Saturday the 5th: Clodagh Galvin landed a podium position in the Dublin Simon home 5 k in the Phoenix Park (20.48). In the Fastlane half and 3/4 Marathon on the Grand Canal David Mullen record a time of !;23.58 in the half with Fratisek Kadloe running 1:39.31. In the £/4s Luke Edwards 2:27.10 and Nosipho Mjiyakho 4:08.50.
Also on Saturday Sergiu Ciobanu placed 3rd in the Run Galway Bay half marathon in 71.04. Garrett Loy was 16th in the 10k (39.09).
Across the pond the collegiate cross country season got underway today. Sean Kay, now at Notre Dame had a successful first outing for “the Fighting Irish” at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational placing 39th in the 8k race (23.27) and scoring on the winning team. In Bethlehem Ronan Luff (Yale) was 18th in the 8k open race (24.50).