 Start of the 5 mile road championships with Brian O'Kelly, Peter O'Toole and Paul Cowhie The 5-mile road racing championships took place on Sunday morning as part of the Irish Runner 5-mile race in the Phoenix Park. Thankfully, everything went smoothly for the runners and our men ran away with team and individual silver medals.
More of that story below, as we start, as usual, with events on the track. Saturday afternoon was dedicated to an IMC meeting in UCD and we had several runners take part in the races that coaches Mike McGovern and Susan Walsh put on offer. Our athletes took part in various distances from 200m to 3,000m, with 400s, 800s and even a mile race in between. Luke Timlin was our only runner to take part in the men’s 200m B grade race where he placed 3rd in 23.24. He joined Finn Boyle for the men’s 400m B standard race, where he placed 5th behind Finn who won the race. Finn ran 50.93 for the win with Luke running 54.33. Claire Mooney took on the 400m distance this week, and, in the A standard race, she placed 2nd in 56.18, just under 2s behind the winner. Fearghal O’Hare ran in the 800m men’s B race, where he placed 7th in 1:53.89, whilst, in the men’s F, Aaron Cashman similarly placed 7th in 2:05.49. We had two runners in the men’s G standard. Enda Clarke took 3rd place in 2:03.17, just ahead of Henry Griffin who followed him in 4th place in 2:03.74. We had 3 athletes take part in the women’s 800m C grade race. Annie Hughes led the contingent home in 7th place in a time of 2:31.42, with Maeve Lochrie next (8th in 2:35.16) and Laura Garcia Gonzales a little further behind (9th in 2:42.26). Barry McCarthy and Colm Parnell contested the C standard mile race with a substantial field of 12 runners. Barry came home in 4th place in 4:23.71, just ahead of Colm who took 5th spot in 4:23.85. Finally, we had two runners in the men’s 3000m B race, another event with a large field. Patrick Conlon placed 17th in 9:28.72 in a photo finish with another runner, given the same time. Joe McDermott followed in 19th place in 9:47.55. On Sunday, 1,312 runners took part in the Irish Runner 5 mile race which started at the top end of Phoenix Park on Chesterfield Ave, winding its way in an anti-clockwise direction along the Ordnance Survey Road, down the Upper Glen Road to the Acres Road and then back up Chesterfield from the Phoenix Monument, along the Ordnance Survey Road for the second time, finishing after a tight turn on Furze Road. Conditions were warm and humid, so it made for a challenge. We had 8 runners in the field and the first four of them to cross the finishing line made up the second placed senior team on the day, despite all of them being masters. Brian O’Kelly placed 5th in a time of 25:54, also winning M35 individual silver. Brian was followed by Ciarain Kelly (24th in 27:56, 6th M35), with Peter O’Toole not too far behind (28th in 28:09, 5th M40). The team was completed by Paul Cowhie who came home in 37th place in 28:46, also winning the silver medal in the M55 age category competition. So, our runners packed well and distinguished themselves with the senior team medal, in a competition involving 16 clubs. Having said that, the results also confusingly indicated that Brian, Ciarain and Peter had won O/35 team gold. We will wait to see what the final decision is, but in the past, the senior team medal has generally trumped the masters one. Carmel Cooney also ran in the race, starting quite far back so that there was over a minute between her chip and gun times. Carmel placed 243rd overall and 59th female finisher in 35:39. Likewise, Sharon Woods had a similar experience, placing 511th overall, 130th female finisher, in 40:56. In between them came Alan Kavanagh who took 272nd spot in 36:22 and further back came Elad Solomon who placed 546th in 40:48. Racing actually started earlier in the week, with the BHAA OPW 5k trail race that took place in the Phoenix Park on Tuesday night. The 2-lap race is conducted on trails near the cricket pitches to the west of Chesterfield Avenue and just above the Khyber Pass. In light winds and a mild temperature, and on a sunny evening, 199 runners contested the race and we had at least 7 Crusaders among