Taking advantage of the warm weather

Pat Quill

There must have been much celebrating on the track in the Morton Stadium on Wednesday evening, as Phil Healy chose the 4th event of the Dublin Athletics Graded emphatically to underline her credentials as Ireland’s fastest female athlete with a new Irish women’s 100m record of 11.28, breaking the previous one held jointly by Ailis McSweeney and Amy Foster by 12/100ths of a second. Alix Hughes was lucky enough to run in the same race, placing 9th in a time of 13.12, and it was not the only event that Alix took on that night, finishing 2nd in the high jump with a leap of 1.3m.
 
We had several athletes participating in the event in Santry, competing in some events which were championships. Fearghal O’Hare and Shane Keane were just both edged out of a medal in their respective disciplines, with the former placing 4th in the 400m in 52.19 and the latter placing 4th in the 100m in 11.33. All the sae, they were excellent results and they were joined by Peter Murphy who won his men’s 100m B race in 11.79. Peter also won his 400m B2 race in 52.65. Abbas Bowen was another athlete to run in more than one event, placing 3rd in the men’s 100m C race in 12.21 and 2nd in the D event in 14.00. Meanwhile, in the men’s 1500m D race our middle distance runners also are going from strength to strength. Frank Halligan placed 2nd in 4:43.35, followed by Joe McDermott (3rd in 4:49.38) and Brendan Glynn (5th in a PB time of 5:08.96, running the distance for only the 2nd time). In the women’s 1500 B and C1 combined, Emer Kenny too 9th place in 5:40.09. Nick Ennis was another winner in the sprints, running 49.77 in the men’s 400m A2 race, whilst there was also a win (like Peter and Nick) for Jonathan Miller in the men’s 400m B1 event in 51.47. John O’Loughlin took part in the 400m C1 race, placing 3rd in 58.78 and he was followed by Frank Halligan, running his 2nd event of the night, in 5th in 65.36.
 
Last week there was another IMRA midweek race in which we had runners. As usual, Warren Swords put in a good showing in the event which took place around Prince William’s Seat in Co. Wicklow. In a field of 173 finishers, Warren placed 8th in 38:47 on an 8.4km course, involving a climb of 364m on moderate terrain. Conditions were good. Dry and warm. Brian McGuckin was next in 27th in a time of 44:36, followed by Anthony O’Reilly (38th in 46:17), Ollie McGrath (48th in 47:58) and Berndt Heim (162nd in 66:45).
 
Over the weekend, there were several races on which to report. Olwyn Dunne took advantage of a family visit to Cork to race at the last minute in the Glanmire 4 mile race. In a field of 202 runners, Olwyn distinguished herself by placing 60th overall, 4th female finisher and winner of her age category, in a time of 30:26. Additionally, Lisa Shine also paid a visit to Cork over the weekend, placing 38th overall in a field of 192, 12th female, in a time of 23:32, in a Doneraile AC-organised 5k race. Barry McGuire joined 390 other runners on Friday evening to take part in the Patrick Bell 5k organised by Bohermeen AC. In a race won by Peter Somba, Barry placed 119th in a time of 20:09.
 
Pat Quill reported that he took part in the South Downs 100m race near Eastbourne in England on Saturday, completing the event in 23:03, whilst Leo Lundy also ran in England, completing the Explorer marathon along the Thames in 5:19 and earning an obscenely large medal in the process. Further afield two of our exiles had sterling performances in their respective events. Kris Ryan placed 3rd female finisher in the Gold Coast 100 in Australia, whilst Ian Kinsella also placed 3rd in the 5 peaks run in the Rattlesnake Point Conservation Area in Ontario Canada.

Numbers were up generally in the parkruns on Saturday morning, everyone taking advantage of the beautiful weather we are currently enjoying. In Aylesbury near London, Sarah Lyons ran along with 116 others, placing 18th overall and finishing as first female in a time of 23:32.  There was also a first finisher place for Olwyn Dunne in Brickfields where she ran 24:58 to place 7th overall. In the same event, husband Joe also ran really well to place 3rd in 23:24. In Olwyn’s home parkrun of Cabinteely we had several runners. They were led home by Eddie Nugent in 5th place (19:43), followed by Kate Murray (35th overall, 4th woman home, in 24:32), Mairead Cashman (102nd overall, 36th female, in 29:52) and Emma O’Mahony (136th overall, 56th woman, in 37:42) in her first run since becoming a mum for the first time. Jonathan Claridge celebrated his recent birthday by placing 11th in St Anne’s in a time of 19:02, whilst Matt Cranley delivered another buggy PB in Father Collins, placing 12th in a time of 19:43.In Porterstown, Aoife Quinn placed 37th overall, 11th woman finisher, in 25:32, whilst Brendan Kieran placed 28th in 24:21 in Hartstown. We had 2 runners in Marlay. Luke Davis improved on his time last week by placing 14th in 18:48, followed by Aisling O’Connor (408th overall, 119th woman, in 31:31. Finally, we had large turnouts in River Valley and Poolbeg. Diarmuid Byrne led our contingent home in River Valley by placing 6th in 20:29. Dairmuid was followed by Brian Scanlan (10th in 20:35), Maria Pertl (65th overall, 12th female, in 27:14), Darina Scully (71st overall, 16th female, in 27:39) and Kevin Flynn (168th in 38:55). Anthony Owens was the first Crusader over the line in Poolbeg, finishing in 6th in 19:44 and followed by David O’Donnell (14th in 21:07), Russell Murphy (27th in 22:58), Fiona Bane (36th overall, 4th woman home, in 23:49), Zalan Kovacs (37th in 23:53), just behind, Mari Hansen (82nd overall, 24th woman, in 29:22) and Mairin Shine (111th overall, 38th woman, in 39:22), just coming back from injury.
 
