May-June Distance Roundup

We’re in the height of the summer racing season, the evenings are long and bright and the sun hasn’t been shy (and we’ve all got the singlet tan lines to prove it). It’s been very busy but successful few weeks for the club with the next crop of stars, the juveniles, displaying their dominance on the national stage recently, the new high performance centre being officially opened, the 50th anniversary of the club and plenty of strong distance performances on the roads (with a sprinkle of track) including a great weekend for the club at Cork Marathon weekend. It’s time to catch up on some of these results from mid-May up until the end of June with July results to follow soon.

On Tuesday May 16th, Eric Curran was a clear winner in the Glanmire Macra na Feirme 5km running a good time of 15:30. Eric continued his form a few weeks later winning the John Buckley BHAA 5k which continues to attracts a big crowd with 914 runners finishing this year and there was yet another strong showing from Leevale athletes. Eric just about held off the challenge of Mallow’s Paul Maloney to take the win in 15:31. In the ladies, Andrea Bickerdike ran strongly to take 2nd in 17:45 with Niamh Roe not far behind in 3rd. In a race where the standard was fairly high, there were 6 Leevale ladies and 5 of the Leevale men present in their respective top 10’s which emphasises the strength of the club right now. A couple of days later, Carol Finn took a good win running 18:29 in the Mallow AC 5k in Doneraile park. 

The Cork marathon weekend wasn’t long coming around and a great contingent from the club took part in all events with conditions fairly reasonable considering the last few years. The ever-present Nollaigh O’Neill, a two-time winner of the race, took 2nd place this year in 3:03 with Finbarr O’Dwyer first male home for the club in 2:44. In the half marathon, Claire McCarthy ran convincingly to take the win in 1:16:33 with over 2 minutes to spare on 2nd place. In the relay, Leevale dominated proceedings as the ladies (2:45) and the mens (2:21) took the spoils. The 2nd mens team also took 3rd overall (2:33). With the welcomed switch of the event to the Sunday, many of our runners appreciated the Monday off work to recover, and not entirely from running. 

The following Wednesday, Sinead O’Connor took the win in her hometown Belle of Ballincollig race comfortably winning in 18:44 while on Sunday 11th, Helen Leonard took a nice win in the Glanmire 4 mile race with a time of 24:49. On the same day it was the Munster Senior & Masters T&F on a blustery day in CIT where Sinead took another win in the senior 1500m and Annette Quaid won the F35 800m.

On Thursday June 15th, Niamh Roe had a win in the Coolagown 5k running 18:34 and the next day Carol Finn earned yet another win in a 5k in Doneraile park running 19:24.

On Sunday June 25th across the pond in Swansea, Claire McCarthy had a storming run, winning the half marathon in a fantastic PB of 1:14:34. Claire is in superb form heading into the worlds in August where she’ll represent Ireland in the marathon.

Finally, to round up the month of June, on Friday the 30th in Millstreet, Conor McCauley had an impressive win (if this writer may say so) in the Willie Neenan 5 miler running 25:57 on an evening where Leevale men also took the team prize. 

Bay Run Results / 14 May 2017 / 1/2 Marathon Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Nollaigh O Neill 2

Glanmire Macra Results / 16 May 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Eric Curran 1
2 Philip O Riordan 9
3 Batt Kearney 85

Kilcredan 5k Results / 19 May 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Loic Garel 15
2 Batt Kearney 107
3 John O Leary 108

Highgate Harriers 10k Race E Results / 20 May 2017 / 10k Track / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Tim Twomey 9

Highgate Harriers 10k Race D Results / 20 May 2017 / 10k Track / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Conor McCauley 18

Ballyandreen 5 Results / 25 May 2017 / 5 miles Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Donal Coffey 9
2 Padraig O Dubhgain 22
3 Helen Leonard 2
4 Zach O Sullivan-Hourihan 55
5 Denis Kelleher 63
6 Rosaleen Mackeown 3
7 John O Leary 370
8 Batt Kearney 414

BHAA John Buckley 5k Results / 30 May 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Eric Curran 1
2 Conor McCauley 4
3 Andrew Sheehan 5
4 Anthony Mannix 7
5 Mark Walsh 9
6 Mark Nolan 11
7 Michael Bruton 12
8 Tim Twomey 13
9 James Grufferty 18
10 Finbarr O Dwyer 29
11 Dave McEvoy 31
12 Tim Crowley 32
13 Alfie Davis 34
14 Ian O Leary 39
15 Michael Cremin 47
16 Marco Petrassi 51
17 Padraig O Dubhgain 54
18 Tobias Grab 55
19 Andrea Bickerdike 2
20 Niamh Roe 3
21 Ciaran Desmond 66
22 Carol Finn 4
23 Michelle Kenny 5
24 Rosaleen Mackeown 84
25 Lisa Hegarty 94
26 Harry Feeney 99
27 Garry Noonan 109
28 Denis O Mahony 125
29 Fionnuala Desmond 152
30 Dave Hobbs 168
31 John O Leary 466
32 Batt Kearney 593

