Congratulations to eveyone who competed in the mini marathon on Monday, bravely battling scorching sunshine on one of the hottest afternoons of the year so far. First home from the club was Caitriona Jennings in 5th place (36.42), followed by Donna Mahon (1st over 35 in 38.08), Laura Flynn (42.49) and Helen Ingram (45.27).
Full results are available on the mini marathon site.
Photos by PJ Claffey are available in the gallery.
Well done to Michael Treacy, running for the High School, Rathgar, who came third in the Under 16 boys 1 mile race in the Irish Schools T&F Championships on Saturday 30th May in Tullamore. He ran 4.41.75 in 25 Degrees heat with a last lap of 66 seconds to secure the bronze medal. This was an outstanding performance by Michael. Philip Halpin, his coach was delighted with the result. Full results on AAI website Link
Well done to Zoe Melling who competed in the European Masters Athletics Championships 10k road race in Aarhus Denmark on Friday 29th May. The Irish team took the silver medal in their category, which was made up by Bernie White (43.14) from Dublin Striders, Zoe Melling (43.55) and Mary McDermott (45.44) from Donore. Well done to all.
Full results at Link
Padraig MacCriostail continues to improve with every race by winning the Intel BHAA 10k road race in a time of 33.45, a personal best. Padraig had previously broken his PB by breaking 34.00 in the National 10k in Navan recently. 33.30 now beckons. In the same race Terry Clarke was 34th in 39.47 and followed in 40th by Eoin Murray in 40.15. Well done to all. Full results on BHAA website Link
In the 1,500m A race Julian Kuppler was 3rd. in 3.53 and Barry Minnock ran 4.06. In the A 3,000m race James King ran 8.32 while Garoid O'Connor acted as pacemaker and finished in 9.26. In the B 3,000m, Michael Freeley ran 8.56 and Johnathan Hughes ran 9.05, both seasons bests. Brian O'Donoghue ran 9.11. Well done to all.
Full results on Irish Milers website website Link