Bohermeen Patrick Bell 5k (391)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Peter Somba 1 00:15:16
22 Maria McCambridge 1 00:17:12
Crusaders AC runner
119 Barry McGuire 00:20:09
Full results here: http://www.myrunresults.com/events/patrick_bell_5k_(bohermeen)/2429/results
Glanmire 4 mile race (202)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 John Meade 1 00:21:49
48 Seodhna Young 1 00:29:01
Crusaders AC runner
60 Olwyn Dunne 00:30:26 (4)
Full results here: http://www.myrunresults.com/events/glanmire_4_mile_2018_(mrr)/2627/results
Doneraile AC 5k (192)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Gross time
1 Tony Fogarty 1 00:17:13
4 Martina Kiely 1 00:18:43
Crusaders AC runner
38 Lisa Shine 00:23:32 (12)
Full results here: http://www.myrunresults.com/events/doneraile_ac_5k_race/2698/details
IMRA Prince William’s Seat (175)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Christian McKenna 1 00:35:47
32 Roisin Long 1 00:45:30
Crusaders AC runners
8 Warren Swords 00:38:47
27 Brian McGuckin 00:44:36
38 Anthony O’Reilly 00:46:17
48 Ollie McGrath 00:47:58
162 Berndt Heim 01:06:45
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/view/id/1600
St. Anne’s Parkrun #236 (452)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 William Walsh 1 00:17:06
28 Sarah Kelly 1 00:20:08
Crusaders AC runner
11 Jonathan Claridge 00:19:02
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/stannes/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=236
Hartstown Parkrun #186 (75)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Owen Fletcher 1 00:17:37
7 Niamh Clifford 1 00:19:47
Crusaders AC runner
28 Brendan Kieran 00:24:21
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/hartstown/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=186
Poolbeg Parkrun #41 (120)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Turlough Conway 1 00:17:36
15 Deirdre Nally 1 00:21:20
Crusaders AC runners
6 Anthony Owens 00:19:44
14 David O’Donnell 00:21:07
27 Russell Murphy 00:22:58
36 Fiona Bane 00:23:49 (4)
37 Zalan Kovacs 00:23:53
82 Mari Hansen 00:29:22 (24)
111 Mairin Shine 00:39:22 (38)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/poolbeg/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=41
River Valley Parkrun #97 (195)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Pawel Kaim 1 00:18:49
9 Rachel Eustace 1 00:20:34
Crusaders AC runners
6 Diarmuid Byrne 00:20:29
10 Brian Scanlan 00:20:35
65 Maria Pertl 00:27:14 (12)
71 Darina Scully 00:27:39 (16)
168 Kevin Flynn 00:38:55
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/rivervalley/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=97
Porterstown Parkrun #138 (119)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Didier Da Costa 1 00:19:10
20 Rachel Morgan 1 00:23:28
Crusaders AC runner
37 Aoife Quinn 00:25:32 (11)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/porterstown/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=138
Marlay Parkrun #261 (529)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Paul Stephenson 1 00:16:37
16 Sarah Baryga 1 00:18:56
Crusaders AC runners
14 Luke Davis 00:18:48
408 Aisling O’Connor 00:31;31 (119)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/marlay/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=261
Father Collins Parkrun #141 (67)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Graham O’Dwyer 1 00:17:12
16 Elaine Howard 1 00:19:59
Crusaders AC runner
12 Matt Cranley 00:19:43
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/fathercollins/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=142
Cabinteely Parkrun #166 (144)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Igor Pashchenko 1 00:18:18
20 Dee O’Mahony 1 00:23:34
Crusaders AC runners
5 Eddie Nugent 00:19:43
35 Kate Murray 00:24:32 (4)
102 Mairead Cashman 00:29:52 (36)
136 Emma O’Mahony 00:37:42 (56)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/cabinteely/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=166
Brickfields Parkrun #22 (64)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 unknown 1 00:21:39
7 Olwyn Dunne 1 00:24:58
Crusaders AC runners
3 Joe Dunne 00:23:24
7 Olwyn Dunne 00:24:58 (1)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/brickfields/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=22

Kris Ryan (4226)

Ian Kinsella (in 3rd)

Emma O'Mahony

Leo Lundy