John Walshe of Ballycotton has put together an extensive list of the top Irish performances in 10 mile road races in 2018. As you can see, quite an amount of work has gone into it. If anyone spots any errors or omissions, be sure to let John Walshe know.
(Updated 29th Jan 2019)
All performances - where known - under 55 minutes men (75 in total) and under 65 minutes women (47 in total) are included. No doubt, there will be some omissions and any additions and corrections can be sent to me at: jowalshe AT eircom DOT net
IRISH 10-MILE RANKINGS 2018 (Men)
48:41 Kevin Seward (Clonliffe) Portsmouth Oct 21
49:10 Hiko Tonasa (DSD) Duhallow Apr 8
49:13 Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe) Duhallow Apr 8
49:19 Stephen Scullion (Clonliffe) Frank Duffy (Swords) Sep 2
49:22 Mick Clohisey (Raheny) Cobh Apr 29
49:27 Kevin Maunsell (Clonmel) Dungarvan Feb 4
49:32 Mick Clohisey Roscommon Jul 7
49:47 David Flynn (Cloniffe) Dungarvan Feb 4
50:04 Emmett Dunleavy (Sligo) Dungarvan Feb 4
51:05 Thomas Hayes (KCH) Kilcock Aug 19
51:16 Gary O’Hanlon (Clonliffe) Stook Nov 18
51:27 Niall Shanahan (An Bru) Ballyroan Dec 8
51:30 Tim O’Donoghue (East Cork) Cork City Sep 8
51:35 Alan O’Shea (Bantry) Dungarvan Feb 4
51:43 Thomas Hayes Portsmouth Oct 21
51:46 Sean Hehir (Rathfarnham-WSAF) Enniscorthy Jun 24
51:48 Alan O’Shea Mallow Mar 25
51:48 Conor Bradley (City of Derry) Kilcock Aug 19
52:17 James McCarthy (East Cork) Dungarvan Feb 4
52:22 Paddy Hamilton (Slieve Gullion R) Frank Duffy (Swords) Sep 2
52:37 Trevor Power (Waterford) Mallow Mar 25
52:43 Freddy Sittuk (Raheny) Phoenix Park Jul 14
52:46 Cillian O’Leary (Raheny) Phoenix Park Jul 14
52:56 Mike Carmody (An Bru) Dungarvan Feb 4
52:59 Tomas Fitzpatrick (Tallaght) Phoenix Park Jul 14
53:02 John Travers (Donore) Bundoran Mar 10
53:04 James McCarthy Mallow Mar 25
53:07 David Mansfield (Clonmel) Kilsheelan Mar 11
53:08 Alan O’Brien (Eagle) Mallow Mar 25
53:17 Alan O’Shea Duhallow Apr 8
53:17 Colin Merritt (unatt, M45) Dungarvan Feb 4
53:18 Colin Maher (Ballyfin) Roscommon Jul 7
53:21 Mark Hoey (Leevale) Dungarvan Feb 4
53:24 Martin Doody (Limerick, M40) Mallow Mar 25
53:28 Keith Shields (Foyle Valley) Bundoran Mar 10
53:36 Colin Merritt Mallow Mar 25
53:37 Colin Maher Phoenix Park July 14
53:40 Conan McCaughey (North Belfast) Bundoran Mar 10
53:42 Trevor Power Dungarvan Feb 4
53:47 Willie Stephens (Coolquill) Ballynonty Aug 29
53:48 Peter Mooney (Inverse, M40) Trim Feb 4
53:53 Mark Kirwan (Raheny) Frank Duffy (Swords) Sep 2
53:54 Tom Lupton (Portlaoise) Mallow Mar 25
53:57 Michael Morgan (St Finbarrs, M40) Dungarvan Feb 4
54:00 Conor McCauley (Leevale) Kilcock Aug 19
54:02 Andrew Sheehan (Leevale) Dungarvan Feb 4
54:02 Niall Sheehan (Gowran) Ballyroan Dec 8
54:04 Kevin Baker (Mullingar) Trim Feb 4
54:05 Barry Harron (Finn Valley) Bundoran Mar 10
54:09 Willie Stephens Moyglass Sep 9
54:11 Paddy O’Toole (Westport) Roscommon Jul 7
54:13 Kevin O’Leary (East Cork) Cork City Sep 8
54:13 Brian Geraghty (Sli Cualann) Kilcock Aug 19
54:16 Colin Merritt Cobh Apr 29
54:16 Michael Morgan Mallow Mar 25
54:21 Barry Sheil (Longford) Roscommon Jul 7
54:23 John Meade (St Finbarrs) Dungarvan Feb 4
54:26 Niall O’Riordan (An Bru) Dungarvan Feb 4
54:28 Jeremy O’Donovan (unatt, M40) Mallow Mar 25
54:29 Eskander Turki (Monaghan Town) Castleblaney Jul 21
54:32 Jeremy O’Donovan Dungarvan Feb 4
54:35 Kevin O’Leary Dungarvan Feb 4
54:38 Trevor Power Kilsheelan Mar 11
54:41 Scott Rankin (Foyle Valley) Fergals (Davagh) Oct 20
54:44 Colin Merritt Cork City Sep 8
54:44 Michael Morgan Kilcock Aug 19
54:47 Freddy Sittuk Monaghan Aug 12
54:47 Gary Condon (Sli Cualann, M45) Trim Feb 4
54:48 Isku Ousman (Monaghan Town) Monaghan Aug 12
