Neil Faulkner, running in the colours of Letterkenny Athletics
Club was a convincing winner of the Greencastle 5k leg of the
Feet Across the Foyle 10k on Saturday last. Faulkner’s winning
time of 17.08 was highly creditable as runners battled against
driving rain and strong wins for the duration of the event. The
Letterkenny based athlete’s winning time combined with that
of Colin Loughery, who was a narrow winner of the Magilligan 5k
in 18.10 gave the top finishers a cumulative time of 35.18. Another
Letterkenny runner, Gavin Crawford was a gallant second in Greencastle
in 17.35. This effort combined with Johnny Goldie’s second
place finish in Magilligan in 18.10 resulted in a cumulative time
of 35.45. Letterkenny made a clean sweep of the top three places
in Greencastle with national marathon medalist Marty Gormley in
third place in 17.49. Combined with Fran Mc Fadden, who raced
to third place in Magilligan in 21.15, this combined effort resulted
in a cumulative time of 39.04. Ciaran O’ Sullivan finished
fourth in Greencastle in a personal best of 19.05, while Buncrana
based Inishowen A.C. athlete Owen Mc Kinney secured a place in
the top five in 20.12. Finian Bannon reached the finish line in
20.37 as the top seven was completed by Eunan Mc Entee in 23.28.
A special word of thanks to all the officials who helped at the
event.
Meanwhile, Carndonagh athlete Karen Crossan competed in her first
race for Dublin City University at the weekend when she ran the
one mile leg of the intervarsity road relays in Maynooth. The
current Inishowen A.C. 1500m and 3000m record holder made a positive
return to racing with a time of 6.45.
Up-Coming Events
Inishowen
Athletics Club will host a Night at the Races this Friday 23rd
November at 8.30 pm. in Simpson’s Bar in Carndonagh. All
are welcome to come along. Enda McDaid, Stephen Friel, Stephen
Devlin, (U 16) Kayla Farran (U16) and Caroline Kelly (U18) will
run on the County teams in the All-Ireland even ages cross-country
championships this Sunday in the Curragh in Co. Kildare. Two weeks
later, many of the senior athletes will be in action again in
the Letterkenny A.C staged 5k ‘Turkey Trot’ on Sunday
9th December at 11.30. Juvenile training for all age groups in
Buncrana continues at the Leisure Centre every Wednesday from
7-8 pm. Juvenile training for 8-12 year olds takes place every
Thursday from 5-6 pm in Carndonagh Community School Gym. Training
for juveniles aged from 12-18 takes place every Tuesday from 4-5
pm and on Thursdays from 3.20-4.40 in Carndonagh Community School
also. New members are welcome to come along. Finally, training
for senior athletes takes place every Tuesday at 6.30 pm from
the Buncrana Leisure Centre also.
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