The women's race started at 13:35pm, while the men's race started
at 14:10pm. Separate starts are required under IAAF Championship
Regulations
The Race, as reported on Cork Athletics Facebook page
5k
Lizzie Lee has gone thro' 5k in 52nd place, in 17:38. 1:07 behind the
leader. Lizzie's pace is about 5:40. Conditions are reported to be
somewhat blustery
10k
Lead group is down to 7. Gudeta, Ethiopia, leads, with 32:34. Two
Ethiopians and five Kenyans in the lead group. Lizzie Lee is 51st, in
35:14, 2:40 behind the leaders.
15k
Lead group down to 6 - 4 Kenyans & 2 Ethiopians. Leader,
Jechirchir, went thro' in 48:14.
Lead group now 5 - a Kenyan has dropped off.
Lizzie Lee, 51st, 52:50
Men's 5k
Kiptoo (Kenya) leading in 14:10, still a big group.
Paul Pollock 20th, 14:32, Kevin Seward 51st, 15:23, Thomas Frazer 58th,
15:24, Sergiu Ciobanu 61st, 15:25
Komworor reported as falling at the start.
Women's 20k
20k - 3 Kenyans & 1 Ethiopian now - pace has upped!
Worst of wind reported as being between 5 & 6 miles.
Update: Kenyan & Ethiopian dropped. Looks like battle is for
Bronze. About 3 mins to go.
Women - Kenyan 1, 2, 3, Jechirir wins, 1:07:31 Lizzie went thro, 20k in
52nd, 71:43.
Wind reported at being about 26 Mph. Mo Farah is 22 secs down, but has
broken European 15k record!
Men's 15k
Muchiri & Kamworor (the guy who fell at the start!) lead at 15k, in
41:41.
Pollock up to 16th, 44:06, Seaward 41st, 45:45, Frazer, 43rd, 45:50,
Ciobanu, 50th, 46:31
Farah now up to 5th
Weather conditions have worsened -
absolute downpour!!
...and very strong winds. Kamworor, the faller at the start is
gone for
home, having passed 20k in 56:06
Men's 20k
20k - Pollock up to 14th, 59:32, Seaward 40th, 61:56, Frazer, 41st,
61:58, Ciobanu, 52nd, 63:02
Men Finish
Pollock 14th, 62:46, SB, Seaward 40th, 65:20, Frazier, 41st, 65:23,
Ciobanu, 49th, 66:30
Ireland 7th team. An excellent performance,
finishing in an aggregate time of 3:13:29, just 1:18 behind 5th placed
Japan.
Lizzie Lee Finishes
Lizzie finishes in 52nd place, 1:15:36 - a season's best. Great running
in windy & wet conditions!
Athletics Ireland Press Release
Pollock leads Irish team to seventh in world half
Paul Pollock (Annadale Striders) led the Irish team to a
seventh-place
finish at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff today,
the Annadale strider running 62:46 to place 14th individually.
“I’m very happy with that,” he said. “It was horrible conditions out
there. I went out hard, a 4:28 first mile and I was hanging on from
then on. I got into a good group and kept pushing the pace. It was very
heavy rain for the last two miles. The marathon will be is a different
ball game, but I’m in great shape. It’s been a good day today.”
Next in for the Irish was Thomas Frazer (Crusaders), who was 41st in a
PB of 65:20. “It was a great race, a lot of awesome competition, and
the weather made it more of an even playing field,” he said. “I loved
it out there.”
Just behind Frazer was Kevin Seaward (St Malachy's), who was 42nd in
65:23. “We did well as a team,” he said. “Conditions were pretty tough.
For where I’m at, I’m happy enough. It was good. “
Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe Harriers) rounded out the Irish team in 50th,
running 66:30, while Sean Hehir (Rathfarnham) dropped out just after
halfway. “It was good,” said Ciobanu. “I’m probably not at my best at
the moment. We came seventh team in the world, which is great, and
there are bigger things ahead of us.”
Lizzie Lee (Leevale), the sole Irish female competitor, finished 52nd
in 75:36. “Conditions were horrendous,” she said. “It was really,
really windy, and I ended up in a group where only two of us wanted to
do any work. I got stuck in though. It was a championship, and I wasn’t
expecting a PB. If the weather was lovely I’d be disappointed, but in
those conditions, what can you do.”
Results - IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Cardiff
A mass participation race, with 25,000 participants, took
place
behind the Championship elite men. Several Cork Athletes were
involved in this, with, among others, a large Togher AC
contingent. First Cork finisher, in 7th position, was East Cork
AC's Tim O'Donoghue, in a tremendous time of 1:06:56.
Listing of identified Cork athletes, from six Cork clubs:
Pos
RaceNr
Name
Cat
Cat Pos
Club
5K
10K
15K
20K
GunTime
Chip Pos
ChipTime
7
223
Tim O' Donoghue
MS
7
East Cork AC
00:15:46
00:31:28
00:47:14
01:03:34
01:06:58
7
01:06:56
90
117
Conor McCauley
MS
83
Leevale AC
00:17:39
00:35:23
00:53:07
01:11:04
01:14:54
89
01:14:47
144
563
Tony Kelleher
M45
5
Togher AC
00:17:59
00:35:36
00:53:44
01:13:04
01:17:07
142
01:17:00
207
547
Eric Browne
MS
176
Togher AC
00:18:49
00:37:36
00:56:16
01:15:09
01:19:10
207
01:19:02
246
718
John OCallaghan
M45
6
Eagle AC
00:18:53
00:37:42
00:56:46
01:16:13
01:20:14
252
01:20:05
301
865
Ronan Boland
M50
5
Eagle AC
00:19:10
00:38:17
00:57:35
01:17:25
01:21:34
306
01:21:25
302
967
David Butler
MS
238
St Finbarr's AC
00:18:57
00:38:10
00:57:25
01:17:23
01:21:35
307
01:21:28
364
777
David O'Keeffe
MS
279
Togher AC
00:18:57
00:38:06
00:57:42
01:18:28
01:22:51
371
01:22:39
958
9181
Andrew Maher
MS
614
Togher AC
00:21:44
00:43:17
01:04:27
01:26:19
01:30:51
950
01:30:02
1639
909
Eoin O'Sullivan
MS
956
Togher AC
00:23:30
00:46:11
01:09:04
01:32:46
01:37:47
1681
01:36:49
1750
7049
BRIAN MAHER
M40
243
Togher AC
00:22:30
00:45:31
01:09:16
01:33:36
01:38:39
1846
01:37:50
1798
4394
Aidan Hartnett
M50
115
Togher AC
00:23:29
00:46:18
01:09:37
01:33:54
01:39:01
1901
01:38:12
1840
4494
Marjorie Lynch
FS
111
Togher AC
00:23:29
00:46:18
01:09:37
01:34:10
01:39:19
1952
01:38:32
2438
4109
Stephen Murphy
M55
74
Rising Sun Athletic Club
00:24:00
00:48:37
01:13:14
01:38:40
01:43:50
2750
01:43:09
4070
14779
Barry O'Connell
MS
2057
Togher AC
00:33:48
00:58:44
01:24:31
01:50:42
01:56:15
3780
01:48:27
Togher group includes: Tony Kelleher, Christina Maher, Aidan Hartnett,
Dave
O'Keeffe, Eoin O'Sullivan, Eric Browne, Marjorie Lynch, Brian Maher and
Andrew Maher
Some of the Togher group
feature on the event website after the race - Making a bit of Noise in
Wales!
