Gallagher wins Run For Sonya 5k – full results here from big fundraiser

written by Chris McNulty August 17, 2019

FINN VALLEY AC’s Barry Gallagher won last night’s Igloo Run For Sonya 5k in Ballybofey.

Gallagher won in 17 minutes and 16 seconds, ahead of Letterkenny AC’s Sean McFallen (17:22.5) and Simon Ward from the army (17:23.7).

Levina Merritt of Finn Valley AC was the leading female, finishing in 20:53.8.

A total of 260 participants turned up for the event to raise money for Sonya’s Battle – in aid of Sonya Hamilton Mc Closkey, a 35-year-old mum of five who was recently diagnosed with cancer.

Sonya’s family launched the appeal in a bid to give her a fighting chance against the aggressive illness.

Sonya, who is from St Johnston and living in Ballybofey, hoped to raise €2,000 to cover the cost of specialised tests in the UK, which could determine the alternative treatment options available.

A Go Fund Me Page has raised over €36,000 of a €50,000 target.

To donate, click here: https://www.gofundme.com/qap9y-sonyas-battle

igloo Run for Soyna 5k
Place	Bib	Name	M/F	AG	Club	Time
1.	277	Barry Gallagher	m	MO	FVAC	17:16,0
2.	364	Sean McFallen	m	M40	Letterkenny AC	17:22,5
3.	254	Simon Ward	m	MO	Army	17:23,7
4.	265	James Donaghey	m	M50	Convoy AC	19:18,9
5.	276	Andy Gilchrist	m	MO	Tir Chonaill	19:32,3
6.	259	Stephen Travers	m	M50	Tirchonaill AC	19:46,1
7.	255	Martin McCrossan	m	MO	Army	19:53,8
8.	381	Lee Henderson	m	MO	19:56,7
9.	389	Mark Boules	m	M40	19:59,0
10.	114	Raymond Doherty	m	M50	20:04,7
11.	175	Mark McGlinchey	m	MJ	20:31,1
12.	366	Michael J Gallagher	m	M40	FVAC	20:37,0
13.	379	Pauric Feely	m	MO	Profitness	20:43,0
14.	274	Eamon Connolly	m	M40	Aghyaran AC	20:47,0
15.	280	Richie Duncan	m	M40	Castlefinn running	20:47,3
16.	266	Levina Merritt	f	FO	FVAC	20:53,8
17.	321	Chris Duffy	m	M40	Aghyaran	21:00,9
18.	320	Niamh Ryan	f	FO	FVAC	21:24,0
19.	333	Kieran Coyle	m	M40	KCR	21:27,1
20.	330	Cathy Breslin	f	F40	Rosses AC	21:28,7
21.	221	Noel Duffy	m	M40	FVAC	21:32,1
22.	356	Paul Duddy	m	M50	Melvin WJR	21:39,9
23.	311	Archie McLaughlin	m	M40	21:51,4
24.	164	Chloe Burns	f	FJ	21:55,4
25.	359	Eugene Boyle	m	M50	Castlefin	21:55,9
26.	253	Paddy Clohessy	m	MO	Pro fitness	21:57,4
27.	258	Christopher McCarbary	m	M40	21:58,4
28.	121	Kate McMenamin	f	FJ	22:03,6
29.	103	Mark Hayden	m	M40	22:08,1
30.	250	Noreen Bonner	f	F60	FVAC	22:10,6
31.	300	Connor Lyons	m	MJ	FVAC	22:22,4
32.	360	Karen Gallagher	f	FO	22:25,0
33.	239	Seamus Curran	m	M60	22:29,0
34.	166	Caolan Burns	m	MJ	22:45,7
35.	357	Diane Gallagher	f	F50	KCR	22:47,2
36.	212	Paul McCabe	m	M40	22:50,2
37.	323	Lorraine Doherty	f	F40	Rosses AC	22:54,3
38.	351	Shay McDevitt	m	MJ	MacCumhaills	23:06,6
39.	305	Micheil Rushe	m	MO	23:11,8
40.	284	Ryan Quinn	m	MJ	23:17,1
41.	213	Michael Doyle	m	M50	23:27,9
42.	261	William Maby	m	M50	23:32,9
43.	105	Doireann McMahon	f	FJ	23:36,3
44.	329	Brian Harvey	m	M40	FVAC	23:37,4
