Top 3 finish for Cork runners at the Kilbeggan 10 mile last Sunday - 8th Aug 2021

The annual Kilbeggan 10-mile road race in Co Westmeath was held on the 8th of August 2021 and attracted a field of 381 runners split over two waves.

Some of the top 10-mile runners in the country took part with two from Cork in the top three.

In the men's race, Ryan Creech of Leevale AC finished first in a time of 48:50. As can be seen from the results, four of the top five men finished under 50 minutes.

Lead group in the early stages... Photo courtesy of Peter Mooney

1 Ryan CREECH 00:48:50 00:48:50 3 M MS Leevale AC
2 John TRAVERS 00:49:12 00:49:12 792 M MS Donore Harriers
3 Jake O'REGAN 00:49:23 00:49:23 9306 M MS St. John's Ennis
4 Conor DUFFY 00:49:55 00:49:55 6 M MS Glaslough Harriers
5 Mick CLOHISEY 00:50:07 00:50:07 1 M MS Raheny Shamrock AC
20 Grace LYNCH 00:55:46 00:55:46 70 F FS Iveragh AC
35 Ciara HICKEY 00:57:41 00:57:41 71 F F40 Brothers Pearse AC
59 Claire MCCARTHY 00:59:38 00:59:38 27 F F40 Leevale AC
78 Niamh CLIFFORD 01:01:31 01:01:39 701 F FS
106 Mary WALSH 01:04:32 01:04:32 101 F F40 Raheny Shamrock AC

Claire McCarthy of Leevale AC took the 3rd position spot in the women's race with a time of 59:38.

Claire McCarthy on the approach to the finish... Photo courtesy of Peter Mooney

Quite a number of other runners from Cork also made the trip north.

The results of the first wave can be found on the MyRunResults website

Photos...

1) Peter Mooney has a large gallery up on his Flickr account

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