SLANEY OLYMPIC A.C.
The Mr Oil Novice road races took place in Ferns recently, and Slaney Olympic’s men’s team brought home the silver medal. It was a great day of running for the Slaney men, with seven runners placing in the top 20.
Results: Seán Crotty (23:07), Jessie O’Connor (23:33), Paul Browne (23:43), Billy Reck (24:15), Peter Ryan (24:28), Conor Hyland (24:39), John Brennan (24:49), Michael Quigley (26:59).
For the women’s race, Slaney had a great showing with five runners placing in the top 20. It was also great to see Anne Marie Doyle back running competitively and leading the way for the Slaney women.
Results: Anne Marie Doyle (18:08), Margaret Cahill (18:17), Tracy Kavanagh (18:27), Sabina Sweeney (18:29), Marie Kinsella (18:34), Helena Browne (19:26), Malgorzata Szymura (19:57).
The Mr Oil County Wexford awards night took place on Saturday in the Riverside Park Hotel, and Slaney Olympic runners had a great 2019.
Anne Gilshinan took home the Masters athlete of the year award and the award for record of the year. In total, Slaney Olympic had five team golds, three team silvers, and four team bronzes.
Masters cross-country: team bronze (Catherine Roche, Katey Gregan, Karolina Mroczek); Catherine Roche (third place); team bronze (Jim Stafford, Jessie O’Connor, David Barron, Bobby Redmond).
Novice road race: Katey Gregan (third place); team gold (Will Doyle, Jessie O’Connor, Billy Reck, Pádraig Coone); Will Doyle (third place).
Intermediate road race: team silver (Katey Gregan, Aoife Kavanagh, Maura Neville, Esther O’Leary); Katey Gregan (second place); team gold (David Mahon, Will Doyle, John Foley, Billy Reck); David Mahon (second place).
Masters road race: team bronze (Catherine Roche, Katey Gregan, Aoife Kavanagh); Catherine Roche (third place); David Barron (Over-50 gold); Jim Stafford (Over-55 gold).
Senior road race: team silver (Ger Forde, Enda Cloake, David Mahon, Dara Cloake); Ger Forde (first place); Enda Cloake (third place).
Half-marathon championships: team gold (Catherine Roche, Sabina Sweeney, Ciara Kearney); team bronze (Tracy Kavanagh, Malgorzata Gosia, Irene Foley); team silver (David Kehoe, John Foley, Pat Codd); David Kehoe (second place).
Novice cross-country: team bronze (Sabina Sweeney, Marie Kinsella, Helena Browne, Greta Roberts-Tyrrell); team gold (Denis Whelan, Dara Cloake, Pádraig Coone, Conor Hyland); Denis Whelan (third place).
Senior cross-country: team bronze (Ger Forde, Enda Cloake, John Foley, Dara Cloake, Pádraig Coone, Fergus Murphy); Ger Forde (first place); Enda Cloake (third place).
Intermediate cross-country: team gold (Denis Whelan, John Foley, Dara Cloake, Billy Reck); Denis Whelan (first place).
Anne Gilshinan has done it again with a gold and world record for the M55 category in the 800m at the national Masters indoor championships with a time of 2:20:15.
On behalf of Slaney Olympic, I would like to send out a huge congratulations to Marie Chapman on completing her 150th marathon! She took part in the Transgrancanaria 2020 in Las Palmas.
This was not an easy technical mountain marathon as it had 1,200m positive elevation, four timed checkpoints, and very narrow/rocky terrain. Although she took a tumble during the race, hurting her wrist, Marie prevailed with a fantastic time of 7:48:14 (16th overall for her age category).
Enjoy the rest of your holiday Marie, and we look forward to hearing all about it when you get back.
The Slaney Olympic legends that are Joe and Kay O’Regan had brilliant times in the Kinvara Rock and Road 10k. Returning to his native Kinvara, Joe cruised in with a time of 1:05:37 and came in second in the Over-70 male category.
Kay was not far behind with a time of 1:13:42 and was first in the Over-70 female category. They are both an inspiration to all runners and we are delighted to see them still out there pounding the pavement.
At Wexford, Will Doyle was second overall with a time of 19:00 for his 33rd Parkrun. He was followed by Anne Marie Doyle who came in with a time of 23:59 for her 38th Parkrun.
At Gorey, Annis Kehoe had another strong run with a time of 33:06 for her 124th Parkrun.
Upcoming event: June 21, Strawberry 5/10 mile run and walk at 10 a.m., The Promenade, Enniscorthy.