Antrim Coast Marathon: Ben Morrow and Karen McLaughlin take top places
Almost 200 competitors stepped out along the route from Cushendall to Larne covering the famous County Antrim coastline for a marathon date revived from the 1980s calendar.
Organisers considered the addition of the popular Nescafe Coast Road Marathon to Larne Athletic Club’s 30-anniversary schedule fitting recognition of the sport’s rich history in the region, with highly-respected Ron Hill on the list of past competitors.
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Hide AdMorrow produced a commanding second-half performance to push on beyond both pre-race favourite James McIlroy (Wycombe AC) and Mark Smith (Mallusk Harriers) and cover the course in 2:43:55.
Smith received reward for his bright start with runners-up spot in 2:50:26 over the experienced Chris Denton (Springwell Running Club) inside the top three.
In the ladies’ race, respected distance runner McLaughlin dominated, leading the field through halfway in 1:36:20 ahead of home athlete Patricia Blair (Larne AC).
McLaughlin maintained her relentless pace to break the tape in 3:18:01.
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Hide AdBlair ran well to claim second place in 3:20:13, before Linda McDougall (unattached) completed the podium in 3:28:51.
FULL RESULTS: 1, Ben Morrow 02:43:55; 2, Mark Smith 02:50:26; 3, Chris Denton 02:53:25; 4, Matthew Hewitt 02:57:27; 5, Gary Montgomery 02:58:12; 6, Colin James 03:01:00; 7, David Noble 03:02:19; 8, Rodney Agnew 03:06:20; 9, Noel Connor 03:06:34; 10, Michael Allen 03:08:21; 11, Neil Campbell 03:08:37; 12, Sam Crawford 03:09:33; 13, Thomas Doherty 03:10:39; 14, Matthew Morrow 03:12:18; 15, Jim Moore 03:14:12; 16, Lee O’Boyle 03:14:29; 17, John Robinson 03:14:56; 18, Rodney Livingstone 03:17:06; 19, Alex Davidson 03:17:40; 20, Karen McLaughlin; 21, Jim Finlay 03:19:26; 22, Chris Davies 03:20:05; 23, Patricia Blair 03:20:13; 24, Stephen Walker 03:20:32; 25, William Jenkins 03:21:05; 26, John Woodhouse 03:21:14; 27, John Hasson 03:22:39; 28, Stephen McManus 03:23:16; 29, Sean McAllister 03:23:17; 30, Kieran McKeown 03:23:55; 31, Andrew McKinstry 03:24:31; 32, Philip Mulligan 03:24:46; 33, Andrew Muir 03:25:04; 34, Ian McCracken 03:25:17; 35, Joseph Conlon 03:25:20; 36, William Hoey 03:25:51; 37, John Agnew 03:26:12; 38, David Mealey 03:27:53; 39, Hugh Watters 03:28:03; 40, John Donnelly 03:28:22; 41, Linda McDougall 03:28:51; 42, Maeve Taylor 03:29:02; 43, Stephen King 03:29:55; 44, Greg McComb 03:30:28; 45, Gerry Campbell 03:30:32; 46, Judith Worthington 03:31:25; 47 Ann Cosgrove 03:31:57; 48, Trevor Wilson 03:33:06; 49, John Steele 03:33:17; 50, Alan Lockington 03:33:27; 51, Jonno Johnson 03:36:11; 52, Colin Hoey 03:36:32; 53, Johnny McKeown 03:37:00; 54, Gillian Logan 03:37:34; 55, Conor Sheridan 03:37:51; 56, Alan Ladd 03:39:15; 57, Pamela Mooney 03:40:02; 58, Paul Tilson 03:40:33; 59, Martin Mullan 03:40:42; 60, Thomas Craig 03:40:57; 61, Greg McClure 03:41:05; 62, Chris Agnew 03:41:24; 63, Laura Rose 03:42:40; 64, Barry McAuley 03:44:11; 65, Arnaud Réveillon 03:44:14; 66, Michael Montgomery 03:45:41; 67, Gillian Connolly 03:46:40; 68, Brian Heron 03:46:53; 69, Mark McElhinney 03:47:29; 70, Lynda Shannon 03:47:48; 71, Bernie Regan 03:47:52; 72, Johnny Bradshaw 03:48:30; 73, Paul Williams 