Mallow AC 5k Results / 02 Jun 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 John O Connell 4
2 Carol Finn 1

Cork City Marathon Results / 04 Jun 2017 / Marathon Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Finbarr O Dwyer 15
2 Donal Coakley 26
3 Marco Petrassi 27
4 Jonathan Murphy 53
5 Nollaigh O Neill 2
6 John Twomey 287
7 Francisco Jaen 381
8 Michael Brennan 603
9 John Hallahan 954

Cork City Half Marathon Results / 04 Jun 2017 / 1/2 Marathon Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Claire McCarthy 1
2 David O Mahony 74
3 Niall O'Callaghan 87
4 Robert Lynch 93
5 Terry Ryan 125
6 Pauline Grainger 272
7 Nigel Lucas 550
8 Maretta Brennan 1255

Belle of Ballincollig 5k Results / 07 Jun 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Alfie Davis 3
2 Sinead O Connor 1
3 Philip O Riordan 8
4 Donal Coakley 102
5 Batt Kearney 128

Munster Senior T&F Results / 11 Jun 2017 / 800m Track / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Freda Davoren 2
2 Ruairi Kennedy 7

Munster Senior T&F Results / 11 Jun 2017 / 1500m Track / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Matt Murnane 2
2 Sinead O Connor 1

Munster Senior T&F Results / 11 Jun 2017 / 5k Track / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Conor McCauley 7
2 Anthony Mannix 11
3 Michael Bruton 12

Munster Masters T&F Results / 11 Jun 2017 / 800m Track / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Finbarr O Dwyer 2
2 Annette Quaid 1
3 Paul La Roque 4

Glanmire 4 mile Results / 11 Jun 2017 / 4 miles Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Brian Kearney 5
2 Helen Leonard 1

Grant Thornton 5k Results / 14 Jun 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Donal Coakley 3
2 Marco Petrassi 5

Coolagown 5k Results / 15 Jun 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Niamh Roe 1
2 John O Leary 194

Lyre Playground 4 mile Results / 15 Jun 2017 / 4 miles Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Dan O Sullivan 3
2 John Twomey 13

Ballyclough Harbour 5k Results / 16 Jun 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Robert Patterson 6
2 Lisa Hegarty 2

Inniscarra 4 mile Results / 16 Jun 2017 / 4 miles Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Ciaran Desmond 4
2 Dan O Sullivan 5
3 Michael Lucey 11
4 Garrett Buttimer 59

St. Mary’s Ladies Football 5k Results / 16 Jul 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Carol Finn 1

Daniel Kingston 5k Results / 22 Jun 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Alfie Davis 6
2 Brian Shiels 7

Shanagarry 5 mile Results / 22 Jun 2017 / 5 miles Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Donal Coffey 6
2 Donal Coakley 10
3 Padraig O Dubhgain 22
4 Helen Leonard 3
5 Zach O Sullivan-Hourihan 108
6 Batt Kearney 344

Dunshaughlin 10k Results / 24 Jun 2017 / 10k Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Conor McCauley 10
2 Dave McEvoy 28

Swansea Half Marathon Results / 25 Jun 2017 / 1/2 Marathon Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Claire McCarthy 1

BHAA VMware 5k Results / 28 Jun 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Mark Walsh 2
2 Finbarr O Dwyer 5
3 Alfie Davis 8
4 Padraig O Dubhgain 9
5 Marco Petrassi 10
6 Ciaran Desmond 12
7 Tobias Grab 13
8 Nigel Lucas 18
9 Carmel Parnell 2
10 Batt Kearney 205

Courtbrack 5k Results / 29 Jun 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Finbarr O Dwyer 2
2 John Collins 7

Courtmacsherry 10k Results / 30 Jun 2017 / 10k Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Jonathan Murphy 10
2 Brian Shiels 14
3 David O Mahony 30
4 Garry Noonan 32
5 Francisco Jaen 74

Millstreet 5 mile Results / 30 Jun 2017 / 5 miles Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Conor McCauley 1
2 Donal Coakley 4
3 Donal Coffey 5
4 Dan O Sullivan 7
5 Niamh Roe 2
6 Carol Finn 3