Royal Honours

Kevin Fitzgibbon, Ciaran Diviney and Ciarain Kelly

There were at least two races with Crusaders participation this weekend and neither disappointed in terms of results. The first was the visit of the BHAA to the University of Maynooth for its annual XC event, this year the penultimate race of the winter series. The second was the iconic Bohermeen half marathon in Co. Meath, with a turnout of more than 30 of our clubmates.

Starting with the XC, there were 23 runners in the 2-mile women’s race on Saturday morning, conducted on two laps of a largely flat anti-clockwise looped course but in windy conditions. We only had two runners in the race, but they acquitted themselves well. Clare Sullivan won the race in a time of 13:08, with Rachael Yorke not too far back in 5th place in a time of 13:51. The following mixed race involved a field of 74 with 5 Crusaders included. On the same looped course with double the distance of the first race, Karl Walsh placed 19th in 26:19, followed by Neil Brown (35th in 28:39), Robbie Moore (40th in 29:17), David O'Donnell (44th in 30:24) and Paul E. Kelly (69th in 39:45).

Then, on Sunday, many of our members recorded PBs in the half marathon conducted on the country roads around Bohermeen. It is a race well-known for its PB possibilities and we can safely say that at least half of those who represented the club on Sunday morning recorded improved times over the distance. Even so, it was a race carried out in wet conditions, making one’s shoes heavier over the two lapped course. It was breezy enough at times on what is essentially a flat course with just a couple of drags over the motorway. The start was slightly delayed because of late buses and the delay was compounded somewhat by a car meandering through the crowd gathered at the start line just before the gun. But, once the race was underway, there was no stopping everyone and there were some excellent performances recorded. Indeed, we even came home with some silverware.

In a field of nearly 1500 runners, our contingent was led home by Kevin Fitzgibbon who placed 27th in a PB time of 74:11. Kevin was followed by Ciarain Kelly who also recorded a PB with a time of 74:45 for 34th. Next came Ciaran Diviney (36th and 1st M50 in 75:01) and Dee Lawlor, another runner with a PB (51st in 76:37). The 4 runners placed 3rd men’s team out of 40 in the open competition. When one adds in Robert Browne (69th in 78:05) and Joe McDermott (70th in a PB time of 78:12), the 6 men placed 2nd in the Rennick Cup behind Raheny and ahead of 27 other teams. Well done to them.

Eugene McDonough was next (84th in a PB time of 79:00) and he was followed by Gerard White (97th also with a PB time of 79:29) and by Kenan Furlong (another runner with a PB, 107th in 79:42). Rory Goldsmith followed, with a time of 82:24 for 156th, ahead of Eddie Nugent (280th in 87:05) and Mags Foley who led the 4-strong women’s team home to victory in both the Delany Cup and the open competition (ahead of 24 other teams in both competitions). Mags recorded yet another PB in her preparations for the London marathon in April with a time of 88:24 for 319th place overall and 19th female finisher. The other scoring runners were Carolyn O’Reilly (415th and 38th in a PB time of 91:00), Sarah Lyons (440th and 44th in a PB time of 91:51) and Ciara Lynch (449th and 47th in 92:10). Congrats to them.

In between came Conor Macguinness (351st in 89:03), David Carter (371st in 89:08) and Michael Fitzsimons (386th in 89:45), and they were followed by Tom Gleeson (in a placing to be confirmed in a PB time of 93:00) and Oisin Browne (476th in a PB time of 93:23). Oisin was followed by Isabelle Cairns (566th and 77th in 97:12), Cría Dowling (616th and 92nd in a PB time of 98:28), Dee Ni Chearbhaill (628th and 95th in 98:49), whose husband, Sean Murphy, who trains with us, placed 334th in a satisfying 1:28:30, Emily Glen (687th and 111th in a PB time of 99:58), Daniel Gleeson (695th in a PB time of 1:40:40) and Tara Gavin (698th and 113th in 1:40:14).

