Jill Hodgins from Cork wins Waterford Half-Marathon

Another result from last weekend. Jill Hodgins from Cork was the first woman home in the annual Waterford Half-Marathon.This adds to the list of wins for Jill in 2016 as she also won the Cork to Cobh 15 mile race in October and the Cork City 10 Miler in September.

31 Hodgins    Jill    1:20:54
45 Carthy    Jackie    1:22:25
60 Malone    Sylvia    1:23:58 Waterford A.C.

Despite the distance, a very large contingent of runners from Cork make the annual journey east for this half marathon.

There are links to the results, award winners and photos here... http://munsterrunning.blogspot.com/2016/12/waterfordresults-photos-of-waterford.html

Jill Hodgins from Cork wins 2012 Seville Marathon

Jill Hodgins from Cork won the Seville Marathon in Spain on Sunday, the 19th of February 2012. In doing so, Jill set a new personal best time of 2 hours 46 minutes 58 seconds to win the €6,000 first prize. (Half split 01:22:44)

5 PRIMERAS MUJERES
Puesto Dorsal T. Maratón T. Media  Nombre
 1  02:46:58 01:22:44 HODGINS, JILL
 2  03:02:18 01:30:12 JIMENEZ GUARDEÑO, MARIA DOLORES
 3  03:04:13 01:27:34 XHERVELLE, CHANTAL
 4  03:06:58 01:30:38 BERNALD HERNANDEZ, NOELIA
 5  03:09:21 01:30:40 HIDALGO BERUTICH, SILVIA

Her previous best was 2:52.21 set in the New York Marathon in 2009. Previous Marathon times were 3:14.35 in Dublin in 2006 and 3:06.35 in Toronto in 2008. She is the latest athlete to join the Marathon Mission squad with Athletics Ireland.
Just to put that time in perspective, Jill is just a mere 10 minutes outside the qualifying time for the 2012 London Olympics.