them. The first across the line was Paul Reidy (4th in 17:44) and he was followed by Karl Walsh (19th overall and 4th M45 in 19:16). Karl was followed by Tony Hackett (71st in 22:21) and by Robbie Moore (74th in 22:34). Next came Dee Ni Chearbhaill, winning her F45 age category in 22:51 and placing 10th female finisher, 78th overall, with Maureen McGinley (155th and 40th in 28:09) and Mairead Cashman (172nd and 53rd in 30:18) further back. On Wednesday, Karl Walsh also decided to participate in the IMRA Howth Summer 8.7k race, an event in the Leinster League involving a climb of 308m. In a field of 99 finishers, Karl placed 28th in a time of 47:34. On Saturday, the day was taken up by several of our clubmates participating in this year’s edition of the Wicklow Way Relay (WWR). At time of writing we have not had enough visibility on the composition and performance of the teams, of which there were 36, and if it does become clearer we will endeavour to update the report. Suffice it to say that Jason Kehoe ran the first leg for the team he represented, placing 5th out of the 36 runners. We also had Joanne Carey placing 20th in leg 8 for her team, whilst Dee Lawlor ran leg 5 for his team, placing 17th. Kate Murray ran the same leg, finishing in 25th spot. Mairead Cashman also took part in the all-women's Crusader team, along with Emer Kenny, Olwyn Dunne and Mairin Shine. Further afield, Donatas Jocius ran in the World Mountain Championships in Innsbruck in the Austrian Alps on Saturday morning, representing his native Lithuania. In a race of approx. 14km, Donatas’ team placed 29th overall, with Donatas finishing in 116th place in a field of 131 finishers. Well done to him! Numbers were generally high in parkruns on Saturday morning, although there were fewer Crusaders than usual involved, possibly because of the WWR. Naturally, though, we had some first finishers and podium places among those who did run. Katie Rogers, on what may probably be brief visit home from Australia to her native Kerry, ran in Tralee where, in a field of 238, she placed 8th overall and first woman home in 19:56. Ilona McElroy was also a first finisher in Tolka Valley where she placed 2nd overall in a field of 44 and a time of 21:07. In third place overall in the event came Paul F. Kelly who ran 21:12. Ciara Regan was also a first finisher, again in Poolbeg where she placed 7th overall in a time of 19:29. Ciara was headed by Michael Fitzsimons who ran 18:58 for 4th place and she was followed by Franky Keane (26th in 21:48), Paul Campbell (30th in 22:12), Josie Ward (41st and 7th in 23:05), Julian Callan (59th in 24:25), Kenan Fulrong pacing the 25 minute runners (66th in 24:59), Cliodhna O’Reilly (75th and 15th in 25:37), Kevin Kenny (84th in 25:57), Sharon Woods (88th and 21st in 26:19), Maureen McGinley (114th and 38th in 27:58), Djinn von Noorden (125th and 46th in 28:24), Mary Dolan (135th and 53rd in 29:23), Gillian Curran (136th and 54th in 29:24) just behind, Lianne Leech (164th and 69th in 33:16), Cynthia Perucca (167th and 72nd in 35:14) and Mari Hansen tailwalking in the field of 179. Eddie Nugent finished 2nd in Cabinteely. In a field of 147, Eddie ran 19:27, whilst, in Borrisokane, John Lohan joined a modest field of 21, placing 2nd there in 21:54. Also placing 2nd in his parkrun was Rob Browne who ran in Shanganagh. Rob completed the distance in 17:54 ahead of Janet McManus who ran 27:27 for 105th and 26th places. The field measured 230.Toby Benham ran in Denmark, where, in the Amager Faelled parkrun he ran 20:25 for 4th place in a field of 72. Susanne English joined 109 other runners in Oldbridge, where she placed 26th and 4th in 25:42, whilst Fiona Shine ran alongside 90 other participants in Athlone, where she placed 32nd and 8th in 28:05. Darina Scully joined a field of 103 in River Valley, placing 24th and 5th in a time of 25:32, whilst Helena O’Keeffe took on Tramore Vally. In a field of 162, Helena placed 64th and 12th in 25:23. Eoghan Corrigan and Brendan Glynn ran in Donabate with its field of 204 runners. Eoghan placed 16th in 22:16, whilst Brendan followed him home in 28th place in a time of 23:05. Finally, Kevin Flynn ran 37:42 for 58th place in a field of 76 