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.
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 [...]
With little track action this weekend a few club members travelled in different directions to test themselves on the road. Among those are the following:- Stoneyford 10K - 1. James Ledingham 33.24; 4 Paddy Kelly 35.41; Shea Roddy 38.10; Trevor Charters andSean O'Hargain. Stonetford 5K - Among the finishers were Mealla Crowley, Harry Healy, Conor Laurence Delaney, Eva Ledingham and James Healy. Thomas Jarzabeck (Fastlane 10K - 38.57 PB); National 5K:-Will Fox 16.06, Ger Forde 16.52, Leanne Butler19.27; Jill Kavanagh 22.31. And one omitted heretofore Claire Dowling(Toronto Marathon -sub 4 and PB).
Day 2 of the County Kilkenny Track and Field Championships proved another successful day for the club. There were over 80 individual medals won by club members - over thirty being gold and twelve relay teams won medals - five taking first place. Special mention for the U14 boys whose relay teams came first, second and third. Two U16 athletes claimed three gold medals on the day - Jack O'Neill in Long jump, triple jump and javelin and Kelly Charters in 100m, high jump and shot. Double gold medal winners were Cormac Holden 400m and 100m hurdles; Niamh Spratt O'Shea [...]
A number of our distance people were out on the road over the weekend. Five took part in the BK Dundrum 5K. A fine performance by Jamie Gahan saw him take first place in 15.06. Dermot Hyland and Darragh Stone had PBs with 18.00 and 18.22 respectively. Shay Roddy finished in 17.14 and Rory Lehane in 18.35. Meanwhile John Behan had a fine run in the Ballinroad 5k finishing in 16.12. Trevor Spillane was in Clonmel for the Clonmel mile which he ran in 5.33. Well done all.
Some seven club members travelled to Belfast today for the Irish Milers Club event on the Mary Peters track. RESULTS Ellen Daly 200m 25.28; Molly Daly 400m 54.52; Pia Langton 1500m 4.23.02; Cathal O'Reilly 1500m 3.43.12; Callum Barron 3000m 8.52.72; Myles Hewlett 1500m 3.58.69;Ruairi McEvoy 1500m 3.58.58.
While the large numbers were enjoying the competition in Scanlon Park many others were out on the road testing their stamina. The largest number headed to Limerick - some for the marathon, others for the half. The marathon - PBs for Rory Conlon 3.05.05 and Trevor Spillane 3.10.35. Other times were Matthew Warren 3.15.38, Annemarie Shortall 3.48.35, Oonagh Guilfoyle 3.50.24, and Paula Hynes 4.16.53. The half marathon - David FitzGerald 1.24.20 PB; Ger Fogarty1.29.05; Tom Cunniffe 1.29.36; Roseanna Knox 1.30.51 PB, Lisa Collins 1.31.20 PB;Nuala FitzGibbon 1.31.59, Ciaran Hughes 1.33.09, Andy Hanrahan 1.36.16. In the Dublin Half were Jacinta Mulroe [...]
Two strong teams- strong in number and strong in ability- took part in the Leinster Road Novice Championships which were held in Gowran today. And they didn't disappoint as both were first club team in their respective races. The ladies race was over three kilometers and Aoife Nolan (11.22) in 4th place led the team in. Caoilfhinn Ni Argain was 6th (12.00), Robyn McDonald 7th (121.36), Katie Matthews 9th (13.05), Kate Millea 10th (13.36) and Casey Lalor 11th (13.54). The men had 6K distance and the first four across the finish line in 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th respectively were [...]