Midleton, Bweeng, T&F and Pfizer Results

The busy racing schedule continues into early May and there was a good showing from Leevale runners in Midleton last Thursday for the popular 5 mile race. Andrea Bickerdike led the way with a 2nd place finish in the women’s race with 3 of the men also running in the top 10. 

Midleton 5 Mile Results / 04 May 2017 / 5 miles Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Andrew Sheehan 4
2 Mark Walsh 5
3 James Grufferty 9
4 Andrea Bickerdike 2
5 Loic Garel 43
6 Dave Hobbs 140
7 Ciaran Desmond (M55) 318
8 Batt Kearney 399

On Saturday it was all about track at the 50th anniversary of the Leevale T&F event in CIT. Sinead O’Connor and Niamh Roe took silver and bronze respectively in the women’s 3k while there were plenty of good performances by the men in the 3k with Tim Crowley first home for the club running a 9:31 PB. 

Moving into the shorter distances, Phil Crowley took the win in the men’s 1500m while in the men’s 800m, Matt Murnane ran sub 2 minutes to win with Tommy Connolly coming in 2nd. In the women’s 800m, Louise Shanahan was 2nd with Carol Finn not far behind in 3rd. 

Leevale T&F 3k Results / 06 May 2017 / 3000m Track / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Tim Crowley 5
2 James Mintern 6
3 Michael Cremin 7
4 Andrew Hobbs 8
5 Sinead O Connor 2
6 Niamh Roe 3
7 Ruairi Kennedy 9

Leevale T&F 1500m Results / 06 May 2017 / 1500m Track / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Philip Crowley 1
2 Heywood Richardson 4
3 Robbie Mulhall 6

Leevale T&F 800m Results / 06 May 2017 / 800m Track / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Matt Murnane 1
2 Tommy Connolly 2
3 Alan O Donovan 4
4 Ben Smith 5
5 Abdi Mohamed 7
6 TJ Hogan 8
7 Jack O Connor 9
8 Louise Shanahan 2
9 Carol Finn 3

On Sunday, far away from the track, we had Donal Coakley and John O’Connell tackling the dirt trails of Spain in the questionably measured but undeniably hilly Alfaranate half marathon. Donal took 3rd overall and John 2nd in M35 category. The lads won a well deserved bag of chickpeas each. 

Alfaranate Half Marathon Results / 06 May 2017 / 1/2 Marathon Trail

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Donal Coakley 3
2 John O Connell 5

Also on Sunday it was back to the roads of Cork in a sunny Bweeng where Leevale once again represented in large numbers. There were 2 races on the day with both Eric Curran and Carol Finn having very strong runs in the 10k making it a double win for Leevale.

Bweeng 10k Results / 07 May 2017 / 10k Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Eric Curran 1
2 Alfie Davis 5
3 Ian O Leary 6
4 Dan O Sullivan 8
5 Carol Finn 1
6 David O Mahony 23
7 John Twomey 44
8 Batt Kearney 194

In the 5k race, Niamh Roe fresh from her 3k the previous day had a good battle in the women’s emerging victorious while in the men’s race, Tim Twomey narrowly missed out on making it a Leevale clean sweep coming home in 2nd with Conor McCauley just behind in 3rd.

Bweeng 5k Results / 07 May 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Tim Twomey 2
2 Conor McCauley 3
3 Niamh Roe 1
4 Garry Noonan 23

On the same day in Tullamore we had Michelle Kenny taking 2nd place in the 3rd of the 5k race series, just seconds behind Pauline Curley.

Tullamore 5k Results / 07 May 2017 / 5k Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Michelle Kenny 2

This week the main event was in Ringaskiddy on Wednesday for the BHAA Pfizer 6 mile and we had 2 Leevale athletes in the top 5 with Donal Coakley and Brian Hegarty coming in 4th and 5th. 

BHAA Pfizer Results / 10 May 2017 / 6 mile Road / Full Results

Name Distance Time Age Grade Pace (mile) Pos.
1 Donal Coakley 4
2 Brian Hegarty 5
3 Michael Brennan 64
4 Batt Kearney 317

 

 

 

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