Young Rebecca Cahill finishing the Cooley Coast Run on Friday
Kilkerley athlete Gary O’Hanlon was celebrating another race win on Friday night after coming home first in the 12.5km Cooley Coast Run.
This latest success for the Clonliffe Harriers AC runner comes just weeks after wins in the Limerick and Kildare Marathons, as well as the Patsy Kelly 5k in Dundalk.
Gary won the race in a time of 00:40:37 – almost two minutes ahead of Brian McCloskey of North East Runners, who was also runner-up in the previous week’s Dundalk 10k Run.
Meanwhile, the 10k race was won by Stephen Muholland in a time of 00:34:44, just 26 seconds ahead of runner-up Niall Gorham.
The full race results were as follows:
12.5k Results
Male
1. Gary O’Hanlon
2. Brian McCloskey
3. George Shields
Female
1. Michelle Cox
2. Alison Kirwan
3. Louise McGinnity
Male Over 40
1. Niall Halpin
2. Martin O’Hagan
3. Gerry McCabe
Female Over 40
1. Aileen McCann
2. Margaret Finlay Marsh
3. Marie Higgins
10k Results
Male
1. Stephen Mulholland
2. Niall Gorham
3. Brendan Grew
Female
1. Mary Leech
2. Angie McElligott
3. Karen McCrystal
Next weekend will see the Carlingford 10k take place on Saturday.
Full results of the 12.5k can be found here while the 10k results can be found here.
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