McElhill wins Donegal town 5k – where did you finish?

written by Chris McNulty May 26, 2018

Finn Valley AC’s John McElhill was the winner of the Donegal Town 5k, hosted by Tir Chonaill AC.

McElhill finished in 17 minutes, ahead of Rosses AC’s Charlie O’Donnell (17:29.0).

Rosses AC’s Eamonn O’Donnell was third in 17:39.3.

The first female home was Rosses AC woman Helen McCready, with a time of 20:39.5.

Tír Chonaill AC
Donegal Town 5k 2018
Place	Bib	Name	Gender	AG	Club	Time
1.	23	John McElhill	m	MO	Finn Valley AC	17:00,0
2.	16	Charlie O Donnell	m	MO	Rosses AC	17:29,0
3.	21	Eamonn O Donnell	m	MO	Rosses AC	17:39,3
4.	59	Declan Sharkey	m	MJ	Tir Connaill AC	18:31,1
5.	18	Manus McHugh	m	MO	Rosses AC	18:48,1
6.	6	Seamus Gallagher	m	M50		19:03,5
7.	50	Daire McDevitt	m	MJ	Tir Connaill AC	19:44,3
8.	38	Richard McCarthy	m	M50	Tir Connaill AC	19:50,2
9.	34	Aidan McGlynn	m	M40		19:53,3
10.	13	Patrick Trimbel	m	M40	Rosses AC	20:11,1
11.	31	Andy Gilchrist	m	MO	Tir Connaill AC	20:20,5
12.	12	John Hughes	m	M50	Letterkenny AC	20:24,8
13.	11	Stephen Travers	m	M50	Tir Connaill AC	20:34,0
14.	39	Helen McCready	f	FO	Rosses AC	20:39,5
15.	20	Declan Gallagher	m	MO	Rosses AC	20:53,4
16.	32	Rodney Irwin	m	M40		20:57,0
17.	30	Julie McMullin	f	F40	Tir Connaill AC	21:05,2
18.	1	Oisin Joyce	m	MO	Tir Connaill AC	21:47,3
19.	48	Paul McHugh	m	M50		21:57,4
20.	37	Claire Quinn	f	F40		21:58,2
21.	55	Julie McNamee	f	F40	Tir Connaill AC	21:59,1
22.	33	Gerry McCafferty	m	M50	Tir Connaill AC	22:01,0
23.	45	Margaret Sweeney	f	F50	Tir Connaill AC	22:01,6
24.	44	Donna Furey	f	FO	Tir Connaill AC	22:28,6
25.	15	Sean Cassidy	m	M50	Tir Connaill AC	22:44,8
26.	26	Tina Gallagher	f	F50	OMG	23:41,5
27.	14	Ton Bangert	m	M60	Raphoe Road Runners	23:47,4
28.	35	Vera Haughey	f	F50	Tir Connaill AC	23:48,6
29.	4	Martin O Halloran	m	M40	Tir Connaill AC	24:02,1
30.	29	Sharon McGowan	f	F50	Tir Connaill AC	24:02,4
31.	5	Jackie Harvey	f	F50	Tir Connaill AC	24:29,9
32.	46	Brendan McDonnell	m	M50	Tir Connaill AC	24:40,0
33.	63	Pat Byrne	m	M50	Killybegs Swanlings	25:19,3
34.	9	Sean Lorinyenko	m	M50	Tir Connaill AC	25:28,9
35.	61	Brid Meehan	f	F50	Tir Connaill AC	25:34,6
36.	60	Gloria Donaghey	f	F50	Finn Valley AC	25:48,2
37.	62	Johnny Ward	m	MO	Tir Connaill AC	26:15,7
38.	7	Mags McNulty	f	F40	Tir Connaill AC	26:27,8
39.	8	Sarah McGroary	f	F50	Tir Connaill AC	26:28,6
40.	28	Aisling Doogan	f	FO		26:47,5
41.	25	Bernie Maguire	f	F50	OMG	27:02,7
42.	24	Aisling Dooris	m	F40	Churchill Ladies	27:16,9
43.	27	Orla Shovlin	f	F50	Tir Connaill AC	27:28,7
44.	10	Edelgard Travers	f	F40	Tir Connaill AC	27:56,0
45.	41	Pauric Keernaghan	m	M40	Tir Connaill AC	28:06,5
46.	64	Phil Byrne	f	F50	Bruckless Road Runners	28:07,4
47.	51	Gordon McGowan	m	MO	North Sligo	28:14,5
48.	47	Niamh Doogan	f	FO		28:38,3
49.	22	Hughie McCarron	m	MO	Rosses AC	28:43,5
50.	2	Anna Riebeling	f	FJ	Tir Connaill AC	28:43,5
51.	43	Kitty McNulty	f	FJ	Tir Connaill AC	28:44,0
52.	57	Sharon OShea	f	FO	Tir Connaill AC	29:37,9
53.	36	Sharon Gilespie	f	F50	Tir Connaill AC	29:38,0
54.	54	Jude McNamee	m	MJ	Tir Connaill AC	29:45,2
55.	53	Mary McNulty	f	F50	Tir Connaill AC	30:13,6
56.	52	Patricia McNeely	f	F40	Tir Connaill AC	30:13,6
57.	40	John Croghan	m	M60	North Sligo	30:56,2
58.	3	Desmond Brownlie	m	Male 70+	Lagan Valley AC	31:50,6
59.	42	Joanne Thomas	f	F40	Tir Connaill AC	33:44,0

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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.

McElhill wins Donegal town 5k – where did you finish?

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