in Porterstown, whilst Liam Lyster ran 41:06 for 24th place in a field of 33 in Strokestown. BHAA OPW Trail Run (199) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Sean Doran 1 00:16:45 6 Laura McDonnell 1 00:17:58 Crusaders AC runners 4 Paul Reidy 00:17:44 19 Karl Walsh 00:19:16 71 Anthony Hackett 00:22:21 74 Robbie Moore 00:22:34 78 Dee Ni Chearbhaill 00:22:51 (10) 172 Mairead Cashman 00:30:18 (53) Full results here: https://irp.cdn-website.com/15e8030f/files/uploaded/OPW%205k%20Trail%20Run%202023.pdf Irish Runner 5-mile road race (national championships) (1312) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Emmet Jennings 1 00:24:27 27 Meghan Ryan 1 0028:07 Crusaders AC runners 5 Brian O’Kelly 00:25:54 24 Ciarain Kelly 00:27:56 28 Peter O’Toole 00:28:09 37 Paul Cowhie 00:28:46 243 Carmel Cooney 00:34:27 (59) 272 Alan Kavanagh 00:36:22 511 Sharon Woods 00:40:56 (130) 546 Elad Solomon 00:40:48 Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/irish_runner_5_mile_2023/4801/club-team-results?runnerClass=5%20mile&type=Team&category=M IMRA Howth Summer 8.7k (99) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 John Moroney 1 00:36:24 25 Eva McNelis 1 00:46:37 Crusaders AC runner 28 Karl Walsh 00:47:34 Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2309/ Borrisokane Parkrun (21) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Ronan Daly 1 00:21:52 4 Rachel McEntee 1 00:26:51 Crusaders AC runner 2 John Lohan 00:21:54 Tolka Valley Parkrun (44) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Paul Fleming 1 00:18:15 2 Ilona McElroy 1 00:21:07 Crusaders AC runners 2 Ilona McElroy 00:21:07 (1) 3 Paul F. Kelly 00:21:12 Tralee Parkrun (238) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 David Chute 1 00:19:22 8 Katie Rogers 1 00:19:56 Crusaders AC runner 8 Katie Rogers 00:19:56 (1) Shanganagh Parkrun (230) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Stephen McGuinn 1 00:17:19 5 Lynne Hennessy 1 00:19:25 Crusaders AC runners 2 Robert Browne 00:17:54 105 Janet McManus 00:27:27 (26) Athlone Parkrun (91) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Sean Purcell 1 00:21:09 11 Linda Rankin 1 00:23:43 Crusaders AC runner 32 Fiona Shine 00:28:05 (8) Tramore Valley, Cork Parkrun (162) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Shane Cooney 1 00:17:47 32 Yvonne Walsh 1 00:22:38 Crusaders AC runner 64 Helena O’Keeffe 00:25:23 (12) River Valley Parkrun (103) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Brian O’Reilly 1 00:19:30 6 Cecile Ollagnier 1 00:21:59 Crusaders AC runner 24 Darina Scully 00:25:32 (5) Poolbeg Parkrun (179) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Christopher O’Reilly 1 00:18:05 7 Ciara Regan 1 00:19:29 Crusaders AC runners 4 Michael Fitzsimons 00:18:58 7 Ciara Regan 00:19:29 (1) 26 Franky Keane 00:21:48 30 Paul Campbell 00:22:12 41 Josie Ward 00:23:05 (7) 59 Julian Callan 00:24:25 66 Kenan Furlong 00:24:59 75 Cliodhna O’Reilly 00:25:37 (15) 84 Kevin Kenny 00:25:57 88 Sharon Woods 00:26:19 (21) 114 Maureen McGinley 00:27:58 (38) 125 Djinn von Noorden 00:28:24 (46) 135 Mary Dolan 00:29:23 (53) 136 Gillian Curran 00:29:24 (54) 164 Lianne Leech 00:33:16 (69) 167 Cynthia Perucca 00:35:14 (72) 178 Mari Hansen 00:50:30 Cabinteely Parkrun (147 Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 John Golden 1 00:19:15 6 Sophie Fleming 1 00:20:44 Crusaders AC runner 2 Eddie Nugent 00:19:27 Donabate Parkrun (204) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Paddy Downey 1 00:19:15 11 Sinéad Farrell 1 00:20:53 Crusaders AC runners 16 Eoghan Corrigan 00:22:16 28 Brendan Glynn 00:23:05 Porterstown Parkrun (76) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Niall Sherlock 1 00:18:17 13 Colleen Barrett 1 00:22:21 Crusaders AC runner 58 Kevin Flynn 00:37:42 Oldbridge Parkrun (110) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Colum Reilly 1 00:21:21 11 Mairead Murphy 1 00:22:39 Crusaders AC runner 26 Susanne English 00:25:42 (4) Strokestown Parkrun (33) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 James Battye 1 00:21:54 2 Carla Moran 1 00:24:15 Crusaders AC runner 24 Liam Lyster 00:41:06 Comments are closed.
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