Cork results in the National Marathon Championships

The Dublin marathon also doubled up as the 2016 National Marathon Championships and with the huge numbers, the standards were pretty high.

These are the provisional results for Cork clubs...

Individuals...
2 4328 Alan O Brien EAGLE A.C. M35 02:33:34... 2nd M35

3 1279 Alex O Shea ST. FINBARRS A.C. M40 02:34:23... 3rd M40

2 46 Cathal O Connell ST. FINBARRS A.C. M50 02:36:53... 2nd M50

1 12847 Tony Dunne GRANGE/FERMOY A.C. M75 04:20:51... 1st M70

1 1172 1443 Joan Ennis GRANGE/FERMOY A.C. F50 03:03:02... 1st F50

2 1286 3633 Mary Sweeney ST. FINBARRS A.C. F55 03:24:56... 2nd F55

Teams...
1st M35 team...1 Alex O Shea, Michael Corbett, Paul Gallagher ST. FINBARRS A.C. M35 07:57:34

2nd M50 team...2 Cathal O Connell, Ken Devine, John Fitzgibbons ST. FINBARRS A.C. M50 08:33:19

3rd M50 team... 3 Ronan Boland, Frank Hill, Martin Leahy EAGLE A.C. M50 08:33:42

Please note that while individual category placings are usually ok, the teams can change quite a bit as corrections come in.

The links for all the results can be found under Oct 2016 here... http://www.athleticsireland.ie/competition/results/

Athletes selected for the British & Irish Masters Cross Country Championships

Following on from the Open Cross Country event in Dublin last weekend, teams have been selected for the upcoming British & Irish Masters Cross Country Championships in Glasgow on the 9th of November.

Those selected were...(Cork athletes in Bold)...

Women 35...Ann Marie McGlynn, Michelle Kenny, Norah Newcombe Pieterse, Finola Diver...Reserves Denise Toner, Noreen Brouder
Women 40...Maria McCarthy, Adele Walsh, Mary Leech, Paula Grant...Reserves Karen Costello, Rosaleen MacKeown
Women 45...Jackie Carthy, Colette Touhy, Donna Evans, Annette Kealy...Reserves Emila Dan
Women 55...Mary Sweeney, Charlotte Stephens, Bridget Duffy, Sheelagh Jones
Women 60...Carmel Parnell, Christine Kennedy, Pauline Moran, Nuala Reilly...Reserves Maxine Jones, Mary Jennings
Women 65...Margaret Glavey, Phyllis Browne, Carol Lynch, Joan Coyle...Reserves Roisin Lynch
Women 70...Kathleen O'Brien, Pam Benson, Ann Woodlock, Evelyn McNellis

Men 35...Paddy Hamilton, Michael Harty, Emmett Dunleavy, Michael McMahon, Tim Twomey, Michael Herlihy...Reserves John Dunne, Stephen Hunter
Men 40...Ciaran Doherty, Frank Quinlan, Paul Buckley, Paul Fleming, Declan Reed, Ciaran Diviney...Reserves Richard Gorman, Ciaran McCarthy
Men 45...Stephen Duncan, Peter Matthews, Des Kennedy, Gerard Heery, Paul Blaney, Noel Marum...Reserves Frank Hayes, Ken Norgrove
Men 50...Aengus Burke, Pat Malone, Phelam Glynn, Mick Traynor, Pauric McKinney, Colm Burke...Reserves Paul Cowhie, Eddie Newman
Men 55...Tommy Payne, Jim Stafford, Mick Byrne, Martin McDonald...Reserves Pat O'Grady, Tom O'Connor
Men 60...Paul Elliott, Martin Kearney, Neilus Ahearne, Eddie Walsh...Reserves Billy Tyrrell, Francis Fleming
Men 65...J.J. Murphy, Martin McEvilly, John Todd, Pat O'Shea...Reserves Barry Potts, Tom Hunt
Men 70...Terry Mee, Pat Bonass, Pat Healy, Frank Reilly...Reserves Dick Mullins
Men 75...Mike Duggan, Tadgh Twoomey, Jim Bennett