Super results in Dunshaughlin 10K and elsewhere

25/6/2017

Lorraine Healy, Fiona Shine, Anna King, Lesley-Ann Doughan, Lisa Shine and Catherine Thornton

The report begins with Wednesday’s Dublin Athletics graded track and field meet in Tallaght, the 5th in this year’s series. There was a bit of a breeze and a constant threat of rain, but it largely held off. Nevertheless, the event took place in quite clammy conditions. There are some question marks over several of the 800m results, so they should be treated with a lot of caution, but the 200m and 3,000m results are probably accurate. In the men’s 200m C race John O’Loughlin placed 2nd in 25.77, whilst Paul Kelly, in the same race, took 8th in 33.40. The women’s B 800m race was stuffed with Crusaders along with a runner, Lorraine Healy, who trains with us. After leading for much of the race, Anna King, in her first race of the season, had to settle for 2nd place in a possible time of 2:25.59. Anna was followed by the steady Fiona Shine who placed 3rd in 2:28.23 and Lesley-Ann Doughan just behind, 5th in 2:28.92. Next came Lorraine (7th in 2:30.54), followed by Catherine Thornton (10th in 2:35.19) and Lisa Shine (12th in 2:40.51). Paul Kelly went on to compete in the men's 800m D race, placing 13th in a time of 3:37.20, whilst John Fahy placed 5th in the 800m C 1st race in a time of 2:17.60 and John Thuillier was 8th in the 2nd race in a time of 2:23.71. In the men’s 800m B 1st race, Alan Sheehy ran 2:11.93 to place 6th, whilst Brian Carroll placed 7th in the 2nd race in a time of 2:08.55. Finally, there were PBs for all our runners in the 3,000m. Darina Scully ran in a combined A, B and C women’s race, placing 16th overall in a PB time of 12:26.71, and although John McAuley and Joe McDermott also ran in a men’s combined A, B and C race, their results were treated differetly from those of the women and their places were split out into separate races. John duly won the C standard with a PB time of 9:53.53 (his first time under 10 minutes), whilst Joe was given 7th place with a PB time of 10:22.12.

On the same night, our intrepid mountaineers were taking part in an IMRA league race in Brockagh, Co. Wicklow. The course measured 11km and was considered of moderate difficulty with a climb of 443m. Jason Kehoe won for the 2nd time in as many weeks in a time of 50:27, followed by Brian Leonard (19th in 57:10), winning for once in the usual battle with teammate Brian McGuckin (24th in 58:29). They were followed by Ali Onur Uyar (73rd in 1:07:18) and Gavan Doherty (81st in 1:08:25), who's returned to his first love from last week’s parkrun. The field measured 178 runners.

On Friday night Dominick Branigan took on the Drogheda and District Midsummer 5K, placing 11th in a field of nearly 600 participants. Dominick’s time was 17:39.

Then on Saturday, there was a lot to report. The morning saw a few of our clubmates travel down to Waterford to take part in the half and quarter marathons in the Viking Marathon festival. Russell Murphy and Fiona Bane took on the half, in warm conditions on a hilly course, placing, respectively, 352nd and 367th overall in times of 1:51:12 and 1:52:14 (74th woman finisher) in a field of over 1,200 participants. We had 3 runners in the quarter: In a field of nearly 970 runners, Diarmuid Byrne took 16th spot in 45:15, followed by Aoife Clarke (63rd overall, 16th woman, in 52:32) and Maria Pertl (241st overall, 102nd woman, and potentially the fastest 6-months pregnant woman in the field in 1:03:29).

The afternoon witnessed an IMC meet in a windy Belfast on the Mary Peters track there. Several Crusaders decided to make a weekend of it and put in a bit of racing too. Nick Ennis placed 6th in the men’s 400m A race in a great time of 48.95, whilst then going on to run in the men’s 400m A event, placing 4th in 11.06. We had several running in the 800m. In the women’s B race, Lesley-Ann Doughan improved on her time in Tallaght, by running 2:27.35 and placing 5th (again!). Alan Sheehy ran 2:12.52 in the men’s 800m C race to place 4th, whilst Michael O’Conor took on the C race and grabbed 7th spot in 2:01.75, close to the time he recorded in Irishtown two weeks ago. In the men’s 1500m A race, Michael Kiely ran 4:03.38 and came home in 14th place, whilst Niamh Boland, in the women’s equivalent event, placed 7th in 4:43.32. Finally, Shane Collins participated in the men’s 3,000m and took 21st position in a PB time of 9:12.89.

