Cork runner Aoife Cooke wins the 2022 Streets of Portlaoise 5k - 17th Mar 2022

With a lull in events locally, a contingent of the faster runners from Cork traveled up the M8 to take part in this year's Streets of Portlaoise 5k on St.Patrick's Day.

Top 5 women in the Streets of Portlaoise 5k (L-R)... Ann-Marie Mc Glynn 2nd, Aoife Kilgallon 3rd, Aoife Cooke 1st, Sinead O Connor 4th & Lizzie Lee 5th

This was a big race with a total of 553 finishers with Aoife Cooke from Eagle AC in Cork taking the women's title in a time of 15m 54s and broke the women's course record in the process!

Top 3 & Cork runners under 19m...

27 Aoife Cooke Eagle A.C. F 0:15:54 0:15:56  
30 Ann-Marie Mc Glynn Letterkenny A.C. F40 0:16:00 0:16:02  
38 Aoife Kilgallon Sligo A.C. F 0:16:18 0:16:19  
44 Sinead O Connor Leevale A.C. F 0:16:30 0:16:32  
46 Lizzie Lee Leevale A.C. F40 0:16:35 0:16:37  
56 Jessica Coyne Leevale A.C. F 0:16:45 0:16:47  
96 Michelle Kenny Leevale A.C. F40 0:18:05 0:18:05  
102 Carol Finn Leevale A.C. F 0:18:20 0:18:23

In the men's race, Sean Tobin of Clonmel AC also set a new course record to win with a time of 14m 14s.

Top 3 men & Cork runners under 16 minutes... 

1 Sean Tobin Clonmel A.C. M 0:14:13 0:14:14  
2 Paul O Donnell Dundrum South Dublin A.C. M 0:14:17 0:14:17  
3 William Maunsell Clonmel A.C. M 0:14:35 0:14:35  
4 Kieran Jackson Ferrybank A.C. M 0:14:41 0:14:43  
5 Michael Harty East Cork A.C. M40 0:14:48 0:14:49  
6 Rory O Connor North Cork AC M 0:14:50 0:14:51  
10 Shane Collins Leevale A.C. M 0:15:10 0:15:12  
11 Mark Walsh Leevale A.C. M 0:15:17 0:15:18  
13 John Shine Leevale A.C. M 0:15:26 0:15:27  
16 John Durcan Togher A.C. M 0:15:37 0:15:37  
20 Bernard O Hanlon Leevale A.C. M 0:15:44 0:15:46  
25 Donal Coakley Leevale A.C. M 0:15:51 0:15:52

Full results HERE

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