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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Ava Hutchinson runs 2:35 Marathon to qualify for London Olympics

In the Houston Marathon on Sunday, 15th of Jan 2012, Ava Hutchinson of Dundrum South Dublin Athletic Club finished in 4th place in a time of 2:35:33. This was faster than the 'A' standard of 2:37 required to qualify to run for Ireland in the Olympics in London this year. She now provisionally joins Linda Byrne who ran 2:36:21 in the Dublin Marathon last October.

Also in action in Houston was Gladys Ganiel (North Belfast AC) who finished in 8th place in a time of 2:40:56. The times, places and individual splits are shown below. (The halfway split for a 2:37 Marathon is 1:18:30)







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