The fourth year of the Lee Strand Kingdom Come 10Miler & 5K road races organised by An Riocht AC were held on Sunday 11th May 2014 in Castleisland. The 5k race attracted a field of 326 runners while there were 150 in the 10 mile event.
Very well done to Caitriona Barry who won the ladies 10mile in a great time of 66:33. Michelle Hoare also improving substantially in taking 3rd place with a time of 72:29. Great performance by you both.
We also had plenty of winners in their respective categories with Verners Tess 2nd O40, Ger Ladden 1st O50 with a very impressive time of 63:12. Eileen Egan 1st in the O40 womens category. Aidan McCarthy finished 18th overall with a time of 67:59. Aidan Benson also competed and finished with a time of 73:53
Arthur Fitzgerald was 2nd in the 5K race with a time of 16:56.
Top Finisher Positions:
10 mile
1 Tim O’Connor - An Riocht 56:14
2 Simon Mangan - Gneeveguilla AC 56:49
3 Pat Dunworth - An Riocht 58:59
1 Catriona Barry - Farranfore maine Valley AC 66:33
2 Alison Kirwan - Star Of The Laune AC 70:59
3 Michelle Hoare- Farranfore maine Valley AC 72:29
O40 MEN...1 Gerard O’Sullivan, 2 Verners Tess (63:14), 3 Willie Reidy
O50 MEN...1 Gerard Ladden (63:12), 2 Willie Guiney, 3 Eamonn Groves
O40 WOMEN...1 Eileen Egan (75:41) , 2 Miriam Beasley, 3 Suzanne O’Sullivan
O50 WOMEN...1 Geraldine O’Sullivan, 2 Ann Mc Glynn, 3 Catherine Mc Carthy
5K
1 David Comber - Leevale AC 16:49
2 Arthur Fitzgerald - Farranfore Maine Valley AC 16:56
3 Michael O’Regan 17:02
1 Michelle Kenny 18:36
2 Niamh O’Sullivan -An Riocht AC 18:39
3 Siobhan Daly -An Riocht AC 19:54
O40 MEN...1 Fred Browne, 2 P.J. Fitzgerald
O50 MEN...1 Matt O’Sullivan , 2 Michael Dineen
O60 MEN...1 Mike Bowler, 2 Ger Power
O40 WOMEN...1 Aine Culloty, 2 Geraldine Histon
O50 WOMEN...1 Norín Uí Cathasaigh, 2 Anne O’Sullivan
JUNIOR MEN...1 Gavin Dillon, 2 Cian O’Brien, 3 John O’Connor
JUNIOR WOMEN...1 Kayla Whooley, 2 Ava Kelliher, 3 Ellie Daly
The full results can be seen HERE
Pictures on Peter Murphy Facebook: HERE
