Success in the National Indoors and on the roads

Molly Hyland

​The weekend was marked by some great running in the National Senior Indoors Championships as well as out on the roads around the counties and further afield.

We start with indoor athletics that took place in the National Indoors Arena in Abbotstown over both days of the weekend. Hugo Magee was our standout performer with a bronze medal in the final of the men’s 400m. In the final he ran 48.92, following 1st place in his heat in 49:11 and 48.21 in placing 1st in heat 3 of the semi-final.

Luc Culliton placed 3rd in heat 10 of the 200m heats in a time of 22.88. However, it was not fast enough to qualify. He and Saad Ashraf also ran in the heats of the 60m on day 2, with Luc placing 6th in 7.35 in the 4th heat, and Saad also placing 6th in 7.21 in heat 9. Enda Clarke placed 10th in heat 3 of the men’s 1500m in a time of 4:19.72, whilst, in the men’s shot put, Conor Quinn placed 6th with his best throw in the 4th round (equalled in the 6th) of 13.25m.

Our standout performance on the roads came from Molly Hyland who recorded a second PB in a week with her time of 82:17 in winning the women’s race in the Naas Town Half marathon on Sunday morning. This was a 4 minute improvement over her time in Alicante (86:28) just a week ago. In wet and windy conditions for the field of 671, Molly placed 12th overall. Behind her came Karl Walsh (no place recorded, but a time of 91:00) and then by Sharon Woods (163rd overall, 31st female finisher and winner of her F50 age category in 1:43:41). The contingent was completed by Niall Fitzgerald (181st in 1:44:35).

Up in Lusk, in the 4-mile race there, Cormac Fenton placed 62nd in the field of 850 in a time of 24:51, and he was followed by Aoife Matthews (174th, 24th and 3rd F50 in 28:56).
Also on Sunday, Conor MacGuinness joined a field of 129 in Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, where he placed 6th in 38:38 in the 10k event there.

Further afield, on Sunday morning, we had 3 athletes taking part in Tokyo marathon. David Willis, our American exile now based in Charlotte, North Carolina, recorded a super time of 2:39:06 with level splits, followed by Triona Quill who likely placed highly in her F55 age category with a time of 3:27:07 and then by Lieze Verberght who ran a solid 4:01:44, agonizingly close to going under 4 hours.

There were two races up in the mountains over the weekend with Crusader participation. In Co. Sligo, Kevin Lambe joined a field of 57 on Saturday morning tackling the Carrowkeel Winter out-and back 10k with a climb of 300m. Kevin placed 28th in 66:19. On Sunday morning, Gavan Doherty ran with 147 others in the Brockagh Burst 6.6k in the Wicklow Mountains. He placed 78th on the course with its climb of 252m in 46:32.
Finally, coming to Saturday morning’s parkruns on an unusually sunny morning, we had several podium finishers.

Annie Hughes ran in her native Westport where, in a field of 125, she placed 2nd overall and 1st female finisher in 19:06, whilst, in St. Anne’s, Rob Cross led the field of 540 across the line in 17:09. Rob was followed by Paul Reidy in 2nd place with a time of 17:34 and then by Michael O’Shea (64th in 22:01) and Fiona Bane (111th and 17th in 24:09). Then, in Shanganagh with its field of 347, Ciara Regan placed 9th and 1st in 19:48, followed by Mags Foley (22nd and 5th in 21:05), Paul Campbell (40th in 22:22), Olwyn Dunne (109th and 14th in 25:55), Orlaith de Burca (153rd and 32nd 28:02) and Kevin Kenny (264th in 33:10). Mary Donnelly placed 18th and 2nd in 21:52 in the 230-strong field in Bushy Park, with Kev Moore placing 9th in 20:39 just ahead of her, whilst Aoife McCarthy also placed 2nd (24th overall) in the field of 126 in Brickfields and a time of 23:21. Mairead Cashman also ran there, placing 98th and 31st in 34:00.