54:49 Noel Murphy (Waterford) Dungarvan Feb 4
54:49 Freddy Sittuk Mullingar Jul 28
54:50 Eoin Sugrue (unatt, M45) Mallow Mar 25
54:50 John Meade Cork City Sep 8
54:52 Michael McMahon (Raheny) Mullingar Jul 28
54:55 Fergal Whitty (Donore, M40) Dungarvan Feb 4
54:55 Rory Chesser (Ennis TC) Kilnaboy Apr 8
54:56 Noel Murphy (Waterford) Mallow Mar 25
54:57 Kevin O’Leary Mallow Mar 25
54:58 Michael Corbett (St Finbarrs, M40) Duhallow Apr 8
IRISH 10-MILE RANKINGS 2018 (Women)
56:47 Laura O’Shaughnessy (DSD) Dungarvan Feb 4
57:47 Maria McCambridge (DSD, F40) Trim Feb 4
57:59 Siobhan O’Doherty (Borrisokane) Dungarvan Feb 4
58:28 Lizzie Lee (Leevale, F35) Cobh Apr 29
59:20 Jill Hodgins (Leevale, F40) Mallow Mar 25
59:20 Ruth Fitzgerald (Waterford) Kilmeaden Nov 17
59:36 Grace Lynch (Iveragh) Duhallow Apr 8
59:46 Adrianna Melia (Longford) Trim Feb 4
60:24 Jill Hodgins Cork Ciy Sep 8
60:35 Ruth Fitzgerald (Waterford) Dungarvan Feb 4
60:37 Lizzie Lee Stook Nov 18
60:44 Jill Hodgins Cobh Apr 29
60:52 Fiona Santry (East Cork) Dungarvan Feb 4
60:59 Jane-Ann Meehan (Athenry) Trim Feb 4
61:09 Jane-Ann Meehan Mullingar Jul 28
61:23 Ruth Fitzgerald Dunhill/Fenor Mar 19
61:35 Fiona Stack (Raheny) Trim Feb 4
61:56 Jane-Ann Meehan Craughwell Mar 25
62:19 Adele Walsh (St Senans, F40) Dungarvan Feb 4
62:28 Sorcha Kearney (St Finbarrs) Dungarvan Feb 4
62:40 Jane Bandila (Dunboyne) Kilcock Aug 19
62:48 Fiona Santry Mallow Mar 25
62:51 Maria McCarthy (Farranfore-MC, F40) Castleisland Apr 22
62:53 Aine O’Reilly (Mullingar, F40) Mullingar Jul 28
62:57 Fiona Santry Duhallow Apr 8
62:58 Linda Byrne (DSD) Enniscorthy Jun 24
63:06 Sandra Lynch (Kilcoole, F40) Trim Feb 4
63:26 Sorcha Kearney Mallow Mar 25
63:34 Tara Kennedy (Raheny, F40) Kilcock Aug 19
63:36 Adele Walsh Mallow Mar 25
63:39 Maria McCarthy Kilsheelan Mar 11
63:42 Tina McDonald (unatt) Trim Feb 4
63:51 Joan Flynn (Mullingar) Trim Feb 4
63:52 Madeline Loughnane (Thurles C, F35) Ballynonty Aug 29
63:57 Maria McCarthy Dungarvan Feb 4
64:09 Grainne Ni Uallachain (GCH, F40) Craughwell Mar 25
64:13 Pauline Curley (Tullamore, F45) Ballyroan Dec 8
64:16 Madeline Loughnane Moyglass Sep 9
64:19 Tara Kennedy Trim Feb 4
64:24 Isobel Oakes (unatt) Stook Nov 18
64:26 Sinead Brody (GCH) Craughwell Mar 25
64:27 Katie Hickson (unatt, F40) Dungarvan Feb 4
64:38 Grainne O’Callaghan (North Cork) Mallow Mar 25
64:40 Ann Geary (Midleton, F35) Dungarvan Feb 4
64:48 Claire O’Brien (Watergrasshill) Dungarvan Feb 4
64:56 Eimear Fitzmaurice (Mayo) Trim Feb 4
64:59 Carol Finn (Leevale) Duhallow Apr 8
Would be interesting to see an all time Irish top 10 although probably impossible to surface at this stage
ReplyDeleteDistance Running is strange, all other sports we a getting bigger, faster, stronger yet here we have 8guys under 50mins in a year and That includes a few blow ins. 25 years ago you'd have got that many at the Ballycotton 10 alone. What's the reason does anyone know?!
ReplyDeleteBack in the 80's, a lot of the runners were young men in their 20's running lots of miles. That age group are now largely missing from running.
ReplyDeleteCurrently, somewhere in the region of 80-90% of the adult membership of athletic clubs is aged 35 and over. That percentage has been steadily increasing over the last few years.
I was into my 30's back in the day and went sub 51mins for 10 miles.Maybe todays runners don't want to put in the work required to bring times down.I was lucky to make top 10, nowadays 10 milers can be won in 51 or 52 mins.Different era! Don't get me wrong they are solid times, but 10 milers were won in 47/48 mins back in 80's/90's.Think i remember 1 guy going sub 47
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