Further back came Shivananda Pukhrem (822nd in 1:45:14), Kevin Kenny (928th in a PB time of 1:47:46), John O’Donnell (1029th in 1:51:34), Ciara Black (114th and 294th in 1:55:38), Daniel O’Mahony (1159th in 1:56:17) just ahead of Cecilia Sandre (1160th and 312th in a PB time of 1:56:18), Evelyn Neary (1396th and 440th in 2:14:25) and Linda Walsh (1414th and 454th in 2:15:48, her second fastest half marathon).

We had participants on Saturday morning in only 9 parkruns, one of them in London, but as above, we had some super results.  Kieran Little led home the field of 180 in Shanganagh in a time of 16:30. He was joined by Carina Davidson who placed 118th and 44th in 30:10. Dee Lawlor was one of those runners who prepared for Sunday’s half marathon by running a parkrun on Saturday morning. Dee placed 3rd in 19:59 in the 128-strong field in Cabinteely.  A couple of others who participated in Bohermeen ran in Poolbeg in a contingent of 20 out of a field of 191 there. Kevin Kavanagh took 2nd place in 18:07 and he was followed by Stephen Hurley (4th in 19:13), Neil Monahan (7th in 20:36), Zlatko Kulic (21st in 21:38), Tanja Narancic (45th and 8th in 24:37) just ahead of Cian Coughlan (46th in 24:40), Franky Keane (69th in 27:04), Sharon Woods (70th and 15th in 27:05), Tara Murphy (75th and 19th in 27:14), Ciara Lehane (104th and 35th in 28:43), Yvonne Macauley (105th and 36th in 28:44), Fiona Shine (110th and 39th in 29:06), Mairead Cashman (115th and 43rd in 29:10) alongside Kenan Furlong (116th in the same time), Maureen McGinley (120th and 44th in 29:24), Máirín Shine (125th and 47th in 29:39), Áine Crotty (126th and 48th in 29:42), Kevin Kenny (129th in 29:53), Lisa Shine (161st and 73rd in 37:38) and Fiona Bane, tailwalking.

