The major event of the weekend was the Track and Field Championships, held in the Morton Stadium in Santry over two days. We ended up with four medals, a nice balance of two on the track and two in the field. The first was won by Matt Behan who agonisingly took silver in what turned out to be a two horse race in a straight final of the 110mH on Sunday. Matt looked to have edged it until the final stride and came home in 14.38, 12/100 of a second behind first place. Another of our hurdlers, Jason Harvey, took silver in the 400mH, again in what turned out to be a race between two runners. Falling over the line at the end, he ran in a time of 51.78 only 5/100 of a second behind the winner. Jason had qualified the day before in 1st place in his heat in 54.70. In the field it was great to see Adam McMullen come back from a recent serious career-threatening Achilles injury to take a medal in the long jump. Of note is the fact that Adam was in 5th place going into his last jump, but he managed to pull out a leap of 7.37m to finish with the silver medal. Finally, Colin Quirke, took gold in the men’s discus with a throw in the second round of 60.4m, some 5m ahead of the competitor in 2nd place. We had at least two 4th place finishers. Andrew Mellon had the misfortune of an unfavourable lane draw (8th lane) in the final of the 400m. Despite having the 2nd fastest qualifying time in the heats the day before (47.45), Andrew placed 2nd in his heat and qualified as a fastest loser. He was unlucky at the line in the final when the bronze medal went to a runner immediately on his inside (given the same time as Andrew of 47.47) who threw himself over the line alongside him. Then, in the hammer, Killian Barry finished just outside the medals in 4th place with his last throw of 52.8m. Other athletes to have entertained us over the days were as follows: Rhianna McCarthy went out in the first round of the 100m in Heat 2 with a 7th place finish in 12.67, whilst Jason Harvey also failed to progress in the 400m. In heat 2 he placed 4th in a time of 49.53, whilst Nick Ennis ran in heat 4, placing 3rd in 51.10 and possibly picking up an injury in the process. Michael O’Conor unfortunately got knocked out of the men’s 1500 and didn’t finish following a 3-man pile up that left Shane Healy needing medical treatment. Other athletes not making it out of their heats were Katie Rogers and Mary Horgan in respectively heats 1 and 2 in the 800m. Mary is just coming back from illness and ran 2:15.90, well below her usual times to place 7th, whilst it would have been challenging for Katie to have made it into the final on the strength of her PB. Nevertheless, she ran consistently for 8th place in 2:20.75 on a track where there was quite a bit of a headwind on the back straight. In the men’s 800m, despite running a super race for 3rd place behind Kevin Woods, Fearghal O’Hare would have had to have run a PB to qualify as a fastest loser. Fearghal’s time was 1:55.38. Michael Kiely ran in the 1st heat of the 5,000m, placing 13th in 15:45.34. Again, he would likely have needed a PB to progress as a fastest loser. Those that did progress in their disciplines, but finished out of the medals, were Niamh Allen in the 1500m and Kevin Woods in 800m. Both had to contend with immensely strong fields in their respective finals. Kevin placed 2nd in his heat in 1:54.72 and then placed 8th in the final in 1:53.24, whilst Niamh ran her heat for 3rd place in 4:37.02. In the final, which was as tactical as can be imagined and went from two 80 seconds laps to a furious finish, Niamh took 7th place out of 11 runners in 4:37.72. Finally, Oisin Taylor placed 7th in the triple jump with a leap of 13.22m in the 2nd round. It should be noted that a lot of runners ended up on the ground at the line as well as during some of the races. Apart from the inevitable bumping and barging that large fields produce (and produced the notable disqualification of a medal winner in the men's 1500m), it seems to be the in-thing nowadays to leap for the line, even knowing you’re likely to hit the ground, in place of a dip of the chest. It was reported that Conor