Strong performances in the League and in the National Masters T&F Championships

10/8/2026

L-R: Robert Cervi, Joanne Carey, Lisa Corrigan, Karl Fitzmaurice

This week’s report belongs mainly to T&F for two meets coming close to the end of the season.

The two events were, firstly, the National Masters T&F Championships, and the second one, a day later, was the final of the National T&F League on Sunday, both events taking place in warm and relatively sunny conditions at the same venue, the Morton Stadium in Santry.

We start with the Masters Championships, where we witnessed a magnificent haul of medals for our athletes. Lisa Corrigan picked up 4 medals: In the F50 category she placed 3rd in the 100mH (0.762m) in a time of 17:22. She also picked up a bronze in the 200m with a time of 35:05. Then, in the long jump, with her last jump of 4, she took silver with a leap of 3.75m. Finally, along with Karl Fitzmaurice, Joanne Carey and Robert Cervi, she picked up a bronze medal in the mixed relay with an aggregate time of 4:32.01.

Robert Cervi also did well. In addition to medalling in the relay, he also took gold in the M45 100m in a time of 12.35, followed by silver in the 200m with a time of 24.80 and gold in the long jump, also with his last leap, with a distance of 5.36m. Another multiple medal winner was Michael Burke who placed 3rd in the M50 100m in 13.23, followed by 2nd in the 200m in 26.73.

Kevin Fitzgibbon took M40 silver in 16:11.49 in the 5000m, followed by John Mulvihill who placed 4th in the same category in 16:49.85. Meanwhile, Sean Brickell took silver in the M55 discus (1.5kg) with his 4th attempt, having left no marks on his first three. Sean threw the discus 32.43m. He also placed 4th in the javelin (700g) with a throw of 33.56m (on his 4th throw). Karl Fitzmaurice placed 2nd in the M50 800m recording a time of 2:15.42, whilst John O’Loughlin took 3rd place in the M55 400m with a time of 63.41. Finally, Paul Francis placed 5th in the M60 100m with a time of 14.40.

On Sunday, our senior men were competing in the Premier Division, whilst our senior women were contesting the First Division and both teams acquitted themselves extremely well. The men placed 4th in the top division once all the scores had been totalled, agonisingly close to the podium, missing out by one point after the best 17 results were totalled, whilst the women placed 5th in theirs. We’re finally back on the League map and many congrats to all who took part.

The scores appeared as follows (maximum 9 points available to the winner of any event). In the 4x 400m women’s relay, Hope Lewis, Jade Murphy, Rachael Yorke and Sarah Lyons placed 5th in 4:24.73, yielding 4 points. Juliette McCloskey finished in 4th place in the 100mH in 19.46 (4). Charlotte Myers won her 1500m in 4:39.49 (9). Jade took 6th spot in the 400m with a time of 66.09 (3), whilst Emily Sheils won the 3000m in a time of 10:15.44 (9). Juliette also ran in the 200m, placing 5th in 27.78, whilst Hope also placed 5th in the 800m in 2:25.05 (4). Ladies captain Sarah won the 2000m steeplechase in a time of 7:47.31, her training in Irishtown on the water jump for the last couple of Tuesday evenings having fully paid off! Sara Marini Lazarov took 6th place in the shot put (4kg) with a throw of 8.2m (her 3rd of 4 efforts) (3), whilst Marion Gillman placed 3rd in the 100m with a time of 13.55 (6). The redoubtable Philippa Conway threw the hammer 20.25m (her 3rd of 4) for 3rd place (6), whilst also later throwing the discus (1kg) 23.15m with her last effort of 4 for 4th place (5). Juliette O’Connor placed 4th in the triple jump with a leap of 8.57m (5), whilst Elif Ekson participated in both the weight for distance (28lbs) placing 4th with a throw of 3.95m (her 4th effort) and then in the long jump where she also placed 4th with a leap of 4.41 on her first attempt (of 4) (5).

The men also had an enjoyable day. If they weren’t earning many points in one or two cases they were at least getting PBs. As was the case for Alex Ainsworth who ran in the 800m, placing 8th but obtaining a PB time of 2:00.03.

When the smoke cleared the men found they had placed 4th overall, only 1 point behind Ratoath, with the outcome in doubt until the last event, the 4 x 400m relay, where the team of Alex, Robert Cervi, Jack Byrne and Danny Shine placed 7th in 3:40.83 for 2 points, Ratoath placing 2nd for 7 points.