03:48:58; 74, Siobhan Gorman 03:49:13; 75, Stephen Allen 03:49:47; 76, Danny Donaldson 03:50:01; 77, Paul Clarkin 03:51:00; 78, Terry McIvor 03:51:44; 79, Sarah Knowles 03:51:45; 80, Helena Dornan 03:52:10; 81 Samuel Drummond 03:52:14; 82, Brendan Rice 03:52:31; 83, Amanda Strange 03:52:46; 84, Geoff Sittlington 03:54:05; 85, Paul Daniels 03:55:33; 86, Mark Todd 03:56:19; 87, Stuart Gowans 03:56:48; 88, Patricia Hamill 03:56:49; 89, Robert Martin 03:56:50; 90, Steven Dunlop 03:58:28; 91, Declan McNaughton 03:59:49; 92, David Cochrane 04:00:16; 93, David Wylie 04:00:52; 94, Damian Fay 04:01:18; 95, Patrick Mooney 04:01:20; 96, Richard Gibson 04:02:13; 97, Eamonn Matthews 04:03:08; 98, Daniel Girvin 04:03:30; 99, Daniel Magill 04:03:32; 100, Gary Bell 04:04:36; 101, Bryan Heron 04:04:50; 102, Duncan Millar 04:05:15; 103, Raymond Lyness 04:05:39; 104, Gary Clawson 04:06:21; 105, Eric Glanville 04:08:00; 106, Claire Martin 04:09:50; 107, Robert Powell 04:12:18; 108, Michael McKeown 04:12:23; 109, Alastair Donaghy 04:12:31; 110, Robert Martin 04:12:57; 111, Michael O’Donoghue 04:13:10; 112, Julie Young 04:13:54; 113, Bobbie Irvine 04:14:00; 114, Gavin Irvine 04:14:01; 115, John Davis 04:14:07; 116, Emmett Woods 04:14:12; 117, Yvonne McIlree 04:14:27; 118, Andrena Berry 04:14:29; 119, Jayne McKeever 04:14:29; 120, Glenn Mann 04:14:49; 121, Jonny Smith 04:15:29; 122, John McGerty 04:15:44; 123, Michael Dempsey 04:16:49; 124, Drew Girvin 04:17:20; 125, Heather Baxter 04:17:21; 126, Eddie Leopold 04:18:11; 127, Rachel Lloyd 04:18:20; 128, Stuart Campbell 04:18:34; 129, Coleen Thompson 04:20:58; 130, James Parke 04:21:55; 131, William Gallagher 04:22:19; 132, Ryan Kirkpatrick 04:23:51; 133, Charlie McCormick 04:24:38; 134, Darren Caulfield 04:26:07; 135, Alan Kerr 04:26:48; 136, Deborah Ewing 04:26:48; 137, Gary Connolly 04:28:37; 138, Steven Gibson 04:30:08; 139, Graham Ross 04:31:36; 140, Aidan Mitchell 04:31:47; 141, Peter Leonard 04:32:13; 142, Wendy McAuley 04:32:49; 143, Andrew Davidson 04:33:08; 144, Andrew Wilson 04:34:22; 145, Bobby Elliott 04:34:52; 146, Sean Clarke 04:35:11; 147, Lynne Mounstephen 04:35:38; 148, Ann MacPherson 04:37:21; 149, Cathal McAuley 04:37:21; 150, Emma Magill 04:38:25; 151; Pamela Davis 04:39:22; 152, Mandy Yau Wilson 04:40:16; 153, Ian Russell 04:41:59; 154, Ian Morrow 04:42:03; 155, Una McNeill 04:42:31; 156, Rodney Farrelly 04:42:40; 157, Mary Duffin 04:42:58; 158, Brian Fagan 04:45:07; 159, Ruth Harrison 04:46:02; 160, Geraldine Murphy 04:46:22; 161, Carrie Thompson 04:48:05; 162, Helen McCormack 04:48:15; 163, Ashleigh Brown 04:51:05; 164, Jonathan Lindsay 04:53:40; 165, Michael Watterson 04:53:41; 166, Lionel Date 04:55:24; 167, Brian McAuley 04:55:55; 168, Ali McAllister 04:56:14; 169, Gordy Brown 04:58:38; 170, Gerry McClintock 04:59:30; 171, Rachel Galbraith 05:03:24; 172, Susan Hayden 05:07:56; 173, Suzy Taylor 05:09:10; 174, Mark Ramsey 05:09:10; 175, Tiffany Donaldson 05:10:28; 176, Malachy McGahon 05:12:37; 177, William Thomas Gray 05:12:37; 178, Tim Haslett 05:13:13; 179, Tracey Meudec 05:13:24; 180, Jennifer Mulvenna 05:23:26; 181, Eddie Finn 05:34:13; 182, Neill Harper 05:39:43; 183, Teresa Evans 05:45:01; 184, Jo Difford 05:45:01; 185, Sally McKeown 05:47:39; 186, Marion Morrow 05:48:24; 187, George Sloan 07:00:00; 188, Jonathan Turner 07:00:00.