RONAN MATTHEWS WAS the winner of the Ballyshannon 5k yesterday evening.
Matthews, who runs for Tír Chonaill Athletic Club, was first home in a time of 16 minutes and 14 seconds to take a narrow victory from Michael Murphy from City of Derry, who was just one second further back.
[adrotate group=”60″]Darragh Crossan from Foyle Valley Athletic Club was third overall in a time of 16 minutes and 32 seconds and in forth place overall and the winner of the women’s event, Breege Connolly, who clocked 16 minutes and 39 seconds.
Here’s the full results …
| Tír Chonaill A.C. Ballyshannon | ||||||
| Place | Bib | Name | Sex | AG | Club | Time |
| 1. | 411 | Ronan Matthews | m | SM | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 16:14 |
| 2. | 446 | Michael Murphy | m | M40 | City of Derry | 16:15 |
| 3. | 374 | Darragh Crossan | m | SM | Foyle Valley A.C. | 16:32 |
| 4. | 463 | Breege Connolly | w | SW | North Belfast | 16:39 |
| 5. | 397 | Alan Kearins | m | M40 | Sligo A.C. | 16:41 |
| 6. | 404 | David Kearins | m | M40 | 16:42 | |
| 7. | 470 | Brian Ferry | m | SM | Letterkenny A.C. | 16:45 |
| 8. | 464 | David Conwell | m | SM | Killybegs | 17:06 |
| 9. | 442 | Darren Price | m | SM | Letterkenny A.C. | 17:12 |
| 10. | 439 | Eamon Murphy | m | M40 | North Sligo A.C. | 17:15 |
| 11. | 367 | John O’ Brien | m | SM | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 17:35 |
| 12. | 373 | Tom Thompson | m | M40 | Finn Valley A.C. | 17:36 |
| 13. | 466 | Johnny O’ Doherty | m | SM | 17:40 | |
| 14. | 458 | Fergal Sherlock | m | SM | 17:41 | |
| 15. | 471 | Aron Cole | m | M40 | Foyle Valley A.C. | 17:45 |
| 16. | 376 | Frankie Bradley | m | SM | Foyle Valley A.C. | 17:51 |
| 17. | 401 | Kevin Connolly | m | M40 | Derry Track Club | 17:52 |
| 18. | 498 | Jimmy Currid | m | M50 | North Sligo A.C. | 17:54 |
| 19. | 390 | Ciaran Mc Sherry | m | M40 | Enniskillen Running Club | 17:55 |
| 20. | 495 | Martin Dunleavy | m | M50 | Foyle Valley A.C. | 18:00 |
| 21. | 381 | Michael O’ Connell | m | M50 | Sligo A.C. | 18:09 |
| 22. | 385 | John Mc Donnell | m | M40 | Enniskillen Running Club | 18:11 |
| 23. | 423 | Ciaran Clancy | m | SM | 18:12 | |
| 24. | 375 | Declan Mc Gill | m | SM | Foyle Valley A.C. | 18:16 |
| 25. | 444 | James Johnston | m | SM | 1Zero1 Athletics | 18:26 |
| 26. | 460 | Alan Robinson | m | M40 | 1Zero1 Athletics | 18:27 |
| 27. | 396 | Michael Lindsay | m | SM | 18:32 | |
| 28. | 430 | Ciaran O’ Donnell | m | M40 | Letterkenny A.C. | 18:34 |
| 29. | 409 | Rory Connor | m | M40 | Sligo A.C. | 18:42 |
| 30. | 451 | Barry Mackey | m | M50 | Letterkenny A.C. | 18:44 |
| 31. | 405 | Richard Mc Carthy | m | M50 | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 18:48 |
| 32. | 431 | Stephen Travers | m | M50 | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 19:03 |
| 33. | 421 | Rodney Irwin | m | M40 | 19:13 | |
| 34. | 429 | Frances Judge | w | W50 | Letterkenny A.C. | 19:16 |
| 35. | 469 | Gemma Mc Ginty | w | SW | Foyle Valley A.C. | 19:17 |
| 36. | 386 | Damien Murray | m | SM | Enniskillen Running Club | 19:20 |
| 37. | 392 | Mark Burns | m | M40 | 19:23 | |
| 38. | 459 | Brian Johnston | m | M40 | 1Zero1 Athletics | 19:27 |
| 39. | 445 | David Walsh | m | SM | 19:40 | |
| 40. | 454 | Jason Graham | m | M40 | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 19:40 |
| 41. | 413 | Paul Patterson | m | SM | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 19:42 |
| 42. | 372 | Rory O’ Donnell | m | M40 | 1Zero1 Athletics | 19:49 |
| 43. | 359 | Liam Cleary | m | M40 | Lifford Strabane A.C. | 19:54 |
| 44. | 462 | Teresa Doherty | w | SW | Finn Valley A.C. | 19:55 |
| 45. | 499 | David Mc Nulty | m | SM | Lifford Strabane A.C. | 19:59 |
| 46. | 448 | Noel Duffy | m | M40 | Finn Valley A.C. | 19:59 |
| 47. | 449 | Karen Dolan | w | W40 | Enniskillen Running Club | 20:17 |
| 48. | 368 | Kevin Foley | m | M40 | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 20:23 |
| 49. | 443 | Sean Kennedy | m | SM | St Nauls Runners | 20:28 |
| 50. | 457 | Maria Magee | w | W40 | Enniskillen Running Club | 20:35 |
| 51. | 412 | Liam Reynolds | m | SM | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 20:45 |
| 52. | 398 | Sean Cassidy | m | M50 | 20:45 | |
| 53. | 427 | Ita Kelly | w | W40 | Lifford Strabane A.C. | 21:00 |
| 54. | 456 | Oliver Duffy | m | M40 | 21:09 | |
