HIGHLIGHTS: Amber Lynch and newcomer Reuben McCormick took gold in the EAST LEINSTER SCHOOLS T&F with Julie Cleary, Emma Stacey & Oisin Cummins-Weiss in bronze. Louis O’Loughlin 4th in 800m, Daragh Fitzgibbon & Kane Collins 8th and 15th in the 5,000m at IMC T&F NO. 1. M50 team, Angela Eustace, Tony Kynes and Barry Potts all took silver at the LEINSTER NOVICE & MASTERS ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS. Liam Keane narrowly failed to break 3-hours in the LIMERICK MARATHON. Lara O’Byrne 3rd in 100m and Jack Byrne 3rd in 800m at DUBLIN GRADED MEET NO. 1. Ciaran Ryan 3rd in ARC 10km. Abdel Laadjel ECHO NEWSPAPER sports star for March 2022.
REPORT: <by Gerry Naughton, Leonie Newman & Florence Curley>
The first to two IRISH MILERS CLUB TRACK & FIELD MEETINGS was held at the Morton Stadium on Saturday. Donore Harriers had Louis O’Loughlin, Daragh Fitzgibbon and Kane Collins compete in A grade races. O’Loughlin came 4th in the 800m in a time of 1.52.82 having passed the halfway mark in 7th place in 55 seconds. The race was won by Jake Bagge of Ferrybank AC in 1.51.00. Daragh Fitzgibbon (14.50.59) came 9th in a high quality 5,000m race won by Efrem Gidey of Clonliffe Harriers. Also in the field of 26 finishers was Kane Collins who placed 15th with a new personal best track time of 15.08.72. Oliver Hopkins, an Under 18s athlete this year, was hoping to break the 4.05 mark for the 1,500m. However, an over ambitious start that saw him pass the 400m in just outside 60 seconds told in the later stages of the race as he faded to 15th position in a personal best time of 4.07.68. David Campbell came 4th in the 400m B grade race in a time of 53.96 and Emmet O’Briain (4.26.89) 7th in the 1,500m C grade race. Promising juvenile athlete Oisin Cummins-Weiss came 4th in the Shot Putt.
The LEINSTER NOVICE & MASTERS ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS took place at Gowran, Co. Kilkenny on Saturday with Donore Harriers competing teams in the master grade races. In the women’s 3km race Audrey Gahan (12.20) came 17th and 9th in the W40 age category. Next home was Claire Mulligan (12.41) who placed 20th overall and 4th in the W45 class. The team was closed out by W50 athlete Angela Eustace (13.40) who came 27th and 4th in her age group. The team came 5th of 8 teams behind winners Sportsworld AC. Angela Eustace picked up a silver medal as she was the 2nd scorer on the Dublin team that were narrowly beaten by Westmeath in the inter-county W50 championship.
In the master men’s race over 6km the Donore Harriers team was led home by Des Tremble in 22nd position. Tremble came 3rd in the M50 category and posted a time of 20.54. He was followed home by Alan Farrell, another M50 athlete, who came 38th in 21.51. Tony Kynes (24.30) closed out the scoring 3 athletes in the over 50s category by placing 67th overall and in the process took individual silver in the M65 category. The Donore Harriers team (127) of Tremble, Farrell and Kynes came 2nd behind United Striders AC (80), with Sli Cualann AC 3rd on 153. Also in the race was Barry Potts (27.32), who came 80th overall and 2nd in the M70 category.
The first of 8 summer series events organised by the Dublin Athletics Board took place at Tallaght Track on Wednesday evening. There were just 3 Donore Harriers athletes competing in the opening DUBLIN OPEN GRADED TRACK & FIELD MEET. Lara O’Byrne (12.72) ran a fine 12.72 to place 3rd in the Women’s A Grade 100m sprint. Jack Byrne (2.00.82) also got 3rd in the Men’s 800m A grade race, with M55 athlete Dean Fullston (2.54.81) coming 9th in the ‘D’ 800m.
