Athenry 10k completes a great 2011 for Craughwell AC
For the first time in three years Athenry AC were able to get their famous 10k road race off on time on the hoped for date of St Stephen's day. The weather was fantastic – perhaps a little breezy for good times, but the warmest Athenry I can remember, and perfect for running. Plagued with injury, I had no intention of running, but the buzz and atmosphere in the hall beforehand was enough to change my mind so I had to nip home and get the gear – "for the team". As it turned out I wasn't needed as the first four Craughwell men did enough to retain the team award, just beating a strong GCH team by a minute or so.
All of the lads had excellent runs – Gerry Ryan is on the injury comeback trail and had not been planning on running the race but was happy he did at the end – his time of 32:30 is a fine time – over a minute slower than the 31:12 he posted last year but the wind was a factor and some steady training will soon get him back to shape. Peter O'Sullivan has been chasing the 34 minutes and there is little doubt that he will smash this target in 2012 with a cracking pb-equalling 34:19 into the stiff breeze. Johnny Lane came next with a season's best of 35:49.
Tommy Niland could perhaps be happiest with his run – he hasn't been doing a whole lot these days and is running about twice a week – making his 35:55 a fantastic result! This caps off another great year for Craughwell Seniors – with victories in the County and Connacht Cross-Country, representation on international teams, individual victories in the Streets of Galway for Gerry (overall) and Peadar (Junior), and also many honors for Club Athletes representing the county – most notably for Peter who was third home for Galway in the national Intermediate Cross Country. Not bad going for a village with one shop and no secondary school!
There were several other fantastic results for Craughwell Athletes in Athenry – notably:
– Gabriel Gardiner laughed off the wind to break 40 minutes,
– Gerry Fahy was oh-so close at 40:27.
– A Craughwell Clean-Sweep of the W45 with Mary Kealy and Ann Moran coming first and second.
– Marie Rooney and J Gardiner also took 3rd in their categories.
I'm probably missing lots more but the full Craughwell results are below. Well done to Athenry AC again for putting on a superb show. Next stop Tuam (or the resolution run if you prefer!)!!
For more pictures of the event such as the one above, check out John O'Connor's flickr site.
Place Bib Name Surname Sex Cat Chip Time
3 1 Gerry Ryan male M45 0:32:30
7 1048 Peter O'Sullivan male MS 0:34:19
17 649 Johnny Lane male MS 0:35:49
18 940 Tommy Niland male MS 0:35:55
19 573 Paul Keane male MS 0:36:19
26 258 Mark Davis male MS 0:37:03
43 1306 Patrick Holohan male MS 0:38:43
65 419 Gabriel Gardiner male M45 0:39:55
71 339 Gerry Fahy male M40 0:40:27
109 1062 Diarmuid Quill male M45 0:42:27
128 380 John Flattery male MS 0:42:57
169 924 Tony Nevin male MS 0:43:46
197 567 Mary Kealy female W45 0:44:43
202 114 Frank Byrnes male M40 0:44:34
227 1077 Liam Rabbitt male MS 0:45:28
239 654 Eoin Larkin male MS 0:45:49
244 289 Patrick Dolan male MS 0:46:00
248 856 Anne Moran female W45 0:45:57
264 1253 Al Callanan male M45 0:46:20
266 412 Brendan Gallagher male MJ 0:46:25
298 540 Tom Hussey male M40 0:47:01
299 158 Aidan Collins male M40 0:47:01
304 133 Stephen Carty male MS 0:47:09
326 505 Maurice Headd male MS 0:47:47
339 420 Josephine Gardiner female W40 0:48:08
345 116 Mark Campbell male M45 0:48:01
350 273 Michael Dermody male MS 0:48:12
356 715 Tom Maguire male M40 0:48:15
357 451 Sharon Gilligan female W40 0:48:12
366 521 Pat Hession male M40 0:48:15
372 1269 Rena Deely female W40 0:48:12
409 1322 Mike Mc Cartin male M40 0:49:14
415 212 Patrick Cosgrove male M40 0:49:19
428 1214 Wally Walsh male M45 0:49:11
456 793 Colin Mc Ilrath male M40 0:50:21
473 99 Richard Burke male M40 0:50:47
480 1194 Kay Tuohy female W40 0:51:05
493 467 Noel Gorman male MS 0:51:40
551 1223 Kathleen Waters female W45 0:52:09
554 1386 Pat Reidy male M50 0:52:13
588 381 Niamh Flavin female W35 0:53:29
589 675 Mary Loughnane female WS 0:53:29
590 520 Elaine Hession female W35 0:53:37
682 939 Oliver Niland male MS 0:55:58
698 244 Cepta Daley female W40 0:56:21
710 1112 Marie Rooney female W55 0:56:55
711 1161 Irene Spellman female W45 0:56:46
715 650 Mairead Lane female W35 0:57:07
719 936 Caroline Niland female WS 0:57:15
720 692 Linda Lyons female WS 0:57:15
728 873 Noreena Morrissey female W35 0:57:27
730 93 Linda Burke female WS 0:57:25
731 1188 Mags Treacy female W45 0:57:23
732 152 Betty Coleman female W45 0:57:26
752 1217 Johnn Ward male MS 0:58:19
757 387 Valerie Fogarty female W40 0:58:21
761 983 Paul O'Connor male M40 0:58:22
763 779 Aine Mc Guinness female W35 0:58:23
765 255 Dervilla D'Arcy female W45 0:58:23
769 849 Jean Mooney female WS 0:58:38
770 833 Cora Molloy female WS 0:58:25
787 483 Karen Guest female W40 0:59:08
797 1190 Roseanne Trehy female W40 0:59:42
801 413 Julie Gallagher female W40 0:59:32
845 739 Maria Mc Ardle female W45 1:01:24
874 1387 Tom Spellman male MS 1:02:39
875 32 Brendan Barrett male MS 1:02:52
877 604 Patrick Kelly male M55 1:02:40
879 869 Barbara Morrissey female W40 1:02:32
884 969 Tony O'Callaghan male M55 1:02:23
904 506 Therese Headd female W35 1:03:22
914 961 Eleanor O'Boyle female W40 1:04:43
924 883 Bernie Mulkerrins female W50 1:05:45
954 878 Pauline Moylan female W40 1:08:10