Ballycotton '10' winner Siobhan O'Doherty runs 2:45 in Paris Marathon

The Paris Marathon was also on last weekend with over 42,000 runners taking part. One of the most notable Irish performances was that of Siobhan O'Doherty of Borrisokane AC in Tipperary who completed the course in 2h 45m 05s. That equates to an average pace of 6m 18s per mile for 26.2 miles. She was the 13th woman home.

Siobhan won the 2017 Ballycotton 10 mile road race at the start of March in a time of 58m 09s.

This was a new personal best time for Siobhan beating her previous time of 2h 45m 29s which she also set in Paris back in 2011.

Just to give you an idea of just how good a time Siobhan ran, she was just 5 seconds outside the qualifying time of 2:45:00 for the marathon at the IAAF World Championships. This will be held in London in August of 2017 and the qualification period is between 1 January, 2016 and midnight 23 July, 2017.

Irish team wins bronze at European Cross Championships in Bulgaria

The Irish senior womens team finished 3rd at the European Cross Country Championships in Bulgaria on Sunday the 14th of December 2014. The team finished on 87 points, just one ahead of France on 88.

L-R Siobhan O'Doherty, Sarah Treacy, Annmarie McGlynn, Michelle Finn, Laura Crowe and Fionnuala Britton

While Fionnuala Britton finished in 6th place, Sara Treacy and Michelle Finn finished a lot higher than their form might have suggested to held the Irish team secure bronze. In the end, it was all down to mere seconds. Sara Treacy was just 2 seconds ahead of a Spanish athlete while Michelle Finn of Leevale AC in Cork had the same time as a Danish athlete but finished just ahead of her.....fractions of a second but all important. The fourth scoring member of the team was the captain Annmarie McGlynn. Siobhan O'Doherty of Borrisokane AC in Tipp and Laura Crowe of An Rioght AC in Kerry made up the 6 in the bronze medal team.

The results of the senior womens race can be seen HERE

Full results of all race HERE

Post race interview of Fionnuala Britton...


The highlights are available to watch on the RTE player service for 3 weeks HERE

Photos...
1) James Veale of West Waterford AC has a large number of photos on the WWAC website....Junior men & women... U23 men & women... Senior men & women...

Photos from James Veale of West Waterford AC