Dunleavy wins intermediate 10,000m title

EMMET DUNLEAVY (Sligo AC) won the men’s Intermediate National title over 10,000m at Tinryland, Carlow yesterday in 29.25.

The Sligo athlete was one of six runners in contention entering the final lap and it was his spring finish which saw Dunleavy home three seconds ahead of Liam O’Halloran of Raheeny Shamrocks, with Mick Kelly of Gowran AC third in 29.31.

The men’s National Masters race of 7k went to Mick Traynor (Raheeny Shamrocks) in a time of 21.06 from Peter Smyth, from North Belfast Harriers, with former National Cross Country champion Noel Berkeley (Dundrum South Dublin) taking third position.