Every Place Counts

13/11/2016

On Saturday morning, on a challenging hilly course in Tollcross Park in Glasgow, Ciaran Diviney took part in the annual British and Irish Masters Cross Country International, representing Ireland for the first time. Ciaran was the sixth member of the Irish O/40 team which on the day placed 2nd behind England (13 points) and ahead of Scotland (40 points) on countback. Nowhere was it so true that every place counts as in this event as the 4 Scottish scorers came home in 3rd, 7th, 13th and 17th, whilst the 4 scorers for the Irish team (Richard Gorman, Paul Fleming, Paul Buckley and Frank Quinlan) finished in 8th, 9th, 11th and 12th places, respectively. The difference was made by Roibeard Millar and Ciaran finishing in 15th and 16th positions, Ciaran taking the Scottish 4th scorer on the line and ensuring that the Irish team won on countback (the 4th Irish scorer being further up the field than the 4th Scot). Nail-biting stuff and a tremendous credit to Ciaran who had been drafted in as first reserve. The M40 field was 28-strong and included runners from all of the 4 UK home nations as well as from Ireland. Ireland placed 2nd overall in the international competition, behind England and ahead of Sotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Results can be found via the following link: http://scottishmastersathletics.webnode.com/products/british-irish-masters-international-2016-results/

Although we only had two runners in the Leinster Seniors in Tyrrelspass, Co. Westmeath on Sunday, women’s captain Ilona McElroy and Irene Gorman acquitted themselves well. On a familiar, relatively dry but undulating, course among a field of 35 runners and in a race won by Donore’s Barbara Cleary who had placed 3rd behind Ciara Mageean and Caroline Crowley last week in the Dublin seniors, Irene managed to reverse last week’s placings by taking 6th spot, with Ilona just 14 seconds behind in 9th place. It was an excellent workout for the duo, who, by virtue of ineligibility from having run so well in previous races, are limited in the number of county and regional competitions they can enter.

On Saturday recent Dublin marathoners Kris Ryan, Leo Lundy and Kate Murray took part in the Festival of running at Tollymore Forest Park in the Mourne mountains. This was on a savage, but stunning, course giving up close to 2,000ft of climb for every 13.1 mile loop. In the half marathon with 427 finishers ex-Crusader (and recently returned to these shores from his native Denmark) Torben Dahl won the race in a highly impressive 1:24 with Kate Murray running strongly for a 1:52:56 result, 119th overall and 20th woman home. Our Ultra runners had a tougher day on the 6,000ft, 3 lap course. Around 100 runners started with only 70 finishing. Kris, who was defending her title, just missed out on a podium place, coming in as 4th woman and 23rd overall in 6:53:25. Leo had a tough day coming home in 43rd spot with what he described as a laboured 7:31:44.

Recent Dublin marathoner Brian O’Kelly continues to impress and this week he was first finisher in the St. Anne’s parkrun. In a time of 16:55 he led home a field of 316 runners. Paul O’Meara also had a good outing when he took part in the parkrun in Malahide. Paul placed 8th out of 308 runners in a time of 18:45 and he was accompanied in the event by Sharon Woods (86th overall, 11th female finisher, in 24:10) and by Suzanne Collins (238th overall, 85th female, in 30:54). In Marlay, among a field of 526 runners, David Timoney placed 27th in 20:08 and he was followed by Mary Noelle Rohan (408th overall, 130th woman, in 31:16). In Glasgow, Aidan Hudner placed 71st out of more than 250 participants with a time of 23:06, whilst in Naas Ciara McElligott placed 87th overall, 35th woman, in a time of 32:18. Ciara was running with 110 other participants. With a time of 23:34 Brendan Kieran placed 25th out of more than 90 runners in Poppintree, whilst Donal Foley was also a solo representative for the club in Hartstown, finishing in 13th spot out of nearly 50 runners, in a time of 21:56. Mairead Cashman placed 154th overall, 46th woman, in the 248-strong field in Ballincollig with a time of 29:45, whilst Gemma Nagle placed 65th overall (18th female finisher) out of nearly 100 runners in Cabinteely in a time of 28:33. Finally, our largest contingent took part in Tymon. Among a field of 88 participants, Diarmuid Byrne placed 7th in 19:16, whilst Maria Pertl finished just ahead of Lisa Shine in 31st place overall (5th woman home) in 25:12. Lisa placed 34th overall (7th woman finisher) in 25:33, with Mairin Shine taking 56th spot overall (19th woman) in 28:51.

Sunday marked the annual staging of the unchipped and untimed Remembrance Run in the north end of the Phoenix Park and we include a couple of photos from that event.

Leinster Seniors Women’s XC
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Barbara Cleary 1 00:17:56
1 Crusaders AC runners
6 Irene Gorman 00:18:51
9 Ilona McElroy 00:19:05
Full results here: http://www.myrunresults.com/events/leinster_cc_senior%2c_jnr__u19_results/1954/results
Tollymore Ultra
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Nicki McPeak 05:23:11
Crusaders AC runners
23 Kris Ryan 06:53:25
43 Leo Lundy 07:31:44
Full results here: http://www.26extreme.com/DataEditorUploads/TTMResults2.pdf
Tollymore Half Marathon
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Torben Dahl 01:24:08
Crusaders AC runner
119 Kate Murray 01:52:56
Full results here: http://www.26extreme.com/DataEditorUploads/TTMResults2.pdf
Naas Parkrun #137
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Philip Niland 1 00:17:09
19 Olivia Archbold 1 00:22:01
Crusaders AC runner
87 Ciara McElligott 00:32:18
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/naas/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=137
Malahide Parkrun #210
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Feidhlim Kelly 1 00:16:35
25 Ashley Pia Ryan 1 00:20:24
Crusaders AC runners
8 Paul O’Meara 00:18:45
86 Sharon Woods 00:24:10
238 Suzanne Collins 00:30:54
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/malahide/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=210
Hartstown Parkrun #105
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Peter Daniel 1 00:18:30
17 Margaret O’Friel 00:24:12
Crusaders AC runner
13 Donal Foley 00:21:56
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/hartstown/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=105
Marlay Parkrun #183
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Arnaud Malinconi 1 00:17:28
19 Shona Keane 1 00:19:30
Crusaders AC runners
27 David Timoney 00:20:08
408 Mary Noelle Ryan 00:31:16
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/marlay/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=183
Cabinteely Parkrun #85
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Jim Quinn 1 00:19:49
6 Malika Hammani 1 00:21:04
Crusaders AC runner
65 Gemma Nagle 00:28:33
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/cabinteely/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=85
Tymon Parkrun #126
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Ronan Kearns 1 00:17:07
10 Lena Sinclair 1 00:20:00
Crusaders AC runners
7 Diarmuid Byrne 00:19:16
31 Maria Pertl 00:25:12
34 Lisa Shine 00:25:33
56 Mairin Shine 00:28:51
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/tymon/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=126
Ballincollig Parkrun #22
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Rory O’Sullivan 1 00:16:44
6 Siobhan Horgan 1 00:19:24
Crusaders AC runner
154 Mairead Cashman 00:29:45
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/ballincollig/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=22
St Anne’s Parkrun #156
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Brian O’Kelly 1 00:16:55
53 Crona Brady 1 00:22:27
Crusaders AC runner
1 Brian O’Kelly 00:16:55
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/stannes/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=156
Poppintree Parkrun #106
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Colm Delaney 1 00:17:18
18 Mairead Doherty 1 00:23:09
Crusaders AC runner
25 Brendan Kieran 00:23:34
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/poppintree/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=106