45.	129	Roisin McElhill	f	F40	23:37,4
46.	328	Alistair Mahaggy	m	MO	Raphoe AC	23:45,1
47.	332	Peter Duddy	m	MO	Bruckless road runners	23:54,6
48.	347	Kyra Gavigan	f	FJ	23:56,5
49.	361	Emily McHugh	f	FJ	23:59,5
50.	231	Brendan Patton	m	M50	FVFL	24:12,2
51.	344	Gary Gallen	m	M40	FVFL	24:12,8
52.	263	Martin Anderson	m	M50	FVAC	24:14,4
53.	252	Gillian Smith	f	F40	Castlefinn Running	24:33,1
54.	307	Shaun O’Donnell	m	M50	Swanlings	25:10,6
55.	350	Daniel McHugh	m	MJ	FVAC	25:15,9
56.	245	Conor Murphy	m	MJ	FVAC	25:16,5
57.	324	Cora Harvey	f	F40	FVAC	25:17,7
58.	180	Bernie Martin	f	F50	25:18,1
59.	241	Caroline McConnell	f	F40	FVAC	25:18,1
60.	315	Martin Mbuli	m	MJ	25:23,3
61.	369	Jack Moss	m	MJ	25:23,4
62.	140	Ann Marie Lynch	m	MJ	25:25,5
63.	363	Noah Reid	m	MJ	25:42,3
64.	248	Patrick Murphy	m	MJ	FVAC	25:45,7
65.	295	Liam McMullan	m	M40	25:51,7
66.	282	Peter Dickson	m	MO	25:52,5
67.	116	Damien Bradley	m	M40	26:02,8
68.	238	Caroline Callaghan Patton	f	F40	Pro Fitness	26:04,0
69.	119	Bridgeen Cannon	f	FO	26:05,1
70.	234	Joseph Casey	m	M50	26:12,8
71.	287	Michael Lyons	m	M40	26:14,5
72.	195	Hilary Pearson	f	F60	26:22,2
73.	368	Katrina Doherty	f	FO	26:25,3
74.	374	Gary Laurence	m	M40	26:32,3
75.	346	Jamie Gallen	f	FO	MacCumhaills	26:38,7
76.	257	Taylor Kee	m	MJ	26:38,9
77.	193	Fionn McGinty	m	MJ	26:38,9
78.	292	Hazel Keys	f	F40	Mournederg	26:43,4
79.	111	Mickey O’Neill	m	MJ	26:52,6
80.	293	Denise Moss	f	F40	Aghyaran	26:59,7
81.	120	Lisa Murray	f	FO	27:09,4
82.	249	Emma Murphy	m	MO	FVAC	27:16,7
83.	325	Laura Doherty	f	FO	KCR	27:18,0
84.	358	Aine Lynch	f	FO	27:18,7
85.	102	Adam McBrearty	m	MJ	27:24,0
86.	101	Amanda McBrearty	f	F40	27:28,4
87.	318	Megan Ryan	f	FJ	27:39,9
88.	296	Sharon Lyons	f	FO	FVAC	27:49,4
89.	279	Brendan McShane	m	M50	27:52,3
90.	123	Laura Crane	f	FO	27:53,4
91.	270	Rea Doherty	f	FO	FVAC	28:51,9
92.	269	Paddy Doherty	m	M50	FVAC	28:52,5
93.	365	Margaret Coyle	f	F40	Run for fun LK	29:08,5
94.	118	Laura Devir	f	FO	29:29,4
95.	201	Laura McKenna	f	FO	29:31,4
96.	378	Martina Rushe	f	FO	FVAC	29:31,8
97.	264	Michelle McMennamin	f	FO	FVFL	29:32,1
98.	107	Ultan Gilligan	m	MJ	29:33,6
99.	367	Evan McDevitt	m	MJ	MacCumhaills	29:33,7
100.	380	Janice Rushe	f	FO	FVAC	29:35,2
101.	191	Breid McGinty	f	F40	30:01,2
102.	194	Niamh McGinty	f	FJ	30:01,5
103.	192	Seamus McGinty	m	M40	30:02,1
104.	278	Frances Gilchrist	f	FO	Tir Chonaill	30:09,5
105.	203	Ian Blackburn	m	MO	30:13,4
106.	243	Stephanie Tait	f	FO	Letterkenny park run	30:27,3
107.	331	Aine Maxwell	f	FO	30:39,2
108.	200	Sharon Conaghan	f	FO	30:47,9
109.	215	Ben Patton	m	MJ	30:55,0
110.	230	Sophie McGee	f	FJ	30:55,1
111.	202	Claire McDermott	f	FO	31:04,9
112.	273	Sinead McConnell	f	F50	FVAC	31:05,2
113.	268	Elaine McGoldrick	f	F40	Castlefinn running	31:05,3
114.	272	Sabrina McGhee	f	F40	Castlefinn running	31:05,4
115.	267	Rosemary Gallen	f	F50	FVAC	31:06,9
116.	199	Ann Kelly	f	FO	31:28,0
