From IMAA The Irish masters athletes association (IMAA) is an association set up to cater for athletes over 35 years of age both men a and women. The association has been in existence since 1974 when it was founded as a formally known Irish Veterans Athletic Association. It is affiliated to the AAI and to both the world and European masters associations.
The purpose of the I.M.A.A is to promote amateur athletes among masters both nationally and internationally. This website was designed and needed to keep our members both here and abroad informed and updated on events , fixtures and news and help them access other athletic sites Two new Irish European champions
Aisling Coppinger (W35) and Mags Greenan (W50) won individual titles in the European masters mountain running championships in Switzerland. The W35/40 team with Anne Sandford (W40) and Zoe Melling (W35) won silver medals.
Race Report
Greenan and Coppinger new European champions Mags Greenan (W50) and Aisling Coppinger (W35) won individual victories in the European masters championships in Lenzerheide Switzerland over a tough uphill 6.5 km course with 900 metres of climb in sun.
Greenan won in a time of 57:44 from Austrian Dohr by 54 seconds in a start to finish win. Given her relative inexperience in mountain running, this was a tough gutsy performance to beat the experienced Dohr.
Coppinger won by a comfortable 3 minutes in a time of 58:47. Coppinger also led her teammates Anne Sandford (66:30) and Zoe Melling (67:18) to silver team medals in the combined W35/40 category. Tish McCann (68:23) ran well to finish 6th in the W45 class.
Martin McDonald was 4th in the M50 category in a time of 52:29 and Sean Foley (6th in M45 in 51:24) led the M45/50 team to a 4th place finish.
Following on from last weeks excellent performances in the World Youths in Italy, these are encouraging achievements for Irish athletics.
Provisional results
W35
1. Aisling Coppinger 58:47
2. M Calorio (Ita) 61:51
3. M Carl (Ger) 62:17
5. Zoe Melling 67:18
W40
1. C Helfenberger (Sui) 52:59
9. Anne Sandford 66:30
W45
1. ML Hellig-Duventaster (Ger) 52:38
6. Tish McCann 68:23
W50
1. Mags Greenan 57:44
2. K Dohr (Aut) 58:38
3. U Bergler (Ger) 62:18
M45
1. F Torresani (Ita) 45:02
6. Sean Foley 51:24
M50
1. K Frantisek (Cze) 50:38
4. Martin McDonald 52:29
7. Gerry Brady 54:45
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