Google+ Running in Cork, Ireland: Fastest Irish women over 5000 Metres

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Fastest Irish women over 5000 Metres

While I was looking some records for Joanne Cuddihy's best times over 400 metres, I came across a chart for the best times for Irish women over 5,000 metres. Needless to say, all of the middle distance records are dominated by Sonia O'Sullivan who was in a league of her own when it comes to Irish records. Her record in the 5000 metres came during the 2000 Olympics in Sydney when she won the silver medal in a time of 14:41.02.


Maria McCambridge and Rosemary Ryan at the 2012 Ballycotton '10' race....photo by Gearoid O'Laoi

Also included on the list are two athletes who were took part in the Ballycotton '10' last Sunday. The winner of the race Maria McCambridge of Letterkenny AC is the third fastest Irish woman over 5,000 metres having run 15:05.86 in Belgium back in 2004. In third place last Sunday, Rosemary Ryan of Bilboa AC is the sixth fastest Irish woman with a time of 15:17.57 set back in 2000.

The 27 women who have run under 16 minutes for 5,000 metres are shown below...
# Time       Athlete                 Pos   Location    Date
1 14.41.02 Sonia O'Sullivan  2 Sydney AUS 25.09.00
2 14.49.40 Catherina McKiernan  7 Cologne GER 16.08.96
3 15.05.86 Maria McCambridge  3 Huesden BEL 31.07.04
4 15.09.07 Marie McMahon-Davenport  4 Waltam USA 29.05.04
5 15.12.83 Breda Denehy-Willis  5 Huesden BEL 05.08.00
6 15.17.57 Rosemary Ryan  7 Huesden BEL 05.08.00
7 15.18.34i Mary Cullen  3 Boston USA 07.02.09
8 15.19.12 Una English  8 Huesden BEL 14.07.01
9 15.27.5 Monica Joyce  1 San Diego USA 20.05.83
10 15.28.28 Kathy McCandless  8 Oslo NOR 05.07.96
11 15.31.26 Fionnuala Britton  11 Hengelo NED 29.05.11
12 15.33.34 Sinead Delahunty  11 Hechtal BEL 22.07.95
13 15.35.60 Regina Joyce  6 Oslo NOR 26.06.82
14 15.36.71 Valerie Vaughan  2 Walnut USA 18.04.98
15 15.45.72 Valerie McGovern  1 Durham USA 02.06.90
16 15.46.47i Stephanie Reilly  1 New York USA 05.03.11
17 15.46.64 Hazel Murphy  12 Palo Alto USA 01.05.10
18 15.47.73 Ann  Keenan-Buckley  3 Dublin IRL 14.07.02
19 15.51.28 Deirdre Byrne  2 Stanford USA 02.05.09
20 15.53.47 Teresa Duffy  Paris FRA 03.06.96
21 15.54.29 Linda  Byrne  2 Watford GBR 13.06.09
22 15.56.01 Jolene Byrne  3 Izmir TUR 19.08.05
23 15.56.30 Caroline Mullen  4 Baton Rouge USA 06.06.87
24 15.57.15 Monica O'Reilly  23.04.92
25 15.58.64 Roisin McGettigan  6 Stanford USA 04.05.08
26 15.58.67 Kerry Harty  8 Manchester GBR 28.05.11
27 15.58.93 Ava Hutchinson 16 Mt. Sac USA 17.04.09

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