William Maunsell – National Marathon Bronze medal

The Dublin City Marathon took place recently, which also incorporated the National Marathon Championships. Since its inception in 1980, this event has always been well supported by the Clubs in the County. This year was no exception with athletes representing eleven clubs and Clonmel AC having the largest entry. William Maunsell ran a brilliant race when finishing 3^rd (National bronze medal) in a new County record of 2 hrs 14 mins 23 secs. Congrats also to the Clonmel trio of William Maunsell, Joey Feery (2.45.43) and Nigel O Flaherty (2.48.12) for winning the National Masters over 35 bronze medals. There were also some great performances like Barry Hartnett (Dundrum AC) 2.32.06, Caroline Hassett (Templemore AC) 1^st county women in 2.50.47. We had a number of athletes breaking the 3-hour barrier, which is always a fantastic achievement. Athletes like Liam Shanahan (Thurles Crokes) 2.49.12, Danny Brosnan (Clonmel AC) 2.54.27, Eugene O Keeffe (Carrick on Suir AC) 2.56.45, Darren Allison (Dundrum AC) 2.57.10, Eelco Beckers (Clonmel AC) 2.58.26 and David O Kelly (Clonmel AC) 2.59.09.

We also had some great performances from athletes like Ian Martin (Templemore AC) 3.01.35, Mark Kehir (Clonmel AC) 3.01.44, Jamie Byrne (Clonmel AC) 3.02.38, Paul Bowe (Moycarkey Coolcroo AC) 3.04.09, Micheál O Brien (Templemore AC) 3.04.15, Padraig Meehan (Templemore AC) 3.07.19, Tiernan O Donnell (Dualla Ballytarsna Boherlahan AC) 3.07.22, Eddy O Donoghue (Clonmel AC), 3.08.39, Gary Grant (Clonmel AC) 3.12.17, Gerard O Neill (Dundrum AC) 3.12.26, Shane Greene (Clonmel AC) 3.14.40, Michael Murphy (Thurles Crokes) 3.14.40, William Keane (Dundrum AC) 3.15.07,  Vasiliy Neumerzhitskiy (Clonmel AC) 3.16.47, Ciaran Doheny (Clonmel AC) 3.18.57, Paddy Ryan (Templemore AC) 3.18.05, David Lorigan (Clonmel AC) 3.20.43, Paul Dolan (Thurles Crokes) 3.21.53, Ailish Mansfield (Clonmel AC) 3.23.38, Patrick Bowe (Moyne AC) 3.24.13, Maire Fitzgerald (DBB AC) 3.24.16, Michael Doocey (Clonmel AC) 3.24.47, Vincent McHugh (Clonmel AC) 3.25.51, Laura Burke Carey (Thurles Crokes) 3.25.56, Elaine Horgan Clonmel AC) 3.26.06, Grahan O Regan (Clonmel AC) 3.31.08, Paddy Clarke (Templemore AC) 3.31.32, Michael Ryan (Dundrum AC) 3.33.01, Niall Brannigan (Clonmel AC) 3.35.40, Emily Leahy (Dundrum AC) 3.36.05, Kevin O Meara (Fethard AC) 3.37.22, Donal Ryan (Clonmel AC) 3.38.00, Brian Carroll (Moyne AC) 3.38.52, Brendan Coffey (Clonmel AC) 3.38.20, Liam Connolly (Clonmel AC) 3.38.44, Ian Patterson (Clonmel AC) 3.39.32, John Griffin (Clonmel AC) 3.39.50, Grzegorz Kecik (Clonmel AC) 3.40.32, Andrew Shaw (Clonmel AC) 3.43.40, Paula Wright (Newport AC) 3.44.57, Shane Conran (Clonmel AC) 3.46.42, Aidan Doyle (Templemore AC) 3.46.55, Noel Gillman (Clonmel AC) 3.55.53, Niall Prendergast (Clonmel AC) 3.56.59, John Barry (Dundrum AC) 3.57.23, Deirdre Ryan (Thurles Crokes) 3.57.51, James Fletcher (Mooreabbey Milers AC) 3.58.41, Stephanie Byrne (Clonmel AC) 4.07.27, M J Croke (Fethard AC) 4.08.20, Noel Ryan (Clonmel AC) 4.09.04, Helen O Ceallaigh (Clonmel AC) 4.09.11, Ciara Hickey (DBB AC) 4.10.27, Caroline O Donoghue (Clonmel AC) 4.11.48, Catherine Hughes (Carrick on Suir AC) 1.13.04, Brian Carroll (Mooreabbey Milers) 4.13.30, Michael Carroll (Clonmel AC) 4.14.40, Frances Morrison (Mooreabbey Milers) 4.15.14, Alan Kennedy (Clonmel AC) 4.19.52, Derrick Ryan (Mooreabbey Milers) 4.21.11, Clare O Reilly (Clonmel AC) 4.24.20, Mellissa McCarthy (Clonmel AC) 4.34.18, Marie Lisa Cleere (Clonmel AC) 4.48.53, Aoife McGrath (Clonmel AC) 4.50.39, Jim O Donnell (Clonmel AC) 4.51.13, Lorraine O Regan (Clonmel AC) 4.54.47, Pat Hayes (Dundrum AC) 4.55.20 and PJ Collins (Dundrum AC) 5.56.01.