NATIONAL The national 10 mile was held in the Phoenix Park today. Ger Forde took individual bronze in 50.09; Other participants were Jackie Varley 1.41.23 and Jill Kavanagh 2.02.22. NIGHT OF 5K PBs Will Fox travelled to Arklow and finished third in 15.30.
THE NATIONALS Day 3 on the national juveniles was held in sweltering heat in Tullamore. Times would therefore not be expected to be broken. That didn't bother Victor Lamph as he sprinted to gold in the 400m hurdles. Other results were - Under 15 Daniel Greene 6th (1500 - 4.32.86); Marcus Lyons 12th (200 - 26.69). Under 16 - Ella Sorohan 3rd (200m); Jasmine Timmons McEneaney 6th (200m); Fiach Crowley 10th (200 - 24.66). Under 17 - Sinead Cormack 6th (1500m); Danny Direen 9th (300 hurdles - 43.54); Ellen Daly 4th (200m); Eoghan O'Farrell 7th (200m). Under 18 - Kyrell [...]
The sun was up and the roads were hot but the runners were out and about. July 1st - Dundrum Coillte 10K - Billy Coogan came home under the 30m to place second in 29.59. There were PBs for Colm Smyth 34.34, David fitzGerald 37.54, David Devine 41.12, Tara Brett 45.14 and Casey Lalor 46.47. Other good performances from Tomasz Jarzabeck, Rory Lehane, Alan Mitchell and John Kearns. July 3rd - Mick Murphy Memorial - 6th Eamon O'Connor(16.15) and Padraig Ruane (18.11). Juky 5th - Clara AC %K - Pat Purcell (21.13).
The national 5 mile road race in the Phoenix Park today brought out a large number of athletes. KCH had a number taking part. Two performing exceptionally well were Ger Forde and Jamie Gahan. Ger took the bronze medal in 24.48 and Jamie finished 5th in 25.27. Gill Kavanagh had a PB of 38.14 and Eamon Boland clocked 41.40.
The Waterford Viking Marathon is more than a marathon in that it includes a quarter marathon, a half marathon and a marathon. KCH members sampled all three on this occasion. Graham Bourne completed the marathon- Bridget Rochford and Statia O'Carroll did the quarter marathon- and quite a number went the half marathon route. Among those were Pat Purcell, Eddie Hawe, Martina McGrath, Orla McPhillips (1.29.39 PB), Matthew Warren (1.29.10 PB), Tomasz Jarzabek (1.31.10 PB), Trevor Spillane, Emma Ayres, Tara Ronan, Aoife Jarzabek, Laura O'Reilly,Paul Whelan and Mairead Bacon.
There were a number of PBs for club members at tonight's Moycarkey 5k - David FitzGerald 17.57; Darragh Stone 18.10; Matthew Warren 18.41; Ian Hayes 19.09. Included in the finishers were John Behan, Mike Cullen, Derek Aylward, Rory Lehane, Adam Clancy and Gerald Fogarty.
The 41st Kilkenny Road Series came to an end tonight with the staging of The Seven Mile Race. Among tonight's finishers were Caoilfhionn Ni hArgain, Gill Kavanagh, Rhoda Griffith (3rd lady overall ), Neil Gunning, Sean O hArgain, Emma Kennedy and Gretta Beckett.
IMC IMC meet in Irishtown, Ringsend, had Cathal O'Reilly competing in the 5000m. Cathal finished 8th in 14.26.90. THE MILE MARKER Some 38 Harriers took part in this year's Mile Marker. Eleven completed the 5Km with Martin Grace leading them in on 21.09. Twenty-two took part in the 5 Miles where Darragh Stone had the honour of being our first home. His time was 31.45. Then we had five in the 10 Mile with Shay McEvoy, home from college in USA, leading our group and not only our group but the whole field when he crossed the finish line in [...]
It was a busy weekend on the roads, especially with the Women's mini marathon and the choice of distances in Cork City. Three KCH did the half marathon in Cork - Claire Dermody 1.32.17; Ciaran Hughes 1.34.18 and Andy Hanrahan 1.37.36. Among those running the mini marathon was Gretta Beckett (54.28).Fergus Horan took on the Ballyskenach 5k and had a PB of 18.19. Nearer home we had further variety in Tullaroan where Paula Hynes did the 5K in 24.25 and Thomas Meehan completed the half marathon in 1.39.11.
Suddenly it was summer. At last fine weather for two days made for an enjoyable weekend on the track in Carlow for the U20/U23/Senior/ Masters Leinster track and field. KCH had eighteen athletes competing ranging in age from youngest Ellen Daly U17 to our oldest Noel Murphy O/65. Between them they won over twenty medals with the Masters Women and Men scoring in multiple events. RESULTS u20 - Charlie Lyons 6/100, 5/200; Victor Lamph 2/400; Eoghan O'Farrell 7/400 52.59 PB; Cathal Rossiter 10/400; Cormac Holden 11/400 53.58 PB; Danny Direen12/400 56.40 PB; Ellen Daly 4/200; Grace Delahunty 7/200; Ana Moyano [...]