Top 10 - Irish Men's and Women's 10 Mile Road Race Performances 2022
Irish 10 Mile Rankings 2022 - Guest Article by John Walshe
as at March 30th 2022
There is no doubting the popularity of the 10-mile distance, especially during the early months of the year when most of the high-profile events take place.
As was done in 2018 and 2019, this is an attempt to compile an annual ranking list for men under 55:00 and women under 65:00 and will be updated each quarter.
The list, from January to March, shows the time (gun time), name/club/category, the race and finishing position, along with the date. Where an athlete appears more than once, just the surname is used after the initial listing.
Aoife Cooke – with her 54:19 effort at Dungarvan – leads the women from Michelle Finn who ran 55:09 at Mallow. Jake O’Regan went to the top of the leader-board for men with his 48:40 at Bundoran surpassing the 48:51 achieved by Hugh Armstrong the previous month at Dungarvan.
Dungarvan, with 16 under 55:00, saw the highest standard amongst the men with Trim, at 15 under 65:00, the leading race for the women. The most prolific racer is Tudor Moldovan with five performances, including two on successive days.
Any additions or corrections are welcome and can be made on the comments section wherever this list appears and will be included in the next updated edition in three months time.
Footnote (or food for thought!): This list contains the names of 52 runners (51 men + one woman) who, over three months in 13 different races throughout the land, ran under 55 minutes for 10 miles.
Taking a look back all of 29 years, to March 7th 1993, the Ballycotton ‘10’ results show 71 finishers under 55:00. Allowing for 10/11 British competitors, it still meant that 60 Irish men ran sub-55:00 in one race on the one day – long, long before the era of ‘super shoes’!
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Men's 10 Mile Rankings 2022
Jake O'Regan (St John's AC) is the Men's 10 Mile Leader, following his 48:40 win in the Bundoran0 Mile, earlier last month. The leading Corkman, in 4th position, is East Cork AC's Tim O'Donoghue, with his 49:451 in the Dungarvan 10
| Pos | Forename | Surname | Cat | Club | Race | Race Pos | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | O'Regan | M | St Johns | Bundoran | 1 | 0:48:40 |
| 2 | Hugh | Armstrong | M | Ballina | Dungarvan | 1 | 0:48:51 |
| 3 | Conor | Duffy | M | Glaslough | Dungarvan | 2 | 0:49:31 |
| 4 | Tim | O'Donoghue | M | East Cork | Dungarvan | 3 | 0:49:45 |
| 5 | David | Mansfield | M | Clonmel | Dungarvan | 4 | 0:50:06 |
| 6 | Sergiu | Ciobanu | M | Clonliffe | Mallow | 1 | 0:50:36 |
| 7 | David | McCarthy | M | West Waterford | Dungarvan | 5 | 0:50:41 |
| 8 | Martin | Hoare | M | Celbridge | Trim | 1 | 0:50:46 |
| 9 | Ger | Forde | M | KCH | Dungarvan | 6 | 0:50:52 |
| 10 | Eoin | Mullan | M | Omagh | Bundoran | 2 | 0:50:59 |
| 11 | Hoare | M | Ballyroan | 1 | 0:51:15 | ||
| 12 | Tudor | Moldovan | M | Clonliffe | Ballyroan | 2 | 0:51:21 |
| 13 | Sean | Hehir | M | Metro-St Brigids | Ballyroan | 3 | 0:51:43 |
| 14 | Conor | McCauley | M | Leevale | Dungarvan | 7 | 0:51:58 |
| 15 | Moldovan | M | Bundoran | 3 | 0:51:58 | ||
| 16 | Declan | Reid | M45 | City of Derry Spart | Derry | 1 | 0:52:09 |
