Archive for January, 2002

Round-up

28 January, 2002

Leevale’s claire Gibbons had an excellent run in the FMC International four mile road race on Sunday, finishing a close second to road specialist Mary Sheehan. Claire has been showing excellent form in recent weeks.
(Results)
The Celtic International was held at the Aer Lingus Sports Complex in Dublin on Sunday. Damien Dunlea was the only Leevale runner in [...]

Marcus still going strong

28 January, 2002

Anyone who thought that Marcus O’Sullivan’s running days were over when he ‘retired’ from the international circuit some years ago were proved very wrong in the last few days. The Leevale man, competing at an indoor meet at Penn State University on Saturday he once again showed what a fantastic athlete he is by breaking [...]

FMC International 4 Mile Road Race

27 January, 2002

Best of luck to Damien Dunlea

20 January, 2002

Best of luck to Damien Dunlea who competes on the Irish team at the Celtic International in Dublin next Sunday. Damien put in a storming run at the All Ireland cross country championships in Rostrevor, county Down before Christmas, beaten just inches by Colin Costelloe, a far more experienced runner.
A big [...]

John Smyth chairs two

15 January, 2002

It’s a busy time for John Smyth. Just before Christmas he was elected chairman of the CIT Track Advisory Committee, and followed that by being re-elected chairman of Cork County Board at last week’s AGM. Also at the AGM Joe O’Flynn retained his position as Team Manager, and Eithne Ui Chonaill was elected to the [...]

McCarthy back in winning form at Mallow 10

14 January, 2002

The annual Irish Sugar sponsored Mallow athletic club ten mile road race was held on Sunday. These days it’s hard to decide whether the brilliant warm sunny weather can be best described as spring-like or a continuation of autumn.
Runners came from all over Munster for this popular event, increasing the numbers competing. However, up-front there [...]

Jer O’Donoghue sets new Irish record

14 January, 2002

For the second time in a week Leevale’s Jer O’Donoghue lowered his best time for the 60m while competing at the Munster indoor championships in Nenagh on Sunday. His winning time of 6.89 is a new Irish under 23 record, and is slightly faster than the 6.92 he set when winning the AAI Games 60m [...]

Irish Sugar Mallow 10

13 January, 2002

Grufferty Fourth in Farewell Race

1 January, 2002

William Harty was a winner at the Bandon 5m Road Race today. Harty (410 in photo) led most of the way to win in 24:38, with Leevale’s Martin McCarthy (431 in photo) second in 24:41. McCarthy, who has been steadily returning to form of late, had a temporary set back in December [...]