The IMC meet was where it was at on an otherwise quiet weekend

10/6/2019

The major event of the weekend for the club was the IMC meet at the Le Cheile track in Leixlip on Saturday afternoon. We had several of our members compete, and compete well, and the following are the results that apply to them. Shane Keane ran in the B grade of both the 100 and 200 metres, placing 2nd in the 100m in 10.77 and winning the 200m in 21.99. Valentinos Goularas also took part in the 100m where he took 5th spot in 11.05. Alix Hughes also competed in two events. In the Long Jump she placed 2nd with a leap of 4.69m and then went on to win the 200m B standard race in 27.55. In the men’s 800m B Fearghal O’Hare took 3rd place in 1:55.52, whilst in the strong women’s A field of international quality Niamh Allen placed 8th in 2:14.63. Katie Rogers and Fiona Shine took on the 800m women’s B standard race, with Katie crossing the line in 4th in a time of 2:22.15, followed by Fiona in 9th place, in 2:28.30. The race was notable for having been won by Anne Gilshinan of Slaney Olympic in a new world record time for an O/55 in 2:19.63 (her 2nd WR in as many meets). Michael O’Conor continued to participate in 1500m races, placing 9th in the mixed standard 1500m in 4:12.69, whilst Michael Kiely ran in the A standard 3,000m, finishing 14th in a time of 9:01.02. Finally, Joe McDermott was only a couple of seconds off a PB in the men’s 3,000m B race, where he finished 4th in 9:48.73. Results can be found here: https://www.irishmilersclub.org/results-page.

Pablo Sanchez, our Spanish exile in Spain, reported that he became 1500m senior champion of Madrid over the weekend by running a time of 4:16.26, whilst Andrew Mellon became Northern Ireland senior champion in the 400m, winning in a time of 47.94.

Dee Ni Chearbhaill and husband Sean Murphy, who trains with us, headed down to Kilmacow in Co. Kilkenny for the annual running of the 4 mile Little South Run. There may not have been any chip timing but, in a race won by Mick Clohisey in a time of 19:10, Dee ran 28:33 and Sean ran 23:34, both winning their respective age categories. Meanwhile, Leo Lundy reported that he took part in his 92nd ultra marathon over the weekend. This race was held on the Thames towpath near Henley and Leo finished 4th male.

In the mountains midweek, we had a few of our clubmates take part in a race on Prince William’s Seat in the Wicklow Mountains. On a course with a climb of 364m over 8.4km on moderately difficult terrain, the race involved 174 runners. John McAuley led our contingent home in 41:35, followed by Brian McGuckin (28th and 6th M50 in 45:13), Anthony O’Reilly (37th in 46:05), Gavan Doherty (51st in 47:24) and Berndt Heim.
We had at least one first finisher on Saturday in the parkruns. Catherine Thornton placed 8th overall in coming home in 1st place in a time of 19:58 in Knocknacarra in Galway. Meanwhile, there was a podium place for Frank Hague (2nd) in Porterstown where he ran 17:53. Kate Murray also placed 2nd (20th overall) in 23:40 in Lough Key, whilst Anthony Owens came home in 3rd place in 21:58 in Fairview. There were also 3rd place finishes for Lisa Shine in Corkagh (27th overall in 23:20), where she also ran with Mairin Shine (164th and 80th in 37:00) and for Brian Scanlan who ran in Carlow in a time of 20:46.

Our best place finish in the huge contingent we had in Poolbeg, was Fiona Bane who placed 3rd (37th overall) in 22:52. Otherwise, the group was led home by Kenan Furlong who took 6th place in 18:58. Kenan was followed by David Timoney (8th in 19:36), Tim O’Donnell (10th in 20:17), Zlatko Kulic (16th in 20:56), Paul Fox (22nd in 21:33), Russell Murphy (36th in 22:49), Ali May Hann (58th and 11th in 24:09), Kate Healy (73rd and 17th in 25:11), Aisling O’Connor (81st and 22nd in 25:48), Cliodhna O’Reilly (86th and 25th in 26:20), Killian Stokes (94th in 27:08), Maureen McGinley (106th and 34th in 28:18), Mari Hansen (125th and 42nd in 29:56) and Iseult Ni Chuinneagain who provided the services of tailwalking. Ronan Moynihan ran in Malahide, where he placed 6th in 18:28, whilst Barry O’Neill ran in Naas, finishing in 25th place in a time of 21:52. Luke Davis took 11th spot in 19:24 in Marlay Park, followed by Anthony O’Reilly (15th in 19:43), whilst in St. Anne’s Paul F. Kelly ran 21:38 for 59th followed by Aoife Kelly (103rd and 16th in 23:26). Aidan Hudner took on Victoria Park in Glasgow again, where in a field of 445 he placed 61st in 21:19. The, in Cabinteely, Dave Carter ran 19:55 to record 4th place, whilst Darina Scully placed 99th and 31st in River valley where she ran 49:10. Finally, Mairead Cashman took on Bushy Park where she placed 132nd (and 35th) in 28:58.

