Limerick Athletics - Weekly News Update
CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
THE Limerick County Juvenile Uneven Age , Novice and Masters Cross Country Championships marked the conclusion of the County Cross Country season in Bilboa last Sunday.
Well done to all involved and to Bilboa AC for again being great hosts.
Dooneen’s Shona Keane gradually asserted her authority to come home a comfortable race winner in the combined Masters Novice/U17 Women’s run. She took the Masters title with Clubmate Grace Culhane 2nd overall and taking the Novice title.
Masters 2nd Sinead McDermott, 3rd Sheila Clavin, 4th Karen Raine, 5th Christina Hartnett, 2nd Novice Grace O’Donnell (West Limerick) Dooneen on 20 pts were 1st Masters team with West Limerick 2nd on 28.
In the Men’s event Derek Kiely of Limerick AC took the Masters title with Mike Sheehy (West Limerick) second and taking the Novice crown Novice 2 nd Conor O’Brien (Dooneen) in his first cross-country race, 3rd Davide Secchi (Dooneen), Masters 3rd Joe Laffan, 4th Oleg Chornyi (An Bru), 5th Kevin Johnson M50 1st Neville Shine (Limerick AC), M65 1st Tony McMahon (Kilmallock), Novice Team 1st Dooneen, Masters Team 1st Limerick AC.
The Juvenile action preceded the older age groups.
Tara Considine, of Limerick AC, took the first Gold Medal of the day with Lily Conway of Dooneen 2nd and Sadhb Thornton (Limerick AC) 3rd.
Teams: 1st Limerick AC 28, 2nd West Limerick 31 ,3rd Bilboa 40 U9 Boys 1st Caleb Cusack of Dooneen won the Boys U9 with Harry Murphy (Limerick AC) 2nd and 3rd Killian Houlin of Dooneen 3rd. Team 1st Limerick AC 25, 2nd Dooneen 26, 3rd West Limerick 37.
Girls U11 1st Crea Moore (Limerick AC) 2nd Zara Coman (Limerick AC)- same chip time, 3rd Aoife Halley (Limerick AC) , Team 1st Limerick AC 11, 2nd Bilboa 64, 3rd Dooneen 67, U11 Boys 1st Jack Ryan (Limerick AC) 2nd Conor Hayes (West Limerick) 3rd Jack Young (West Limerick) Team 1st Limerick AC 22, 2nd West Limerick 30.
Girls U13 Eavan Lyons (West Limerick) won by 2 seconds from Eva McMahon (Dooneen), 3rd Caoilinn Crowley (Dooneen), Team 1st Dooneen 16, 2nd West Limerick 35, 3rd Limerick AC 40, Boys U13 1st Killian Coman (Limerick AC) 2nd Rian Kiely Keogh (Limerick AC) 3rd Oliver Keogh (Limerick AC), Team 1st Limerick AC 11, 2nd Dooneen 26, U15 Girls 1st Ella Grace Osborne (West Limerick), 2nd Sophie Meaney (Dooneen) 3rd Catherine McCutcheon (Dooneen), U15 Boys 1st Fionn Cunningham (Limerick AC) , 2nd Ruadhan Crowley (Dooneen) 3rd Adam O’Driscoll (Limerick AC), U17 Girls 1st Sarah O’Halloran (Limerick AC) 2nd Ivana O’Carroll (Dooneen) 3rd Rhianon Heng (Dooneen), Team 1st Dooneen 9, 2nd Limerick AC 12, U17 Boys 1st Jack Crowley (Dooneen), 2nd Ciaran Maher (Limerick AC) 3rd Gerard O’Shea (Dooneen), Team 1st Dooneen 10, 2nd Limerick AC 11, Girls U19 1st Ciara Dunne (Limerick AC). West Limerick’s Aaron Lynch, (cousin of Limerick hurling star Cian), opened a big lead early on to take the Boy’s U17 title from a strong Alan McCutcheon.
INTERNATIONAL
Limerick athletes were in action for Ireland at the European Masters T&F Championships in Pescara in Italy. Shane O’Sulliivan was on the Irish Men’s team which came second overall in the M40 4x400m relay.
He also reached the semi-finals of the individual 400m M40 and was 12th overall. Ger Cremin won gold Medals as part of the victorious M45 and Mixed Relay teams. He also won Gold in the 4 x 400m mixed relay and a silver in the 110m 045 hurdles.
LATE RONNIE LONG
Limerick County Board wishes to express their condolences to the Long family on the death of Ronnie Long, stalwart and long-time servant of athletics in Limerick and beyond. Ar deis Dé go raibh a anam dilis.
FIXTURES
The Cook Medical Mini Marathon, 5 and 10K take place this Sunday starting and finishing at the University of Limerick.
Run Galway Bay 10K, Full and Half Marathon takes place this Saturday 7th October.
Tip of the Week:
“For Masters athletes it can often be best to reduce the total number of intense sessions within your schedule or to reduce the total volume of work within these sessions, but to retain the quality”.