Clontarf joy for club

by club PRO Paul Deering 

Seamus Somers and Lucy Brennan carried their excellent Dublin City Marathon form into another race in the capital, this time the Clontarf half marathon on Saturday morning last.

Seamus was an excellent second home in 1.17.05 while Lucy was second female over the line in 1.27.09.

Crisp, cold conditions with no wind made for good running conditions for the 1,000 plus field on a course that takes in the beach. One of the club's newest members, Wojciech Terlecki was the second male Sligo AC runner home in 1.26.20 with Neal Higgins third in 1.29.24. Ciaran Donnellan was Sligo AC's fourth male home in 1.45.16 while Conor McCarthy was next setting a new pb of 1.56.17.

Second female home for the club was Conor's wife, Cathy who posted 1.48.13, another great effort from one of the club's Dublin marathoners of a month ago. She was followed closely by Noelle Galvan in 1.48.33 who was making her debut over the distance. Another debutant with an excellent run was Karen Somers who finished in 2.04.45.

In the five mile event run in conjunction with the half marathon, Pauline Henry was 55th overall in 39.00 with Carmel Mullaney in 44.01 and Ciara Donnellan in 48.31.

Inter County Cross Country Championships

Sligo AC struck gold at the Inter County Cross Championships in Santry, Dublin today.

The club's men's B team won the title in fine style. The team, made up of Emmett Dunleavy, Dermot McDermott, Tommy Casey, Killian O'Connor, Richard Gorman, Seamus Somers and Michael O'Connell were also fifth overall.

Dublin Marathon 2013 Report

By Sligo AC PRO Paul Deering

Marathon post mortems and sore legs are the order of the day this week but one thing is certain, Sligo AC can look back proudly on its efforts on Bank Holiday Monday in Dublin.

There were plenty of personal bests and some excellent debut marathons with national category wins as well.

Blustery conditions made for a tricky, challenging day for the 34th annual running of the marathon but at least the rain held off having been serious concerns about a possible storm in the days leading up to the event.

The first three men home for the club were Seamus Somers in 2.48 followed by Damien Kennedy in 2.58 and Mel Casserly in 3.01, a brilliant effort by all three.

Lucy Brennan led Sligo's first three women home in 2.58 followed by Deirdre Deering in 3.41 and Cathy McCarthy in 3.42, the latter completing their second marathons.

The result placed the team an excellent sixth in the national marathon masters womens' category.

Lucy finished in the top ten overall women and she was also national over 50 winner. Congratulations are also extended to Enda Whelan, national over 60 champion who came home in 3.25. He was pushed all the way by another Sligo AC athlete, Ray Flynn who clocked 3.27, who was fourth. Well done too to Olivia Seery who was national over 65 champion, completing the course in 5.06. Rose Young was fourth in the over 60 national category.

Photo courtesy of Michael O'Connell - more great photos can be found here.

Cross Country Report Connacht Even Ages and Seniors

Richard Gorman's second place in the Senior Connacht Cross Country was the highlight of a good day for Sligo AC as was the silver medal for the under 18 boys team of James Lynch, Oisin Harney, Thomas Delahunt, and Declan Martin. The mens team of Richard Gorman, David Kearins, Kevin Mc Gloin, Tom Meehan, and Rory Connor were well up in the League Event.

Unfortunately the missing Athletes far outweighed those present.

In the girls under 12, three athletes from an entry of of 8 turned up and Maedh Mooney was first to finish in the top ten, a situation replicated in the boys race where Michael Morgan was first home.

The girls under 14 took bronze with Ailbhe Morgan and Aoife Morris leading the team home.

The Boys under 14 took silver led by Cathal Corcoran and Leo Doherty.

The Girls under 16, missing their best Athlete still managed to finish second while the Senior Ladies did well with Mari Johnston just ahead of Trish Foy and Cindy Mc Carthy.

County Sligo Cross Country 2013

COUNTY SLIGO CROSS COUNTRY 2013

SLIGO RACECOURSE SUNDAY 20th OCTOBER 2013 @ 1.00pm

• U10 Girls (must be born 2004) 800m
• U10 Boys (must be born 2004) 800m
• U11 Girls 1500m
• U11 Boys 1500m
• U12 Girls 2000m
• U12 Boys 2000m
• U13 Girls 2500m
• U13 Boys 2500m
• U15 Girls 3500m
• U15 Boys 3500m
• U17 Girls 4000m
• U17 Boys 5000m
• U19 Girls 4000m
• U19 Boys 6000m

Registration is €3 per athlete and is payable on the day.

Registration opens at 12.00 noon.

Medals to 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each event.

Sligo Road Race League Awards

The various winners of the Filan Centra and Sligo Credit Union County Sligo Road Race League were presented with their prizes at IT Sligo on Saturday.

Sligo AC extends its best wishes to men's winner Liam Feely of North Leitrim and women's winner, Mari Johnston.

Full results for the league are here: Ladies - Mens