Strong Showing in the 2nd round of the WM&T league

10/2/2019

Back row: Michelle Geoghegan, Maureen McGinley, Emer Kenny, Sarah Lyons, Fiona Shine, Olwyn Dunne, Grainne Regan, Carina Davidson, Ciara Lynch. Front row: Kate Murray, Orlaith de Burca, Geraldine Clements, Anna Shine, Maria del Carmen Jimenez Campos, Aisling Dilworth.

We had several athletes participating in the Irish universities Indoor track and field championships on Friday and there were a few standout performances. The principal one came from Andrew Mellon who set a record for his alma mater Queen’s University Belfast in the final of the 400m, with a win in 47.70, having run 48.97 in qualifying. Shane Keane took silver in the long jump with a leap of 6.61m, whilst James Kelly also took 2nd place in the shot put with a throw of 14.35m. Nick Ennis also competed in the 2nd heat of the 200m and, despite a 2nd place in 22.91 in lane 3, he was unable to progress.

A couple of our clubmates took part in the national 50k championships in Donadea on Saturday, and a race where Gary O’Hanlon once again set a national record in an amazing time of 2:40:46. Andrew Kinneen, who is training for the Rotterdam marathon in early April and will be delighted by his run, took 36th place in a field of 185, in a time of 4:12:46 (equivalent to a close to 3:30 marathon effort), whilst Donatas Jocius came home in 75th place in a time of 4:32:58. The race involved 10 laps of a 5k forested course. largely flat, but with a hill towards the end of each lap.

Kate Murray reports that 140 women turned out for the 2nd of 3 races in the Meet and Train cross country league on Sunday in Cherryfield, hosted by Bros Pearce AC. In cold but sunny conditions, with some nice mucky spots from recent rain and a bit of wind, 16 Crusaders women competed in the 3.5k race on a relatively flat course (but with a couple of tricky hills) that is also used by the BHAA. The A team was led home again by Grainne Regan in a fantastic 4th place finish in 14:26. Grainne was followed by Fiona Shine (having been undeterred by an earlier stand-off with a "rabid" (!) dog!). After a sprint finish with 2 other athletes, she finished 7th in 14:37. Fiona was followed by Sarah Lyons in an excellent finish to place 9th (14:46), Ciara Lynch in her 2nd cross country race (15th in 15:00), Kate Murray (17th in 15:11) who crossed the finish line with Emer Kenny (18th in 15:11), Geraldine Clements getting the better of her rival from the last race in a great sprint finish to take 29th (15:31), Lisa Shine coming back to form (41st in 15:56), Carina Davidson (53rd in 16:16), Olwyn Dunne who is tapering for the marathon in the sun (Seville) next Sunday (57th in 16:16), another Spring marathoner Maria del Carmen Jimenez Campos (68th in 16:41), Anna Shine (75th in 16:53), Orlaith de Burca (88th in 17.32), Michelle Geoghegan (116th in 18:29), Aisling Dilworth (118th in 18:42) and Maureen McGinley (121st in 18:48). After the first race the A team of Grainne, Fiona, Sarah, Kate, Emer and Dorothy Maguire were sitting in 3rd place closely behind Bros Pearce. After 2 races, in the A division Crusaders A team now lie in 2nd place on 114 points behind Sportsworld A team (on 94 points) with Dunboyne A team in 3rd (on 141 points). Crusaders B lie in 2nd place in the B division with 398 points behind Esker B (on 313 points). Crusaders C, meanwhile, continue to lead the C division on 658 points with their nearest rivals, Bros Pearce C, on 690 points. It is all to play for in the 3rd and final race of the league on Sunday 3rd March in Abbottstown!

Leo Lundy reports that he “hobbled” around a marathon in and around Fore Abbey in Co. Westmeath over the weekend. Meanwhile, Kris Ryan won the 12-hour dawn to dusk event at Caboolture in Queensland after winning the 24-hour event at the same venue last year.

There was a much larger than usual turnout in the parkruns on Saturdays and again we list those who managed podium places first. In Monaghan Adam Flanagan was first finisher in a time of 18:12, whilst Joe O’Donoghue also finished in first place in St. Anne’s in a time of 17:45. Emer Kenny also ran there, placing 260th overall and 68th female in 28:34. Serena Moloney was also a first finisher in Templemore where she placed 7th overall in a time of 21:53. Amy Brogan was 3rd (18th overall) in Porterstown in 23:26, whilst Rory Goldsmith took on Knocknacarra, taking 2nd spot in 19:48. Ciarain Kelly also took 2nd place in 18:24 in Shanganagh. Meanwhile, we had a useful showing in Poolbeg, where Fiona Bane came 2nd (39th overall) in 24:05. Fiona was joined by Kenan Furlong (3rd in 19:09), David Timoney (13th in 20:24), Kieran Finucane (14th in 20:39), Sharon Woods (51st overall, 9th female, in 24:51), Ava Rose Clarke (57th overall, 11th female, in 25:12), Killian Stokes (71st in 26:27), Maureen McGinley (96th overall, 26th female, in 28:22), Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (113th overall, 35th female, in 31:23), Ciara McElligott (120th and 38th in 31:48), Don Anderton (136th in 33:22) and Cliodhna O’Reilly (137th and 47th in 33:24). Another podium place went to Brendan Glynn who ran in Portumna. Brendan placed 3rd in 22:38. Brian Scanlan was 4th in River Valley in a time of 21:30, whilst Dominick Branigan placed 4th in 19:56 in Bushy Park. Further afield Aoife and Paul Kelly ran in Taupo in New Zealand, placing respectively 22nd (5th female) and 33rd in a field of 82, in times of 23:32 and 26:15, whilst Kris Ryan ran in Australia, in Mudgeeraba with 155 other participants, placing 71st and 22nd in 31:08, just before embarking on her epic race noted above. In Marlay Park, Luke Davis placed 5th in 18:38, followed by Mary Noelle Rohan (406th and 127th in 32:33), whilst, in Malahide, Ronan Moynihan took 24th spot in 20:20, followed by Darina Scully who placed 397th and 170th in 45:55. Luke Haran placed 5th in Mungret, whilst Liam Lyster took 18th place in Strokestown in a time of 27:15. Mairead Cashman ran 29:45 in Glen River for 71st place overall (and 20th), whilst Declan O’Connor took 8th spot in Corkagh in 21:42. Finally, Cormac McGuire came over the line in 11th place in Tolka Valley in a time of 23:39.

