HIGHLIGHTS: Deirdre NicCanna & Ryan Aikins were winners of the EDDIE HOGAN CUP & the SLATER CUP incorporated into the Club’s Opening Run. Daragh Keegan 1st in the SIMON HOME RUN 5-MILE. Abdel Laadjel, Louis O’Loughlin, and Kane Collins all competed STATESIDE. Lorraine O’Connor & Liam Morris were winners in the CO. DUBLIN SCHOOLS XC. Anna Whelan 1st overall in the OPENING RUN JUVENILE RACE
REPORT: <report/results by Gerry Naughton & Florence Curley>
Abdel Laadjel placed 89th of 416 finishers in the LeHIGH UNIVERSITY PAUL SHORT CROSS-COUNTRY RACE at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on Friday morning. The race is one of the open-season classics with 46 teams on the start line. Laadjel covered the 8km course is a highly respectable time of 23.55 and was the 5th scorer on the Providence Friars team that placed 6th.
Louis O’Loughlin lined up for the Auburn University Tigers in the 21st edition of the LOU CROSS-COUNTRY CLASSIC at the Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday morning. The 8km race was held in 61% humidity in a mostly tree-sheltered course that surrounding soccer pitches and a BMX track.
O’Loughlin placed 95th of the 301 finishers and was the 3rd scorer on the Tigers team that came 12th of 31 closing teams.
Daragh Keegan topped up his impressive run in the Rathfarnham 5km last week by winning the SIMON HOME RUN 5-MILE ROAD RACE in the Phoenix Park on Saturday morning. Strong winds and an undulating course that finished with the long climb up the Kyber Road was not conducive to good times, but Keegan can be content with his 27.11 effort in his first 5-mile race.
Coach and former Club President Willie Smith again organised the OPENING RUN EVENT on Saturday morning, incorporating the SLATER CUP and EDDIE HOGAN CUP club novice cross-country championship races. The races took place on an undulating route near the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park.
There were 5 starters in the 3.65km women’s race for the Eddie Hogan Cup.
The winner was ‘scratch’ runner Deirdre NicCanna, with Suzie Henley-Willis in
2nd and last year’s winner Katherine Marsh in 3rd.
The men’s race was over a 6.4km route. Ryan Aikins claimed the Slater Cup
ahead of Emmet O’Briain and Stephen Dawson. There were 10 starters,
including ‘scratch’ runner Josh O’Sullivan-Hourihan, and juvenile members
Oliver Hopkins and Eoin Mooney.
The above races were complimented by a JUVENILE OPENING RUN over a 900m route. The finishing order was Anna Whelan U11, Max Henley-Willis U12, Michael McCarthy Jnr U10, Abbie Keogh U10, Lacy Cleary U12, and Rachel McCarthy U9. All won gold medals as there was only one competitor in each age and gender category.
In the RUN GALWAY BAY HALF-MARATHON newcomer Tommy Allen placed 9th in the time of 1.24.13. There were more than 800 finishers.
Kane Collins ran a personal best in the MEDTRONIC TWIN CITIES MARATHON at St. Paul, Minneapolis on Sunday. His time of 2.33.13 was about 6 or 7 minutes short of his target time, but the hot and humid conditions took a toll on the Donore Harriers athlete in the latter stages of the race. He passed the halfway mark in 1.13.22, but lost time and positions after the 35km mark and had to settle for 18th place overall. The race was won by Yuya Yoshida of Japan in 2.11.28. There were more than 5-thousand starters.
The COUNTY DUBLIN SCHOOLS CROSS-COUNTRY RACES were held in the Phoenix Park on Thursday morning (29.09.2022) with a good contingent of the club’s juvenile members representing their respective schools. All races were run over 2km on the flat Papal Cross lap.
Lorraine O’Connor and Emily Bolton – both Mount Sackville – made it a 1-2 in the 3rd Year girl’s race. Abigail Tolan placed 17th in the same race.
In the 2nd Year Boy’s race Liam Morris (Colaiste Chillian) romped to victory – with Reuben McCormick in 6th, Daniel Hughes 10th, Eoin Mooney 17th and Fraser Marr 38th.
Daire McCarthy continues to impress and came an excellent 3rd in the 3rd Year Boys. He was followed over the finish line by Sam O’Connor in 5th, Lucas Collender in 10th, Adam Mulhall in 18th, Aryell Sheedy in 27th and Aaron Callanan in 60th. This race was spoilt by several runners who short-cutted at the top of the course.
In the 1st Year Girls Lauren Tolan came 63rd and in the 2nd Year race Claire O’Hanlon was 17th.
The first fixture in the DUBLIN JUVENILE CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE was held at a farming location near the village of Lusk on Sunday 18th September. The course was undulating and over a hard surface with straw bale fences adding to the woes of tiring legs.
In the Under 15 Grades Emily Bolton won out in the Girls and Liam Morris in the Boys. Lorraine O’Connor won the Under 16 Girls race over 2,000m, with brothers Thomas and James Bolton winning respectively in the Under 17s and Under 19s.
There were excellent efforts also from Anna Whelan 8th in the Under 11 Girls, Anabella Omozee 7th in the Under 12 Girls, Lily Hanrahan-Clarke 4th in the Under 14 Girls, Eoin Mooney 5th in the Under 14 Boys and Dylan McKenna 4th in the Under 17 Boys.
Donore Harriers were strongest in the Under 16 categories. Behind winner Lorraine O’Connor there were strong performances from Julie Cleary in 4th, Eva Crowe in 5th and Eden Brangan-Walsh in 7th. In the Under 16 Boys, newcomer Charlie White came 2nd and Lucas Collender was 5th. More results below.
