Leevale’s women put in a great performance at Bay Run ’09 on Sunday last, an event held on a tough course between Bantry and Glengarriff. Nollaig Hunter finished second in the ladies’ race, beaten only by former international athlete Catherina McKiernan. Not far behind were Jessica Vonhatten in 3rd and Sinéad O’Connor in 7th. In the men’s event, James Grufferty stepped up from his usual shorter distances and ran well to finish 8th overall. Fergus McCarthy improves with every race and continued his good form, finishing inside 85 minutes in 18th position.
Bay Run ’09 Half Marathon, Bantry, 3 May 2009
1 01:08:24 Michael Herlihy
2 01:10:05 Colin Merritt
3 01:11:10 Raivis Zakis
4 01:11:20 Philip West
5 01:13:12 Roy Fahy
6 01:13:48 Ruairí O’Donnell
7 01:16:53 Eugene McCarthy
8 01:17:57 James Grufferty
9 01:18:42 Kevin Wilmot
10 01:20:07 Shane O’Rourke
11 01:20:28 Liam Cotter
12 01:22:07 Denis Coughlan
13 01:22:34 Jim Cosgrave
14 01:22:37 Kevin Edwards
15 01:22:50 Maurice Clarke
16 01:23:39 Conor Dolan
17 01:24:00 Seamus Branagh
18 01:24:15 Fergus McCarthy
19 01:24:30 Colin Walsh
20 01:24:48 Catriona McKiernan
21 01:25:10 Michael Houlihan
22 01:25:53 Nollaig Hunter
23 01:26:19 Bob Harrington
24 01:26:26 Joris Van Casteren
25 01:26:31 Pat Quill
26 01:27:07 Michael Ryan
27 01:27:09 Séamas Cogan
28 01:27:13 Joseph Smyth
29 01:27:20 Patrick Troy
30 01:27:55 Matthew Geden
31 01:28:00 Kieran Shannon
32 01:28:05 Tom O’Brien
33 01:28:15 Dan McCarthy
34 01:28:17 Niall Barry
35 01:28:29 Jesica Vonhatten