The Dublin Intermediate cross country took place last Sunday in a cold Tymon park.  Conditions were a little soft  under foot but felt a world away from last year when the runners had to avoid swans on the course.

With some of our top runners sunning themselves in Lanzarote this week it was an inexperienced team taking part.  Both the womens and mens team did very well. The women taking bronze, coming in 3rd. The men came in 6th out of ten teams. Both races had clear winners on the day.  Well done to all 98 athletes who braved chilly conditions to compete in the championships. It’s was great to see such a large number of supporters out on the day shouting for Sportsworld. Special thanks to Lucy who was dealing with all the logistics.

Women Results
6 675 Kelly Ruth Sportsworld AC 18.02
8 672 Forster Ciara Sportsworld AC 18.18
22 674 Jorden Orla Sportsworld AC 19.21
32 678 Waldrow Sibeal Sportsworld AC 19.57
34 679 O’Connor Nuala Sportsworld AC 20.02

Mens Results

11 873 Murran Garret Sportsworld AC 31.05
18 878 Cronin Karol Sportsworld AC 31.51
40 877 Ryan Tony Sportsworld AC 34.46
45 872 Mc Grath Gareth Sportsworld AC 35.36
47 875 Prendiville Gerard Sportsworld AC 35.46
52 874 Tully Conor Sportsworld AC 36.13
55 880 Burke Nigel Sportsworld AC 36.26

Full results are  posted on theDublin Athletics Board website

Saturday November 20^{th – report from Packie}

Ennis – Eimear had a victory over strong opposition in this 5k road race held at the weekend. The race is an Irish Sports Council initiative, and was the first of a four race series. It’s organised by Clare Sports Partnership and there is one every month from November to February. Entry fee is a recession-friendly fiver per race and is open to everybody. Well done Eimear.

Frostbite 5k road series 2010/11

Men

1          Liam Markham            Ennis Track Club        15:23

2          Brian Murphy             Ennis Track Club        15:58

3          Michael Shannon        Kilnaboy A. C.            16:30

Women

1          Eimear Power             Sportsworld                17:43

2          Veronica Colleran       Ennis Track Club        18:13

3          Imogen Cotter             Ennis Track Club        18:56

Winter Meet and Train race series kicked off in Lucan on Sunday 7th November. Sportsworld is represented by six teams this year. Due to other racing commitments a lot of top runners were not able to attend this race but we were still able to take 5 of top ten places. Orla Jordan and Orlagh Fleming from B team were fourth and fifth. Emma Fitzpatrick came eight. Sibeal Waldron had a really good run and came ninth scoring valuable points for team C. Ann Higgins was tenth.

Well done to everybody who showed up regardless muddy conditions and chilly weather. After the first race our B team is definitely on the lead but other Sportsworld teams scored well. Let’s keep up the good work and see you in Raheny on Sun 28th Nov.

The Leinster Intermediate cross country took place in Adamstown,  Wexford last  weekend. The womens team finished second, whilst the mens team finished fourth. A few county medals were also won.
Mairead O Callaghan – 7
Susan McDonnell – 14
Ciara Foster – 15
Louise Nolan – 29

Caitriona Higgins – 38

Gareth Murren – 17
Michael Cunningham – 23
Conor Butler – 39
Liam McFadden – 42

Santry demense – The scene of last December’s European XC played host to this year’s Dublin Senior XC; and although there was a moderately soggy under footing at least it was dry with no wind.

Senior Women

DSD’s Hazel Murphy was a gun to tape winner extending her lead on every lap, but behind her an intact group fizzled out over the three laps. On the second lap we were ahead on points with our five girls running in the top fourteen. Aoife always looked like 2^nd or 3^rd as she ran 90% of the race neck and neck with Raheny’s Aoife Talty. However the latter died away in the last 400m, with DSD’s Bryony Treston finishing like a train to get up to second, and this proved decisive for the team title. Bryony had conserved her energy by running back in the third group for most of the race. Eimear, Crona and Jean (who were part of that third group) also ran excellently to complete the scoring; but all of our girls struggled in the heavy conditions when compared to the Gerry Farnham XC two weeks ago. We will have a stronger squad when Lucy recovers from last week’s Dublin city marathon, and the biggest prize is five months away so there’s plenty of time to prepare for it.

