Alan O’Shea continued on his winning way and also showed his support for the local races when coming home first at the Noreen McCarthy Memorial Skibbereen 10km in a time of 32:53.
BY JOHN WALSHE
ALAN O’Shea continued on his winning way and also showed his support for the local races when coming home first at the Noreen McCarthy Memorial Skibbereen 10km in a time of 32:53 in wet and windy conditions.
The Bantry man – who had also finished first the previous week at the Route2Crook five-miler – had over a minute in hand ahead of John Collins of the promoting club, who recorded 34:08.
For Collins, this was a personal best over the 10km distance and came a week after he had notched up a double over 800m (2:00.5) and 1500m (4:17.2) at the Cork Senior Track and Field Championships at CIT, the culmination of what has been a very successful track season.
Padraig Sheehan of Clonakilty Road Runners took third spot at Skibbereen in 36:49 with Patrick McCarthy from Drimoleague fourth in 37:39.
Rosaleen MacKeown of Leevale, sister of Olympian Lizzie Lee, took the McSweeney Family Perpetual Cup when winning the women’s race in a time of 40:15. Second was Ronnie Barry (Bandon) in 42:00 with third prize going to local Aoife Coughlan in 42:49.
Amongst the category winners, one performance that stood out was that of Denis Kelleher from the Leevale club who won the M50 age-group in 42:39, just 24 hours after completing the 26.2 miles of the inaugural East Cork Harbour Marathon at Whitegate.
Results
1. A O’Shea (Bantry) 32:53; 2. J Collins (Skibbereen) 34:08; 3. P Sheehan (Clonaklilty RR) 36:49; 4. P McCarthy (unatt, M45) 37:39; 5. M Hannery (unatt, M45) 38:30; 6. W Rossiter (SBR, M40) 39:07.
M40: 2. M McCarthy (unatt) 41:12; 3. W Limrick (Rosscarbery SR) 44:22.
M45: 3. R O’Sullivan (unatt) 39:32.
M50: 1. D Kelleher (Leevale) 42:39; 2. J McCarthy (Skibbereen) 46:49; 3. D O’Sullivan (unatt) 47:01.
M55: 1. D Massey (West Limerick) 50:22; 2. P Cowap (unatt) 55:21; 3. M Forde (unatt) 56:15.
M60: 1. P Hurley (unatt) 49:37; 2. N O’Leary (Belgooly) 51:43; 3. D Condon (West Limerick) 52:48.
Women: 1. R MacKeown (Leevale, F40) 40:15; 2. R Barry (Bandon, F40) 42:00; 3. A Coughlan (unatt) 42:49; 4. O Hayes (unatt) 43:44; 5. A Kingston (unatt) 47:49; 6. S O’Callaghan (Skibbereen, F40) 48:05.
F45: 1. S Curran (unatt) 65:39.
F50: 1. E O’Mahony (unatt) 53:44; 2. M Latimer (Clonakilty RR) 54:44; 3. P McCarthy (unatt) 59:58.
F55: 1. M Kingston (Donore) 53:15; 2 R O’Mahony (unatt) 68:43.
F60: 1. M Deasy (unatt) 68:23.
FJ: 1. E McCarthy (Skibbereen) 48:08.
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