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Sun smiles on Buncrana
Duathlon
12.04.10
MORE than 70 athletes
took part in the Buncrana Duathlon at the weekend
with their two-mile run, 10-mile cycle and finale
two-mile run blessed with glorious weather.
The event attracted a good mix of individual entries
as well as relay teams which made for a highly
competitive race. Seventeen members of the North
West Triathlon Club competed with the club
dominating the relay and women's events.
The clubs' relay team made up of Pius McIntyre and
Aaron Deane took top spot in a time of 45mins
47secs. McIntyre completed his runs in 10.51 and
10.41 respectively while Deane posted the fasted
bike split of the day in 24mins 15secs. Joanne Doran
won the ladies race in a time of 1 hour 24 seconds
with Buncrana's Aoife Logan coming 2nd on 1 hour 6
mins 51secs. |
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Adam Speers of the
Letterkenny Club 24/7 won the overall male category
with the North West's Colm Quigley taking third spot
in a time of 50mins 45secs. Gary O'Donnell finished
on 51mins 6secs while Paul McConnellogue clocked
52mins 36secs. Paul McGilloway and Joe Doherty
finished on 53.18 and 54.17 respectively. James
Beattie stopped the clock on 55.36 while Jarlath
Fearon crossed the line in 55.58. Frankie Dunlop and
Philip Bradley were close at the finished with the
'awl han' Frankie coming in on 56.49 while duathlon
debutante Bradley had a very respectable time of
56.51. Carndonagh's Patrick McLaughlin was the next
club memember home in 58.39. Junior club member Lee
Beattie clocked an impressive 59.14 and Michael
McGlynn finished in 1hr 1min 11secs. Brian McCallion
was next across the line for the club in 1.04.42
with Clive Bell finishing on 1.06.44 and Tony
Morrison coming home in 1.08.55.
Next up is the North West Duathlon which takes place
in Burnfoot on Sunday 25 April. This race is also
the Irish Duathlon Championships and consists of a
1km run, 40km cycle and 5km run to finish. Further
details on the race are available on the club
website
www.northwesttriclub.com . |
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