North Down AC men’s team took 2nd place prize in Sunday’s Titanic Quarter 10k Road Race. 20 North Down athletes toed the start line as 1135 runners competed in this annual race around the Harbour Estate. Francis Marsh (8th in 34:03), 15-year-old Craig McMeechan (9th and first Junior in 34:05pb) and Ben Caughers (28th in 36:19pb) were the scoring team of 3 that secured 2nd place.
Craig’s time was also a club under20 record beating Jordan Neill’s 34:11 in 2006. PBs came also for Jamie McMeechan (47th in 37:40) and Gareth Watton (56th in 38:05). Terry Eakin took his usual 1st place in the M65 category (in 39:11 – & not far outside his M65 Irish record), while the first 2 ladies home for the club were Cara Hamilton (in 46:59) and Helen Irvine (in 50:26).
Pos | Firstname | Lastname | Cat | Chiptime | 5 km |
8 | Francis | Marsh | M45 | 00:34:03 | 00:16:57 |
9 | Craig | McMeechan | MJ | 00:34:05 | 00:16:52 |
28 | Ben | Caughers | MO | 00:36:19 | 00:17:42 |
47 | Jamie | McMeechan | MJ | 00:37:40 | 00:18:50 |
56 | Gareth | Watton | MO | 00:38:05 | 00:19:00 |
64 | Nick | Irvine | M35 | 00:38:51 | 00:19:03 |
73 | Terry | Eakin | M65 | 00:39:11 | 00:19:16 |
117 | David | McMeechan | M45 | 00:40:52 | 00:20:02 |
125 | Stephen | Wise | M55 | 00:41:08 | 00:20:17 |
140 | Colin | Walker | M35 | 00:41:52 | 00:20:38 |
142 | Eamonn | O’Reilly | M40 | 00:41:48 | 00:21:02 |
153 | Andrew | Muir | M35 | 00:42:19 | 00:21:06 |
199 | Philip | Mulligan | M50 | 00:43:57 | 00:21:53 |
240 | Paul | Galloway | M45 | 00:45:26 | 00:22:32 |
305 | Cara | Hamilton | F35 | 00:46:59 | 00:23:09 |
375 | Stephen | Mulvenna | M50 | 00:48:39 | 00:23:45 |
452 | Helen | Irvine | F40 | 00:50:26 | 00:24:02 |
615 | Clare | Russell | F40 | 00:53:27 | 00:26:32 |
667 | Diane | McCaughan | F45 | 00:54:41 | 00:26:58 |
715 | Angela | Fawthrop | F45 | 00:55:23 | 00:27:10 |