Walsh Wins Inner City Half-Marathon

Mary Walsh landed the women’s race at the Inner City half-marathon on Sunday afternoon in a very impressive 89 minutes 45 seconds.

Walsh was some 53 seconds clear of second placed Sinead Cowan of the host club. Walsh finishing eighth overall.

While, Brian Kelly took second overall in 83 minutes 36 seconds. Kelly was just six seconds off overall victory which went to Anthony Brady in 83:30.

There were some excellent results with Carmel Ward the next Raheny athlete home in 93:28, followed by Martin Kelly 1:41:27, Dave Feeney 1:45:56.

Gregory Paul O’Beirne 1:49:26, Brian Hanney 1:53:17, De O’Connor, Siobhan Mulvey 2:17:43 and John Byrne 2:38:08.

The 10km race saw a great 1-2 from husband and wife team Colm Cassidy and Siobhan Eviston.

Cassidy took second place in 37 minutes seven seconds with Eviston posting 38 minutes 34 seconds for third place.


Yumiko Bejarano won out right in 35:53.

On Saturday, Kieran Kelly won the Sperrin Harriers Stanley Reid five miles classic in Cookstown, Co.Tyrone in a course record of 25.21.

There was some good performances on Friday night at the Carlingford 5k, which saw the men’s team win outright. Kevin Moriarty was first Raheny man home in 11th place in 15:20.

Moriarty was followed home by Ian Conroy 15:22, David Rooney 15:36. Those three combined to take the team title with 41 points. Eight points clear of Newry.

Sean Kelly was the next Raheny athlete home in 16:40, followed by Turlough Conway 16:47, John Clarke 18:29 and Dave Woods posting 18:44.

While at the Kilbeggan 10 Mile, Graham O’Dwyer was first home in 58:05, followed by Colm Dunne 62:30, Dan Wallace 77:44, Niall Buckley 80:15 and Angela Charlton 84:19.

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