More good results for the club this week with John Travers being a clear winner in the Maynooth 5km and Ken Norgrove winning the Masters category in the Flatline Half Marathon. John Dunne gave indication of a good cross country season ahead by placing third overall in the Flatline race recording a new PB for the half-marathon distance. Graham Hopkins repeated his time of last year to finish second in the Kill 10km with new recruit Colm O’Connell placing 5th. Star man this week is Jim McNamara. Jim recorded a new Irish record in the M75 class for 10.000m when taking part in Clonliffe Harriers Bonass Trophy race. This was Jim’s fourth national record this summer.
Results in brief: –
Clonliffe Harriers Club Championship (Bonass Trophy) 10km at Santry (11/9/14)
22nd Jim McNamara (44.58.2) new Irish record in the M75 class; 24th Terry Mee M70 (45.58). There were 34 starters.
Flatline Half Marathon at Athlone
3rd John Dunne (1.12.51) PB. 9th Ken Norgrove M40 (1.14.06) first in category; 12th Gavin Keogh (1.14.26); 13th Fergal Whitty (1.14.51); 16th Ciaran McCarthy (1.16.37); 19th Sean Fox (1.18.26); 26th Phil Hennessy M40 (1.18.56); 37th Chris Muldoon (1.21.58); 136th Ian Redican M40 (1.36.51)
Kill 10km
2nd Graham Hopkins (34.22); 5th Colm O’Connell (35.24); 10th Shane McAuley (37.15) PB
BHAA OPW 5km Trial Race at Trim
40th Frank McNally M50 (22.23); 47th Terry Mee M70 (23.22)
Parkrun 5km at Waterstown Park
8th Paul O’Neill u/17s (22.13)
Maynooth 5km
1st John Travers (14.38); 5th Bob Blake M40 (17.32); 12th Tom Fagan M45 (18.49); 15th Niall J. O’Reilly (19.30); 19th Sinead Graham (20.15); 82nd Pauline Fagan F45 (26.01)