May 5k Series, County Galway

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The athlectics clubs in Galway have come together to organise a series of 5k events in the county. The series is been organised to provide more local races for Galway runners and to encourage people to take up the sport. All standards are welcome. These races are ideal for anyone preparing for the mini-marathon or other races in the summer.

All events are on Tuesday evenings during May, as follows:

9th May Athenry AC, Ballydavid. See

www.athenryac.com
[*]16th May Tuam AC, Palace Grounds, subject to confirmation
[*]23rd May, Craughwell AC, Venue to be confirmed - details to eb confirmed on www.craughwellac.com
[*]30th May, Galway City Harriers: Dangan, Newcastle. www.galwaycityharriers.com


Registration will be once for the series (€15 for four races), and on the night 7-7:15pm (€5 per event). Each race will commence at 7.30pm.

A social event including finger food and a prize-giving will be organised after the last race.

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The Athenry 5k was won by Jason Broderick:
1 16:18 Jason Broderick (Lourghrea)
2 16:22 Ruaidhrí Geraghty (Galway City Harriers)
3 16:46 Conor Moloney (Galway City Harriers)

Women:
24 19:49 Anne-Marie Miskell (Galway City Harriers)
27 20:02 Jane-Ann Healy (Naas)
30 20:13 Josephine Gardiner (Mayo)

The Tuam 5k was won by Robert Malseed:
1 15.26 Robert Malseed (Clonliffe Harriers)
2 15.57 Ruaidhri Geraghty (Galway City Harriers)
3 16.19 Conor Moloney (Galway City Harriers)

Women:
13 18.23 Regina Casey (Galway City Harriers)
27 19.34 Ann-Marie Miskell (Galway City Harriers)
29 19.44 Michelle Lynch (Galway City Harriers)

Next race in Craughwell on Tuesday 23rd May - assemble at the Community Centre on the Galway Road at 7pm. The start will be about 1k from here.

Final race scheduled for 30th May in the NUI Galway sports fields in Dangan. Tea, sandwiches and prizegiving afterwards in Kelehans Bushy Park.

For more details:
www.galwaycityharriers.com & www.athenryac.com & www.craughwellac.com

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The third race of the Galway 5k Series took place Tuesday evening in Craughwell, with 73 participants completing the course in good times. The pre-race perception that the course was reasonably flat was quickly banished as runners gave their verdict on a challenging course at the finish line. Luckily the weather held fine for all but a couple of minutes during the race.

Course records fell to the leading man and woman (predictable since this was the first 5k in Craughwell!) with Ruaidhrí Geraghty GCH completing the race in 16:32 and Regina Casey GCH in 19:12. 2nd and 3rd placed men were Conor Moloney GCH in 17:09 and Ned O’Sullivan in 18:11, with 2nd and 3rd women being Anne-Marie Miskell GCH (20:04) and Jane-Ann Healy Naas (20:40).

Final race in the series is next Tuesday at 7.30pm in Dangan.
Full results on: Craughwell AC website

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The winner on the night of the last 5k race of the series was Dermot Galvin of St. John's AC with Ruadhrí Gearaghty taking second and Conor Moloney taking third a whisker ahead of Martin Corcoran. Regina Casey once again romped home as first woman with Anne-Marie Miskell taking second followed fairly closely by Michelle Lynch who just held Josephine Gardiner at bay.

Men
15:52 Dermot Galvin St. Johns AC
16:12 Ruaidhrí Geraghty GCH
16:28 Conor Maloney GCH

Women
19:16 Regina Casey GCH
19:46 Anne-Marie Miskell GCH
19:58 Michelle Lynch GCH

Full results of the race are on: www.galwaycityharriers.com

Overall a really successful series of 5k races with Ruaidhrí Geraghty performing the most consistently in four races at the front for the men, and Anne-Marie Miskell doing the same from the women's section.