McCullough, a Crusader living in the US, won the hammer in the US National Championships on 26 July in Des Moines, Iowa. He threw 78.14m which increased his PB and the Crusaders club record set in 2014 by nearly a metre (from 77.2m). The achievement moves his current ranking up to 8th in the World. Earlier in the week, we had athletes participate in the 7th round of the Dublin Athletics grade meets. This time, it was held in the Morton Stadium in Santry. Hugo Magee placed 2nd in a time of 24.38 in the men 200m grade B2, whilst in the mixed mile Fiona Shine was the only woman participating and she ran 5:46.48. We then had a series of 1500m races. 6 Crusaders contested the Grade C1 women’s race and it was won by Rachael Yorke in 5:18.33, followed by Sarah Lyons in 2nd in 5:30.60 with Rebecca Fleming a close 3rd in 5:31.57. Next across the line came Emer Kenny 99th in 5:54.44), followed by Maeve Muldowney, who valiantly seems to be trying a lot of different types of racing at the moment. Maeve ran 6:01.8 for 12th place, to be followed home by Anna Shine in 14th place (6:51.54). John Healy took 6th place in the C1 race in 4:48.77 and then in the D1 race, Brendan Glynn ran 5:21.75 for 5th place, followed by Paul E. Kelly (10th in 6:41.77). Members will be interested to read that Lorraine Healy, who trains with us, placed 3rd in the 1500m B1 race in a time of 5:11.79. There were a few road and trail races on which to report. On Thursday at Carton House, in a trail race organised by Dunboyne AC, we had 3 runners competing. In a field exceeding 480, Katie McElroy placed 60th overall (8th female finisher)in 26;16 and Katie was followed home by Kate Murray (107th and 21st in 28:11) and by Mairead Cashman (313th and 129th in 36:55). Then, on Saturday, again 3 athletes from the club took part in a race. This was the Mullingar 10 miler with its field of 328. On an undulating course, Ciaran Kelly led our contingent across the line in 36th place in 62:08 and he was followed by Bob Cahill (55th in 66:24) and by Andrea Talpo (61st in 67:00). Ilona McElroy was our sole competitor in the Duleek 10k on Sunday morning. On a hilly course and amongst a field of 533, Ilona, in her first race since recovering from a long-time torn Achilles injury, approached it very much as a training challenge. So it is surprising that she wasn’t too far off breaking 40 minutes, coming home in 26th place overall, 5th female finisher, in 40:26. There were two races in the mountains last week. The Leinster League event took place as usual on Wednesday evening. This time the race was held on Brockagh mountain in Co. Wicklow (a route taking runners to the summit from Laragh and back) on moderate terrain with a climb of 443m over 11km. We had 5 runners in the event, led home as usual by Warren Swords. Warren won his age category, placing 4th in 51:09 and he was followed across the line by Donatas Jocius (19th in 57:39). In a field of 162, Anthony O’Reilly was next in 62:39), followed by Ollie McGrath (74th in 66:42) and Berndt Heim (151st in 87:54). The on Sunday, Warren turned out again, this time for the Irish and Leinster Mountain championships. Warren may not yet have enough races to count (after 4 of the 5 taking place and a minimum of 3 is needed), but he placed 12th in 61:49 on the entirely uphill course on Log Na Coile in the Wicklow Mountains (a 718m climb over 10.46km on moderately difficult terrain). The field measured a reasonably modest 71. As of this moment, Becky Quinn, who did not compete on Saturday, appears to be in pole position (and with a possibly unassailable lead) in the national championships with one race to go. As usual, Leo Lundy was out again at the weekend tackling an ultra. This time he participated in the rainy 12 hours overnight event known as the Manvers Dusk ’til Dawn ultra which took place on the Trans-Pennine Way near Rotherham in South Yorkshire. Apparently the deluge was of biblical proportions at times! There was a solid participation in the parkruns at the weekend, with just one first finisher to show for it. Fiona Shine and her family ran in Russborough where she placed 5th overall in 21:48, followed