2)