| 17 | Kane | Collins | M | Donore | Dungarvan | 8 | 0:52:27 |
| 18 | John | Kinsella | M | Bilboa | Dungarvan | 9 | 0:52:28 |
| 19 | Alexander | Wallace | M40 | St Cocas | Trim | 2 | 0:52:32 |
| 20 | Aaron | Brennan | M | GCH | Craughwell | 1 | 0:52:47 |
| 21 | Eoghan | McGinley | M | Letterkenny | Bundoran | 4 | 0:52:49 |
| 22 | Pat | Hennessy | M | West Waterford | Dungarvan | 10 | 0:52:55 |
| 23 | Mick | Fogarty | M40 | Ferbane | Ardagh | 1 | 0:53:01 |
| 24 | Moldovan | M | Ardagh | 2 | 0:53:07 | ||
| 25 | Kinsella | M | Mallow | 2 | 0:53:08 | ||
| 26 | Mark | Walsh | M | Leevale | Ballyroan | 4 | 0:53:13 |
| 27 | Derek | Griffin | M | unatt | Mallow | 3 | 0:53:14 |
| 28 | Collins | M | Mallow | 4 | 0:53:20 | ||
| 29 | Kevin | O'Leary | M | East Cork | Dungarvan | 11 | 0:53:26 |
| 30 | Brian | Conroy | M | Clane | Trim | 3 | 0:53:29 |
| 31 | Moldovan | M | W'Meath | 1 | 0:53:46 | ||
| 32 | Moldovan | M | Kinsale | 1 | 0:53:49 | ||
| 33 | Noel | Murphy | M | Waterford | Mallow | 5 | 0:53:49 |
| 34 | Conal | McCambridge | M | North Belfast | Larne | 1 | 0:53:51 |
| 35 | Mark | McPaul | M | Milford | Bundoran | 5 | 0:53:53 |
| 36 | Allan | Bogle | M40 | City of Derry Spart | Derry | 2 | 0:53:54 |
| 37 | Alan | O'Brien | M40 | Eagle | Mallow | 6 | 0:53:59 |
| 38 | Mossy | Bracken | M | Moycarkey-Coolcroo | Dungarvan | 12 | 0:54:07 |
| 39 | Toby | Ruffer | M | Newbridge | Trim | 4 | 0:54:14 |
| 40 | Donal | Coakley | M | Leevale | Dungarvan | 13 | 0:54:15 |
| 41 | Vivian | Foley | M50 | Eagle | Mallow | 7 | 0:54:16 |
| 42 | Griffin | Griffin | M | Tralee | 1 | 0:54:17 | |
| 43 | James | Hamilton | M | Ballymena Runners | Larne | 2 | 0:54:17 |
| 44 | Sean | Lally | M | Monaghan Town | Trim | 5 | 0:54:20 |
| 45 | Foley | M | Dungarvan | 14 | 0:54:24 | ||
| 46 | Jeremy | O'Donovan | M40 | St Finbarrs | Dungarvan | 15 | 0:54:26 |
| 47 | O'Donovan | M | Kinsale | 2 | 0:54:27 | ||
| 48 | Brian | Martin | M | Drogheda & Dist | Naas | 1 | 0:54:27 |
| 49 | Paul | Smith | M | Drogheda & Dist | Naas | 2 | 0:54:27 |
| 50 | David | Callaghan | M | Tallaght | Ballyroan | 5 | 0:54:34 |
| 51 | Matthew | McLaughlin | M45 | Inishowen | Derry | 3 | 0:54:34 |
| 52 | Brendan | Heaney | M | Armagh | Dungarvan | 16 | 0:54:35 |
| 53 | Michael | Morgan | M45 | St Finbarrs | Kinsale | 3 | 0:54:37 |
| 54 | David | Hamilton | M | North Belfast | Larne | 3 | 0:54:37 |
| 55 | Toby | Ruffer | M | Newbridge | Naas | 3 | 0:54:41 |
| 56 | Killian | Nolan | M | unatt | Trim | 6 | 0:54:47 |
| 57 | Ciaran | McGonagle | M40 | Letterkenny | Derry | 4 | 0:54:52 |
| 58 | Paul | Minogue | M | Clonmel | Kilsheelan | 1 | 0:54:53 |
| 59 | Noel | McNally | M40 | Road Runners | Larne | 4 | 0:54:55 |
| 60 | Philip | McHugh | M | Letterkenny | Derry | 5 | 0:54:58 |
| 61 | Marty | Lynch | M40 | Milford | Bundoran | 6 | 0:54:59 |
Women's 10 Mile Rankings 2022
There are 55 women on the Irish 10 Mile ranking List for 2022, with Eagle AC's Aoife Cooke heading the list with her Dungarvan 10 performance of 54:19
| Pos | Forename | Surname | Cat | Club | Race | Race Pos | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aoife | Cooke | F35 | Eagle | Dungarvan | 1 | 0:54:19 |
| 2 | Michelle | Finn | F | Leevale | Mallow | 1 | 0:55:09 |
| 3 | Aoife | Kilgannon | F | Sligo | Trim | 1 | 0:55:42 |
