Cross nation season in full swing – Irish round-up

It was one other weekend of races on a complete number of terrain, however Lindie Naughton was out on the cross nation and nonetheless again dwelling to deliver us all the opposite motion too.

Dublin champion Paul Stephenson of Rathfarnham WSAF AC a was a cushty winner of the Leinster Masters Cross-County Championships held in Avondale Forest Park, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow on Sunday (January 21).

With gusting winds and a testing course, situations had been troublesome to say the least.

Stephen’s time of 24:32 for the 6km course put him over half a minute away from Paul Mitchell of Tullamore Harriers who gained the battle for second place with a time of 25:10.

An in depth third and first M40 in 25:14 was Mick Fogarty of Ferbane AC, whereas fourth and first M45 was David Kirwin of Raheny Shamrock AC in 25:17.

First within the shorter M65 race was Tommy Payne of Tinryland AC, with mountain working specialist Martin McDonald of Ballyroan Abbeyleix and District AC second and Michael Walsh of Brothers Pearse third. Tinryland took the staff title forward of Rathfarnham WSAF AC.

In a intently fought staff competitors, Raheny Shamrock beat Rathfarnham WSAF by a single level, avenging their defeat on the Dublin Championships a fortnight in the past. A distant third was Clane AC led by Brian Conroy in sixth place. Raheny Shamrock additionally took the M50 staff title, beating Metro St Brigid’s AC and Sportsworld AC. Dublin was a transparent winner of the county staff prize forward of Kildare and Offaly, additionally successful the M50 title.

Kate Purcell of Raheny Shamrock AC, runner-up within the Dublin Championships, took the ladies’s title forward of Laura McDonnell of Rathfarnham WSAF AC, who was third in Dublin; their occasions werre 15:32 and 15:50 respectively.

Third in 15:56 was Fiona Roche of Raheny Shamrock, with Sorcha Loughnane of Donore Harriers fourth and first W45 in 16:01. Yasmin Canning of Drogheda and District AC was first W50, Maura Dervin of Mullingar Harriers first W55 and Fiona Byrne of Civil Service AC first W60.

With Sharon Keilthy making up the scoring trio, Raheny Shamrock took the staff title forward of Newbridge AC and Sli Cualann AC. Mullingar Harriers was first W50 staff Dublin, with the minimal attainable factors, was first county staff. Kildare was second and Wicklow third.

In the intermediate races, Aine Burke of St Coca’s AC gained the ladies’s race in 21:32, with Dublin Metropolis Harriers pair Aislinn Moorhouse and Cristin Scollard second and third in 21:38 and 21.45 respectively.

Civil Service Harriers, led by Laura Cullen in fourth place, took the staff title, with Dublin Metropolis Harriers second and Liffey Valley AC third.

In a intently fought males’s inter race, Cian McDonald of Ballyroan Abbeyleix and District AC – son of Martin – held off Oran O’Hare of Dublin Metropolis Harriers to take the title. McDonald completed in 28:40; O’Hare was a second behind. With Liam Naughton ending third in 29:29, Dublin Metropolis Harriers gained the staff title by 4 factors from Liffey Valley AC.

Highway working

Though the wind and rain took its toll on the general entry, Ben Leen Smith, Eoghan O’Connor and James Hayes had a cracking battle up entrance at the Cork BHAA Dupont IFF 5km, held at Little Island, on Sunday (January (21).

Ultimately there was simply three seconds in it with Smith the winner in 15 minutes 35 secs, O’Connor second in15:36 and Hayes third in 15:38.

First ladies in 18:23 was Michelle Kenny, with Breda Gaffney second in 18:59 and Linda O’Connor third in 19:34. Division of Schooling groups gained each women and men’s A classes and in addition males’s B.

Winners of the The Nice Heath 10km in Co Laois on Sunday (January 21) had been Tudor Cebotari of Run Ungheni in 34:28 and Sharon Cleere of Thurles Crokes in 38:35. Riley Connolly of St Michael’s AC gained the 5km in 18:13, with Olivia O’Flanagan of The Heath and Oughaval first woemn in 22:41. Each are juniors.

