Sea of colour at successful Dromiskin 5K
ROUND-UP
THE fourth annual Dromiskin 5K took place around the village of Dromiskin on Saturday.
A grand total of 615 athletes of all abilities crossed the finish line, making the race an absolutely tremendous event once again.
The first man home was Dunleer AC man Darragh Greene who for only the second time in his career managed to dip under fifteen minutes with a very impressive course record breaking 14.59 which was warmly greeted by the large numbers who came out to support.
Slieve Gullion’s Patrick Hamilton was next in with a very impressive 15.15 and finishing in third place was Shane Healy who proved that age is only a number with a time of 15.32 just two weeks short of his 50th birthday.
Dunleer AC man Tomas Cotter was next in with a very respectable 15.48 following a long lay off.
The first woman to cross the line was current Irish International athlete Michelle Finn with a fantastic time of 16.45 and in doing so created a new course record which may be around for a long time.
The second of the women across the line was Tallaght AC athlete Laura McDonnell in a time of 18.01 and in third place was Newbridge AC athlete Michelle Cox who was returning to the club she represented as a juvenile in a time of 18.07.
Drogheda and District’s Paul Smyth won the over 40 category for men with Mick Reilly from Shercock AC in second. In the ladies over 40 Olivia Martin from Bohetmeen AC in Meath was victorious with Sally Clarke in second.
The over 50 category was won by Colm Byrne from Balbriggan Runners’s in a time of 18.34 with Jim McArdle in second.
The ladies over 50 was won by Mary Waters from Navan AC with Anita Bolton of North East Runners in second.
The men’s over 60 was won by Chris Keeling from Balbriggan Runners with St Peters own Andrew Rogers in second. The women’s over 60 was won by the remarkable Nuala Reilly from Drogheda and District AC with Mary McDonnell also from Drogheda AC in second.
The junior mens race was a sprint finish battle between two Hughes siblings with Oisin holding off his younger brother Donnacha to claim the bragging rights.
The junior girls was won by Abigale Teggert of Drogheda and District AC closely followed by club mate Kate O’Reilly.
The club team prizes were both won by North East Runners with Niall Fergus, Liam Fergus, Barry Meegan and Stephen Mulholland scoring for the men and Laura Matthews, Anita Bolton, Zara Nevin and Bernadette Muckian taking home gold for the ladies.
There was also for the first time a fit for life club team prize which was won by Togher Runners.
The race was a massive success and was great to see a whole community get together to make it happen.