Leevale AC win the National Road Relay Championships in Dublin...Sun 17th Apr 2016

The National Road Relay Championships were held last Sunday in Raheny in Dublin. The course was on a one mile loop in a suburban area with the teams broken down as follows....Senior men covering 2m / 1m / 3m / 2m and the rest - Senior Women, Masters Men and Masters Women covering 1m / 2m / 1m.

In the Senior Women's Relay race, the Leevale AC team of Carol Finn, Lizzie Lee and Michelle Finn from Cork took the title.

Winning Leevale AC team of Carol Finn, Lizzie Lee and Michelle Finn.

1 Club Leevale A.C....Carol Finn (5:11), Lizzie Lee (10:38), Michelle Finn (5:01)
4 Club Leevale A.C. (2)...Andrea Bickerdike, Sinead O'Connor, Rhona Pierce

As you can see from the times above, Carol ran the first mile in 5 min 11 sec, Lizzie ran two 5m 19s miles back to back while Michelle ran a 5m 01s mile which was all the more impressive when you consider that she ran two races the day before! On Saturday, Michelle was in action at the Irish University Championships where she ran a sub 10 minute 3000m steeplechase race followed by the final leg of a 4 x 400m relay race just three hours later.

In the Masters women's section, there were no teams from Munster.

In the Senior Men's Relay, East Cork AC finished 6th and Leevale AC 11th.

Senior Men
1 Club Raheny Shamrock (1) 89 00:37:26
2 Club Ennis Track A.C. (1) 46 00:37:44
6 Club East Cork A.C. 44 00:38:46...James McCarthy, Diarmaid Collins, Michael Harty, Tim O'Donoghue
11 Club Leevale AC 143 00:40:49...James Grufferty, Michael Pat O'Regan, Conor McCauley, Eric Curran
16 Club Ennis Track A.C. (2) 48 00:41:53
19 Club Waterford A.C.133 00:42:09
24 Club Ennis Track A.C. (3) 49 00:43:21

In the Masters Men, East Cork finished 11th in the M35 section while St.Finbarr's AC finished 2nd in the M50 category.

11 Club East Cork A.C. M35 ...Conor Tierney, Frank Hayes, Shane Harrington, Waterford A.C.
12 Club Waterford A.C. 134 0
2 Club St.Finbarr's A.C. M50...Michael Murphy, Cathal O'Connell, Ken Devine 00:05:07

The full results can be found HERE under April 2016

Photos...
1) Gearóid Ó Laoi has a gallery HERE

M50 Silver team of Cathal O'Connell, Michael Murphy and Ken Devine