Ryan and Mooney win mountain running inter-counties Cork won the senior men’s inter-county race from Dublin and Wexford. Brian McMahon led home the Clonliffe team and was supported by Niall Duncan and Kevin Keane. Dublin won the women’s race from Cork with Donna Mahon, Mags Greenan and Orla Loftus the scoring trio. The recent torrential rains and a heavy mist forced a significant shortening of the course from the planned finish on Galtymore summit. Mark Ryan (Rathfarnham) on his mountain debut won the senior men’s race from Brian McMahon (Clonliffe). McMahon moved into the lead after a mile but Ryan emerged from the pack one kilometre later to join him. These pair pulled away from what was initially a large pack of around 20 runners. On the rough mountain path Ryan gradually pulled away for a good win. Sean Hehir (Rathfarnham) finished well for third ahead of Mick Kelly (Gowran), Tom Hogan (Slaneyside) and Peter O’Farrell (Rathfarnham).
Edel Mooney (Offaly) ran strongly to in the women’s race. Donna Mahon (Rathfarnham) had a very aggressive race throughout to finish a good second ahead of Mags Greenan (Clonliffe), Orla Ni Mhuircheartaigh (Galway) and Aoife Joyce (Crusaders).
Michelle Finn (Duhallow) and Eoin Rowan (North Sligo) won the junior races. The Jennings brothers (DSD) were second and third in the junior menahead of martin Doyle (Sliabh Bhuidhe). Eimear Tangney (Spa Muckross) and Gayle Finn (Duhallow) the medallists in the junior women. Breda McDonald (North Laois) ran very well to take fourth ahead of Becky Hand (Limerick) and Carol Huet (DSD).
Men’s county team result
1. Cork 26 (2 Brian McMahon, 9 Niall Duncan, 15 Kevin Keane)
2. Dublin 34 (1 Mark Ryan, 6 Peter O’Farrell, 27 Tom Loftus)
3. Wexford 44 (5 Tom Hogan, 19 Martin Monaghan, 20 Bernard Fortune)
4. Laois 48 (13, Aengus Burke, 14 Martin McDonald, 21 PJ Carroll)
5. Limerick 63 (18 Keith Ryan, 22 Mike Cunningham, 23 Tom Blackburn)
6. Kerry 64 (8 John Lenihan, 25 Sean Twomey, 31 David McBride)
Women’s county team result
1. Dublin 11 (2 Donna Mahon, 3 Mags Greenan, 6 Orla Loftus)
2. Cork 29 (7 Ida Donovan, 9 Mary Finn, 13 Carol Finn)
Senior women
1. Edel Mooney, Offaly, 35.11
2. Donna Mahon, Dublin, 36.05
3. Mags Greenan, Dublin, 37.17
4. Orla Ni Mhuircheartaigh, Galway, 39.40
5. Aoife Joyce, Wexford, 39.50
6. Orla Loftus, Dublin, 42.08
7. Ida Donovan, Cork, 44.26
8. Mary Jennings, Waterford, 45.20
9. Mary Finn, Cork, 45.34
10. Rachel Walters, Dublin, 45.44
11. Eva Fairmaner, Dublin, 46.29
12. Loretto Duggan, Clare, 47.21
13. Carol Finn, 51.01
14. Grainne Lynch, Cork, 54.57
Senior men
1. Mark Ryan, Dublin, 29.36
2. Brian McMahon, Cork, 30.01
3. Sean Hehir, Clare, 30.10
4. Mick Kelly, Kilkenny, 30.30
5. Tom Hogan, Wexford, 30.58
6. Peter O’Farrell, Dublin, 31.10
7. Ciaran Doherty, Donegal, 31.14
8. John Lenihan, Kerry, 31.31
9. Niall Duncan, Cork, 31.35
10. James McFadden, Wicklow, 32.20
11. Sean Foley, Waterford, 32.50
12. Pat Byrne, Carlow, 33.00
13. Aengus Burke, Laois, 33.10
14. Martin McDonald, Laois, 33.20
15. Kevin Keane, Cork, 33.30
16. Donal Coffey, Cork, 33.35
17. Shane O’Rourke, Wicklow, 33.55
18. Keith Ryan, Limerick, 34.00
19. Martin Monaghan, Wexford, 34.04
20. Bernard Fortune, Wexford, 34.12
21. PJ Carroll, Laois, 34.18
22. Mike Cunningham, Limerick, 34.45
23. Tom Blackburn, Limerick, 35.00
24. Stephen Tyrell, Wexford, 35.15
25. Sean Twomey, Kerry, 36.09
26. John Lynch, Cork, 37.30
27. Tom Loftus, Dublin, 39.02
28. Dermot Murphy, Kildare, 40.34
29. Eoin O’Neill, Dublin, 41.46
30. Shay Foody, Donegal, 42.30
31. David McBride, Kerry, 43.00
32. Niall Enright, Limerick, 43.30
33. Vivian O’Gorman, Dublin, 44.04
34. Thomas Galvin, Dublin, 46.00
35. James lynch, Cork, 48.00
36. Peter Blissett, Tipperary, 49.09
37. Patrick Cleary, Kerry, 49.16
38. Joe Laffan, Limerick, 53.35
39. Jerry O’Connell, Limerick, 54.06
40. Don McKinnon, England, 56.00
Junior women
1. Michelle Finn, Cork, 28.31
2. Eimear Tangney, Kerry, 30.27
3. Gayle Finn, Cork, 31.48
4. Breda McDonald, Laois, 32.35
5. Beck Hand, Lmerick, 34.39
6. Carol Huet, Dubin, 37.05
Junior men
1. Eoin Rowan, Sligo, 32.30
2. Emmet Jennings, Dublin, 34.02
3. Kian Jennings, Dublin, 35.59
4. Martin Doyle, Wexford, 38.20
