Olympic Qualification Time for Aoife Cooke - Cheshire Elite Marathon 2021
Aoife Cooke Run Olympics Qualification Time of 2:28:36
Cheshire Elite Marathon
Pulford, Cheshire, UK
Sunday April 25th 2020
Aoife Cooke crosses the finish line - Note: Clock time started with first wave, while Aoife's wave started approx. 1 minute later
Aoife Cooke, Eagle AC, led from the front to win the women's race at today's Cheshire Elite Marathon, in Pulford, Cheshire. More importantly, she achieved the Olympic Marathon Qualification Time of 2:29:36 by almost a full minute. She also moves up to fourth place in the all-time Irish Marathon rankings, overhauling Sonia O'Sullivan.
With the pressure, particularly given the lack of qualification marathons in the current pandemic, of making the time, now lifted, she is free to devote the next three months leading up to the Olympic Marathon to concentrating on her performance in Tokyo.
Race Video
Anne Marie McGlynn
Ireland's Anne Marie McGlynn finished in third place, in 2:29:34, an agonising 4 seconds outside the Olympic Qualification time
All-Time Irish Women's Marathon Standings Before Today
Irish Results
Full Results
| Pos | Forename | Surname | Cat | Club | Time | Chip | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Gary | O'Hanlon | M45 | Clonliffe Harriers AC | 02:21:38 | 02:21:36 | |
| 15 | Sean | Hehir | M | Metro St. Brigid's AC | 02:23:36 | 02:23:36 | |
| 22 | Declan | Reed | M45 | City of Derry AC Spartans | 02:25:16 | 02:25:13 | |
| 29 | Steven | McAlary | M | City of Derry AC Spartans | 02:26:46 | 02:26:44 | |
| 36 | Aoife | Cooke | F | Eagle AC | 02:28:36 | 02:28:36 | Olympic Qualifying Time |
| 38 | James | Doran | M | An Riocht AC | 02:29:00 | 02:28:58 | |
| 42 | Ann-Marie | McGlynn | F40 | Letterkenny ac | 02:29:34 | 02:29:34 | |
| 43 | Kyle | Doherty | M | City of Derry AC Spartans | 02:29:34 | 02:29:34 | |
| 44 | Karl | Nolan | M | Clonliffe Harriers AC | 02:29:37 | 02:29:37 | |
| 58 | Tommy | Hughes | M60 | Strive Racing Club | 02:31:18 | 02:31:17 | |
| 63 | Niall | O'Riordan | M40 | An bru | 02:32:17 | 02:32:17 | |
| 70 | Dylan | Hassett | F | Leevale AC | 02:33:27 | 02:33:25 | |
| 78 | Tommy | O'Brien | M45 | An Riocht AC | 02:34:28 | 02:34:23 | |
| 79 | Stephen | Conroy | M | Celbridge AC | 02:35:03 | 02:35:02 | |
| 106 | Patrick | Mahon | M | City of Derry AC Spartans | 02:39:41 | 02:39:40 | |
| 108 | Fionnuala | Ross | F | Armagh AC | 02:39:58 | 02:39:58 | |
| 122 | Gladys | Ganiel | M40 | North Belfast Harriers | 02:43:58 | 02:43:57 | |
| 130 | Shane | Donnelly | M | Strive Racing Club | 02:46:55 | 02:46:54 | |
| 136 | Conor | Gallagher | M | Letterkenny ac | 02:54:20 | 02:54:20 | |
| 146 | Eimear | O'Connor | F | UCD AC | 02:59:10 | 02:59:09 |
