Impressive Debut From Stephen O'Kennedy

Great performances from all our athletes who took part in the Ferns 4ml yesterday, Saturday 13th June. Stephen O'Kennedy, making his debut as a Bray Runner, also running his first competitive race finished in an excellent 23.01 and in 10th place overall, in what was a top quality field. Jean O'Kennedy finished 8th woman home in a time of 28.24, and was 1st 0/50. Jean was also part of the Sli Cualann Senior Women's team, along with Anne Marie Kenny, Ashling Kirwan and Sile O'Byrne, who won the women's team prize for the 2nd year in a row. Jason OConnor ran 28.59 and Barry O'Dwyer ran 29.06. Andrea Murphy 32.07, Dolores Gilliland 33.36 and Richard Kavanagh 27.37 and 1st O/60 completed the Bray Runners line up.

Other Sli Cualann winners on the night were, Anne Marie Kenny 4th woman O/A, Ashling Kirwan 1st O/40, Mick Byrne 5th O/A and 1st 0/55, Sile O'Byrne 1st Juvenile girl and Donal Flannery 1st Male juvenile.

1st home on the night was Mick Clohisey, Raheny Shamrocks, in 19.07, Raheny Shamrocks also took the men's team event. Jackie Carthy, Kilmore AC was 1st woman home in 23.32. Full results can be found at  http://www.popupraces.ie/results.php?id=178&race=Mick-Murphy-Memorial-4-Milefe&view=female

At the Sonia O'Sullivan 5k, also on Saturday evening, Charlotte Stevens ran a fine 22.33 and was 22nd in a field of 721 women. Full results on  http://www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2715

Leinster Juveniles T/F

On Saturday, Bray Runners Juveniles were proudly represented in the Leinster Track and Field Champs by Aoife Carter and Grainne O'Sullivan (both U12's) and Orla O'Callaghan (U13) on what was a very windy day in Tullamore.

Orla ran an impressive 2:07 in the 600m finishing 24th of 40 competitors. Grainne qualified for the final of the 60m hurdles with a super display in her heat, finishing 7th in the final. Grainne and Aoife narrowly missed the final of the 60m sprints, both recording  9.55 seconds in their heats.

Grainne came 6th in a huge field in the U12 long jump with a jump of 3.78m while Aoife went on to run 2:16 in the U12 600m.

VHI Womens Mini Marathon

We had a number of athletes take part in the VHI Women's Mini Marathon on Monday last the 1st June. The results we have to hand are, Suzanne Foot 36th in 41.45, Helen Barry 37th in 41.47 and Ashling Smith 40th in 42.24. Georgina Devlin 49.28, Emer Hynes 50.22, Andrea Murphy 50.28, Noelle Thorpe 51.05 and Dolores Gilliland 52.43, all enjoyed their day out in the wind and rain. Maria McCambridge was 1st athlete home in 34.03.   

Midweek Results.

On Tuesday 26th May the popular Dunboyne 5ml was held at which James Nangle recorded an excellent new Pb of 30.23. Bobby Mitchell also in fine form ran 31.01 and Cathy Mitchell recorded a new Pb of 38.52. The race was won by Mick Clohisey in 22.23 with Emilia Dan 1st woman home in 30.43. Full results on  http://bhaa.ie/events/government-services-2015/#tab-id-1

Also on this week was The Central Park 5k, in which Gary Condon continued his fine run of form by finishing 2nd in a time of 16.24. The race was won by Myles Gibbons, SBR, in 16.21, with Suzanne Martin 1st woman home in 21.56. Full results on, http://www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2701

The Fit4life Wicklow 4mile trail run was held on Thursday evening, Rachel Daly 37.37 and Stefanie Unland 40.37 were both pleased with their evenings work. Clive Quinn, Parnell AC, was 1st athlete home in 23.10 and Rachel Wisdom 1st woman human in 26.13. Full results on http://www.slicualann.com/2015-fit4life-results-r5.html