20 July 2022; Rhasidat Adeleke of Eire after ending fourth within the Ladies’s 400m Semi-final throughout day six of the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Discipline in Eugene, Oregon, USA. Photograph by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Indoor motion

As is so usually the case as of late, the Irish athletics efficiency of the weekend got here from Tallaght AC’s Rhasidat Adeleke who broke her personal Irish information for 60m and 200m at the Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Invitational in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Saturday (January 20)

Adeleke – a 400m specialist don’t neglect –gained the 60m in 7.15 secs after which ran a time of twenty-two.49 within the 200m. Her earlier finest fimes had been 7.17 secs for 60m run in 2022 and 22.52 for 200m run in 2023..

In Wales, Cillian Kirwan of Raheny Shamrock AC gained the lads’s 800m A race on the BMC Indoor meet in Cardiff, on Sunday (January 21). Kirwan was a transparent winner of the race in 1:51.27. Within the ladies’s A 1500m, Ellie Hartnett of UCD AC completed third in 4:24.52.

Extra throughout the pond

In Colorado Springs, Michael Burke of East Galway AC, aged 18, ran a private finest 15:47.75 for 5000m on Saturday (January 20).

Operating on an outsized monitor in Notre Dame Indiana, on the identical day, Roisin Treacy from Ashford in Co Wicklow ran a private better of 4:58.56 for the mile, whereas Laura Mooney of Tullamore Harriers clocked 9:43.61 for 3000m in Kingston, Rhode Island.

A day earlier, on Friday (January 19), Claragh Keane on DMP AC, nonetheless aged nineteen, ran a private finest 5:11.82 for the mile in New York, knocking over six seconds off her earlier finest.

StAidans CBS – high senior staff the DCU Faculties Cross-Nation. Photograph: Lindie Naughton

Faculty Cross Nation

Faculties cross-country strikes into high gear this week after a warm-up occasion hosted and organised by DCU at St Claire’s Glasnevin on Wednesday (January 17), which attracted faculties not solely from Leinster but additionally Ulster and Munster.

Successful the boy’s senior race was Lorcan Benjacar of Ard Scoil Ris, who beat Rory Quill of St Aidan’s CBS and Ruairi McEvoy of St Kieran’s Kilkenny into the minor placings, With its three counting finishers within the high six, St Aidan’s took the staff title forward of St Michael’s Enniskillen and Ard Scoil Rís.

Maeve Caffrey of Mount Sackville gained the senior ladies race forward of Laura Nunan from the Institute of Schooling and Cliona Ryan of St Dominic’s Cabra, who was additionally main her college to staff victory.

Successful the inter ladies race was Emily Bolton of Mount Sackville, with St Dominic’s Cabra better of the groups forward of Coláiste Íosogáin and Our Girl’s Drogheda. First dwelling within the boys’ inter race was Conor McGuirk of Lusk Group School. St Michael’s Enniskillan with 4 finishers within the high eight took the staff title. St Colman’s Newry was second and Belvedere School third.

Joe O’Leary ending the Backbone Challenger at night time. Photograph: Will Roberts.

Extremely-running

At the annual Backbone Sequence of extremely races alongside the Penine Means in England and Scotland, Joe O’Leary from Killarney was the winner of the 144 mile Challenger North race, battling ice, snow and sub-zero temperatures to complete on Wednesday (January 15).

He completed in 44 hours 37 minutes 20 secs, which knocked over sixteen hours off the earlier finest time for the space.

Different Irish who accomplished the course included Johnny Conway and Michael Dowling who completed collectively in 58:48.58.

Better of the Irish within the full 268 mile Backbone race was G. Brian Hutchinson who completed tenth in 103 hours 41minutes reaching the end at Kirk Yetholm on Friday (January 19). Hutchinson is a lecturer in legislation at UCD.

Earlier winner and Backbone ‘common’ Eoin Keith completed sixteenth in 116:01.28 additionally on Friday (January 19). Race winner was Jack Scott in a brand new course document time of 72:55.05.