Coming back from injury, Thomas Vogée headed over to London for the weekend and, alongside his brother, he ran in the hilly Hampstead Heath parkrun, placing 11th in 20:26 in a field of 372.  Closer to home, Eoghan Corrigan placed 14th in 22:19 in the 228-strong Royal Canal Parkrun in Kilcock, whilst Toby Benham took 22nd spot in 21:40 in Tramore Valley, Cork in a field of 237 runners. Darina Scully placed 125th and 31st pushing her buggy in Malahide. Darina’s time was 27:33 and the field there measured 262. Finally, Maria Kennedy ran in Kilkenny, where, in a field of 189, she placed 83rd and 27th in 29:03, whilst, in Donabate, Brendan Glynn ran 25:10 for 46th place alongside 174 other participants.
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Bohermeen Half marathon (1486)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Martin Hoare 1 01:06:49
44 Ciara Wilson 1 01:15:31
Crusaders AC runners
27 Kevin Fitzgibbon 01:14:11 (PB)
34 Ciarain Kelly 01:14:45 (PB)
36 Ciaran Diviney 01:15:01
51 Derek Lawlor 01:16:37 (PB)
69 Robert Browne 01:18:05
70 Joe McDermott 01:18:12 (PB)
84 Eugene McDonough 01:19:00 (PB)
97 Gerard White 01:19:29 (PB)
107 Kenan Furlong 01:19:42 (PB)
156 Rory Goldsmith 01:22:24
280 Eddie Nugent 01:27:05
319 Margaret Foley 01:28:24 (PB) (19)
351 Conor Macguinness 01:29:03
371 David Carter 01:29:08
386 Michael Fitzsimons 01:29:45
415 Carolyn O’Reilly 01:31:00 (PB) (38)
440 Sarah Lyons 01:31:51 (PB) (44)
449 Ciara Lynch 01:32:10 (47)
Xxx Tom Gleeson 01:33:00 (PB)
476 Oisin Browne 01:33:23 (PB)
566 Isabelle Cairns 01:37:12 (77)
616 Cría Dowling 01:38:28 (PB) (92)
628 Dee Ni Chearbhaill 01:38:49 (95)
687 Emily Glen 01:39:58 (PB) (111)
695 Daniel Gleeson 01:40:40 (PB)
698 Tara Gavin 01:40:14 (113)
822 Shivananda Pukhrem 01:45:14
928 Kevin Kenny 01:47:46 (PB)
1029 John O’Donnell 01:51:34
1114 Ciara Black 01:55:38 (294)
1159 Daniel O’Mahony 01:56:17
1160 Cecilia Sandre 01:56:18 (PB) (312)
1396 Evelyn Neary 02:14:25 (440)
1414 Linda Walsh 02:15:48 (454)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/bohermeen_ac_half_marathon/5001/results
BHAA AIB/NUI women’s 2-mile XC race (23)
Overall place Name Guntime
1 Clare Sullivan 00:13:08
Crusaders AC runners
1 Clare Sullivan 00:13:08
5 Rachael Yorke 00:13:51
Full results here: https://irp.cdn-website.com/15e8030f/files/uploaded/AIB%20NUI%202m%20CC%20results.pdf
BHAA AIB/NUI mixed 4-mile XC race (74)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 George Snee 1 00:23:05
45 Louise English 1 00:30:27
Crusaders AC runners
19 Karl Walsh 00:26:19
35 Neil Brown 00:28:39
40 Robbie Moore 00:29:17
44 David O'Donnell 00:30:24
69 Paul E. Kelly 00:39:45
Full results here: https://irp.cdn-website.com/15e8030f/files/uploaded/AIB%20NUI%204m%20CC%20results.pdf
Kilkenny Parkrun (189)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Edoardo Daves 1 00:18:54
10 Claire Phelan 1 00:21:50
Crusaders AC runner
83 Maria Kennedy 00:29:03 (27)
Shanganagh Parkrun (180)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Kieran Little 1 00:16:30
11 Eileen O’Toole 1 00:20:58
Crusaders AC runners
1 Kieran Little 00:16:30
118 Carina Davidson 00:30:10 (44)
Royal Canal, Kilcock Parkrun (228)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Gary McKenna 1 00:17:03
15 Aisling Nolan 1 00:22:34
Crusaders AC runner
14 Eoghan Corrigan 00:22:19
Cabinteely Parkrun (128)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Oren Kenny 1 00:18:19
5 Phillippa Lloyd 1 00:20:46
Crusaders AC runner
3 Derek Lawlor 00:19:59
Malahide Parkrun (262)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Conor Twomey 1 00:17:31
11 Jesseka Gallagher 1 00:19:58
Crusaders AC runner
125 Darina Scully 00:27:33 (31)
Donabate Parkrun (175)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Patrick Phillips 1 00:18:22
9 Katie Halpin 1 00:21:18
Crusaders AC runner
46 Brendan Glynn 00:25:10
Tramore Valley, Cork Parkrun (237)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ken Ince 1 00:17:40
6 Siobhan Hoare 1 00:19:33
Crusaders AC runner
22 Toby Benham 00:21:40
Poolbeg Parkrun (191)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 James Morris 1 00:17:55
18 Ava Rose Clarke 1 00:21:31
Crusaders AC runners
2 Kevin Kavanagh 00:18:07
4 Stephen Hurley 00:19:13
7 Neil Monahan 00:20:36
21 Zlatko Kulic 00:21:38
45 Tanja Narancic 00:24:37 (8)
46 Cian Coughlan 00:24:40
69 Franky Keane 00:27:04
70 Sharon Woods 00:27:05 (15)
75 Tara Murphy 00::27:14 (19)
104 Ciara Lehane 00:28:43 (35)
105 Yvonne Macauley 00:28:44 (36)
110 Fiona Shine 00:29:06 (39)
115 Mairead Cashman 00:29:10 (43)
116 Kenan Furlong 00:29:10
120 Maureen McGinley 00:29:24 (44)
125 Máirín Shine 00:29:39 (47)
126 Áine Crotty 00:29:42 (48)
129 Kevin Kenny 00:29:53
161 Lisa Shine 00:37:38 (73)
184 Fiona Bane 00:55:02 (89) 

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