| 55. | 492 | Claire Flood | w | W40 | 21:13 | |
| 56. | 387 | Denise Mc Elroy | w | W40 | Enniskillen Running Club | 21:24 |
| 57. | 436 | Jacqui Timoney | w | SW | Lifford Strabane A.C. | 21:31 |
| 58. | 369 | Jackie Harvey | w | W50 | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 22:00 |
| 59. | 497 | Karol Warnock | m | SM | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 22:05 |
| 60. | 461 | Cathy Mc Carthy | w | W40 | Sligo A.C. | 22:06 |
| 61. | 370 | Caroline Mc Loone | w | SW | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 22:10 |
| 62. | 422 | Vera Haughey | w | W50 | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 22:13 |
| 63. | 402 | Paddy Boyle | m | SM | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 22:13 |
| 64. | 455 | Gerard Mullen | m | M40 | Letterkenny A.C. | 22:16 |
| 65. | 388 | Stephen Mc Elroy | m | SM | Enniskillen Running Club | 22:29 |
| 66. | 450 | Pat Byrne | m | M50 | Killybegs | 22:57 |
| 67. | 399 | John Ward | m | M40 | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 23:03 |
| 68. | 493 | Martina Coughlin | w | W40 | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 23:05 |
| 69. | 360 | Mary Rutledge | w | W40 | Churchill Ladies | 23:07 |
| 70. | 440 | Conor Clarke | m | JM | 23:14 | |
| 71. | 441 | Liam Kennedy | m | SM | 23:37 | |
| 72. | 437 | Barry Kennedy | m | SM | 23:41 | |
| 73. | 407 | Riona Connor | w | JW | Sligo A.C. | 23:44 |
| 74. | 424 | Shane Delahunty | m | JM | 23:55 | |
| 75. | 467 | Sean Lorinyenko | m | M40 | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 23:56 |
| 76. | 377 | John Clarke | m | M40 | 23:59 | |
| 77. | 382 | Deirdre Clarke | w | W40 | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 24:07 |
| 78. | 438 | Carmel Monaghan | w | SW | Bruckless Road Runners | 24:21 |
| 79. | 403 | Finbar Maguire | m | SM | Enniskillen Running Club | 24:21 |
| 80. | 391 | Gaynor Hindley | w | W40 | Aghyaran | 24:22 |
| 81. | 494 | John Rooney | m | M40 | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 24:23 |
| 82. | 465 | Gerard O’ Doherty | m | SM | 24:35 | |
| 83. | 428 | Alison Murray | w | SW | Bruckless Road Runners | 24:54 |
| 84. | 418 | Gorden Mc Kenna | m | M50 | Enniskillen Running Club | 25:07 |
| 85. | 389 | Annette Hughes | w | W40 | Enniskillen Running Club | 25:24 |
| 86. | 491 | John Gallagher | m | SM | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 25:47 |
| 87. | 406 | Jill Connor | w | W50 | Sligo A.C. | 26:01 |
| 88. | 420 | Louise Larkin | w | SW | 26:27 | |
| 89. | 419 | Tara Khan | w | SW | 26:28 | |
| 90. | 453 | Donal Keown | m | M40 | 26:29 | |
| 91. | 452 | Aine Clarke | w | JW | Enniskillen Running Club | 26:29 |
| 92. | 400 | Lynda Gallagher | w | SW | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 27:01 |
| 93. | 417 | Edel Travers | w | SW | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 27:02 |
| 94. | 468 | Mairead Loughlin | w | SW | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 27:24 |
| 95. | 414 | Paula Tubman | w | W50 | Enniskillen Running Club | 27:25 |
| 96. | 472 | Damien Mc Crory | m | SM | 27:56 | |
| 97. | 380 | Billy Jean Ayers | w | SW | 27:57 | |
| 98. | 371 | Julie O’ Donnell | w | W40 | 28:13 | |
| 99. | 415 | Kathleen Murphy | w | W60 | Enniskillen Running Club | 28:31 |
| 100. | 395 | Eileen Cullen | w | SW | 29:54 | |
| 101. | 393 | Lorraine Mc Curtin | w | SW | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 30:15 |
| 102. | 394 | Melissa Flanagan | w | SW | Tír Chonaill A.C. | 30:27 |
| 103. | 435 | Adam Duddy | m | JM | Bruckless Road Runners | 31:09 |
| 104. | 500 | Desmond Brownlie | m | M60 | Lagan Valley A.C. | 31:19 |
| 105. | 496 | Ruth Ann Fenton | w | W50 | 31:26 | |
| 106. | 425 | Peter Duddy | m | SM | Bruckless Road Runners | 31:40 |
| 107. | 416 | Séamus Mac Annaidh | m | M50 | Enniskillen Running Club | 32:28 |
| 108. | 434 | Antóin Duffy Jun | m | JM | 32:45 | |
| 109. | 432 | Paul Duffy | m | SM | 32:48 | |
| 110. | 433 | Fran Duffy | w | SW | 32:48 | |
| 111. | 383 | Lindy Leathem | w | W40 | Enniskillen Running Club | 33:00 |
| 112. | 384 | Ann Donnelly | w | W50 | Enniskillen Running Club | 33:00 |
| 113. | 426 | Maeve Fenton | w | W50 | 34:16 | |
| 114. | 378 | Loraine Kane | w | SW | 35:05 | |
| 115. | 379 | Catherine Dolan | w | SW | 38:13 | |