Senior Men

Phil was our sole entry for this, he eased into it having been 26^th on the first lap and he picked off runners in each lap to end up 22^nd. Well done Phil, you were the picture of calmness! At the sharper end of this half-sized race (48 runners going to post when there’s normally 100), a top group of 14 kept it together for the first two of six laps. Then DSD’s Joe Sweeney must have thrown in a sub 4:30 mile as the whole field was strung apart on the third lap. He kept up this relentless pressure and lapped half of the field, and his five club mates finished in the top third of the race to regain their team crown.

Well done to DSD for winning both senior titles on the day, and well done to all runners for partaking in these highly competitive races.

Dublin Senior Cross Country Championships 2010

Senior Women

1          Murphy Hazel                         Dundrum South Dublin AC   18.37

2          Treston Bryony                       Dundrum South Dublin AC   19.08

3          Brady Aoife                            Sportsworld AC                      19.14

8          Martin Eimear                         Sportsworld AC                      19.38

10        Brady Crona                           Sportsworld AC                      19.40

13        Wilson Jean                             Sportsworld AC                      19.49

DNF    Jennings Catriona                    Sportsworld AC

Senior Women Team

1          Dundrum South Dublin AC               1,2,12,14 =      29

2          Sportsworld AC                                  3,8,10,13 =      34

3          Raheny Shamrocks AC                       5,7,17,18 =      47

4          Clonliffe Harriers AC                         4,11,16,20 =    51

Senior Men

1          Sweeney Joseph                      Dundrum South Dublin AC               32.18

2          O’Neill Breandan                    Dundrum South Dublin AC               32.33

3          Coghlan John                          Metro St. Brigids                                32.57

22        Kilgannon Phil                        Sportsworld AC                                  36.35

Last weekend the Leinster Novice was held in Mullingar. Sportsworld had a mens and womens team. Helen White had a great run finishing 2nd in the Masters race in 10:35. The womens team had a great  day taking second place. The mens team  whilst not at full strength ran well also. It’s great to see a large number of new runners taking part in the Novice races.  The next Leinster race is Adamstown on the 7th. This will be a step up to a 10K race.

Results

Susan McDonnell – 9 – 11.05

Mairead O Callaghan – 10 – 11.06

Ciara Foster – 19 -11.36

Caitriona Higgins – 32 – 12.08

Emma Fitzpatrick – 39 – 12.16

Siobheal Waldron – 45 – 12.34

Nuala O Connor – 50 – 12.48

Garrett Murran – 33 – 21.33

Michael Cunningham – 46 – 22.25

Ciaran Lynch – 49 – 22.38

Conor Butler – 58 – 23.30

Conor Tully – 68 – 23.54

A big well done to all those who represented the club at last Monday’s 31st annual Dublin Marathon. More details will follow but the finishing times for each person are shown below.

ED MC ENTEE > 2:41:14
KAROL CRONIN > 2:51:52
LUCY DARCY > 2:52:46
JOE BYRNE > 2:55:57
KIERAN FOLEY > 2:58:37
LIAM Mc FADDEN > 3:01:34
STEPHANIE BERGIN > 3:10:23
RUTH KELLY > 3:10:31
PAUL CASSIDY > 3:32:53
DAVE TRIMBLE > 3:38:18
PAT QUINLAN > 3:43:41
KAREN O CONNOR > 3:48:03
IRENE O CONNOR > 3:48:58
ENDA Mc MORROW > 3:51:41
ANNE SWEENEY > 3:52:50
ANNA DELANEY > 3:55:11
GER KENNEDY > 4:05:35
CLAIRE O BRIEN > 4:11:28
CLAIRE HARRINGTON > 4:19:22
RACHAEL CORRIGAN > 4:27:00
LOUISE FLOOD > 5:00:00

Pictures from the Gerry Farnham Cross Country 2010 are now on the website. Well done to all who ran, especially the girls who came home in force to win the womens team title. Helen and Lucy also had great finishes in their age categories.

