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28 November, 2009

2001 Races
Crohaun - Report by Tim Foley
The inaugural running of the Crohaun hill race (locally known as Cruachain) was won by Junior Cross-Country international William Harty (KCK). The 6.5 mile race climbs and descends the route to the 484 metre summit of the mountain - the most southerly outlier of the Comeraghs - which commands magnificent views of the sunny south eastern corner of Ireland and especially Dungarvan Harbour
Running on home territory in glorious sunshine over terrain that he frequently trains on, the Waterford runner had 11 seconds to spare over George Lonergan from Raheny who had only clinched his place on the Irish senior team for the Worlds in Italy a couple of weeks previously. While this may have ranked as a surprise at national level, any other result would have been a surprise in Waterford.
The Raheny man, to be fair, put up a very stiff challenge and was still with young Harty at the summit of Cruachain. Indeed, it was only on the last few miles that William managed to make a break. William?s father Anthony came home in third place and secured the first veteran?s spot. Tadhg Vaughan of Coolquil was fourth.
There was a small field in the race due to an unfortunate clash with West Waterford Athletic Club?s participation in the final of the Mazda League in Tullamore. This fact also made it difficult for the host club to secure stewards on the day, but the organisers are delighted that the event is up and running and are confident that it will become an established event in the mountain running calendar.
Pos Num Name Time Cat Club
1 494 William Harty 47.14 Snr KCK
2 1507 George Lonergan 47.25 Snr Raheny
3 492 Anthony Harty 57.28 Vet KCK
4 402 Tadgh Vaughan 58.40 Snr Coolquill
5 519 Conor Barry 59.49 Snr UCC
6 523 Denis Hayes 69.31 Snr Raheny
7 432 MauriceDennehy 69.37 Vet Duhallow
8 521 Martin Suckling 69.55 Snr
9 359 Pat Murphy 70.00 Vet Eagle
10 524 Leslie Smyth 70.24 Vet Coolquill
11 414 Dave O Callaghan 71.11 Snr Eagle
12 522 John Barry 73.29 Snr
13 648 Mark Caslin 83.07 Snr
14 431 Donie Shine 84.07 Vet Duhallow
15 433 Ger Murphy 92.03 Super Vet Duhallow
Ladies
1 Eilish Hayes 34.00 FV Thomastown
Juveniles (J.J.U /14)
1 Andrew Caslin 2.02 J.J.
2 James Caslin 2.03 J.J.