Some great performances in the Raheny 5mile on Sunday last, 31st Jan. Neil Wiktorski ran a new Pb of 26.14 and was 14th overall. Gary Condon 27.12 and 4th 0/40, Colm O'Heigeartaigh 30.30, Suzanne Foot, 31.29 and 4th in Age Cat., James Nangle, 31.16, Emer Hynes, 42.19 and Elaine Nuzun 48.24, these are the results we to hand. Well done also to all our fellow Sli Cualann athletes, Deirdre Byrne finishing 3rd lady in 27.46. The race was won by Mick Clohisey, Raheny Shamrocks, in 24.05 with Mary Cullen Sligo AC, 1st woman home in 26.16. Full results http://www.myrunresults.com/events/axa_raheny_5mile_road_race/56/results
On Thursday 28th Jan., Race 1 in the new Wicklow Race Series was a 5k in Rathdrum. Gary Condon was 1st athlete home in a time of 16.46. Stefanie Unland ran a new Pb of 27.00 to take over 40 seconds off her previous best. Full results can be found on http://www.slicualann.com/uploads/6/1/5/2/6152550/wicklow_race_series-race_1-rathdrum_5km__1_.pdf Next race in the series is a 2miler in Greystones on Thursday 11th Feb., at 7.30pm.
Due to a problem with the chip timing system, full results from Dungarvan 10ml are not available yet, if any of our athletes took part in this race can they forward their time to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Well done to all our athletes and our fellow Sli Cualann athletes who took part in the National Masters and Inter C/C today. With huge entries in each event, competition for places was every bit as tough as the conditions. The Sli Cualann Ladies Masters team (35/49) finished in an excellent 3rd place and win the bronze medal. Suzanne Foot finished a brilliant 9th in her age Cat, closely followed by Ashling Smith 11th, Carol Costello 18th, Ashling Kirwan 21st and Anne Marie Kenny 28th. Jean O'Kennedy ran 17.28 over the 4k course, a brilliant time..., we are awaiting confirmation of her age Cat finishing position. Great effort from all. Billy Tyrrell and Terry Kavanagh both had fine runs, finishing 12th and 5th in their respective Categories.
In the mens Inter event, Stephen O'Kennedy rounded off a great C/C season by finishing in 48th place. Tim Grummell was 37th, Alan Dalton 59th and Patrick Kinsella was 65th. The Sli Cualann team finished in a very creditable 8th place. Results at; http://www.athleticsireland.ie/…/hyland-and-oreilly-take-in…
In the Ferrycarrig, Wexford, 5mile, Jason O'Connor continued to show huge improvement, in running a new Pb of 34.26, over 90 seconds off his previous best, set on the same course 2 years ago. Richard Kavanagh recorded a time of 33.54 to win the 0/60 Cat. Must be one of the best organised races in the country, stewarding, changing facilities/showers and post race food all top class.