The evening was dedicated to the classic 10K race in Dunshaughlin, in its 38th edition. It’s a super race and always attracts around 800 runners. This year was no exception, on a slightly windy and warm evening, the field finally measured north of 770, nearly 25% of them breaking 40 minutes, which shows what quality the race exhibits. The course is not flat, with a couple of hills around the 6Km mark, but it is fast and extremely enjoyable, with a marvellous feast afterwards provided by the townspeople. We fielded a small contingent of 12 runners, but it was full of quality, with Orla Drumm coming home in a season’s best time of 35:52 and taking an excellent 2nd place (55th overall) behind the prolifically successful Laura Shaughnessy who marked a PB in her winning time of 34:02. Catherine Thornton was our next woman home, in her 2nd event of the week, taking 7th spot (162nd overall) in a super PB time of 39:23 and also getting a likely PB at 5k, breaking 19 minutes for the first time. The women’s team was completed by Kate Murray (356th overall, 53rd woman) in a time, close to a PB for the distance set 2 weeks ago, of 44:49 and Olwyn Dunne (390th overall, 68th woman) in a time of 46:04. The combined total of positions for the first three women was agonisingly close to a podium place, only 1 point off taking 3rd spot in the team competition. Considering we only had 4 women running, 4th place was an excellent outcome all the same.

The men also ran well, with Rob Cross, despite carrying a neck injury which saw him lose a few places towards the end, winning his age category and taking home for the 2nd time a shield as big as a door which will have to have his name engraved on it. Rob finished in a creditable 13th place in a race which Sergiu Ciobanu won with considerable ease, with our Kenyan friends Peter Somba and Freddie Sittuk fighting it out between them for 2nd and 3rd spots some distance behind. Peter inevitably prevailed, having sat on Freddie’s shoulder until the last 100m or so. Our next runner home was Ger Forde who ran well to place 37th in a PB time of 35:52, followed by Joe McDermott with his 2nd PB of the week. Joe placed 81st in a great chiptime he hadn’t realised he’d achieved of 36:59 (official guntime of 37:02). This was the first year where runners enjoyed a chipped start. In previous years Joe would not have been able to claim the lower time, because the starts were all based on gun. Joe was followed by Joe Walsh who was on autopilot towards the end, but ran bravely to take 96th spot in 37:16. Next came Colm Kernan who was another runner also to mark his finish with a PB. Colm placed 122nd in 37:48 and he was followed by Eddie Nugent (127th in 37:57), Simon Kenny (222nd in 41:36) and Kevin O’Connor (445th in 47:37).

On Sunday morning, Jane Wallace joined Thomas Clarke and 370 or so other runners to run in the Malahide Castle 10K and distinguished herself with a 3rd place finish in the women’s race. Jane’s time was 42:47 and her overall position was 31st. Thomas, on the other hand, ran 40:07 to place 9th overall.

Gary Park reports that Crusaders men came 5th in their premier division pool in the first qualifying round of the National track and field league in Athlone on Sunday. County Tipperary had 133 points after the first round, Menapians, 131, Leevale, 120, GCH, 95, Crusaders, 85, Tullamore, 75 and Kilkenny City, 42 points. There was a win for Oisin Taylor in the triple jump, 2nd for Nick Ennis in the 400m and Sam Gaine in the Discus. 3rd places went to Ciaran Donnelly in the hammer and the 56lb and Tom De Jongh in the shot put. All to play for in the 2nd round, with the team lying in 10th overall at this stage (8 places up for grabs) and we wish the team the best of luck.

Also, over the weekend on the track, Jason Harvey reported that he ran in France in a 400mH race, coming home with a season's best 51.20.

Pat Quill ran in the North Lavaredo Ultra trail race near Cortina in Italy over the weekend. The distance was 120km with a climb of some 5,800m. He reported that it was highly enjoyable up until the 80k mark when his right quad became exceptionally sore and too painful to run on. He walked the rest and shed a lot of places but was never in any doubt for a finish.

