Irish athlete Caitriona Jennings wins the 50km European Championships - Oct 2022

Caitriona Jennings of Letterkenny AC is one of the top ultra distance runners in Ireland and last weekend (8th Oct 2022), she took Gold in the inaugural IAU 50km European Championships in Spain.

1. CAITRIONA JENNINGS - IRL 03:19:42
2. ALISON LAVENDER - GBR 03:21:26
3. DOMINIKA STELMACH - POL 03:21:50

Full results HERE

Caitriona went through the marathon mark in 2h 50m 10s and crossed the 50km finish line in 3h 19m 42s.

That time works out as an average of an impressive 6:22/mile or 4:00/km for 50kms.

Irish runner Caitriona Jennings finishes 3rd in the Hong Kong Marathon

Irish runner Caitriona Jennings was in action in the 2021 Hong Kong Marathon last Sunday where she finished in third place with a time of 2h 51m 31s.

The prize structure for the first three finishers in the marathon was as follows...

US$ - 1st $15,000, 2nd $6,000 & 3rd $4,000

Only last August, Caitriona set a new Irish record for a woman in the 100k distance when she helped the Irish women's team secure the Anglo Celtic 100k Plate for the first time... see previous post HERE

Irish women's team win the Anglo Celtic 100km plate for the first time

For the first time in it's 26 year history, Ireland's women's team won the 100km Anglo Celtic Plate.

Women’s Teams
1. Ireland 
2. Scotland 
3. Northern Ireland

Olympian Caitriona Jennings of Letterkenny AC led the Ireland Women’s Team won the event with a record breaking time of 7:43:01 beating the previous Irish record of 7:52:45 set by Helena Crossan in 2007.

Team Ireland Women.
Caitriona Jennings – Letterkenny AC
Sorcha Loughnanne – Donore Harriers
Patricia McLoughlin – Le Cheile AC
Lorraine McMahon – Wexford Marathon Club
Sinead Kane – Le Cheile AC

In the men's race, Ireland finished in second place.

Men’s Teams
1. Scotland 
2. Ireland
3. Northern Ireland

National Championships: The Donadea 50k & 100k also doubled up as the Irish National 50k & 100km championships...

100K National Championship Results

Women

Caitriona Jennings - 7:43.01 (Letterkenny AC)

Karla Borland - 8:30.41 (Team NI)

Deirdre Martin - 8:44.15 (Carrick Aces)

 

Men

Gareth King - 7:12.30 (Team NI)

Stephen Connon - 7:45.03 (Bros Pearse

Dave O’Keeffe - 7:48.39 (Togher AC)

National Bronze medal for Dave O'Keefe from Cork in the 100k Photo: Stephen O'Sullivan

 

50K National Championship Results

Men

Sean Hehir - 2:54:07 (Metro St Brigid’s AC)

Johnny O’Sullivan - 3:31.59 (Galtee Runners AC)

Liam Ryan - 3:34.46 (Carrick Aces)

 

Women

Deirdre Lynn - 3:56.33 (Marathon Club of Ireland)

Catherine O’Sullivan - 4:15.37 (Galtee Runners AC)

Laura Byrnes - 4:35.21 (Clane AC)

National Silver medals for Catherine O'Sullivan & Johnny O'Sullivan in the 50k

Links...

1) Results of the Donadea 50k & 100k