Just as with the women, the day started well with Sean Owens winning the 110mH in 15.07 (9). That was followed by Danny Shine in the 400mh where he placed 4th in 62.70 (5). The 4 x 100m relay team of Lúc Culliton, Liam Beaumont, Sean and Valentinos Goularas took 4th spot in 42.78 (5), whilst Cai Lewis won the 1500m in 4:12.85 (9). Jack Byrne placed 4th in the 400m in 51.53 (5), whilst Adam Shier, in his first 3000m steeplechase took 3rd place in 9:44.11 (6), looking extremely polished in the event.

Lúc went on to place 6th in the 200m in 22.83 (3), whilst Colm Parnell placed 3rd in the 5000m in a time of 15:23.14 (6). Liam took 6th spot in 11.80 in the 100m (3), whilst in the field we also had some excellent results.

Ciaran Donnelly placed 4th with his first throw of the hammer reaching 38.85m (5), whilst Alfie Casey placed 5th in the pole vault after reaching 2.3m (4). Harry Alexander placed 7th with is first attempt in the long jump, a leap of 5.41m, whilst Alfie also took on the high jump, placing 4th with a jump of 1.7m (5). Harry also placed 5th with a leap of 11.21m, his 2nd, in the triple jump, whilst Danny Shine placed 8th with the 800g javelin (27.03m, his 2nd of 4) (1) and Ciaran threw the weight for distance (56lbs) 5.5m (his first effort) for 5th spot (4). Finally, Conor Quinn threw the 2kg discus 28.88m for 5th place (4) and in the shot put (7.26kg) he placed 2nd with a put of 11.89m (7).

On the roads the weekend began on Friday evening with a 5k race down in New Ross, Co. Wexford, organised by United Striders. The downhill race (even more helpful than the Jingle Bells race later in the year) would have yielded quite a few PBs. Indeed, as an example, the winner of the women’s race, Ciara Wilson, who recorded a time of 16:36 to place 2nd in our fast and flat Docklands 5k race in July, ran 15:42 on Friday evening. Three of our members took the opportunity to run and were not disappointed. In the field of 408, Eddie Nugent ran 18:57 for 73rd place, followed by Dee Ni Chearbhaill who placed 118th overall, 18th female finisher and 2nd F45 in 20:25 and then by Mairead Cashman (326th and 125th and 1st F60).

On Saturday evening, the iconic Streets of Galway 8k welcomed a field of 3140, among them at least 6 Crusaders who made the trip west. It is also on a decently fast course. Brian Regan was the first to cross the line, placing 34th in 28:01 and he was followed by Paul Kilgariff (180th in 32:44). John McDonagh was next (209th in 31:14), followed by Louise O’Riordan (211th and 18th in 33:06), Eamon MacFhionnlaoich (265th in 34:02) and Maureen McGinley (2009th and 789th in 49:35).

On Sunday, in damp conditions Kathryn Gibbons joined a field of 382 in the Monaghan 10-miler, where she placed 38th and 4th in 65:22, a super result for our ladies’ vice-captain.

Further afield, two of our Spanish exiles ran in a couple of races last week. The first was the 5.7k trail race, the Subido a Colmenar, where Esther Requena Ferri took 3rd place in the women’s race in 29:14, whilst Cristian Vilchez Ceballos ran 26:11. Later in the week they both competed in the Carrera Santo Cristo del Zapato, another trail race of 10.7k where Esther won the women’s event in 59:42 and Cristian ran 55:39. Also, on Saturday, Tilde Martinsen, on a trip to Alberta in Canada, took part in a 25k foothill trail race near Calgary (the Iron Legs 25k) with 200m climbs in places, and where she won the women's race in a time of 3:25. Finally, Jens Seggewiss ran a 10k road race in Laer (the Beerlager) in his native Germany where he recorded a time of 36:26.

There was one race organised in the mountains by IMRA at the weekend with Crusader participation. Jason Kehoe ran alongside 117 other participants in the Tinahely Half marathon trail race (actually measuring 22.5k), with a climb of over 1000m, where he placed 22nd in 22:36:50.

Several Crusaders headed over to the Aran Islands for the weekend, where they took part in the Inis Méain parkrun on Saturday morning. In a field of 65, Stephen Ryan placed 6th in 21:02, followed by Daniel Littlewood (7th in 21:22), Kabir Sala (9th in 22:05), Saketh Ravuluri (12th in 22:47), Sean Brady (14th in 24:44), Luz Estevan (15th and 2nd in 24:45), Aoife McCarthy (17th and 4th in 25:51), Laura O’Malley (21st and 6th in 26:52), Michelle English (33rd and 11th in 29:27), Carina Davidson (34th and 12th in 29:30), Darren Kelly (45th in 31:51), Cynthia Perucca (48th and 20th in 33:21) and Marie-Claire Daly (56th and 27th in 38:35).

