The UCC Farm at Curraheen Road proved an ideal venue for the Munster intermediate and vets cross country championships on Sunday. In the intermediate race William Harty, just seventeen years of age, was first to lead in this 8k race.  Half way through the first lap Leevale’s Bryan Keane was hot in pursuit, although he [...]

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Mark Carroll finished second to Séamus Power in Dunleer today, in the 32nd running of Rás Na hÉireann.  Kenya’s Cyrus Kataron was third.  The battle between this trio was always absorbing, with the lead changing in an exciting sequence of surges and counter-surges. Power opened the first significant gap after two of the five laps, [...]

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  The youngsters from Washington State in the USA are catching up to their Cork rivals, after recording victory in both the boys and girls cross-country races in Midleton today.  The high-school runners, led by Tipperary man Phil English make a trip to Munster every two years for some friendly competition in Cork and Tipperary.  [...]

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The Carroll brothers, Mark and Paul, dominated the Bandon 5 Mile Road Race today, finishing first and second respectively.  Mark (205 in photo) led the race throughout, winning comfortably in a time of 24:13.  He was followed home, almost 2 minutes later, by Paul in 26;12 (204 in photo).  James Murphy of Grange-Fermoy was third [...]

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    Janko Bensa of Arizona braved 24-degree (Fahrenheit) temperatures and 20 mph winds to win the New York Road Runners Club New Year’s Eve Midnight 4-mile run, beating Leevale’s Marcus O’Sullivan.  Bensa was timed in 19 minutes, 31 seconds, in the race through Central Park, while O’Sullivan, a three-time world indoor champion at 1,500 [...]

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