Well done to Ed McEntee and Jakub Splawski who ran the Belfast City Marathon. Ed finished in 15th place with a great time of 2:40:59, and Jakub finished on 3:31:43.

Clonliffe Harriers held a 2 mile road race in glasnevin and the sportsworld ladies team took 1st place, while the mens team finished in third place.

12. 10.21 Ronan Merrick Sportsworld Sen M
14. 10.34 Sean Wall Sportsworld Jun M
17. 10.49 Michael Cunningham Sportsworld M35
27. 11.13 Lucy Darcy Sportsworld F35
28. 11.15 William Greensmyth Sportsworld Sen M
39. 11.48 Helen White Sportsworld F40
44. 12.04 Mary Finn Sportsworld Sen F
48. 12.19 Lorna Quinn Sportsworld Sen F
52. 12.40 Crona Brady Sportsworld Sen F

1^st Lorna Quinn
3^rd Crona Brady
6^th Ciara Foster
8^th Ann Higgins
9^th Louise Bruton
10^th Eileen Dalton
11^th Orla Jordan
14^th Susan Mc Donnell
15^th Sarah Mc Ateer
22^nd Anna Delaney
23^rd Kim Masuda
24^th Ann Jordan
26^th Aileen Melody
31^st Linda Kileen
46^th Jenny Maher
47^th Laurence Delair
58^th Yvonne Callis

Place Time Name

8 00:26:28 O’Connell Paul
11 00:27:21 McEntee Ed
21 00:28:16 Merrick Ronan
85 00:31:58 Greensmyth William
95 00:32:31 Kathleen O’Callaghan
170 00:35:16 Brady Crona

Paul O’Connell – 34.01
Ronan Merrick – 35.41
Michael Cunningham – 36.47
Lucy Darcy – 37.17
Paul Duffy – 37.18
Eimear Martin -37.46
Will Greensmith – 38.33
Helen White – 39.34
Aoife Brady 40.20
Mary Finn – 40.52
Kathleen O’Callaghan – 40.58
Lorna Quinn – 43.03

Senior Men Finish in 9th Place – Paul O’Connell, Ronan Merrick, Michael Cunningham
Master Women finished in 1st Place – Lucy Darcy, Helen White, Kathleen O’Callaghan
Senior Women Finished in 2nd Place – Eimear Martin, Aoife Brady, Mary Finn

Thanks to jakub for these photo’s.

Thanks to jakub for these photo’s.

Sportsworld Places
Raheny
Meet and Train
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1st / Mary Finn
3rd / Kathleen O Callaghan
6th / Breda Browne
7th / Ciara Foster
8th / Ann Higgins
9th / Orlagh Fleming
12th / Helen Dixon
14th / Orla Jordan
15th / Anna Delaney
20th / Edel O Connell
23rd / Kim Masuda
27th / Aileen Melody
38th / Caitriona Parker
43rd / Rhona Campbell
46th / Deboragh O Neill
49th / Claire Harrington
50th / Jenny Maher
72nd / Yvonne Callis

Race report by Eanna Cunanne

National Masters and Intermediate Cross Country Championships took place in near perfect conditions in Piercestown in Wexford, with Sportsworld athletes competing in three of the four races being held.

Lucy Darcy led the women’s masters race out on the first lap, and finished in 4th. Lucy, Helen White, Kathleen O’Callaghan and Breda Brown were silver medalists in the team event, with Lucy also winning a bronze county medal.

In the intermediate women’s event, Aoife Brady had a fantastic run to finish in the top 10 in only her second race after a season injured, while Crona Brady ran strongly in her national cross-country debut.

The intermediate men’s race was over 10K, with a long punishing hill to climb at the end of each of the six laps. In a field crowded with former prizewinners at novice and international junior level, it was telling that this hill progressively thinned out the pack on each circuit of the course. Despite this, Phil Kilgannon advanced through the field on every lap to finish with a county gold for Dublin. There were also great runs from Paul O’Connell, Ronan Merrick, Ed McEntee, Michael Cunningham, Martin Keenan, Paul Duffy and Will Greensmyth.