Cork Athletes Shine at Belfast Milers Meet - June 2019
Belfast Irish Milers Meet
Belfast
Saturday June 22nd 2019
Several Cork athletes made the long trip to Belfast today, to compete in the Belfast Milers Club International Meet: Leevale AC had a trio of Louise Shanahan, Annette Quaid and Tommy Connolly, who were accompanied by Joe Warne, Doheny AC; Darragh McElhinney, Bantry AC and Sinead O'Regan, Riverstick/Kinsale AC
Sinead O'Regan, Riverstick/Kinsale AC, doubled up, going in the 100m and 200m, placing 2nd and 3rd respectively, in 13.23, and 27.85 sec, respectively
Joe Warne, Doheny AC, won a tight Mens 800m B Race, in 1:54.27, with Leevale AC's Tommy Connolly placing 5th, in 1:56.23
Annette Quaid, Leevale AC, came third in the Women's 800m B Race, in a fine 2:01.52
The two outstanding Cork performances came from Louise Shanahan, Leevale AC and Darragh McElhinney, Bantry AC, with Shanahan taking the headlines, by virtue of an 800m PB, of 2:04.77, to make the European Under-23 Qualifying time, taking a whopping 3.27 secs, of her previous PB of 2:08.04, set at the Irish Milers Meet, in Greystones recently. Louise's time shoots her right up the Irish All-Time 800m standings, to 27th place overall. From the video (below), Louise was clearly ecstatics with her performance, crossing the line with arms aloft!
Darragh McElhinney, Bantry AC, was also in fine form, also setting a PB, by almost 3 secs. Dropping down to the 1,500m from his more usual 3k/5k, in an impressive finish, in a quality field, Darragh reduced his 3:48.05 PB, set in Belgium in 2017, to 3:45.12
Mens 1500m A Race
| Pos | Forename | Surname | Club | Time |
| 1 | Matt | Wigglesworth | BMC | 03:42.67 |
| 2 | Andrew | Coscoran | 03:43.96 | |
| 3 | Darragh | McElhinney | Bantry AC | 03:45.12 |
| 4 | Shane | Fitzsimons | 3:45.18 | |
| 5 | Shane | Bracken | IMC | 03:46.79 |
| 6 | Aaron | Phelps | BMC | 3:47.01 |
| 7 | Emile | Cairess | UK | 03:48.10 |
| 8 | Conor | Bradley | City of Derry Sparta | 03:48.18 |
| 9 | Mitchell | Byrne | Rathfamham WSAF | 03:49.15 |
| 10 | Shay | McEvoy | Kilkenny City Harrier | 03:50.10 |
| 11 | Daragh | Fitzgibbon | Dinore Hamers | 03:50.84 |
| 12 | John | Ashcroft | BMC | 3:51.86 |
| 13 | Daire | Finn | Dublin City Hamers | 03:54.25 |
| 14 | James | Dunne | Tullamore Harriers | 03:54.42 |
| 15 | Kevin | Moriarty | Raheny Shamrock AC | 03:54.95 |
| 16 | Craig | McMeechan | North Down AC | 03:55.44 |
| 17 | Padraig | Moran | Mullingar Harriers | 03:56.93 |
| 18 | Jamie | Battle | Mullingar Harriers | 3:57.84 |
| 19 | Conal | Hayes | IMC | 03:59.22 |
Women's 800m A Race
| Pos | Forename | Surname | Club | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nadia | Power | Templeogue AC | 02:04.05 |
| 2 | Louise | Shanahan | Leevale AC | 02:04.77 |
| 3 | Philippa | Millage | 02:04.48 | |
| 4 | Georgia | Yearby | 02:05.99 | |
| 5 | Katie | Kirk | Ulster University | 02:06.77 |
| 6 | Leah | Barrow | 02:06.92 | |
| 7 | Maisy | O'Sullivan | St Abbans AC | 02:07.29 |
| 8 | Aimee | Hayde | Newport AC | 02:07.51 |
| 9 | Rose-Anne | Galligan | AltiS | 02:07.70 |
| 10 | Mhairi | Hendrey | 02:08.63 | |
| 11 | Roisin | Flanagan | Carmen Runners AC | 02:08.81 |
| 12 | Fiona | Kehoe | Kilore Athletics | 02:10.32 |
Women's 800m B Race
| Pos | Forename | Surname | Club | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denise | Toner | Clones AC | 02:12.96 |
| 2 | Mary | Morgan | Crusaders AC | 02:13.58 |
| 3 | Annette | Quaid | Leevale | 02:01.52 |
| 4 | Zoe | Carruthers | City of Lisburn AC | 02:16.45 |
| 5 | Corrine | Kenny | St Laurence O'Toole AC | 02:17.55 |
| 6 | Sarah | Lanigan | Dooneen AC | 02:19.56 |
| 7 | Angefcne | McShane | City of Derry Sparta | 02:20.14 |
| 8 | Aimee | Doherty | Ratoath AC | 02:20.62 |
| 9 | Maria | Dunne | St Laurence O'Toole AC | 02:24.74 |
Mens 800m B Race
| Pos | Forename | Surname | Club | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe | Warne | Doheny AC | 01:54.27 |
| 2 | Fearghal | O'Hare | Crusaders AC | 01:54.58 |
| 3 | Joseph | Lyons | Talllaght | 01:55.11 |
| 4 | Lee | Byrne | Ratfarnham WSAF | 01:55.33 |
| 5 | Tommy | Connolly | Leevale AC | 01:56.23 |
| 6 | Jack | Maher | Galway City Harriers | 01:58.02 |
| 7 | Cormac | O'Rourke | Lagan Valley AC | 02:01.18 |
| 8 | Hamja | Kamiti | Aspire Academy | 02:04.02 |
Women's 100m (+0.1 m/s)
| Pos | Forename | Surname | Club | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orlagh | Leer | Monaghan Phoenix | 13.17 |
| 2 | Sinead | O'Regan | Riverstick/Kinsale AC | 13.23 |
| 3 | lynsey | Brown | City of Lisburn | 14.01 |
| 4 | TiWy | McKeown | Armagh AC | 14.07 |
| 5 | Tina | Gallagher | OMG AC | 15.32 |
| 6 | Darragh | Andrews | North Belfast Harriers | 17.53 |
| 7 | Joan | Melanophy | St Peters AC | 17.69 |
Women's 200m (-1.0 m/s)
| Pos | Forename | Surname | Club | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janine | Boyle | Finn Valley AC | 25.79 |
| 2 | Orlagh | Leer | Monaghan Phoenix | 26.89 |
| 3 | Sinead | O'Regan | Riverstick/Kinsale AC | 27.85 |
| 4 | Tilly | McKeown | Armagh AC | 28.84 |
| 5 | Lynsey | Brown | City of Lisburn | 29.79 |
| 6 | Tina | Gallagher | OMG AC | 31 56 |
| 7 | Oarragh | Andrews | North Belfast harner | 37.21 |
| 8 | Joan | Melanophy | St Peterc AC | 37.58 |
Videos by East Down AC
Mens 1500m A Race
Darragh McElhinney Interviewed