Results

Womens

4 – Aoife Brady Sportsworld A.C. Senior 16:52
7 – Eimear Power Sportsworld A.C. Senior 17:10
9 – Catriona Jennings Sportsworld A.C. Senior 17:18
11 – Crona Brady Sportsworld A.C. Senior 17:22
20 – Lucy Darcy Sportsworld A.C. Over 40 17:44
34 – Helen White Sportsworld A.C. Over 45 18:15
92 – Carol Lynch Sportsworld A.C. Over 60 23:41

Mens
54 – Paul O’Connell Sportsworld A.C. Senior 27:28
83 – Carole Cronnin Sportsworld A.C. Senior 28:29
103 – Tervor Sweeney Sportsworld A.C. Over 35 29:11
110 – Paul Duffy Sportsworld A.C. Senior 29:32

The first cross country race of the year took place yesterday over the Munich lap in the Phoenix Park. Sportsworld had a large number of athletes in attendance and a great bunch of supporters out on the course. The standout perfomances of the day go to Ciara Foster in the womens race and Carole Cronin in the mens Both proved a force to be reckoned with coming in 7th and 12th positions.

It was great to see large teams out with allot of runners new to cross country taking part. Unfortunately there was to be  no team prizes this year with both the mens and womens team coming in 5th.

Well done all. It wont be so dry next time.

Womens

7 254 Forster Ciara Sportsworld A.C. 11.23
26 250 O’Neill Jennifer Sportsworld A.C. 12.07
31 252 Jordan Orla Sportsworld A.C. 12.25
33 253 Waldron Siobheal Sportsworld A.C. 12.28
34 249 Higgins Catriona Sportsworld A.C. 12.30
52 256 O’Connor Nuala Sportsworld A.C. 13.20
61 255 Royel Bridget Sportsworld A.C. 13.48

Mens

12 222 Cronin Carole Sportsworld AC 20.08
13 221 Sweeney Travor Sportsworld AC 20.17
27 226 Bolger Colin Sportsworld AC 20.56
35 225 Murran Garrett Sportsworld AC 21.20
38 228 McEntee Ed Sportsworld AC 21.29
42 224 Cunningham Michael Sportsworld AC 21.39
49 232 Breen Niell Sportsworld AC (Ind) 22.12
54 223 McFadden Liam Sportsworld AC 22.32
64 227 Foley Kieran Sportsworld AC 23.02
72 258 Lyons Jonathan Sportsworld AC 23.34
77 233 Prenderville Gerard Sportsworld AC (Ind) 23.50
79 231 Tully Conor Sportsworld AC (Ind) 24.25
83 234 Moore Stephen Sportsworld AC (Ind) 25.27

Sunday, September 27th

Terenure – Our senior women’s team were out in full force on Sunday at the Rathfarnham 5K. The early start (10 am) and the late night before it (as it was the club coach Emily’s birthday) proved not to be a barrier for our runners. Conditions were ideal for fast running, which meant that many earned 5K road PBs.

The team were led home by Aoife and she was followed closely by her sister Crona. Despite 15m the day before it, 18m on Wednesday and 22m the previous Sunday Lucy proved that she still has the speed in her legs as she finished just outside 18 mins; and a few seconds later Jean arrived to finish our quartet. Fresh from her Ironman success in Zurich, Aideen won her age category. Well done to all.

Male Senior
1 00:13:54 Martin Fagan Mullingar Harriers
17 00:16:12 Trevor Sweeney Sportsworld Running Club

Female Senior
1 00:15:41 Mary Cullen Reebok international
2 00:16:23 Teresa McGloin Finn Valley
3 00:16:58 Patrycja Wlodarczyk Raheny Shamrocks
4 00:17:03 Aoife Brady Sportsworld Running Club
7 00:17:17 Crona Brady Sportsworld Running Club
9 00:18:09 Jean Wilson Sportsworld Running Club
13 00:19:04 Sandra Armstrong Sportsworld Running Club
18 00:19:31 Kathleen Horgan Sportsworld Running Club

Female Over 40
1 00:17:06 Annette Kealy Raheny Shamrock
2 00:18:03 Lucy D’Arcy Sportsworld Running Club
13 00:26:08 Laurence Delair Sportsworld Running Club

Female Over 45
1 00:20:42 Aideen Downes Sportsworld Running Club

Male Over 50
1 00:16:29 Phelim Glynn Dunboyne
9 00:21:40 Colin Mahon Sportsworld Running Club

More results on http://www.athleticsrathfarnham.ie/