Tullamore Harriers U-18 Girls Relay Team crowned All Ireland Champions 

There was a super achievement by the Tullamore Harriers' Girls U18 Relay Team who were victorious at the National Indoor Championships in Athlone, March 23rd. 

In 2023 the ladies - Alisha Maher, Katie Deverell, Teagan Delaney, Eimear Cotter and Lucy Champ took the Leinster title, Leinster CBP and the club record in the 4x100m relay.

The girls were very unfortunate when they reached the All Ireland final, to narrowly miss out on medals due to a small technicality. Despite this, the girls resilience shone through and they reaped the rewards of their dedication in training, to be crowned All Ireland indoor 4x200 champions at the 123.ie National championships today.

In their heat, Lucy, Alisha, Katie and Eimear all raced a conservative race of 1.47 seconds to place second to ensure a good lane for the final. In the final, Teagan stepped in for Eimear. Positioned in lane five there was no doubt about the team’s intentions from the start. Lucy ran a blistering first leg to gain a 5 meter lead and from there, the lead gradually increased with Alisha to Katie to Teagan, all ensuring flawless exchanges to win by approx 20 metres with a time of 1.44:59. This time breaks the club record set just two weeks ago at the Leinster championships.

Congratulations girls and coaches on a fabulous achievement and now all five will focus on their individual events at the national indoor championships in two weeks time.

National 10K Championship success for Tullamore ladies

Just over 1200 finishers made for a great running of the annual Dunboyne 10K on March 24th, which this year hosted the Athletics Ireland National 10K championships. While it was an open race it was very promising to see that over 900 of the participants were competing for national titles and medals. The renowned fast course started in Dunboyne Village and finished with a lap of Dunboyne AC 400m tartan track. The race was won by Sean Tobin Clonmel AC (29.11) Shona Heaslip An Riocht AC (32.48).

Congratulations to the trio of Danielle Donegan, Niamh O'Connor and Sarah Flanagan who earned gold team medals in the senior team category. Danielle was an impressive 7th lady overall and her focus is now on the World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade next weekend. Niamh was 13th finisher and Sarah, who was 23rd overall, took another national gold medal in the over 45 age group.

Our other ladies all put on a great performance posting great times:

Danielle Donegan 34.12

Niamh O'Connor 35.12

Sarah Flanagan 37.11

Rita Daly 44.17

Mary Galvin 50.37

Sharon Daly 54.02

Anna Hyland Guilfoyle 57.23.

Paul Mitchell was first Tullamore Harriers man home in 29th position with a super time of 32.17. Next was Pauric Ennis and Jonathan Dunne who finished in 33.43 and 33.48 respectively. Mick O'Brien was a close 4th man in 33.51.

Men's results: 

Paul Mitchell 32.15

Jonathan Dunne 33.41

Pauric Ennis 33.43

Michael O'Brien 33:48 

Barry Mooney 35.48

Glen Finlay 39.35

Darren Butler 41.04

Sean Reynold 41.45

Well done to all.

Spring League Round 2.

On Tuesday the 19th of March, the second leg of the Spring League - the 3K race, was run off and it proved to be a very successful event with a strong turnout of 64 athletes. On a perfect night for running, with dry and calm conditions, the athletes covered just under 5 laps of the tarmac track to make up the 3000m. From the gun, Kevin Minnock and Eoin Brennan took an early lead. Kevin quickly widened the gap and with an impressive time of 9.15 he was a clear winner with Eoin 2nd in 9.39 and 3rd man was Jonathan Dunne in 9.43. Sarah Flanagan was fastest lady in 10.24 with Maire Triona Keane 2nd in 11.27 and Evelyn Herlihy a close 3rd in 11.28. Well done to all who lined out in support of Team Captains: Michelle Mullaney, AnnMarie McNamara, Liam Byrne, and Darren Butler. 

Results:

Kevin Minnock 9.15

Eoin Brennan 9.39

Jonathan Dunne 9.43

Barry Mooney 9.48

Cian Martin 9.58

Harry Flynn 10.07

Micheal O'Brien 10.09

Daniel Molloy 10.22

Sarah Flanagan 10.24

Nigel Cunningham 10.33

Catch Grennan 10.41

Liam Byrne Capt. 10.50

Alan Heffernan 10.52

Glenn Finlay 10.59

Shane McGuinness 11.19

Diarmuid Herlihy 11.21

Darren Butler Capt. 11.24

Lorcan Scally 11.25

Sean Reynolds 11.26

Maire-Triona Keane 11.27

Jason McDermott 11.27

Evelyn Herlihy 11.28

Rachel Henry 11.30

Brendan Kelly 11.33

Finian McDermott 11.53

Leonard Owens 12.00

Kenneth Doyle 12.09

Jonathan King 12.10

Sean Spollen 12.17

Elysia McCormack 12.40

Rita Daly Ravenhill 12.46

Rory Farrell 12.46

Michelle Mullaney Capt. 12.49

Jack Ryan 12.55

Charlotte Abbott 13.09

Darragh Rigney 13.12

Tara McKinney 13.16

Dave Dunican 13.16

Sandra Morrissey 13.18

Sarah McConigley 13.20

Una Mullen 13.32

John O'Connell 13.34

Denis Flynn 13.38

Ann Marie McNamara Capt. 13.46

Sorcha Galvin 13.55

Áine Golden 14.14

Bryce Fraser 14.17

John Carroll 14.18

Mary Daly 14.25

Naomi Galvin 14.26

Mary Galvin 14.34

Paul Hensey 14.44

Paschal Naughton 14.44

Mary Guest 14.57

Sharon Daly 15.08

Sandra Busteed 15.09

Tracey Stewart 15.16

Noreen Hunt 15.17

Anne Daly 15.19

Andy O'Grady 15.48

Tony McCormack 15.57

Joe Wrafter 16.11

Aisling McCormack 16.20

Olive Mannion 16.34

Skerries 10K

To round off a busy weekend on the roads, it was in the coastal village of Skerries that the blue and white of Tullamore Harriers was spotted on Bank Holiday Monday 18th March. Skerries AC marked it's 50th anniversary with the Skerries 10K road race and while it was a bright and breezy day, there were ample sneaky drags to test the 356 participants. Shane McGuinness had a super run in a time of 41.04, and the Galvin ladies - Ruth, Mary and Naomi clocked 50.04, 50.24 and 52.11 respectively. Well done to you all.

Fixtures

7th April. Offaly Road Race Series; Round 2 Banagher 5k

Senior Training

Training Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6.40pm to 8.30pm.

For any enquiries contact club captains Glenn 0868275228 or Rita 0868386687