Stephen Hurley was once again a first finisher in Poolbeg. In a field of 194 he ran 17:32, and he was followed by Ronan Walsh (27th in 21:55), Zlatko Kulic (43rd in 23:47), Claire Reidy (45th and 7th in 23:51), Brian O’Neill (60th in 25:11), Sharon Woods (78th and 13th in 26:41), Siobhan Russell (114th and 32nd in 29:31), Djinn Von Noorden (118th and 36th in 29:41), Josie Ward (122nd and 39th in 30:02), Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (137th and 45th in 31:09), Mairead Cashman (148th and 52nd in 32:14) and Edwina Hogan (157th and 57th in 33:27).

Mikel Crisostomo was another first finisher, this time in Father Collins, where, in a field of 154, he ran 17:36, whilst, in the Achill Greenway parkrun, Ashley Hayes placed 2nd in 21:22 in a field of 53. Ross Neill headed to Belvoir Forest, Belfast, where he ran 20:00 for 4th place in a field of 78, whilst Kevin Lambe joined 166 other runners in Mullingar where he placed7th in 20:46. John Lohan ran in Athlone where, in a field of 117, he placed 11th in 21:41, whilst in St. Anne’s, with a field of 500, Peter O’Toole placed 6th in 18:56, followed by Emer Kenny (102nd and 12th in 24:06).

Lisa Shine ran down in Cork on the Midleton Greenway, where she took 55th and 15th spots in a field of 175 and in a time of 26:41, whilst David Carter was our sole runner among the 343 participants in Shanganagh where he recorded a time of 19:53 for 15th place.

Runners in the later Streets of Galway joined the field of 80 in Clonbur Woods, where Eamon MacFhionnlaoich placed 6th in 23:44, followed by Louise O’Riordan (26th and 5th in 28:17) and Maureen McGinley (65th and 27th in 51:29). Myles Nolan and Natalie McEvoy joined 524 other runners in Marlay Park, where Myles placed 37th in 21:453, followed by Natalie (392nd and 140th in 33:20), whilst Ailish Hassett placed 183rd and 88th in 53:13 in the field of 225 on Bere Island. Georgina Loughrey placed 131st and 34th in 31:00 in the 255-strong field in Tramore, Waterford, whilst Ellen Walsh placed 56th and 12th in Dodder Valley. The field measured 157 and Ellen’s time was 27:41. Meanwhile, we had 3 runners in Cabinteely with its field of 185. Kevin Kenny placed 104th in 30:14, followed by Fiona Shine (110th and 20th in 30:58) and Máirín Shine (113th and 22nd in 31:15).

Several of our members ran in parkruns abroad. Chris Bannon ran in Denmark in the 140-strong field of Amager Strandpark where he placed 34th in 23:13, whilst Michael O’Shea placed 25th in 20:24 in Woodlands, Scarborough with its field of 286. Joe O’Reilly placed 472nd in 35:19 in the 544-strong field in Bishop’s Stortford, whilst Martina White placed 135th and 34th in 29:25 in Gladstone in London with a field of 290. Finally, one of our London exiles, Thom Martini, ran once again in Gunnersbury. In a field of 763 he placed 184th in 24:51.