| 4 | Jessica | Craig | F | North Down | Derry | 1 | 0:56:53 |
| 5 | Siobhan | O'Doherty | F35 | Borrisokane | Ballyroan | 1 | 0:58:04 |
| 6 | Ruth | Fitzgerald | F | Waterford | Dungarvan | 2 | 0:58:10 |
| 7 | Isobel | Oakes | F | Sigo | Trim | 2 | 0:58:43 |
| 8 | O'Doherty | F | Dungarvan | 3 | 0:58:44 | ||
| 9 | Niamh | Moore | F | Leevale | Mallow | 2 | 0:58:54 |
| 10 | Courtney | McGuire | F | Clonmel | Dungarvan | 4 | 0:58:58 |
| 11 | Oakes | F | Ballyroan | 2 | 0:58:59 | ||
| 12 | Catherine | Whoriskey | F35 | CoDerry S | Derry | 2 | 0:59:02 |
| 13 | Ciara | Durkan | F | Skerries | Trim | 3 | 0:59:13 |
| 14 | Sarahjane | Cooke | F40 | Victoria P & C | Larne | 1 | 0:59:25 |
| 15 | Hannah | Steeds | F | Clonmel | Dungarvan | 5 | 0:59:30 |
| 16 | Natalie | Hall | F | Victoria Park & C | Trim | 4 | 0:59:42 |
| 17 | Caroline | Donnellan | F45 | Edenderry | Trim | 5 | 1:00:16 |
| 18 | Jennifer | Montague | F35 | Leevale | Ballyroan | 3 | 1:00:21 |
| 19 | Kate | Kelly | F | Athlone AIT | Ballyroan | 4 | 1:00:34 |
| 20 | Rachel | Birt | F | Killgarry RC | Trim | 6 | 1:00:40 |
| 21 | Montague | F | Kinsale | 1 | 1:01:10 | ||
| 22 | Maria | McCambridge | F45 | DSD | Trim | 7 | 1:01:11 |
| 23 | Ava | Costello | FJ | Trim | Trim | 8 | 1:01:20 |
| 24 | Steeds | F | KIlsheelan | 1 | 1:01:39 | ||
| 25 | Emma | Murphy | F35 | St Finbarrs | Mallow | 3 | 1:01:55 |
| 26 | Adrienne | Jordan | F45 | Crusaders | Trim | 9 | 1:01:58 |
| 27 | Edel | Gaffney | F | Trim | Trim | 10 | 1:02:02 |
| 28 | Niamh | Devlin | F | DSD | Dungarvan | 6 | 1:02:06 |
| 29 | McCambridge | F | Naas | 1 | 1:02:12 | ||
| 30 | Angela | McCann | F50 | Clonmel | Dungarvan | 7 | 1:02:18 |
| 31 | Neasa | de Burca | F40 | GCH | Craughwell | 1 | 1:02:20 |
| 32 | Siobhan | Lee | F | GCH | Craughwell | 2 | 1:02:20 |
| 33 | Catherine | Thornton | F | Crusaders | Craughwell | 3 | 1:02:42 |
| 34 | Fiona | Gettings | F40 | Longford | Trim | 11 | 1:02:51 |
| 35 | Linda | O'Sullivan | F50 | Watergrasshill | Dungarvan | 8 | 1:02:53 |
| 36 | Karen | Alexander | F40 | Christian Runn | Derry | 3 | 1:03:06 |
| 37 | O'Sullivan | F | Mallow | 4 | 1:03:15 | ||
| 38 | Catherine | O'Connor | F | Sli Cualann | Naas | 2 | 1:03:19 |
| 39 | McCann | F | Kilsheelan | 2 | 1:03:38 | ||
| 40 | Sabrina | Keogh | F | Dunboyne | Trim | 12 | 1:03:41 |
| 41 | Alexander | F | Larne | 2 | 1:03:45 | ||
| 42 | Sinead | O'Reilly | F40 | Donore | Trim | 13 | 1:03:50 |
| 43 | Sharon | Leetch | F45 | Ballymena R | Larne | 3 | 1:03:54 |
| 44 | Julie | Kirwan | F40 | unatt | Dungarvan | 9 | 1:04:02 |
| 45 | Joan | Flynn | F40 | Mullingar | Trim | 14 | 1:04:05 |
| 46 | Niamh | Clifford | F | Star of the Laune | Tralee | 1 | 1:04:08 |
| 47 | Catherine | Murphy | F45 | Eagle | Mallow | 5 | 1:04:22 |
| 48 | Susan | Glennon | F | Mullingar | Trim | 15 | 1:04:27 |
| 49 | Breda | Gaffney | F45 | Mallow | Mallow | 6 | 1:04:40 |
| 50 | Jean | Lucey | F | unatt | Mallow | 7 | 1:04:44 |
| 51 | April | Clarke | F | North Belfast | Derry | 4 | 1:04:48 |
| 52 | Tara | Kennedy | F45 | Raheny | Dungarvan | 10 | 1:04:49 |
| 53 | Eimear | Gormley | F | Letterkenny | Bundoran | 1 | 1:04:53 |
| 54 | Flynn | F | Ardagh | 1 | 1:04:54 | ||
| 55 | Murphy | F | Dungarvan | 11 | 1:04:57 |
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