Donadea 50k national championships (185)
Overall place Name Cat Place Chiptime
1 Gary O’Hanlon 1 02:50:46 (NR)
16 Laura O’Driscoll 1 03:48:15
Crusaders AC runners
36 Andrew Kinneen 04:12:46
75 Donatas Jocius 04:32:58
Full results here: https://my6.raceresult.com/117450/results?lang=bg
River Valley Parkrun #132 (116)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Luke Murphy 1 00:19:44
10 Maeve O’Mahony 1 00:22:42
Crusaders AC runner
4 Brian Scanlan 00:21:30
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/rivervalley/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=132
Marlay Parkrun #292 (470)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Jack Byrne 1 00:17:22
13 Harriette Ann-Marie Robinson 1 00:19:41
Crusaders AC runners
5 Luke Davis 00:18:38
406 Mary Noelle Rohan 00:32:33 (127)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/marlay/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=292
Bushy Parkrun #103 (215)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Kevin Donagher 1 00:17:48
3 Sarah Fitzpatrick 1 00:19:31
Crusaders AC runner
4 Dominick Branigan 00:19:56
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/bushydublin/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=103
Knocknacarra Parkrun #241 (107)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Ryan Owen 1 00:18:33
12 Judith Campbell 1 00:22:21
Crusaders AC runner
2 Rory Goldsmith 00:19:48
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/knocknacarra/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=241
Porterstown Parkrun #174 (188)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Jason Harte 1 00:19:32
11 Denise Convery 1 00:22:13
Crusaders AC runner
18 Amy Brogan 00:23:26 (3)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/porterstown/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=174
St. Anne’s Parkrun #271 (494)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Joe O’Donoghue 1 00:17:45
20 Niamh Corbett 1 00:20:05
Crusaders AC runners
1 Joe O’Donoghue 00:17:45
260 Emer Kenny 00:28:34 (68)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/stannes/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=271
Glen River Parkrun #12 (103)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Conor McRory 1 00:19:05
11 Irene Eighan 1 00:21:27
Crusaders AC runner
71 Mairead Cashman 00:29:45 (20)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/glenriver/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=12
Poolbeg Parkrun #77 (158)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Ashley Hayes 1 00:18:26
37 Miriam Kearney 1 00:23:56
Crusaders AC runners
3 Kenan Furlong 00:19:09
13 David Timoney 00:20:24
14 Kevin Finucane 00:20:39
39 Fiona Bane 00:24:05 (2)
51 Sharon Woods 00:24:51 (9)
57 Ava Rose Clarke 00:25:12 (11)
71 Killian Stokes 00:26:27
96 Maureen McGinley 00:28:22 (26)
113 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:31:23 (35)
120 Ciara McElligott 00:31:48 (38)
136 Don Anderton 00:33:22
137 Cliodhna O’Reilly 00:33:24 (47)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/poolbeg/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=77
Tolka Valley Parkrun #51 (63)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Aaron Mullan 1 00:19:05
7 Aisling Ahern 1 00:21:50
Crusaders AC runner
11 Cormac McGuire 00:23:39
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/tolkavalley/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=51
Corkagh Parkrun #73 (240)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Daire Nulty 1 00:19:52
4 Fiona Coy 1 00:20:49
Crusaders AC runner
8 Declan O’Connor 00:21:42
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/corkagh/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=73
Strokestown Parkrun #22 (79)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Kieran-James Wallace 1 00:20:28
15 Paula Mollohan 1 00:24:51
Crusaders AC runner
18 Liam Lyster 00:27:15
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/strokestown/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=22
Portumna Parkrun #48 (45)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Eoin Woolley 1 00:20:37
6 Marie Theresa Murphy 1 00:23:57
Crusaders AC runner
3 Brendan Glynn 00:22:38
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/portumna/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=22
Mungret Parkrun #23 (100)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Shane Clifford 1 00:19:39
20 Louise Matthews 1 00:23:45
Crusaders AC runner
5 Luke Haran 00:21:08
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/mungret/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=23
Malahide Parkrun #327 (405)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Paul Cowhie 1 00:17:35
3 Annette Kealy 1 00:18:35
Crusaders AC runners
24 Ronan Moynihan 00:20:20
397 Darina Scully 00:45:55 (170)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/malahide/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=327
Shanganagh Parkrun #200 (161)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Liam Blackburn 1 00:17:47
18 Blanaid Callan 1 00:22:36
Crusaders AC runner
2 Ciarain Kelly 00:18:24
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/shanganagh/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=200
Templemore Parkrun #107 (94)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Tom Lupton 1 00:18:03
7 Serena Moloney 1 00:21:53
Crusaders AC runner
7 Serena Moloney 00:21:53 (1)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/templemore/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=107
Monaghan Parkrun #68 (83)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Adam Flanagan 1 00:18:12
11 Annamarie McMahon 1 00:24:24
Crusaders AC runner
1 Adam Flanagan 00:18:12
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/monaghan/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=68