Dublin Marathon Elite Line Up 2018

Dublin Marathon Elite Lineup 2018

SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon 2018

9am, Sunday October 28th 2018

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SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon 2018, Celebrates Female Runners

The 39th running of the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon will take place on Sunday, 28th October with 20,000 runners set to hit the streets of Dublin. This year marks a celebration of female runners with Constance Markievicz appearing on the finishers medal. The number of female participants has grown from 70 in 1980 to 7,000 in 2018.

Many international elite distance athletes are set to compete against Ireland's top athletes. The race will also serve as the Athletics Ireland's National Championships with Olympians Lizzie Lee, Caitriona Jennings, Mick Clohisey and current national champion Gary O'Hanlon set to line-up. This year's race also incorporates the European Police Championships. In the Wheelchair race, four-time champion Patrick Monahan will have to contend with a strong international field. For many others taking part, this will be their first marathon and the achievement will be crossing the line.

Race Director Jim Aughney said: "We are delighted to again have a sold-out entry of 20,000. The marathon has grown 10-fold from just over 2,000 runners in 1980 to 20,000 today. I am also proud that we are celebrating female runners today, with a special mention to Mary (Hickey) who has competed in every marathon since we started back in 1980."

Leanne Sheill, Sponsorship Manager at SSE Airtricity, said: "As proud health and fitness supporters we are excited for the weekend ahead to see all of the hard work and training commitment come to fruition. It's also great to see the fantastic growth of the Dublin Marathon and Race Series over the last number of years making it one of the largest marathons in Europe. I would like to thank the people who make the Dublin Marathon and Race Series so special every year, from runners, supporters to volunteers and the organising committee, including Race Director Jim Aughney, for their outstanding level of effort and commitment."

Celebrating Female Runners from 70 in 1980 to 7,000 in 2018

This year is a celebration of female runners, linking with the nationwide commemoration of Votail 100. Constance Markievicz, a key campaigner for Irish women's voting rights, will appear on the finishers medal. The Dublin Marathon has over the years, attracted women of all ages and fitness levels from around Ireland and across the globe. In 1980 the first year of the event, there were only 70 female runners entered, in 2018 it has increased to 7,000. 66- year-old Mary Hickey, the only women to have competed in 38 Dublin Marathons and was one of the women who took part in the first event in 1980, said: "/ really feel I'm blessed. It's not everyone that can run a race 39 years in-a-row. Life hits you in so many ways so to get to the start-line every year, I'm amazed and surprised by that really and regard myself as very lucky".

Elite Fields

There is a potential prize pot of €120k up for grabs at this year's SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon.

Women's Elite Field

In the elite women's field Remalda Kergyte of Lithuania, with a personal best of 2.35.13, will be one of the key contenders. Others include winner of this year's Belfast Marathon (2.41.17) and Edinburgh Marathon, Caroline Jepchirchir of Kenya. Motu Gedefa of Ethiopia who finished third in the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon in 2016 (2.36.25) will be joined by fellow country woman Mesera Dubiso. Ireland's Lizzie Lee (Leevale AC) will be looking to make her mark in her second ever Dublin Marathon, she last competed in 2006. The Olympic marathoner has a personal best of 2:32.51 from Berlin in 2015. The Cork woman has shown good form this year, setting a new personal best in the Half Marathon of 1:13:19 at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in March and winning the Women's Mini Marathon in June.

The national title will be a battle between Lee and fellow Olympian Caitriona Jennings (Letterkenny AC). The Donegal woman placed second in the 2017 National Championships. Other contenders include Jane Ann Meehan (Galway City Harriers) and Zola Flynn (Calry AC). Reigning national champion Laura Graham will not line up due to injury.

Men's Elite Field
In the Men's field, last year's winner (2:15:53) Benard Rotich of Kenya is set to toe the line. Fellow countrymen Vincent Tonui, Eric Koech and Joel Kiptoo are all likely to be top 10 finishers. Asefa Bekele of Ethiopia who finished third in 2017 and 2015 will also be a key contender.

There are several athletes vying for the national honours who have the potential to run sub 2:20. Last year's national champion Gary O'Hanlon (running a personal best of 2.18.53) will be joined by Clonliffe clubmates Sergiu Ciobanu and David Flynn. In September, O'Hanlon won the master's category in Berlin Marathon and won the Cork City Marathon in June. Flynn won the 2018 SSE Airtricity Dublin Half Marathon in 1.06.21. Dublin will be his debut marathon. Stephen Scullion will not line up as he is recovering from injury.