South East Greenway 5k Stride (408)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Eoin Everard 1 00:14:31
11 Ciara Wilson 1 00:15:42
Crusaders AC runners
73 Eddie Nugent 00:18:57
118 Deirdre Ni Chearbhaill 00:20:25 (18)
326 Mairead Cashman 00:29:22 (125)
Full results here: https://myrunresults.com/events/south_east_greenway_5k_stride_2026/5897/results
Monaghan 10-miler (382)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Sean Lally 1 00:55:51
4 Judith Storm 1 00:58:00
Crusaders AC runner
38 Kathryn Gibbons 01:05:22 (4)
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/the-monaghan-10-miler-2026/
Streets of Galway 8k (3140)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Thomas McStay 1 00:23:28
26 Meabh Brannigan 1 00:27:28
Crusaders AC runners
34 Brian Regan 00:28:01
180 Paul Kilgariff 00:32:44
209 John McDonagh 00:31:14
211 Louise O’Riordan 00:33:06 (18)
265 Eamon MacFhionnlaoich 00:34:02
2009 Maureen McGinley 00:49:35 (789)
Full results here: https://redtagtiming.com/results/SoG2026.html
IMRA Tinahely Half marathon trail race 22.5k (118)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Alan Dunne 1 01:55:26
7 Sinead Farrell 1 02:10:03
Crusaders AC runner
22 Jason Kehoe 02:36:50
Full results here: https://imra.ie/events/results?id=2860
Achill Greenway Parkrun (53)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Jake O’Connor 1 00:21:16
3 Sarah McCarthy 1 00:22:50
Crusaders AC runners
2 Ashley Hayes 00:21:22
Inis Meáin Parkrun (65)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Matthew Reid 1 00:18:55
5 Fionnuala Mulroy 1 00:20:43
Crusaders AC runners
6 Stephen Ryan 00:21:02
7 Daniel Littlewood 00:21:22
9 Kabir Sala 00:22:05
12 Saketh Ravuluri 00:22:47
14 Sean Brady 00:24:44
15 Luz Estevan 00:24:45 (2)
17 Aoife McCarthy 00:25:51 (4)
21 Laura O’Malley 00:26:52 (6)
33 Michelle English 00:29:27 (11)
34 Carina Davidson 00:29:30 (12)
45 Darren Kelly 00:31:51
48 Cynthia Perucca 00:33:21 (20)
56 Marie-Claire Daly 00:38:35 (27)
Clonbur Woods Parkrun (80)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Torrin Thomas 1 00:19:51
11 Eve Holleran 1 00:24:39
Crusaders AC runners
6 Eamon MacFhionnlaoich 00:23:44
26 Louise O’Riordan 00:28:17 (5)
65 Maureen McGinley 00:51:29 (27)
Athlone RSC Parkrun (117)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Henry Pugh 1 00:16:48
13 Aiveen Digby 1 00:21:55
Crusaders AC runner
11 John Lohan 00:21:41
Shanganagh Parkrun (343)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Drew Donohoe 1 00:17:49
29 Maeve O’Grady 1 00:21:29
Crusaders AC runner
15 David Carter 00:19:53
Poolbeg Parkrun (194)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Stephen Hurley 1 00:17:32
8 Amy Morrison 1 00:19:52
Crusaders AC runners
1 Stephen Hurley 00:17:32
27 Ronan Walsh 00:21:55
43 Zlatko Kulic 00:23:47
45 Claire Reidy 00:23:51 (7)
60 Brian O’Neill 00:25:11
78 Sharon Woods 00:26:41 (13)
114 Siobhan Russell 00:29:31 (32)
118 Djinn Von Noorden 00:29:41 (36)
122 Josie Ward 00:30:02 (39)
137 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:31:09 (45)
148 Mairead Cashman 00:32:14 (52)
157 Edwina Hogan 00:33:27 (57)
St. Anne’s Parkrun (500)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ian Conroy 1 00:17:32
20 Ailish Malone 1 00:19:58
Crusaders AC runners
6 Peter O’Toole 00:18:56
102 Emer Kenny 00:24:06 (12)
Belvoir Forest Parkrun (78)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Brian McFlynn 1 00:17:40
6 Ailis McKavanagh 1 00:21:52
Crusaders AC runner
4 Ross Neill 00:20:00
Mullingar Parkrun (167)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 John O’Reilly 1 00:20:02
16 Claire Ross 1 00:23:14
Crusaders AC runner
7 Kevin Lambe 00:20:46
Marlay Parkrun (526)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Fionn Neville 1 00:16:49
43 Amy Cooke 1 00:22:08
Crusaders AC runners
37 Myles Nolan 00:21:53
392 Natalie McEvoy 00:33:20 (140)
Cabinteely Parkrun (185)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cameron Fallon 1 00:17:34
17 Emma Theobald 1 00:22:11
Crusaders AC runners
104 Kevin Kenny 00:30:14
110 Fiona Shine 00:30:58 (20)
113 Máirín Shine 00:31:15 (22)
Dodder Valley Parkrun (157)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Marcus Sheridan 1 00:17:46
4 Aleksandra Rogalska 1 00:21:10
Crusaders AC runner
56 Ellen Walsh 00:27:41 (12)
Tramore Waterford Parkrun (255)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Liam Walsh 1 00:17:35
4 Gabrielle Lodge 1 00:18:54
Crusaders AC runner
131 Georgina Loughrey 00:31:00 (34)
Father Collins Parkrun (154)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Mikel Crisostomo 1 00:17:36
18 Natalia Lungu 1 00:22:10
Crusaders AC runner
1 Mikel Crisostomo 00:17:36
Midleton Greenway Parkrun (175)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ryan McCarthy 1 00:18:14
8 Emily Auld 1 00:19:48
Crusaders AC runner
55 Lisa Shine 00:26:41 (15)
Bere Island Parkrun (225)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Loughlin Campion 1 00:19:07
3 Ella Collins 1 00:19:57
Crusaders AC runner
183 Ailish Hassett 00:53:13 (88)