East Cork AC win Masters National Road Relay Championships - 24th Apr 2022

East Cork AC team (L-R) Stephen O'Brien, Kevin O'Brien & James McCarthy

The National Road Relay Championships were held in Raheny in Dublin on Sunday the 24th of April 2022. The course consists of a 1-mile loop with participants doing various legs.

East Cork AC finished first team in the Men's O35 Masters category with a combined time for 4 laps of 19m 28s, 14 seconds ahead of their rivals in second place.

Stephen O'Brien did the first lap (1-mile) in 4m 52s, James McCarthy did two laps in 14m 56s which is an average for 4:52 for each of the two miles and Kevin O'Brien did the final leg in 4m 52s.

The full results are up on the Athletics Ireland website HERE

Leevale AC win the National Road Relay Championships in Dublin...Sun 17th Apr 2016

The National Road Relay Championships were held last Sunday in Raheny in Dublin. The course was on a one mile loop in a suburban area with the teams broken down as follows....Senior men covering 2m / 1m / 3m / 2m and the rest - Senior Women, Masters Men and Masters Women covering 1m / 2m / 1m.

In the Senior Women's Relay race, the Leevale AC team of Carol Finn, Lizzie Lee and Michelle Finn from Cork took the title.

Winning Leevale AC team of Carol Finn, Lizzie Lee and Michelle Finn.

1 Club Leevale A.C....Carol Finn (5:11), Lizzie Lee (10:38), Michelle Finn (5:01)
4 Club Leevale A.C. (2)...Andrea Bickerdike, Sinead O'Connor, Rhona Pierce

As you can see from the times above, Carol ran the first mile in 5 min 11 sec, Lizzie ran two 5m 19s miles back to back while Michelle ran a 5m 01s mile which was all the more impressive when you consider that she ran two races the day before! On Saturday, Michelle was in action at the Irish University Championships where she ran a sub 10 minute 3000m steeplechase race followed by the final leg of a 4 x 400m relay race just three hours later.

In the Masters women's section, there were no teams from Munster.

In the Senior Men's Relay, East Cork AC finished 6th and Leevale AC 11th.

Senior Men
1 Club Raheny Shamrock (1) 89 00:37:26
2 Club Ennis Track A.C. (1) 46 00:37:44
6 Club East Cork A.C. 44 00:38:46...James McCarthy, Diarmaid Collins, Michael Harty, Tim O'Donoghue
11 Club Leevale AC 143 00:40:49...James Grufferty, Michael Pat O'Regan, Conor McCauley, Eric Curran
16 Club Ennis Track A.C. (2) 48 00:41:53
19 Club Waterford A.C.133 00:42:09
24 Club Ennis Track A.C. (3) 49 00:43:21

In the Masters Men, East Cork finished 11th in the M35 section while St.Finbarr's AC finished 2nd in the M50 category.

11 Club East Cork A.C. M35 ...Conor Tierney, Frank Hayes, Shane Harrington, Waterford A.C.
12 Club Waterford A.C. 134 0
2 Club St.Finbarr's A.C. M50...Michael Murphy, Cathal O'Connell, Ken Devine 00:05:07

The full results can be found HERE under April 2016

Photos...
1) Gearóid Ó Laoi has a gallery HERE

M50 Silver team of Cathal O'Connell, Michael Murphy and Ken Devine

Cork teams do well at National Road Championships...Sun 19th Apr 2015

The Athletics Ireland National Road Relay Championships were held on Sunday, 19th of April in Raheny, Dublin. Each team had three members and ran the following distances...

The M35+, M50+ and senior women ran 1 mile x 2mile and 1 mile legs while the senior men ran 2 mile x 1 mile x 3 mile and 2 mile legs.

In the senior womens event, Leevale AC from Cork took the team title. The team was comprised of sisters Carol and Michelle Finn and team mate Lizzie Lee.

National Road Relay Champions...Michelle Finn, Lizzie Lee & Carol Finn of Leevale AC

As you can see from the times below, Carol Finn put them into an early lead that they never lost.
1st Leevale AC.......Carol Finn (1m) 5:08....Lizzie Lee (2m) 10:35......Michelle Finn (1m) 4:56......Total 20:39
2nd Letterkenny AC....Natasha Adams (1m) 5:11...Sinead Peoples (2m) 10:36......Anne Marie McGlynn (1m) 5:21......Total 21:08
3rd Crusaders AC.....Caroline Crowley (1m) 5:10...Orla Drumm (2m) 10:49......Marie Hyland (1m) 5:38........Total 21:37

In the Master mens M50 team event, St.Finbarr's AC from Cork took silver. The team was made up on Michael Murphy (1m), Cathal O'Connell (2m) and Ken Devine (1m).

Silver for the St.Finbarrs AC M50 team...Michael Murphy, Cathal O'Connell & Ken Devine

In the first leg, Michael Murphy finished the 1st leg in 3rd place some 13 seconds behind the second placed man. In the second leg, Cathal O'Connell reduced that deficit to just one second. In the final leg, Ken Devine brought the Barr's team up to second place and just 6 seconds adrift from the winning team.

1st....Raheny Shamrock AC (A)...Damien Martin (1m) 5:33...Mick Traynor (2m) 10:14...Dave Woods (1m) 5:14.....Total 21:01
2nd...St.Finbarrs AC...Michael Murphy (1m) 5:15...Cathal O'Connell (2m) 10:47...Ken Devine (1m) 5:05...Total 21:07
3rd....Drogheda & District AC...Danny Skeffington (1m) 5:01...Patrick O'Grady (2m) 11:00...Martin Duffy (1m) 5:41...Total 21:42

The full results are up on the Athletics Ireland website under April 2015.

Photos...
1) Gearóid Ó Laoi has a number of photos of the womens race HERE