The large contingent of at least 26 Crusaders in Poolbeg was led home by Steven Hurley in 2nd place and a time of 17:50 in the field of 241. Stephen was followed by Conor MacGuinness (7th in 19:33), Darragh Jones (13th in 20:13), Conor Kilkenny (17th in 20:23), Adrian Groarke (20th in 20:52), Mustaf Ahmed (23rd in 21:04), Donal O’Malley (24th in 21:08), Piarais Neary (26th in 21:18), David Timoney (31st in 21:40), Louise Dobbyn (34th and 5th in 22:11), Emily Glen (53rd and 9th in 24:04), Neil Brown (57th in 24:26), Sharon Woods, celebrating her 250th parkrun (68th and 15th in 24:55), Franky Keane (83rd in 25:56), Bo Chicoine (84th in 25:57), Louise O’Riordan (85th and 21st in 25:58), Diarmuid Bolger (129th in 28:05), Iseult Ni Chuinneagain (133rd and 43rd in 28:17), Lorraine McMahon (145th and 52nd in 28:35), Maureen McGinley (158th and 61st in 29:20), Orla McTernan (162nd and 63rd in 29:31), Mari Hansen (164th and 64th in 29:35), Una McCullagh (169th and 69th in 30:11), Fanny Trébouet (173rd and 72nd in 30:19), Marie-Claire Daly (209th and 98th in 34:52) and John Lohan, tailwalking.

In Marlay Park, Paul Flynn placed 3rd in a field of 582 and a time of 17:43, and he was followed by Kate Murray (136th and 22nd in 24:44), Ellen Walsh (228th and 49th in 27:20) and Carina Davidson (383rd and 127th in 30:49). Meanwhile, in Oldbridge, Susanne English ran 27:38 for 58th and 8th places in a field of 164, whilst Colm Foley placed 34th in 23:48 in the field of 203 in Griffeen Park.