117.	290	Clodagh Dickson	f	FO	32:14,5
118.	207	Julie McConnell	m	M60	32:52,4
119.	208	Kathleen O’Leary	f	F60	32:52,4
120.	160	Kerrie Patton	f	FO	32:59,0
121.	242	William Tait	m	MO	Letterkenny park run	33:10,5
122.	117	Tina O’Regan	f	F40	33:15,4
123.	297	Marie McMullan	f	FO	FVAC	33:18,1
124.	222	Desmond Brownlie	m	M60	Lagan Valley FC	33:39,9
125.	388	Charlene Kelly	f	FO	FVFL	33:44,7
126.	112	Molly O’Neill	f	FJ	34:22,5
127.	108	Saorla Gilligan	m	MJ	34:23,6
128.	171	Caroline Byrne	f	F40	34:33,7
129.	232	Charlotte Gavigan	f	F40	FVFL	35:06,6
130.	113	Caroline McCabe	f	F40	35:06,6
131.	240	Christine Tait	f	FO	Letterkenny park run	35:07,7
132.	299	Teresa Melaugh	f	F50	KCR	35:13,0
133.	167	Rosie Heaney	f	FO	35:29,3
134.	165	Eimear Burns	f	FJ	35:32,7
135.	162	Saoirse Burns	f	FJ	35:33,5
136.	294	Abigail Lyons	f	FJ	FVAC	35:33,8
137.	163	Niamh Burns	f	FJ	35:34,4
138.	141	Sinead Patton	f	FJ	35:35,8
139.	161	Clodagh Catterson	f	FO	35:35,9
140.	247	Ash Murphy	f	FJ	FVFL	35:53,2
141.	370	Nicola Kee	f	FO	KCR	36:10,6
142.	147	Shane Byrne	m	MJ	36:31,9
143.	146	Andrew Gallen	m	MJ	36:32,0
144.	256	Aaron McGee	m	MJ	36:47,0
145.	209	Caroline Dolan	f	F40	37:01,3
146.	210	Sean Dolan	m	M40	37:01,3
147.	302	Lily Ella Murphy	f	FJ	37:08,6
148.	301	Geraldine Doherty	f	F40	37:10,5
149.	109	Connla Gilligan	m	MJ	37:24,8
150.	289	Jamie Kearns	m	MJ	37:27,9
151.	237	Fiona McGill	f	F40	37:54,1
152.	390	Sinead McGranaghan	f	FO	KCR	37:55,9
153.	197	Patricia O’Brien	f	FO	38:01,2
154.	198	Colleen O’Brien	f	FO	38:14,1
155.	338	Aoibhinn O’Leary	f	FJ	Castlefinn Running	38:14,8
156.	337	Paulette O’Leary	f	FJ	Castlefinn Running	38:16,0
157.	377	Julie Fitzgerald	f	FO	38:30,9
158.	375	Andrea Fitzgerald	f	FO	38:31,1
159.	382	Tommy McLaughlin	m	M60	39:23,4
160.	262	Tina Maby	f	F40	40:35,5
161.	309	Aoife McLaughlin	f	FJ	41:05,0
162.	310	Aine McLaughln	f	FO	41:06,5
163.	227	Stephen Patton	m	M40	41:07,3
164.	110	Tarlach Gilligan	m	MJ	41:27,8
165.	298	Brian Lafferty	m	MO	41:27,8
166.	106	Catriona McGee	f	F40	41:28,5
167.	246	Bernie Murphy	f	F40	FVAC	41:33,4
168.	376	Laura McMenamin	f	FO	41:33,5
169.	224	Andrew Slevin	m	M50	42:08,8
170.	125	Niall McElchar	m	MJ	42:10,1
171.	190	Geraldine McCafferty	f	F50	42:11,4
172.	291	Emily Kearns	f	FJ	42:33,6
173.	285	Darci Quinn	f	FJ	FVAC	42:34,0
174.	372	Lilly Rose	f	FJ	42:36,5
175.	283	Michelle Quinn	f	FO	42:54,2
176.	178	Anne Marie Kee	f	F40	42:54,7
177.	179	Georgina Kee	f	F40	42:54,9
178.	128	Natasha Patton	f	FO	43:08,0
179.	157	Mark Patton	m	M50	43:33,6
180.	159	Sean Patton	m	MJ	43:33,8
181.	122	Daireen McMenamin	f	F40	43:39,6
182.	104	Dana McMahon	f	F40	43:39,7
183.	133	Siobhan Quinn	f	F40	43:40,0
184.	182	Angelina Martin	f	FJ	44:00,2
185.	137	Jonathan Lafferty	m	M40	44:02,4
186.	181	Brendan Martin	m	M50	44:03,2
187.	312	Jennifer Rule	f	FO	44:09,5
188.	196	Rita Kelly	f	F50	44:09,5
189.	142	Maisie Patton	f	FJ	44:27,2
190.	143	Eimear Patton	f	FO	44:30,7
