Kilmovee 10k – three in a row for Martin Conroy

Conditions were good for the 3rd Annual Kilmovee 10k on Saturday afternoon. There was a record turnout of runners and walkers – 406 finishers. John Roddy and his community team put on an excellently organised race – the first in the 2012 Mayo AC C&C Cellular Road League.

Kilmovee 10km 2012 Final Result(1)

Race winner Martin Conroy (Ballina AC) led from the start and only had
clubmate Roger Barrett as company most of the way. He passed 5k in 15.58, and finished strongly a few seconds outside his 2011 winning time to claim his third win in as many years at Kilmovee. His next target is the Belfast Marathon in a few weeks. Anto Devaney and Andrew Lynskey were Mayo AC’s top finishers in 4th, 5th place.

The women’s race saw Mary Gleeson set a strong pace from the start and she worked hard to retain her Kilmovee title in a great time 36.35, 45 seconds better than 2011. She will be hard to beat this year in the league and claim a record fifth win. ColetteTuohy,  2nd  in 38.57, and Angela O’Connor 3rd 40.46 made it a clean sweep for Mayo AC and they too will look to the national 10k next week with confidence.

There were a lot of excellent performances among  Mayo AC’s 23 runners, including a few PBs. Hugh Duffy had a great run to win the o50 category, two minutes better than his 2011 time. His winter training schedule was a key factor. Pauline Moran’s 44.54 finish was also significant, and she will be a medal contender in the F55 category in the Phoenix Park.

Mayo AC finishers not in summary:
Ciaran Quinn MS 36.28, Gerry Galvin M40 39.41, Sean Murphy M40 39.54, Dominick Regan M40 40.30, Michael Sweeney M50 41.03, Owen Mongan M55 43.14, Christy O’Malley M45 45.19, AnnMarie Staunton FS 46.17, Ambrose Gaughan M40 46.17, Margaret Glavey F50 47.37 , John Geraghty M40 48.08, Brendan Conwell M40 48.41, Chris O’Connell M50 50.53, Una McGrath F50 51.50

Kilmovee 10k Results Summary
Senior Men
1: Martin Conroy (Ballina AC) 32.47
2: Roger Barrett (Ballina AC) 33.02
3: Michael Griffin (Liffey Valley) 35.01
4 Anto Devanney (Mayo AC) 35.05
5 Andrew Lynskey (Mayo AC) 35.29

Senior Women
1: Mary Gleeson (Mayo AC) 36.35
2:  Colette Tuohy (Mayo AC) F40 38.35
3 Angela O’Connor (Mayo AC) F45 40.46

Men over 40
1: Sean Gallagher (Ballina AC) 36.20
2 Noel Gibbons (Mayo AC) 37.31

Women over 40
1: Joan Walsh (Mayo AC) 46.26
2:Michelle Reynolds (Ballina AC) 46.43

Women over 45
1: Jackie Fleming 44.08
2 Pauline Moran (Mayo AC) F55 44.54

Men over 50
1 High Duffy (Mayo AC) 38.46
2  Billy Gallagher (Mayo AC) 39.44

Junior Men  1 Tadgh McGinty (Swinford AC) 37.42

Junior Women 1:Niamh Grehan (Kilmovee)