13th June 2010- Results and Fixtures

Harriers Teams Well Placed in National League
Tullamore Harriers men’s and women’s teams competed on home ground in the first leg of the National league. The second leg takes place next month and the top eight teams in both men and women’s categories go forward to the National Final in August. Both the Harriers teams are lying in fifth place and are well in the hunt to make the finals.
Full Results . Women : 100m 3 Lauren Dunne 13.57 ; 200m 2 Lauren Dunne 27.96 ; 400m 1 Niamh McNamara 64.74 ; 800m 2 Pauline Curley 2.25.56 ; 1500m 2 Maire Triona O’Connor 5.16.61 ; 3000m 1 Liz Cuskelly 10.35.56 ; 1500m Walk 2 Georgina Touhey 7.40.48 ; 4x100m relay 2 Tullamore Harriers 55.74 ; 4x400m relay 2 Tullamore harriers 4.40.18 ; Hammer 1 Lisa Dolan 30.66 ; Long Jump 2 Emer Brennan 4.30 ; Shot 3 Kelly Cunningham 7.68 ; Discus 1 Kelly Cunningham 25.99 ; Triple Jump 3 Emer Brennan 9.16 ; Javelin 2 Lisa Dolan 16.99.

Men : 100m 2 Eoin Hannon 11.12 ; 200m 5 Alan Whelan 23.08 ; 400m 1 Fearghus Hannon 48.70 ; 800m 4 Catch Grennan 2.04.88 ; 1500m 6 Cormac Troy 4.25.42 ; 5000m 5 Eddie Garry 17.10.14 ; 3000m Steeplechase 2 Liam Brady 9.56.26 ; 400m Hurdles 5 Stephen Kelly 59.90 ; 3000m Walk 4 Larry Rigney 21.29.30 ; 4x100m relay 5 Tullamore Harriers 44.63 ; 4x400m relay 5 Tullamore Harriers 3.31.21 ; Hammer 2 Daragh Hanlon 40.96 ; Pole Vault 1 Stephen Kelly 3.20 ; Long Jump 8 Larry O’Reilly 5.63 ; Shot 6 Jim Dolan 8.06 ; High Jump 3 Ray Lennon 1.70 ; Discus 2 Daragh Hanlon 39.85 ; Javelin 2 Tom Rafferty 43.40 ; 56lb for distance 3 Tom Rafferty 5.71.

Sean Donegan is Fastest in Peter English 625
The annual Peter English 625 took place last Tuesday evening on a perfect night for running. Sean Donegan was the only competitor in the junior mens category so he joined up with the senior athletes. Here he led the seniors a merry dance as he came came home a clear winner in a time of 1.36.8. With Sean awarded the Junior title it took a late surge from Maurice Fitzgerald to pass Sean Sweeney in the last fifty metres to win the senior race in a time of 1.38 with Sweeney clocking 1.39.3. Richard Galvin took third place in 1.43.4.

The Masters race also produced a great duel between David Gorry and John Donegan. Gorry raced into the lead from the off and opened up a ten metre lead on the field. Donegan slowly but surely ate into the lead and looked poised to pass Gorry with one hundred metres to go but Gorry had another gear and pulled away again to win by a margin of eight metres from Donegan with Brendan Abbot taking third place.
The Womens race was another closely fought affair with Martina Conlon winning in a time of 2.13.0 just ahead of Mary Daly who clocked 2.13.8. New member Michelle Mullany ran well to finish in third place in a time of 2.15.2.

Kennedy’s Super Run in Holland
Gordon Kennedy ran 46.87 when winning the 400m at an athletics Golden spike meeting in Leiden in Holland on Saturday.  He is now only 0.12 of a second outside qualifying standard for European Athletics Championships.

News Roundup
In the Flora Womens Mini Marathon Liz Cuskelly had a great run to come home in 16th place and won the over 35 category. Liz’s time was 37.50. Maire Triona O’Connor finished in 37th place in a time of 40.50.

Liam Byrne joined 10,000 others in the Cork City Marathon on a very wet Bank Holiday Monday and finished in 224th place in a time of 3.28.29. Larry Rigney placed 844th and clocked 4.12.45.

New Members Training Night. :
The last of our new members training night before the holiday season will take place this Wednesday evening June 16th at 7.00pm.

Sympathies.
Tullamore Harriers extend their deepest sympathies to John Cronin on the recent deaths of his Uncles, Michael Cronin and Manus McFadden.

Fixtures.
July 4th : Marian Geraghty 10k Road Race in Mountbolus.
July 10th – 11th : Senior Track and Field Championships of Ireland. Morton Stadium.
July 18th : National League Round 2. ( Venue to be confirmed ).

Training: Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30pm, Sunday morning at 8.30am Except on a race day. New members always welcome.

Membership is now overdue. Forms available in clubhouse.