Archive for October, 1999

Carroll Helps Villanova to Third Place in Big East

31 October, 1999

The American collegiate cross country season is fast drawing to a close, with many teams chasing places at the national championships. Conference meets were held this weekend with some very commendable performances from Irish runners. Pride of place must go to Leevale’s Paul Carroll, a freshman at Villanova. A couple of weeks ago he had [...]

McCarthy Leads Leevale to County Title

31 October, 1999

The Cork senior and junior cross country championships, were held at the UCC Farm today in gale-force winds. Martin McCarthy of Leevale went to the start line a strong favourite for the senior title, and did not disappoint. For the first of four and a half laps he was content to let others do the [...]

Leevale Athletes Struggle in Pre-Nationals Meet in Indiana

17 October, 1999

Carrignavar’s Valerie Lynch, running fro Western Kentucky university had another good run over the weekend. Running in the Pre Nats race in Indiana she finished a close third in a time of 18:00. Fellow Cork athletes Olga Cronin was 32nd (19:09), caroline Daly 37th (19:14), Terri Hennessy 47th (19:22), and Lisa Cronin 69th (19:41). Apart [...]

McCarthy Fifth in Loughrea Road Race

16 October, 1999

Martin McCarthy finished 5th in today’s Loughrea International 5 mile road race in a time of 23:28. The race was won by Hendrick Ramaala of South Africa (22:22), with John Mutai of Kenya second (22:27) and Seamus Power of Limerick third (22:54). The race also marked Sonia O’Sullivan’s return to victory after giving birth recently. [...]

Loughrea 5m Road Race

16 October, 1999

Leevale Reflect on Another Successful Year at AGM

15 October, 1999

The small attendance at the Leevale annual general meeting tonight is surely a reflection of the apathy that exists in sport these days, with only a fraction of the three hundred eligible to attend actually turning up at Moores Hotel. Both the chairman Joe O’Flynn (shown right) and secretary John Smyth reflected on a very [...]

Egan 11th at Meet of Champions

2 October, 1999

These days there is as much activity by Irish athletes in the United States as there is here at home. Over the weekend there was another big representation by Irish runners at various events in the US. At the Iona Meet of Champions Enda Johnson (Brown University), one of the top juniors in recent times, [...]