Ryan Preston ran in Belfast Victoria with 283 other participants, placing 88th in 22:13, whilst in Con Smith Anna Shine placed 34th and 12th in 30:35 in the field of 59. Anna was followed by Lisa Shine (36th and 13th in 30:57) and Máirín Shine (37th and 14th in 31:22).
Kabir Sala headed to his native Italy where he ran in the Milano Nord parkrun, placing 24th in a field of 215 and in a time of 21:11, whilst, in Donabate, Brendan Glynn ran alongside 207 other runners where he placed 61st in 26:14. In Ballincollig, with 329 participants, Helena O’Keeffe ran 36:19 for 285th and 112th places, whilst, in Kilcock, Martina White placed 175th and 51st in 30:32.
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Lusk 4-mile (850)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Tadhg Donnelly 1 00:18:38
14 Catherina Mullen 1 00:21:59
Crusaders AC runners
62 Cormac Fenton 00:24:51
174 Aoife Matthews 00:28:56 (24)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/lusk_4_mile/6023/results
Thomastown 10k (129)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 John Behan 1 00:35:29
15 Maeve O’Connor 1 00:40:27
Crusaders AC runner
6 Conor MacGuinness 00:38:38
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/_thomastown_5k_10k_and_15k/6158/results
Naas Town Half marathon (671)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Eoin Brennan 1 01:15:05
12 Molly Hyland 1 01:22:17
Crusaders AC runners
12 Molly Hyland 01:22:17 (PB) (1)
XX Karl Walsh 01:31:00
163 Sharon Woods 01:43:41 (31)
181 Niall Fitzgerald 01:44:35
Full results here: https://www.popupraces.ie/race/naas-town-10-mile-half-marathon/#2_47D931
IMRA Carrowkeel Winter 10k (57)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Alan Dunne 1 00:45:17
7 Roisin Howley 1 00:54:35
Crusaders AC runner
28 Kevin Lambe 01:06:19
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2775/category/O/
IMRA Brockagh 6.6k (148)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Mark Carmody 1 00:34:52
2 Isabel O’Reilly 1 00:35:02
Crusaders AC runner
78 Gavan Doherty 00:46:32
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/results/id/2765/category/O/
Oldbridge Parkrun (164) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Con Halpin 1 00:18:41
14 Ciara Shaw 1 00:21:45
Crusaders AC runner
58 Susanne English 00:27:38 (8)
Griffeen Parkrun (203) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Oliver Warren 1 00:17:31
33 Caroline O’Sullivan 1 00:23:45
Crusaders AC runner
34 Colm Foley 00:23:48
Belfast Victoria Parkrun (284) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Cameron Grant 1 00:16:23
20 Katie Napier 1 00:18:29
Crusaders AC runner
88 Ryan Preston 00:22:13
Westport Parkrun (125) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ruairi Hollywood 1 00:15:31
2 Annie Hughes 1 00:19:06
Crusaders AC runner
2 Annie Hughes 00:19:06 (1)
Con Smith Parkrun (59) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Shaney McPhillips 1 00:19:04
6 Finola Fitzsimons 1 00:22:36
Crusaders AC runners
34 Anna Shine 00:30:35 (12)
36 Lisa Shine 00:30:57 (13)
37 Máirín Shine 00:31:22 (14)
Ballincollig Parkrun (329)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anthony Mannix 1 00:17:43
6 Anne O’Donovan 1 00:19:52
Crusaders AC runner
285 Helena O’Keeffe 00:36:19 (112)
Shanganagh Parkrun (347)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 George Callery 1 00:16:59
9 Ciara Regan 1 00:19:48
Crusaders AC runners
9 Ciara Regan 00:19:48 (1)
22 Margaret Foley 00:21:05 (5)
40 Paul Campbell 00:22:22
109 Olwyn Dunne 00:25:55 (14)
 153 Orlaith de Burca 00:28:02 (32)
264 Kevin Kenny 00:33:10
Donabate Parkrun (208)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Anthony Sharkey 1 00:17:13
7 Geraldine McHale 1 00:21:15
Crusaders AC runner
61 Brendan Glynn 00:26:14
Marlay Parkrun (582)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Ciaran Connolly 1 00:16:46
22 Paula Grant 1 00:20:58
Crusaders AC runners
3 Paul Flynn 00:17:43
136 Kate Murray 00:24:44 (22)
228 Ellen Walsh 00:27:20 (49)
383 Carina Davidson 00:30:49 (127)
Brickfields Parkrun (126) 
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Luke Higgins 1 00:18:08
12 Narangarav Gankhuyag 1 00:21:39
Crusaders AC runners
24 Aoife McCarthy 00:23:21 (2)
98 Mairead Cashman 00:34:00
Bushy Parkrun (230)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Aogan Mac Domhnaill 1 00:18:08
3 Roisin McMahon 1 00:19:12
Crusaders AC runners
9 Kev Moore 00:20:39
18 Mary Donnelly 00:21:52 (2)
Royal Canal, Kilcock Parkrun (350)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Kevin Kelly 1 00:17:06
32 Amy Hedderman 1 00:23:18
Crusaders AC runner
175 Martina White 00:30:32 (51)
St. Anne’s Parkrun (540)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Rob Cross 1 00:17:09
22 Ailish Malone 1 00:19:45
Crusaders AC runners
1 Rob Cross 00:17:09
2 Paul Reidy 00:17:34
64 Michael O’Shea 00:22:01
111 Fiona Bane 00:24:09 (17)
Poolbeg Parkrun (241)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 August Benedicto 1 00:17:48
6 Christine Parsons 1 00:19:12
Crusaders AC runners
2 Stephen Hurley 00:17:50
7 Conor MacGuinness 00:19:33
13 Darragh Jones 00:20:13
17 Conor Kilkenny 00:20:23
20 Adrian Groarke 00:20:52
23 Mustaf Ahmed 00:21:04
24 Donal O’Malley 00:21:08
26 Piarais Neary 00:21:18
31 David Timoney 00:21:40
34 Louise Dobbyn 00:22:11 (5)
53 Emily Glen 00:24:04 (9)
57 Neil Brown 00:24:26
68 Sharon Woods 00:24:55 (15)
83 Franky Keane 00:25:56
84 Bo Chicoine 00:25:57
85 Louise O’Riordan 00:25:58 (21)
129 Diarmuid Bolger 00:28:05
133 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:28:17 (43)
145 Lorraine McMahon 00:28:35 (52)
158 Maureen McGinley 00:29:20 (61)
162 Orla McTernan 00:29:31 (63)
164 Mari Hansen 00:29:35 (64)
169 Una McCullagh 00:30:11 (69)
173 Fanny Trebouet 00:30:19 (72)
209 Marie-Claire Daly 00:34:52 (98)
241 John Lohan 00:59:14

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Triona Quill