191.	156	Shirley Patton	f	F40	44:30,7
192.	228	Fiona Patton	f	F40	44:31,2
193.	352	Cara Rose McDevitt	f	FJ	MacCumhaills	44:35,1
194.	158	Tina Glackin	f	F50	44:41,9
195.	155	Mags Gillespie	f	F50	44:42,0
196.	335	Susie McCloskey	f	F60	45:00,0
197.	336	Micky McCloskey	m	M60	45:00,0
198.	124	Ronan McElchar	m	MJ	45:24,5
199.	187	Anne Marie Doherty	f	F40	45:26,5
200.	189	Valerie Maguire	f	F50	45:26,7
201.	127	Dermot McElchar	m	M40	45:35,7
202.	303	Dean McGowan	m	MJ	45:36,2
203.	304	Noel McGowan	m	M50	45:37,7
204.	322	Niall Ryan	m	MJ	45:48,6
205.	134	Sinead Gallagher	f	FO	46:09,2
206.	136	Wendy Lafferty	f	F40	46:11,4
207.	384	Catherine Gillooley	f	FO	46:18,7
208.	393	Mary Aives	f	FO	46:18,7
209.	138	Ann Marie Lynch	f	F40	46:22,1
210.	144	Mary Byrne	f	F40	46:22,7
211.	139	Ann Marie Lynch	m	MJ	46:22,8
212.	186	Michaela Griffin	f	FJ	46:32,8
213.	319	Philomena Ryan	f	F40	46:35,1
214.	185	Pauline Griffin	f	F50	46:35,8
215.	317	Emily Duffy	f	FJ	46:36,1
216.	184	Sinead McGowan	f	F40	46:36,3
217.	183	Louise Doherty	f	F50	46:36,7
218.	244	Colin Tait	m	M60	Letterkenny park run	46:39,1
219.	204	Avril Blackburn	f	F60	46:39,1
220.	176	Ruth Blackburn	f	F50	47:12,3
221.	177	Louise Boreland	f	FO	47:14,7
222.	130	Catherine McGill	f	FO	47:19,0
223.	131	Daire Quinn	m	MJ	47:20,0
224.	168	Patsy McGonigle	m	M60	47:20,6
225.	132	Anthony Quinn	m	M40	47:20,9
226.	308	Anna McLaughln	f	FJ	47:37,5
227.	225	Anna Slevin	f	F50	47:40,2
228.	223	Angela Gallen	f	F50	47:40,4
229.	345	Jamie Galvin	m	MJ	47:48,4
230.	339	Rosemary Galvin	f	F40	FVAC	47:58,0
231.	342	Patrick Galvin	m	M40	FVAC	48:00,4
232.	126	Aine McElchar	f	F40	48:23,1
233.	229	Eugene Drumm	m	M60	FVAC	48:24,0
234.	145	Shaun Paul Byrne	m	M40	48:29,5
235.	326	Naomh Harvey	f	FJ	48:43,1
236.	327	Aisling Mullen	f	FJ	48:43,4
237.	170	Helen Irwin	f	FO	48:45,8
238.	169	Zoe Irwin	f	F40	48:48,4
239.	334	Aoife Coyle	f	FJ	FVAC	49:08,7
240.	188	Ava Doherty	f	FJ	49:09,1
241.	373	Jade Connolly	f	FO	49:54,2
242.	371	Louise Devine	f	FO	49:54,2
243.	152	Cahir McCloskey	m	MJ	51:09,9
244.	151	Caroline McCloskey	f	F40	51:10,1
245.	316	Alison Mbuli	f	FJ	51:13,9
246.	314	Kevin Mbuli	m	MJ	51:31,4
247.	313	Thandi Mbuli	f	FO	51:40,9
248.	172	Aimee Rose Byrne	f	FJ	53:13,5
249.	226	Levina Slevin	f	FJ	FVAC	53:14,1
250.	271	Edel Gallagher	f	FO	53:49,7
251.	115	Frances Doherty	f	F50	53:49,7
252.	275	Gavin McNulty	m	MO	53:51,2
253.	214	Susan Doyle	f	F50	54:00,9
254.	154	Ann Glancy	f	F40	54:02,5
255.	153	Caoimhe McCloskey	f	FJ	54:04,6
256.	148	Marius McCloskey	m	M40	54:26,7
257.	396	Maureen Mc Elchar	f	FO	54:30,0
258.	397	Aoibhe Mc Elchar	f	FJ	54:30,0
259.	398	Luka Mc Elchar	m	MJ	54:30,0
260.	395	Aimee Mc Elchar	f	MO	54:30,0

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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

Gallagher wins Run For Sonya 5k – full results here from big fundraiser

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