Sandra and Aoife picking up the John Treacy Club Challenge Cup!

41 runners listed as Eagle AC members ran the annual John Treacy 10 Miler yesterday in Dungarvan. Co. Waterford. Despite quite windy conditions in parts there were numerous very impressive performances as well as plenty of pbs!

First word must of course go to Aoife Cooke who won the women’s race in a brilliant time of 54.23. This time beat the previous course record by nearly 2 minutes! An amazing run from Aoife and a very well deserved one after her last few weeks of training in Kenya.

Aoife’s training partners Mark Smith and Damian Kenneally also had brilliant runs. Mark finished 15th overall and 2nd M40 in 53.21 with Damian finishing just behind with a new PB of 53.59. There were category prizes also for Martin Leahy who was 2nd M55 and Richard Piotrowski who was 1st M70. Special mention must go to Martin who ran the course not once but twice yesterday- the first time as a warm up!!

Aoife on her way to smashing the course record!

Second Eagle lady home was Sandra Manning who ran an almost 5 minute pb to finish in a time of 1.05.35! This result was enough to gain Sandra the 2nd F35 spot. Third Eagle lady home was Catherine Murphy in a time of 1.07.08. Aoife, Sandra and Catherine’s great runs ensured that the John Treacy Club Challenge Trophy for 2020 went to Eagle AC also!

There were numerous other very impressive performances on the day .There were plenty of PBs including to name just a few, ones for Martin Daly, Karen Bevan, Andrew McDonald, Ken Nyhan , Cian Quigley and Karen Kelleher. Mick Dooley ran a great race of 1.22.46, his first longer distance race in a number of months. Olivia Holmes ran a great sub 90 time also- great preparation for her upcoming spring marathon in Manchester.

Mick Dooley all set for the off!

Well done to all members who took part in yesterdays race. Bring on the next 10 Miler!

Mairead, Karen, Catherine, Martin, Darren, Damian, Aoife, Karen, Richard and Martin after the race!

Eagle AC Results

Place Name Net Time Gross Time Bib Cat Sub Cat Club
15 Mark SMITH 00:53:21 00:53:21 3133 M (15) M40 (2) Eagle A.C.
23 Damian KENNEALLY 00:53:59 00:53:59 1984 M (23) MS (19) Eagle A.C.
25 Aoife COOKE 00:54:23 00:54:23 971 F (1) FS (1) Eagle A.C.
126 Michael FORDE 01:00:51 01:00:55 1641 M (123) M40 (35) Eagle A.C.
178 Brian MCGUIRE 01:02:50 01:02:56 1358 M (172) M50 (7) Eagle A.C.
190 Tom FOX 01:03:09 01:03:13 1657 M (184) M50 (9) Eagle A.C.
199 Mark MURPHY 01:03:26 01:03:31 2350 M (193) M40 (54) Eagle A.C.
208 Donal DOWLING 01:03:44 01:03:49 1480 M (202) M40 (56) Eagle A.C.
219 Pat O’CONNOR 01:04:11 01:04:11 1637 M (213) M50 (11) Eagle A.C.
222 Daniel DRANSFIELD 01:04:20 01:04:25 1089 M (216) MS (108) Eagle A.C.
245 Martin LEAHY 01:04:40 01:04:53 2056 M (237) M55 (2) Eagle A.C.
246 Dermot SLYNE 01:04:51 01:04:57 8608 M (238) M40 (67) Eagle A.C.
274 Sandra MANNING 01:05:35 01:05:45 2161 F (10) F35 (2) Eagle A.C.
309 Darren CASEY 01:06:53 01:06:58 1198 M (298) M40 (83) Eagle A.C.
317 Catherine MURPHY 01:07:08 01:07:13 2356 F (15) F40 (3) Eagle A.C.
338 Donal HANNIGAN 01:07:29 01:07:39 1461 M (320) M40 (87) Eagle A.C.
351 Jason CROSBIE 01:07:32 01:07:54 1363 M (332) MS (153) Eagle A.C.
368 Karen BEVAN 01:08:20 01:08:28 1054 F (22) F40 (6) Eagle A.C.
396 Martin DALY 01:08:48 01:08:56 1416 M (373) M45 (68) Eagle A.C.
572 Raymond HARRINGTON 01:12:35 01:12:56 1768 M (526) M40 (152) Eagle A.C.
595 Ken NYHAN 01:12:47 01:13:20 2451 M (545) M40 (156) Eagle A.C.
628 Denis CARROLL 01:13:41 01:13:51 1192 M (570) M60 (6) Eagle A.C.
646 Andrew MACDONALD 01:13:39 01:14:11 2135 M (587) MS (225) Eagle A.C.
667 Richard PIOTROSKI 01:14:18 01:14:37 1860 M (606) M70 (1) Eagle A.C.
681 Nora CORCORAN 01:13:57 01:14:48 1318 F (64) F40 (19) Eagle A.C.
692 Dan KELLEHER 01:14:30 01:14:55 1960 M (628) M40 (180) Eagle A.C.
696 Mairead LONERGAN 01:14:23 01:14:55 2085 F (68) F35 (18) Eagle A.C.
724 Noel O’CONNOR 01:14:47 01:15:15 2528 M (655) M60 (7) Eagle A.C.
747 Cian QUIGLEY 01:14:57 01:15:28 2834 M (673) MS (258) Eagle A.C.
814 David LYNCH 01:16:26 01:17:05 2107 M (724) M50 (64) Eagle A.C.
825 Jack MURPHY 01:16:21 01:17:16 2376 M (733) MS (275) Eagle A.C.
958 Eddie TRINDLE 01:18:45 01:19:19 1361 M (825) M40 (227) Eagle A.C.
1187 Damien GERAGHTY 01:22:18 01:23:08 1679 M (970) MS (334) Eagle A.C.
1188 Michael DOOLEY 01:22:46 01:23:08 1471 M (971) M50 (103) Eagle A.C.
1189 Brian HEGARTY 01:22:18 01:23:08 488 M (972) MS (335) Eagle A.C.
1330 Karen KELLEHER 01:23:54 01:24:59 1959 F (282) F40 (88) Eagle A.C.
1503 Lisa BOLAND 01:26:31 01:27:51 907 F (377) F50 (32) Eagle A.C.
1526 Frances O’CONNOR 01:27:20 01:28:13 2529 F (395) F60 (4) Eagle A.C.
1627 Michelle CHEUNG 01:28:54 01:29:49 1212 F (454) FS (69) Eagle A.C.
1665 Ian BRENNAN 01:29:00 01:30:26 1365 M (1189) M50 (137) Eagle A.C.
1680 Olivia HOLMES 01:29:42 01:30:33 3143 F (485) F40 (149) Eagle A.C.

Thanks to Derek Costello Photos for use of photos.