Kinsale Open Cross-Country / IAAF Walking Series Finale
Date: 21/9/08
Togher athletes had a very successful day at the Kinsale Open Cross-Country event. With many of the older Togher junior athletes concentrating on training, the younger guys travelled to Kinsale and came away with all the team titles. The u14 ‘A’ team was 1st led by Eoin Bourke and the ‘B’ team were 2nd led by Michael McLaughlin. The u16 ‘A’ Team was 1st led by Shaun Healy, the ‘B’ team 2nd led by Conor Foley and the ‘C’ team 3rd led by Andrew O’ Keeffe. Congratulations to Ian Harnett who had an outstanding run to finish 8th in his first ever race and running out of his age group. Finally in the Junior mens race Patrick Coleman finished a fine 2nd, with newcomers Rob O’ Shea, Padraig Sweeney and Rob Twomey all having great races. Well done to all the athletes on a great start to the season. Full results are below.
Also today, Robert Heffernan competed in the final of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in Murcia. This was to be his final race of the season and what a way to finish it turned out to be. Robert lay in 8th place overall in the series going into the race and was hoping for a solid placing in the final event held over 20km. The race held at 1pm local time, saw the thermometer reach 33 degrees and added to this was high humidity. Robert produced an outstanding display to finish in 5th place in a time of 1:26:04. Robert described the race as being “extremely tough” but was delighted with his performance. The race was won by Roberts training partner Francisco Fernandez in 1:23:14. After the final standings were tallied up Robert finishes the series in a superb 7th place. He has had an outstanding season and he can now relax for a few weeks before planning for next years World Championships in Berlin. Congratulations to Robert from all at the club.
Photos from Kinsale
Togher athletes had a very successful day at the Kinsale Open Cross-Country event. With many of the older Togher junior athletes concentrating on training, the younger guys travelled to Kinsale and came away with all the team titles. The u14 ‘A’ team was 1st led by Eoin Bourke and the ‘B’ team were 2nd led by Michael McLaughlin. The u16 ‘A’ Team was 1st led by Shaun Healy, the ‘B’ team 2nd led by Conor Foley and the ‘C’ team 3rd led by Andrew O’ Keeffe. Congratulations to Ian Harnett who had an outstanding run to finish 8th in his first ever race and running out of his age group. Finally in the Junior mens race Patrick Coleman finished a fine 2nd, with newcomers Rob O’ Shea, Padraig Sweeney and Rob Twomey all having great races. Well done to all the athletes on a great start to the season. Full results are below.
Also today, Robert Heffernan competed in the final of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in Murcia. This was to be his final race of the season and what a way to finish it turned out to be. Robert lay in 8th place overall in the series going into the race and was hoping for a solid placing in the final event held over 20km. The race held at 1pm local time, saw the thermometer reach 33 degrees and added to this was high humidity. Robert produced an outstanding display to finish in 5th place in a time of 1:26:04. Robert described the race as being “extremely tough” but was delighted with his performance. The race was won by Roberts training partner Francisco Fernandez in 1:23:14. After the final standings were tallied up Robert finishes the series in a superb 7th place. He has had an outstanding season and he can now relax for a few weeks before planning for next years World Championships in Berlin. Congratulations to Robert from all at the club.
Photos from Kinsale
Togher AC results from Kinsale
| U14 1500m: | u16 3000m: |
| Eoin Bourke 2nd | Shaun Healy 1st |
| Gary McCarthy 3rd | Cullen Lynch 2nd |
| Billy Murphy 4th | Mark Seacy 4th |
| Michael McLaughlin 5th | Conor Foley 6th |
| John Durcan 9th | Emmet Bracken 7th |
| Cillian Crowley 10th | Ian Hartnett 8th |
| Daniel Leahy 11th | Andrew O’ Keeffe 9th |
| Brian Creagh 12th | John Dorgan 10th |
| Sean Keating 13th | Cillian Fleming 11th |
| Brendan Couch 14th | David Kelly 12th |
| Adam Dalton 16th | Rob O’ Neil 13th |
| Alan Ring 19th | Sammy Oladunjoye 14th |
| Cillian Pumpfrey 23rd | Brian McCauliffe 15th |
| Michael McGuinness 24th | Paul Creagh 16th |
| Leon Domoney 25th | Rob O’ Reilly 20th |
| Daniel Mason 26th | Jason Moloney 21st |
| Eric O’ Neil 28th | Karl Horgan 22nd |
| Cole Haynes 29th | Cian Martin 23rd |
| U20 4000m: |
| Patrick Coleman 2nd |
| Rob O’ Shea 4th |
| Alex Kelly 5th |
| Padraig Sweeney 6th |
| Rob Twomey 7th |