IMRA Prince William’s Seat (174)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime
1 Colm Moran 1 00:37:25
17 Aoife Coffey 1 00:43:39
Crusaders AC runners
7 John McAuley 00:41:35
28 Brian McGuckin 00:45:13
37 Anthony O’Reilly 00:46:05
51 Gavan Doherty 00:47:24
164 Berndt Heim 01:08:25
Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/view/id/1723
Malahide Parkrun #344 (324)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Bryn Reynolds 1 00:16:38
4 Annette Kealy 1 00:18:19
Crusaders AC runner
6 Ronan Moynihan 00:18:28
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/malahide/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=344
Marlay Parkrun #308 (509)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Valter Valente 1 00:17:22
12 Sarah Baryga 1 00:19:24
Crusaders AC runners
11 Luke Davis 00:19:24
15 Anthony O’Reilly 00:19:43
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/marlay/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=308
Bushy Dublin Parkrun #120 (231)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Pierre-Antoine Lengrais 1 00:18:09
15 Margaret Galvin 1 00:21:04
Crusaders AC runner
132 Mairead Cashman 00:28:58 (35)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/bushydublin/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=120
Lough Key Parkrun #157 (218)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 James Kelly 1 00:18:00
12 Kathleen Horgan 1 00:23:05
Crusaders AC runner
20 Kate Murray 00:23:40 (2)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/loughkey/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=157
Poolbeg Parkrun #93 (139)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Gary Farrell 1 00:17:45
25 Doireann O’Daly 1 00:21:53
Crusaders AC runners
6 Kenan Furlong 00:18:58
8 David Timoney 00:19:36
10 Timothy O’Donnell 00:20:17
16 Zlatko Kulic 00:20:56
22 Paul Fox 00:21:33
36 Russell Murphy 00:22:49
37 Fiona Bane 00:22:52 (3)
58 Ali May Hann 00:24:09 (11)
73 Kate Healy 00:25:11 (17)
81 Aisling O’Connor 00:25:48 (22)
86 Cliodhna O’Reilly 00:26:20 (25)
94 Killian Stokes 00:27:08
106 Maureen McGinley 00:28:18 (34)
125 Mari Hansen 00:29:56 (42)
157 Iseult Ni Chuinneagain 00:43:27 (57)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/poolbeg/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=94
Cabinteely Parkrun #217 (165)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Ted Burke 1 00:18:53
13 Geraldine Lacey 1 00:22:50
Crusaders AC runner
4 David Carter 00:19:55
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/cabinteely/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=217
Naas Parkrun #269 (135)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 unknown 1 00:17:54
11 Ruth O’Loughlin 1 00:19:41
Crusaders AC runner
25 Barry O’Neill 00:21:52
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/naas/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=269
Corkagh Parkrun #90 (188)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Louis O’Loughlin 1 00:18:06
17 Kathleen Trunk 1 00:22:14
Crusaders AC runners
27 Lisa Shine 00:23:20 (3)
164 Mairin Shine 00:37:00 (80)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/corkagh/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=38
St. Annes’s Parkrun #286 (470)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Peter Fitzsimons 1 00:17:28
21 Mary Walsh 1 00:19:56
Crusaders AC runners
59 Paul F. Kelly 00:21:38
103 Aoife Kelly 00:23:26 (16)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/stannes/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=286
Knocknacarra Parkrun #258 (118)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Eoghan Jennings 1 00:18:01
8 Catherine Thornton 1 00:19:58
Crusaders AC runner
8 Catherine Thornton 00:19:58 (1)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/knocknacarra/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=258
Porterstown Parkrun #191 (138)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Kieron Scullion 1 00:17:12
4 Ruth Stanley 1 00:19:49
Crusaders AC runner
2 Frank Hague 00:17:53
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/porterstown/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=191
River Valley Parkrun #149 (111)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Ciaran McCarthy 1 00:17:06
8 Maeve O’Mahony 1 00:22:04
Crusaders AC runner
99 Darina Scully 00:49:10 (31)
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/rivervalley/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=149
Carlow Parkrun #84 (64)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Niall Murphy 1 00:19:19
9 Riona Ni Mhuireartaigh 1 00:21:46
Crusaders AC runner
3 Brian Scanlan 00:20:46
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/carlow/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=84
Fairview Parkrun #97 (106)
Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime
1 Cristian Vilchez Ceballos 1 00:19:49
6 Esther Requena Ferri 1 00:22:05
Crusaders AC runner
3 Anthony Owens 00:21:58
Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/fairview/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=97