Raheny AC's Mick Clohisey will also be in the mix after he ran a personal best of 2.14.55 in the 2018 Seville Marathon and finished 18th at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin in August. Other contenders include Tomas Fitzpatrick (Tallaght AC), Thomas Frazer (St Malachy's AC), Eoin Callaghan (Sar of the Sea AC) and Louis McCarthy (Rathfarnham AC).
Wheelchair Race

Four-time Dublin Marathon Wheelchair winner and Rio 2016 Paralympian, Patrick Monahan (Ireland) will have a competitive international field to contend with this year. Britain's Johnboy Smith will be a tough competitor, he secured a Commonwealth Games Silver Medal in the Marathon (T54) this year and is also a previous Seville and Manchester Marathon winner. Sam Kolek of Poland who is currently ranked eighth in Europe will also be in contention. Richie Powell (Wales) who represented Great Britain at the Paralympic Games and Sean Frame (Scotland) will also be at the start line.

Lord Mayors Award

The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Nial Ring will present the 2018 recipient of the Lord Mayor's medal at the start of the 2018 SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon

Social Media

To keep up to date with all the action follow on https://twitter.com/dublinmarathon and https://www.facebook.com/dublinmarathon

Live Streaming:

The SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon will be live streamed via the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon YouTube Page. Fans will be able to watch every moment of the action live from 8:30am-4:30pm. The commentary team for the day will also be made up of some well- known names from the world of Irish Athletics including Ian O'Riordan, Frank Greally, Susan Walsh, Fintan Reilly, Liam Moggan, David Carrie and Feidhlim Kelly so make sure you tune into all the action via http://bit.ly/2yERGfX

Waves:

The Waves: Wave 1: start 9.00, Wave 2 start 9.15 Wave 3 start 9.30 Wave 4 start 9.45
Pacers: Pacers will be running for the following times: Wave 1:3:00\ 3:10, 3:20 Wave 2: 3:30, 3:40 & 3:50, Wave 3: 4:00, 4:10 & 4:20, Wave 4: 4:30, 4:40, 4:50 & 5:00

Live Tracker:

Runners tracker link https://track.rtrt.me/e/TDL-DUBLINM-2018

Union Sportive des Polices d'Europe (USPE) - European Police Championships

The 7th Union Sportive des Polices d'Europe (USPE), European Police Championships Marathon, will take place as part of the Dublin Marathon with 155 athletes from 22 countries represented including Ireland.

The Union Sportive des Polices d'Europe (USPE) was founded in Paris on 30 November 1950 by 10 European countries at the initiative of the French Police Sports Association. USPE is made up of 40 European countries. USPE's registered office is located at the seat of the General Secretariat in Berlin. An Garda Siochana/ Ireland is a member of USPE. USPE's objective is to promote police sport within its member countries.

Irish Team

•   David Mansfield
•   Jason Miley
•   Kieran Lees
•   Clive Glancy
•   David Craig
•   Louise Long