Liam Keane was on course to run a time around the 2.45/2.50 mark in the REGERON GREAT LIMERICK MARATHON on Sunday morning when holding a position inside the top 30 for the first half of the route. However, he found the task increasingly difficult after the 30km mark and he struggled home in 3.01.36 for 62nd position. There were 875 finishers.
In the simultaneous REGERON GREAT LIMERICK HALF-MARATHON race M45 athlete Sean Fox came 17th in a time of 1.17.37. Patrick Moriarty, now in the M50 class, ran 1.31.16 for 121st place from a field of more than 18-hundred starters.
Ciaran Ryan (38.53) came 3rd of 17 finishers in the ARC 10km ROAD RACE at the Phoenix Park on the bank holiday Monday morning. The race consisted of 4 2.5km laps in the Acres Road and Magazine Fort area. ARC is a charity that promotes psychological and emotional well-being.
Day 1 of the EAST LEINSTER SCHOOLS TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS were held at Santry on Thursday. With most of the Donore Harriers juveniles in the West Leinster catchment area, there were just a handful of club athletes looking to book their places to the “Leinsters” next month. Amber Lynch (21.65m) representing Loreta Stephen’s Green convincingly won the Minor Girls Javelin. There was victory also for newcomer Reuben McCormick as he blitzed the Junior Boys 800m race in a time of 2.12. Oisin Cummins-Weiss continues to make steady progress in the Shot Putt event and will be buoyed by 3rd place in the Intermediate Boys in the colours of St. Killian’s German School with a PB throw of 10.90m. Julie Cleary and Emma Stacey are two young athletes with great prospects for the future. Cleary (Loreta Stephen’s Green) came 3rd in competitive Intermediate Girls 3,000m race in 10.39 and Stacey, representing Muckross College, was likewise 3rd in the Senior Girls 800m race in a time of 2.22. Luke Hanly (Mount Temple Comprehensive) came 6th on countback in the Senior Boys High Jump with a 1.60m clearance.
Michael Ryan competed in the GALWAY 5km ROAD RACE SERIES on Tuesday evening. He got himself into a lead group of 5 athletes, eventually settling for 4th position in a time of 16.52. The race, with almost 600 finishers, was won by Greg Lundon (16.41) of South Galway AC.
In the latest edition of IRISH MOUNTAIN RUNNING ASSOCIATION series of races – THE ‘SCALP’ M50 runner Niall Lynch came 3rd over the 6.35km route in a time of 29.10. His daughter Honor (u/18) came 67th overall and 8th woman in a time of 39.31. The race took in two different loops of the Carrickgolligan Forest and Hills with a moderate terrain and a total elevation of 217 metres.
Abdel Laadjel was awarded the ECHO NEWSPAPER Sports Star of the Month for March 2022 in recognition of his recent 10,000m national Under 20s record. His parents Mohammed and Houria received the award from the ECHO sports editor Stephen Leonard and Thos McDermott of the South Dublin Sports Partnership at the South Dublin County Offices last Tuesday morning.
In pick of the bunch in this week’s PARKRUN results was juvenile member Katie Delaney’s (23.43) 9th place overall and 2nd woman at Waterstown. Other results below.
