Tallaght AC athletes pictured in Rome after competing in the Rome Half Marathon last weekend and (inset): Stephen Worth competing in the Amsterdam Marathon
European adventure for Tallaght athletes in Amsterdam and Rome
SEVERAL Tallaght athletes did well in endurance events in different cities over the last weekend.
Indeed, a quartet of athletes travelled to the Netherlands and competed in the Amsterdam Marathon where Stephen Worth produced a very good performance, crossing the finish line with a new personal best time of 2:34.16. He would be followed by Gearoid Miggan (3:08.41), Kevin McLoughlin (3:29.16) and Shannon Purcell (3:35.49).
Another four travelled to Italy to compete in the Rome Half Marathon where Mark O’Reilly crossed the line in 1:57.53, followed by Carol Murray (2.12.03), Suzanne Sweeney (2.12.04), and Elaine Keogh (2.20.02) while Thelma McLoughlin recorded a time of 1:40:23 in the Great South 10 Mile Run in Southampton, England.
At the Autumn Open Cross Country in Abbotstown, the club’s sole representative Gerry Woods finished 10th in the M65 category over 6k.
The previous week at the Dublin Juvenile Cross Country league in Corkagh Park, Clondalkin Hugo Lopez Gallego finished in a solid fourth place in the U16 3000m to place fourth overall in the league standings with one race remaining.
Other club members also competed such as
- Jenna Flanagan (U10),
- Grace O’Neill (U11)
- Caoimhe Fitzpatrick
- (U11), Isabelle Kelly
- (U12), Kym Flanagan
- (U12), Oscar Kavanagh
- (U13), Oliver Matusik (U14),
- AJ Carney (U14),
- Ronan Mahon (U15).
More than 20 club runners will be contesting the Dublin City Marathon on this coming Sunday where they will be aiming to produce personal best times for the 26 – mile distance and a similar number of club members will be acting as voluntary stewards at critical points in the first two miles of the course.