As usual, the last part of the report is dedicated to the outcome of the various parkruns in which our clubmates have participated, not too many this week. Alex Romano was our lone participant along with 350 other runners in Marlay. Alex finished in 17th place in 20:46. Likewise, Maria Kennedy took on Kilkenny on her own, placing 4th woman (29th overall in a field of 106) in a time of 25:04. Similarly, Mairead Cashman, whilst holidaying in Kerry, ran in Killarney and placed 38th overall (11th woman) in 27:47 and a field of 61 runners. Darina Scully, in her search for parkruns all over Ireland, decided to run in Glengariff, Co. Cork, actually coming home as first woman finisher in a time of 24:40 (4th place overall) in a modest field of 34. The larger contingents turned up in St Anne’s and Cabinteely. In Raheny, in a field of nearly 340, Michael Maughan honed his skills with a 13th place and a time of 19:26. Michael was followed by Noel Reilly (28th in 20:27), Denis Murphy (183rd in 27:52) and Lorraine Fitzsimons (272nd overall, 118th woman, in 31:43). Finally, Helena Walsh placed 17th overall (2nd woman) in a time of 22:07 in Cabinteely (among 114 other runners), followed by Colm Foley (33rd in 24:34), Fiona Shine (87th overall, 28th woman, in 31:20) and Orlaith de Burca (88th overall, 29th woman, in 31:48).
Dunshaughlin 10K
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Sergiu Ciobanu 1 00:30:12
27 Laura Shaughnessy 1 00:34:02
Crusaders AC runners
13 Rob Cross 00:32:55
37 Ger Forde 00:34:48 (PB)
55 Orla Drumm 00:35:52 (2)
81 Joe McDermott 00:36:59 (PB)
96 Joe Walsh 00:37:16
122 Colm Kernan 00:37:48 (PB)
127 Eddie Nugent 00:37:57
162 Catherine Thornton 00:39:23 (PB) (7)
222 Simon Kenny 00:41:36
357 Kate Murray 00:44:49 (53)
390 Olwyn Dunne 00:46:04 (68)
445 Kevin O’Connor 00:47:37
Full results here: http://www.sportsplits.com/Home/Results
Malahide castle 10K
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Brian Martin 1 00:36:02
7 Zoe Quinn 1 00:39:55
Crusaders AC runners
9 Thomas Clarke 00:40:07
31 Jane Wallace 00:42:47 (3)
Full results here: http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/bdee40_2c743a339e27436ab7c834ea3db7a514.pdf
Drogheda Midsummer 5K
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Valdas Dopolskas 1 00:15:45
22 Nicola Bull 1 00:17:39
Crusaders AC runner
11 Dominick Branigan 00:17:39
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/drogheda__district_ac_midsummer_5k/1956/results
Waterford Half marathon
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Trevor Power 1 01:13:03
10 Ruth Fitzgerald 1 01:24:14
Crusaders AC runners
352 Russell Murphy 01:51:52
367 Fiona Bane 01:52:14 (74)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/waterford_viking_marathon_2017/2007/results
Waterford Quarter marathon
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 David Mansfield 1 00:36:32
20 Sinead Brannigan 1 00:46:30
Crusaders AC runners
16 Diarmuid Byrne 00:45:15
63 Aoife Clarke 00:52:32 (16)
241 Maria Pertl 01:03:29 (102)
Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/waterford_viking_marathon_2017/2007/results
Marlay Parkrun #215
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Charlie McGowan 1 00:17:04
8 Lynne Hennessy 1 00:19:06
Crusaders AC runner
17 Alex Romano 00:20:46
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/marlay/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=215
KilkennyParkrun #139
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Gerry O’Brien 1 00:19:27
13 Bronagh O’Hara 1 00:22:28
Crusaders AC runner
29 Maria Kennedy 00:25:04 (4)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/kilkenny/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=139
Killarney Parkrun #105
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Larry Arthur 1 00:17:37
7 Niamh Clifford 1 00:20:38
Crusaders AC runner
38 Mairead Cashman 00:27:47 (11)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/killarney/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=105
St Anne’s Parkrun #188
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Aidan Jones 1 00:17:28
16 Elaine McNulty 1 00:19:42
Crusaders AC runners
13 Michael Maughan 00:19:26
28 Noel Reilly 00:20:27
183 Denis Murphy 00:27:52
272 Lorraine Fitzsimons 00:31:43 (118)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/stannes/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=188
Cabinteely Parkrun #117
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Paul Caulfield 1 00:19:10
16 Cristin Scollard 1 00:21:59
Crusaders AC runners
17 Helena Walsh 00:22:07 (2)
33 Colm Foley 00:24:34
87 Fiona Shine 00:31:20 (28)
88 Orlaith de Burca 00:31:48 (29)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/cabinteely/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=117
Glengariff Parkrun #73
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Liam Cotter 1 00:20:17
4 Darina Scully 1 00:24:40
Crusaders AC runner
4 Darina Scully 00:24:40 (1)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/glengariff/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=73