Men's Elite Field

No	Athlete	Country	Athlete Information
1	Benard Rotich	Kenya	PB of 2:10:18 Frankfurt 2011. Winner of Dublin Marathon last year in a time of 2:15:53. Benard also won the Belfast Marathon in 2017 and finished in 3rd place in this year's Zurich Marathon.
2	Asefa Bekele	Ethiopia	PB is 2:14:01 from Seoul (Korea) in 2016. He ran 2:16 finishing 3rd last year in Dublin. He also ran Dublin in 2015 and finished 3rd again.
3	Vincent Tonui	Kenya	Vincent finished in 5th place in the Ljubljiana Marathon in 2017 in a time of 2:12:12.
4	Eric Koech	Kenya	Won Belfast marathon this year in 2:18:20.
5	Joel Kiptoo	Kenya	Joel's PB is 2:09:08 from 2009. His current seasons best is 2:13:33 from Edinburgh which he won.
6	Alemayehu Lema	Ethiopia	PB is 2:14:54 from Seoul in 2018. He has previously run Agadir Marathon in Morocco and Tours Marathon in France both in 2017.
7	Haile Gemeda	Ethiopia	PB of 2:08:35 Rome 2013. Ran 2:14:31 to finish 5th in this year's Xiamen Marathon.
8	Yared Derese	Ethiopia	Came to Dublin last year but unfortunately did not finish.
9	Fikru Teshager	Ethiopia	Fikru was over in Dublin in 2017 but unfortunately did not finish. He was also over in 2016, 2015, 2014.
10	Josphat Jepkopol	Kenya	Ran 2:08:44 in Berlin 2012. Latest run is a 2:12:10 Marathon from Zhengzhou (China)
11	Peter Somba	Kenya	Won Limerick Half marathon 2018 in 68:59.
12	Joel Mmone	South Africa	Half Marathon PB 1:03:29 in Gaborone (Botswana). Has run many distances from 800m to steeplechase now to Marathons
13	David Manja	South Africa	PB is 2:28:06 Cape Town 2014. Most recent time of 1:03:39 in a Half marathon in South Africa. Has also competed in many distances from 1500 upwards.
14	Tebogo Mathiba	South Africa
16	Freddy Sittuk	Kenya	PB IS 2:14:54 from Macao in 2011. He ran 2:16:05 to finish 4th last year in Dublin.
17	Teshome Yadete	Ethiopia	2:11:57 is his PB from 2016 in Firenze (Italy). He placed 5th in Lisbon with a time of 2:20:58 last year.
18	Tadese Tola	Ethiopia	PB of 2:04:49 from Dubai 2013. Most recent marathon was Toronto Waterfront Marathon where he finished 7th.
19	Oleksandr Babaryka	Ukraine	PB is 2:14:39 from Debno 2015.
20	Artem Alekseev	ANA	Was approved by IAAF to run as neutral athlete in July 2018.
21	Fedor Shutov	ANA	Ran 2:11:26 in Volgograd (Russia) in 2016. Ran 30:44 for 10km this summer.
22	Antti-Pekka Niinisto	Finland
23	Josh Griffiths	Wales	PB of 2:14:53 from London 2017. Competed in this year's Commonwealth Games placing 15th. Also ran the Frank Duffy 10 mile finishing 2nd.
24	Seth Totten	USA	Ran Sacremento Marathon with a time of 2:19:30. His half marathon PB is 1:07:12 from 2017.
25	Craig Curley	USA	2:15:16 PB from 2013. His last marathon was Berlin in 2016.
26	Gary O'Hanlon	Ireland	His PB is 2:18:53 from Dublin last year. He recently won the masters in Berlin Marathon in September in a time of 2:1:.06. Also win Cork City Marathon in June.
28	Mick Clohisey	Ireland	Raheny man ran 2.14.55 in Seville in Spain this year. Competed for Ireland in the European Championships in August and places 18th.
30	Sergiu Ciobanu	Ireland	PB is 2:15:14 from Berlin 2015 for Sergiu who runs for Clonliffe Harriers. Placed 12th in last years Dublin Marathon. Latest marathon was Berlin Europeans running 2:19:49.
31	Tomas Fitzpatrick	Ireland	Tomas' PB is 2:22:18 from Berlin 2015. Ran 2:26:19 in Berlin in September 2018. Places 23rd in Dublin last year.
32	Thomas Frazer	Ireland	PB is 2:17:34 from Ostu (Japan) 2017. Ran 2:25:15 in Nagano in April 2018. Runs for St.Malachys in Belfast but lives in Chicago.
34	David Flynn	Ireland	Clonliffe runner won Dublin Half Marathon in 1:06:21. Dublin will be his first marathon.
37	Eoin Callaghan	Ireland	PB is 2:21:47 from Rotterdam 2016. Finished 3rd in Cork City Marathon in June of this year. Eoin runs for Star of the Sea A.C.
56	Louis McCarthy	Ireland	Runs for Rathfarnham A.C. in Dublin.

Women's Elite Field

No	Athlete	Country	Athlete Information
102	Remalda Kergyte	Lithuania	PB is 2:35:13, Zurich 2014. Last marathon was Wien in Austria 2017 running 2:36:46. This year she has run half Marathon in 1:21:13
104	Caroline Jepchirchir	Kenya	Won this year's Belfast Marathon in 2:41:17. She also won Edinburgh Marathon this year.
108	Motu Gedefa	Ethiopia	Placed 3rd in Dublin in 2016 in a time of 2:36:25. PB is 2:32:07 from Barcelona 2016.
109	Mesera Dubiso	Ethiopia	Placed 6th in Rome in 2.36.27 this year
110	Lizzie Lee	Ireland	PB is 2:32:51 from Berlin 2015. This year Lizzie ran 1:13:24 for Half Marathon in Barcelona. Runs for Leevale A.C.
112	Dianne Lauder	Scotland	Placed 3rd in Edinburgh 2017 2:54:48. PB is 2:48:59 from 2015
113	Zola Flynn	Ireland	Sligo woman Zola won Cork City Marathon 2018 in 2:58:50. Ran 2:55:28 in Dublin last year.
114	Natasha Cockram	England	PB is 2:49:37 from Dublin 2017. This year has ran 35:12 for 10k in Cardiff.
115	Jane Ann Meehan	Ireland	2:54 in Dublin in 2015, finishing as 2nd lrish woman. Jane Ann runs for Athenry A.C.
116	Vita Porteriuk	Ukraine
117	Nollaigh O'Neill	Ireland	Won Cork City Marathon in 2016. Runs for Leevale A.C.
119	Jill Hodgins	Ireland	Runs for Leevale A.C.
120	Caitriona Jennings	Ireland