Results in brief:
GALWAY 5km ROAD RACE SERIES at Galway (26.04.2022)
4th Michael Ryan (16.52)
594 finishers
DUBLIN OPEN GRADED T&F MEET NO. 1 at Tallaght Track (27.04.2022)
WOMEN’S 100m A GRADE: 3rd Lara O’Byrne (12.72)
MEN’S 800m A GRADE: 3rd Jack Byrne (2.00.82)
MEN’S 800m D GRADE: 9th Dean Fullston M55 (2.54.81)
EAST LEINSTER SCHOOLS T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 1 at Santry (28.04.2022)
MINOR GIRLS JAVELIN: 1st Amber Lynch (Loreta Stephen’s Green) 21.65m
INTERMEDIATE BOYS SHOT PUTT: 3rd Oisin Cummins-Weiss (St. Killian’s German School) 10.90m PB
JUNIOR BOYS 800m: 1st Reuben McCormick (2.12 h-t)
INTERMEDIATE GIRLS 3,000m: 3rd Julie Cleary (Loreta Stephen’s Green) 10.39 h-t
SENIOR GIRLS 800m: 3rd Emma Stacey (Muckross College) 2.22 h-t
SENIOR BOYS HIGH JUMP: 6th Luke Hanly (Mount Temple Comprehensive) 1.60m
IRISH MILERS CLUB MEET NO. 1 at Santry (30.04.2022)
MEN’S 400m B GRADE: 4th David Campbell (53.96)
MEN’S 800m A GRADE: 4th Louis O’Loughlin (1.52.82)
MEN’S 1,500m B GRADE: 15th Oliver Hopkins U/17 (4.07.68 PB)
MEN’S 1,500m C GRADE: 7th Emmet O’Briain M40 (4.26.89)
MEN’S 5,000m A GRADE: 9th Daragh Fitzgibbon (14.50.59), 15th Kane Collins (15.08.72 PB)
SHOT PUTT: 4th Oisin Cummins-Weiss JUV (No mark available)
LEINSTER NOVICE & MASTERS ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS at Gowran, Co. Kilkenny (30.04.2022)
MASTER WOMEN’S 3km ROAD RACE: 17th & 9th W40 Audrey Gahan (12.20), 20th & 4th W45 Claire Mulligan (12.41), 27th & 4th W50 Angela Eustace (13.40). 38 finishers
MASTER WOMEN’S TEAM: 1st Sportsworld AC (14), 5th Donore Harriers <Gahan, Mulligan & Eustace) 64. 8 teams closed.
W50 COUNTY TEAM: 1st Westmeath (72), 2nd Dublin <2nd scorer Angela Eustace> 79.
MASTER MEN’S 5km ROAD RACE: 22nd & 3rd M50 Des Tremble (20.54), 38th & 5th M50 Alan Farrell (21.51), 67th & 2nd M65 Tony Kynes (24.30), 80th & 2nd M70 Barry Potts (27.32). 87 finishers
MASTER M50 TEAM: 1st United Striders AC (86), 2nd Donore Harriers <Tremble, Farrell, Kynes> (127), 3rd Sli Cualann AC (153). 6 teams closed.
REGERON GREAT LIMERICK MARATHON (01.05.2022)
62nd Liam Keane M40 (3.01.36)
875 finishers
REGERON GREAT LIMERICK HALF-MARATHON (01.05.2022)
17th Sean Fox M45 (1.17.37)
121st Patrick Moriarty M45 (1.31.16)
1,803 finishers
ARC 10km ROAD RACE at the Phoenix Park (02.05.2022)
3rd Ciaran Ryan M50 (38.53)
17 finishers
IMRA ‘SCALP’ 6.35km RACE at Carrickgollogan, Co. Dublin (27.04.2022)
3rd Niall Lynch M50 (29.10)
67th & 8th woman Honor Lynch JNR (39.31)
144 finishers
PARKRUNS 5km (23.04.2022)
ARDGILLAN: 25th Joe Murphy M40 (27.04)
BUSHY: 91st Thomas Halton M65 (31.34)
CASTLETOWN: 55th Joan McTernan W60 (28.14)
NEW ROSS: 10th Eugene McCurtain M55 (24.10)
PORTERSTOWN: 5th Kenneth McKeown M35 (21.06)
ROYAL CANAL, KILCOCK: 29th Charlie O’Neill M65 (26.12)
SPORTS CAMPUS ABBOTSTOWN: 16th Paul Nunan M45 (23.52)
TOLKA VALLEY: 5th Owen Robinson M35 (23.30)
WATERSTOWN: 9th & 2nd woman Katie Delaney W15-17 (23.43), 14th & 3rd woman Jean Murphy W35 (26.06)