home by Lisa (7th overall and 2nd female) in 22:47, Anna (24th and 9th in 26:28) and Mairin (64th and 26th in 48:33). They were joined by Orlaith de Burca who ran 28:39 for 38th and 16th. Michael Wycherley placed 2nd in 17:20 in St. Anne’s, whilst Zlatko Kulic placed 3rd in 20:22 in Brickfields and Brian Scanlan took 5th place in Malahide in 18:36 (followed home by Darina Scully (342nd and 134th in 56:14)). There was a good showing as usual in Poolbeg. Antonios Gkogkakis was first club-mate across the line (25th in 21:32), followed by Fiona Bane in a satisfying 22:29 for 36th and 3rd places. Josie Ward was next (41st and 4th in 22:52) and Josie was followed by Aitor Arribas Velascos (44th in 23:05), Aine Kenny (55th and 10th in 24:06), Sharon Woods (58th and 11th in 24;16), Ali May Hann (75th and 20th in 25:38), Ava Rose Clarke (77th and 21st in 25:50), Berndt Heim (90th in 26;40), Maureen McGinley (126th and 40th in 29:31), Karla Woods (133rd and 45th in 30;29) and Don Anderton, tailwalking. Andrej Kujikis ran in Bushy Park, where he placed 6th in 19:17, whilst Mari Hansen ran in Clover Point in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, where, in a field of 56, she placed 25th and 9th in 25:17. Also, in Canada, Sarah Lyons and Phelim Murray ran in Nose Hill in Calgary, Alberta, where in a field of 88, Sarah placed 15th and 7th in 24:06 and Phelim came home in 28th in 26:18. Paul F. Kelly was our only participant in Fairview, where he ran 29:47 for 64th place, whilst Kris Ryan ran in Paradise Point, Queensland, Australia, where, in a field of 240, she ran 22:21 for 45th and 8th. Aidan Hudner continues to run in Glasgow where in a field of 370 he placed 55th in a time of 21:32, whilst Colm Foley took 31st place in 23:37 in Griffeen Park in Lucan. Luke Davis placed 9th in 18:48, whilst Jonathan Sykes took 59th spot in 21:44 in Marlay Park. The in Ormeau Park in Belfast, Kate Murray ran 23:36 to place 82nd and 11th. Liam Lyster ran in Strokestown where he picked up 10th place in 27:26, whilst Maria Pertl placed 34th and 14th in 31:51 in Tolka Valley. Finally, Mike Stewart and Janet McManus ran in Shanganagh, where Mike placed 28th in 22:49 and Janet picked up 64th place overall (and 11th female) in 25:39. Mullingar 10 mile (481) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Freddy Sittuk 1 00:53:45 48 Grace Kennedy-Clarke 1 01:04:52 Crusaders AC runners 36 Ciaran Kelly 01:02:08 55 Bob Cahill 01:06:24 61 Andrea Talpo 01:07:00 Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/mullingar_10_2019/2982/results Carton House 6k Trail run (328) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Alexander Wallace 1 00:19:47 20 Laura Buckley 1 00:23:36 Crusaders AC runners 60 Katie McElroy 00:26:16 (8) 107 Kate Murray 00:28:11 (21) 313 Mairead Cashman 00:36:55 (129) Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/carton_house_6k_trail_(dunboyne_ac)/3022/results Indaver Duleek +District 10k (533) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Eoin Flynn 1 00:32:02 8 Niamh Devlin 1 00:37:16 Crusaders AC runner 26 Ilona McElroy 00:40:26 (5) Full results here: https://www.myrunresults.com/events/indaver_duleek__district_ac_10k/3027/results IMRA Brockagh (162) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Luke McMullan 1 00:48:01 43 Sinead Lambe 1 01:02:22 Crusaders AC runners 4 Warren Swords 00:51:09 19 Donatas Jocius 00:57:39 47 Anthony O’Reily 01:02:39 74 Ollie McGrath 01:06:42 151 Berndt Heim 01:27:54 Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/view/id/1730 IMRA Log Na Coile (4th race in Irish Championships) (71) Overall place Name Cat. Place Guntime 1 Seamus Lynch 1 00:53:47 23 Esther Dickson 1 -1:08:09 Crusaders AC runner 12 Warren Swords 01:01:49 Full results here: https://www.imra.ie/events/view/id/1739 Malahide Parkrun #351 (357) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Gary McLoughlin 1 00:16:25 7 Annette Kealy 1 00:18:08 Crusaders AC runners 5 Brian Scanlan 00:18:36 342 Darina Scully 00:56;14 (134) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/malahide/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=351 Griffeen Parkrun #320 (194) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Jacek Latala 1 00:18:25 15 Nicola Kavanagh 1 00:21:54 Crusaders AC runner 31 Colm Foley 00:23:37 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/griffeen/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=320 Bushy Dublin Parkrun #127 (267) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Eanna O’Bradaigh 1 00:17:04 16 Christine Kinsella 1 00:21:03 Crusaders AC runner 6 Andrej Kujikis 00:19:17 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/bushydublin/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=127 Poolbeg Parkrun #101 (173) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Thomas Stevens 1 00:16:21 15 Margaret Galvin 1 00:20:31 Crusaders AC runners 25 Antonios Gkogkakis 00:21:32 36 Fiona Bane 00:22:29 (3) 41 Josie Ward 00:22:52 (4) 44 Aitor Arribas Velascos 00:23:05 55 Aine Kenny 00:24:06 (10) 58 Sharon Woods 00:24:16 (11) 75 Ali May Hann 00:25:38 (20) 77 Ava Rose Clarke 00:25:50 (21) 90 Berndt Heim 00:26:40 126 Maureen McGinley 00:29:31 (40) 133 Karla Woods 00:30:29 (45) 173 Don Anderton 00:53:37 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/poolbeg/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=101 Shanganagh Parkrun #223 (179) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Aaron Hoyle 1 00:16:51 18 Rebecca Harris 1 00:21:44 Crusaders AC runners 28 Mike Stewart 00:22:49 64 Janet McManus 00:25:39 (11) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/shanganagh/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=223 Marlay Parkrun #312 (484) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 unknown 1 00:17:18 8 Lynne Hennessy 1 00:18:47 Crusaders AC runners 9 Luke Davis 00:18:48 59 Jonathan Sykes 00:21:44 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/marlay/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=312 St. Annes’s Parkrun #292 (476) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 John Higgins 1 00:16:47 9 Aoife Brady 1 00:18:26 Crusaders AC runner 2 Michael Wycherley 00:17:20 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/stannes/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=292 Ormeau Parkrun #312 (451) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 James Graham 1 00:17:34 12 Shileen O’Kane 1 00:19:52 Crusaders AC runner 82 Kate Murray 00:23:36 (11) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/ormeau/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=312 Russborough Parkrun #62 (67) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Daragh O’Callaghan 1 00:19:42 5 Fiona Shine 1 00:21:48 Crusaders AC runners 5 Fiona Shine 00:21:48 (1) 7 Lisa Shine 00:22:47 (2) 24 Anna Shine 00:26:28 (9) 38 Orlaith de Burca 00:28:39 (16) 64 Mairin Shine 00:48:33 (26) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/russborough/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=62 Tolka Valley Parkrun #75 (45) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Oliver Hopkins 1 00:18:59 3 Celine Gavin 1 00:20:27 Crusaders AC runner 34 Maria Pertl 00:31:51 (14) Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/tolkavalley/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=75 Fairview Parkrun #104 (128) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Graham Rush 1 00:15:50 23 Clare Fitzpatrick 1 00:23:26 Crusaders AC runner 64 Paul F. Kelly 00:29:47 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/fairview/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=104 Brickfields Parkrun #80 (88) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Niamh Clifford 1 00:19:13 2 Donagh Humphreys 1 00:19:55 Crusaders AC runner 3 Zlatko Kulic 00:20:22 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/brickfields/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=80 Strokestown Parkrun #45 (39) Overall place Name Cat. Place Chiptime 1 Barry Fallon 1 00:19:31 5 Lucia Rodriguez 1 00:25:57 Crusaders AC runner 10 Liam Lyster 00:27:26 Full results here: http://www.parkrun.ie/strokestown/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=45 Comments are closed.
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