Tullamore Harriers Show Up Well At National Championships

There's also some decent performances in the US to get up to date with.

It was a stellar weekend of athletics action at the 2022 Irish Life Health National Senior Indoor Championships, at the Sport Ireland National Indoor Arena in Abbotstown, Dublin. Over 500 athletes battled it out for national honors.

First out in the middle distance events for Tullamore was Ruby Stueven in the 1500m. Still only 18 Ruby acquitted herself well in her 1500m heat and raced to a time of 4.45.54.

Mark Milner also raced on the Saturday and cruised through his 800m heat in a time of 1.53.28.

On the Sunday Tullamore had three athletes in the 3000m. All three ran well. Danielle Donegan was first home in a time in 9.45.00, with Imelda Lambe in 10.09.80 and Emily Grennan in 10.15.74 racing well too.

Milner was back on track at 14.35 in the final of his 800m. In a tactical race Mark positioned himself well and was ready for the attacks on the last lap. With national record holder Mark English sprinting clear of the challengers it was a dash between three athletes for the silver and bronze with Mark unlucky to finish fourth, just out of the medals.

Overall the club is very proud of the young men and women now stepping up to perform at a senior level.

Big Performances from Harriers Athletes in Illinois, Colorado, Missouri and Massachusetts

Laura Mooney was competing last Friday and Saturday at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships in Chicago, Illinois. Laura raced the 5000m on the Friday and finished runner-up in a new PB of 16.18.49 as she just held off the third place finisher by .4 of a second. On the Saturday Laura also made the podium as she raced to third in the 3000m having ran a time of 9.22.96. Her pace was really consistent throughout the race as she hit 37 seconds each of the first fourteen laps before speeding for for a 36 on the last lap.

Ava O’Connor was competing last Saturday at the RMAC Indoor Track and Field Championships in Gunnison, Colorado. With the track being a 200m flat track at 7723 feet altitude it was definitely a challenging environment. Racing the Mile, Ava was at the front from the early stages. After the half way mark Ava was passed twice by different athletes who tried to get clear of the pack by picking up the pace. Each time Ava was able to hang on and quickly retake the lead. She won with a final sprint which saw her cross the line in a time of 5.03.72, which is adjusted by the NCAA to a time of 4.47 to allow for the track bends and the altitude.

Aaron Mangan was in action on Saturday and Sunday in the 800m at the MIAA Indoor Championships in Maryville, Missouri. Against tough competition Aaron had to run 1.52.52 to qualify for the final. In the final Aaron raced well and almost matched his heat time as he finished seventh in 1.52.53.

On Sunday James Dunne was competing in the Boston University Last Chance Meet. Lining up in heat one of the men's 3000m, James got into the rhythm of the 32 second laps the pack was setting as he sat back. After passing a mile in 4.17 James started to press. By the finish line he was up to 4th place and had run a huge new PB of 7.54.73. He had covered the last kilometer in 2.33 and as he raced for the line his last lap was 29 seconds. He is now ranked in fourth on the Irish Senior ravings less than five seconds off the World Indoor Championships standard.

Sean Lowry 5k

The annual Sean Lowry 5k road race made a welcome return to Crinkle last weekend with 140 athletes supporting this popular Birr ac tribute event. Jimmy Coughlan, Naomh Mhuire ac and Denise Egan, Ferbane ac were the fastest man and woman on the course posting impressive times of 17.10 and 18.37 respectively. Liam Byrne was first Tullamore Harriers finisher (7th overall) taking 1st O50 prize and Nita Mcloughlin was 3rd female overall. Charlotte Abbott (7th female) had a great run and Denis Flynn was first in his age category. Forever young Jim Langan, posted 27.22 - a fantastic time for his tender years. Miriam Brady lined out on home ground to mark her return to competition. Well done to each of you

Tullamore Harriers times:

Liam Byrne 20.03

Nita McLoughlin 20.56

Charlotte Abbott 22.39

Denis Flynn 24.16

Jim Langan 27.22

Miriam Brady 33.07

PB for Nadine Donegan in 3000m

Nadine Donegan, who was also a part of Iona College’s gold medal winning DMR quartet, earned her second medal of the MAAC Championship with a second-place performance in the 3000m yesterday. She finished just four seconds behind the race winner with a time of 9:41.85, seven seconds faster than her previous best!

Tullamore Harriers 5k Road Race

We are back!! The annual Tullamore Harriers 5k race is on 13th of March. A race not to miss – a flat fast course and on closed roads for added safety. This is Race 1 in the Offaly 5k Road Race Series 2022 and offers prizes in all age groups. Register on www.popupraces.ie

Tullamore Hariers 5K – Road Closure:

Kilcruttin Junction to Charleville Roundabout, 09.45am-10.45am Sunday 13th March 2022. Diversions in place. Phone Adrian 086 1636059.

Tullamore Harriers Half Marathon 2022.

We are back!!! Entry is now open for the 2022 Tullamore Harriers Half Marathon. Sign up for a top class race now and you won’t be disappointed. Entries are expected to sell out really quickly so don’t leave it too late to Include the Tullamore Half Marathon in your goals for 2022. As a result from the very high standards set and improved on by Tullamore Harriers, this event is classed as one of the best Half Marathons in the country. It offers so much for runners of every standard from 1st timers to the highly competitive athlete.

The Tullamore Half Marathon hosts the Offaly and Leinster Half Marathon Championships so there are plenty of individual and team medals up for grabs. The prestigious Quinlan Cup will be awarded to the winning mens team and the Phyllis Delaney Cup to the winning ladies team

The race as always will be on closed roads to ensure safety for our athletes and allow nothing to get in their way.

Membership

All Tullamore Harriers Ac membership subscriptions will be done online from 2022. This includes membership renewals as well as the registering of new members joining the club. The membership system used was set up by the Athletics Association of Ireland and has proven itself very useful for this and other functionality for the club. There is an admin fee of 4.5% of the club membership fee applied at checkout by the online system.

Renewal of Existing Members for 2022

Renewal emails have been sent out with links to the electronic membership system.

If you have not received an email it may be because the email has gone into a spam or junk folder or because the details we have for you is not correct. Please contact club registrar Mary Daly if having any issues.

Please note that Tullamore Harriers Ac value your personal data and will make every effort to keep it secure in compliance with the GDPR. We only collect data that we need to use for your AAI Registration.

Fixtures

Sat 12th Mar Leinster Indoor Relays Athlone

Sun 13th Mar Tullamore Harriers 5K Tullamore

Sun 13th Mar AAI Jun & U23 Indoor Championships Athlone

Sat 19th Mar AAI Juv Indoor Day 1 Athlone

Sun 20th Mar AAI Juv Indoor Day 2 Athlone

Sat 26th Mar Leinster Senior, Masters & Junior Indoors Athlone

Sun 27th Mar Leinster CE Athlone

Sat 2nd Apr AAI Juv Indoors Day 3 Athlone

Sun 10th Apr AAI National 10K TBC

Mon 18th Apr Leinster 10 mile Raheny

Sun 24th Apr AAI Road Relays TBC

Sat 30th Apr Leinster Novice & Masters Road Championships Gowran

Senior Training

Training Tuesday evening from 6.40pm to 8.30pm.

All members have received the Covid Return to Training directive via email and are asked to adhere to the club policies on same. For any enquiries contact club captain Sean 0851742418