Archive for November, 1999

Carroll Second in Manchester

25 November, 1999

In the Manchester, Connecticut road race over 4.75 miles today, Mark Carroll was bidding to repeat his win of last year. A big effort in the last mile brought him to the shoulder of the leader, Kenyan David Makori, however, Carroll had to give way to his opponent in the last few strides, taking second [...]

Carroll Returns to Competitive Action in Thanksgiving Race

24 November, 1999

Mark Carroll returns to competitve action tomorrow in the Thanksgiving Day road race in Manchester, Connecticut, and has hopes of repeating last year’s victory. It will be his first outing since the disastrous 5,000 metres at the World Championships in Seville last August when trailed in last. But Carroll has taken his time to recover [...]

Irish Results from American NCAA Cross-Country Championships

22 November, 1999

The final cross country race of the American collegiate season was held today, with the nationals taking place at Bloomington, Indiana. South Alabama’s freshman David Kimani was a winner of the men’s race by 3 seconds in 30:06, with Arkansas taking the team title again. Keith Kelly of Providence college had an excellent run finishing [...]

McCarthy Second in National Inter-Counties, Keane Third in Juniors

21 November, 1999

The National Inter-County Cross Country Championships, were held in warm sunshine over hilly terrain in Carrignavar today. Leevale’s Martin McCarthy (shown left) carried Cork hopes in the senior race, a race that saw the lead change constantly over each of the five laps that made up the 10k distance. After the runners settled down somewhat [...]

McCarthy Wins SHB Road Race from Fahy in Second

14 November, 1999

The SHB road race over the Marina circuit today had to be severely curtailed due to road works, going ahead as a 5k race rather than four miles. From the start Martin McCarthy made his way to the front and never looked back. At the one mile mark he was some eight seconds ahead of [...]

SHB 5k Road Race, Marina Rd., Cork

14 November, 1999

Kennefick Leads Leevale to Victory in Munster BLOE U-17 Championships

7 November, 1999

The Munster BLOE cross country championships, were held in Ennis today, and apart from a shower of rain at the very start of the programme, the day was sunny and ideal for competition. William Harty of Ring Old Parish was first to take the lead, and after half a mile he had a thirty metre [...]

Foolkes Leads McNeese Team

1 November, 1999

Jason Foolkes of Leevale led McNeese State to 4th place in the Southland Conference Cross Country Championships, with a 9th place individual performance. Earlier in the season, Jason placed 6th at the Louisiana State Invitational running 25:56 for 8k. Jason also placed 6th at the NSU Invitational (5 October) covering 8k in 27:15, and 5th [...]