April Roundup of Rathfarnham WSAF AC action

Congratulations to Rathfarnham WSAF AC’s Laura McDonnell or her win at the DCC 4 mile BHAA race in St. Anne’s Park on April 3rd! More prizes banked!

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At the Paris Marathon Ross Griffin set a new club record for running a marathon with Covid…. he doesn’t recommend it!

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There was a good entry and medal haul at the National 10k Championships in the Great Ireland Run held in the Phoenix Park on April 9 ^th with the women’s team of Laura McDonnell, Aisling O’Connor and Ester Lawlor winning team Silver and all running PB’s! Kevin Donagher won the M35 silver medal and was 7 ^th overall and the M50 team of Colm Murray, Edwin Keville and Seán McCreery won the team silver.

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The Streets of Kilkenny 5k was a speedy affair on the evening of April 14th with three fast times from our three Rathfarnham WSAF AC athletes who made the journey. Kevin Donagher 15:14, Brian Furey 17:24, Colm Murray 17:26. Well done to them.

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At the North Belfast Harriers Afternoon of 5k’s on April 21 ^st Mitchell Byrne ran 14:45 and David Scanlon 14:56. Excellent runs in blustery conditions.

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The women’s senior team of Louise Gaffney, Carla Sweeney and Laura McDonnell won the silver medal at the National Road Relay Championships held in Raheny on April 24th. The Ladies B team of Caitriona Dowling, Laura Ryan and Aisling O’Connor were 17th out of 25 teams and the M35 team of Jonny Hughes, Kevin Donagher and Richard Pollitt were 6 ^th . Plenty of exciting action in relay running!

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On the same day, the unstoppable Edwin Keville was 1 ^st M50 and 14 ^th overall in the Wexford Half Marathon . He ran 83:35. The course was hilly and conditions windy….so he says!

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The Dublin Athletics Graded Track and Field Meeting no.1 kicked off the summer season on Wednesday 27 ^th . Louise Gaffney ran a great 2:17.2 in the 800m. In the 3000m Aisling O’Connor and Laura Ryan both ran PB’s of 11:09.2 and 11:20.3 respectively. A little bit of polite new intra-club rivalry between Johnny Hughes and Richard Pollitt saw Johnny running a 9:44.47 3000m and Richard a new PB of 9:49.62!

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There were lots Rathfarnham athletes at the Irish Milers Club Dublin meet on April 30th.
Cillian McCabe ran the 400m in 52:29. In the men’s 800m Lee Byrne ran 2:00.38 and ever improving young Ryan O’Neill ran a 2:10.74 PB. Zoie Richie ran 2:15.29, Louise Gaffney 2:17.00 and Lady Captain Catríona Dowling  a new PB of 2:21.41. Mitchell Byrne did the1,500m in a speedy 3:52.81. Dave Scanlon the 5,000m in 14:42.42 and Paul Stephenson on his radical new low key training plan did a fantastic 14:59.43 in the 5000m.

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Also on April 30 ^th David Power was 8 ^th in the IMRA Ballyhoura trail Marathon with Brian Furey also competing in what was an unusual bad day at the office for him.

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To finish out the weekend results Laura McDonnell won the Drogheda 10k in another PB of 36:01 and young Andrew Mullen annihilated his PB in the Great Limerick Run Marathon, running 2:58.24.

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Well done to everybody who got stuck into racing this month.

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