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Friday, April 15, 2022

Cork runner Lizzie Lee wins the Streets of Kilkenny 5k - Thurs 14th Apr 2022

Lizzie Lee winning the 2022 Streets of Kilkenny 5k. Photo: Gearóid Ó Laoi

The Streets of Kilkenny 5k is regarded as one of the premier 5k road races in Ireland and always attracts a lot of fast runners. The 2022 race was held on Thursday the 14th of April with a lot of runners from Cork making the trip to the marble city.

Lizzie Lee of Leevale AC was in flying form when she took the women's title in a time of 16m 31s.

There were a total of 713 finishers with the first 14 men going under 15 minutes.

Top 10 men & women...

1174 1 Eoin Everard Kilkenny City Harriers A.C. M 0:14:11 0:14:11  
1223 2 Michael Harty East Cork A.C. M40 0:14:14 0:14:14  
846 3 William Maunsell M 0:14:17 0:14:17  
1323 4 Brian Maher Kilkenny City Harriers A.C. M40 0:14:18 0:14:18  
1166 5 Sean Doyle North Cork A.C. M 0:14:25 0:14:25  
1591 6 Kieran Kelly Raheny Shamrock A.C. M 0:14:30 0:14:30  
1222 7 Liam Harris Togher A.C. M 0:14:38 0:14:38  
1428 8 Tim O Donoghue East Cork A.C. M 0:14:39 0:14:39  
831 9 John Shine Leevale A.C. M 0:14:40 0:14:40  
1371 10 Paul Moloney Mallow A.C. M40 0:14:41 0:14:41  
2546 68 Lizzie Lee Leevale A.C. F40 0:16:31 0:16:31  
1343 74 Maria Mc Cambridge Dundrum South Dublin A.C. F45 0:16:46 0:16:46  
1102 77 Jessica Coyne Leevale A.C. F 0:16:51 0:16:51  
1589 83 Dympns Ryan Dundrum AC F40 0:16:59 0:17:00  
1293 98 Michelle Kenny Leevale A.C. F40 0:17:27 0:17:27  
2126 99 Ava Costello Trim A.C. Jnr F 0:17:26 0:17:27  
1133 100 Lauren Dermody Castlecomer A.C. F 0:17:28 0:17:28  
2123 104 Carol Finn Leevale A.C. F 0:17:29 0:17:29  
1426 107 Siobhan O Doherty Borrisokane A.C. F 0:17:37 0:17:37  
2128 118 Amy Moran Dundrum South Dublin A.C. F 0:17:49 0:17:50  

Full results are on the Pop Up Races website

Michael Harty of East Cork AC was the second man home and set a new national M40 record in the  process.

New Irish M40 5km record for Michael Harty of East Cork. Photo: Gearóid Ó Laoi

John Walshe writes... "Michael Harty's time of 14:14 is a new Irish M40 5km record, the previous best was 14:21 by Brian Maher. Brian - 45 in September - was also inside the own record last night with his time of 14:18."

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