Congrats to club member Ann Marie Power who won her category in the recent Lanzarote Ironman. Ann Marie now qualifies for the IronMan world championships in Kona, Hawaii.

After starting off with a 3.8km swim and 180km bike ride, Ann Marie finished off with an impressive 3h 43m marathon to secure first place in the F45 category.

A large crowd of 780 runners turned out for this year Cheetah Run 5k in Fota Wildlife Park.

1 Alan O’SHEA Bantry AC MS 753 15:18
2 Tim O’CONNOR Riocht AC M40 651 16:14
3 Kieran MCKEOWN Watergrasshill AC M40 517 16:41
13 Aoife COOKE Youghal FS 139 18:07
24 Carol FINN Leevale AC FS 254 18:45
64 Fiona MCCARTHY Frankfield F40 490 20:07

The full results of the 5k race can be seen HERE

Results of the One-mile race for 11-15 year olds HERE

The recent Great Limerick Run also doubled up as the 2018 Munster half-marathon championships. The club had a strong showing at this event and secured several podium positions.

In the individual competition, Alan O’Brien took the Championship Gold with a new personal best time of 1h 09m 18s, his first time breaking the 70 minute barrier.

Individual Men
Medals Name Club Gun Time Chip Time
Gold: Alan O’Brien Eagle A.C. 01:09:21 01:09:18
Silver: Kenneth Rodgers St. John’S A.C. 01:09:59 01:09:58
Bronze: Michael Morgan St. Finbarrs A.C. 01:12:10 01:12:07

Alan along with Sean O’Keeffe and Ronan Boland secured a team Gold.

Team Results
Gold: Eagle A.C. Gun Time Chip Time
1. Alan O Brien 01:09:21 01:09:18
2. Sean O Keeffe 01:18:41 01:18:37
3. Ronan Boland 01:18:58 01:18:54

Total Gun Time (3 to Score) 03:47:00
Silver: Clonmel A.C.
Bronze: Dooneen A.C.

In the Master M35 category, Alan was of course the first home as well…

35+ Men
Medals Name Club Gun Time Chip Time
Gold: Alan O’Brien Eagle A.C. 01:09:21 01:09:18
Silver: Michael Morgan St. Finbarrs A.C. 01:12:10 01:12:07
Bronze: John Fitzgibbon Thurles Crokes A.C. 01:14:27 01:14:24

Ronan Boland and Frank Hill took Gold and Silver in the M45 category.

45+ Men
Medals Name Club Gun Time Chip Time
Gold: Ronan Boland Eagle A.C. 01:18:58 01:18:54
Silver: Frank Hill Eagle A.C. 01:23:52 01:23:47
Bronze: Conor Fleming Clonmel A.C. 01:26:15 01:26:03

In the M55 category, Mike McGrath took Gold with a fine time of 1h 30m.

55+ Men
Medals Name Club Gun Time Chip Time
Gold: Mike McGrath Eagle 01:30:55 01:30:42
Silver: Anthony Power Clonmel A.C. 01:37:05 01:36:25
Bronze: Tom Madden Limerick Country Club 01:38:22 01:38:10

Mens results

In the women’s race, Lisa Boland and Anna Byrne took Gold and Silver in the F45 category.

45+ Women
Medals Name Club Gun Time Chip Time
Gold: Lisa Boland Eagle A.C. 01:47:53 01:47:43
Silver: Anna Byrne Eagle A.C. 01:51:00 01:48:14
Bronze: Sharon Goldsmith Limerick Country Club A.C. 01:58:18 01:50:19

Womens results

Well done to everyone on the medal haul!

Just a reminder that entries to the Cheetah Run 5k open on Thursday the 3rd of May at 10am.

There is also a one-mile race for 11-16 year olds.

Full info on the race page… https://eagleac.net/race-cheetah-run-fota-wildlife-park/