Best club runner in the PARKRUN series this week was juvenile member Leah Nunan who was 5th overall and 1st female finisher at PORTERSTOWN. More results below.
Results in brief:
COUNTY DUBLIN SCHOOLS CROSS-COUNTRY RACES at Phoenix Park (29.09.2027)
1st YEAR GIRLS: 63rd Lauren Tolan
2nd YEAR GIRLS: 17th Claire O’Hanlon
3rd YEAR GIRLS: 1st Lorraine O’Connor, 2nd Emily Bolton, 17th Abigail Tolan
2nd YEAR BOYS: 1st Liam Morris, 6th Reuben McCormick, 10th Daniel Hughes, 17th Eoin Mooney, 38th Fraser Marr
3rd YEAR BOYS: 3rd Daire McCarthy, 5th Sam O’Connor, 10th Lucas Collender, 18th Adam Mulhall, 27th Aryell Sheedy, 60th Aaron Callanan
LeHIGH UNIVERSITY PAUL SHORT XC RUN at Bethlehem, PA (30.09.2022)
89th Abdel Laadjel (Providence Friars) 23.55
416 finishers
LOU CROSS-COUNTRY CLASSIC at Louisville, Kentucky (01.10.2022)
95th Louis O’Loughlin (24.45)
301 finishers
SIMON HOME RUN 5 MILE ROAD RACE at Phoenix Park (01.10.2022)
1st Daragh Keegan M35 (27.11 PB)
44th John Gleeson M50 (37.14)
615 finishers
OPENING RUN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP HANDICAP RACES at Phoenix Park (01.10.2022)
SLATER CUP 6.4KM MEN’S RACE: 1st Ryan Aikins, 2nd Emmet O’Briain, 3rd Stephen Dawson. 10 finishers
EDDIE HOGAN CUP 3.65KM WOMEN’S RACE: 1st Deirdre Nic Canna, 2nd Suzie Henley-Willis, 3rd Katherine Marsh. 5 finishers
OPENING RUN 900m JUVENILE RACE at Phoenix Park (01.10.2022)
1st Anna Whelan (1st U11 Girls)
2nd Max Henley-Willis (1st U12 Boys)
3rd Michael McCarthy Jnr (1st U10 Boys)
4th Abbie Keogh (1st U10 Girls)
5th Lacy Cleary (1st U12 Girls)
6th Rachel McCarthy (1st U9 Girls)
RUN GALWAY BAY HALF-MARATHON (01.10.2022)
9th Thomas Allen MS (1.24.13)
839 finishers
MEDTRONIC TWIN CITIES MARATHON at St. Paul, Minneapolis (02.10.2022)
18th Kane Collins (2.33.13 PB)
5,094 finishers
DUBLIN JUVENILE XC LEAGUE FIXTURE 1 at Lusk (18.09.2022) ‘official results’
U9 GIRLS 400m: 16th Rachel McCarthy; 44th Farrah Blake (debut)
U9 BOYS 400m: 21st Ruairi Quinn (debut), 22nd Eli Henley-Willis
U10 BOYS 600m: 21st Bobby Farrell, 25th Michael McCarthy
U11 GIRLS 800m: 8th Anna Whelan, 44th Lola Blake, 55th Emani Meagher (debut)
U11 BOYS 800m: 34th Alan Maddox
U12 GIRLS 1,000m: 7th Anabella Omozee, 29th Lacy Cleary (debut), 62nd Tess O’Donoghue, 67th Alva Sullivan, 72nd Hannah Kelly
U12 BOYS 1,000m: 29th Max Henley-Willis
U13 GIRLS 1,000m: 31st Rosie-May Morris, 45th Ruby Blake, 47th Lauren Tolan
U14 GIRLS 1,200m: 4th Lily Hanrahan-Clarke
U14 BOYS 1,200m: 5th Eoin Mooney, 23rd Conor O’Neill, 26th Declan Creedon (debut)
U15 GIRLS 1,500m: 1st Emily Bolton, 21st Abigail Tolan, 31st Ava Hoare
U15 BOYS 1,500m: 1st Liam Morris, 14th Daniel Hughes, 17th Aryell Sheedy, 24th Fraser Marr, 30th Aaron Callanan
U16 GIRLS 2,000m: 1st Lorraine O’Connor, 4th Julie Cleary, 5th Eva Crowe, 7th Eden Brangan-Walsh
U16 BOYS 2,000m: 2nd Charlie White, 5th Lucas Collender
U17 BOYS 3,000m: 1st Thomas Bolton, 4th Dylan McKenna
U19 BOYS 3,500m: 1st James Bolton
PARKRUN (01.10.2022)
BRICKFIELDS: 57th Ann Woodlock W80 (33.54)
BUSHY: 88th Thomas Halton M65 (30.53)
CORKAGH: 68th Terry Mee M75 (30.59)
GRIFFEEN: 41st Aidan Kelly MS (23.33)
MARLAY: 8th Patrick Moriarty M45 (18.52)
NEW ROSS: 17th Eugene MacCurtain M55 (24.20), 27th Liz MacCurtain W55 (24.40)
PORTERSTOWN: 5th & 1st woman Leah Nunan W11-14 (20.51)
SPORTS CAMPUS: 6th Mark Nunan M11-14 (22.31), 16th Paul Nunan M45 (24.40)
WATERSTOWN: 38th Andrew Maguire M55 (48.00)