Former Irish Marathon champion Pauric McKinney was the impressive winner of the third race in the Bob Mullan 5K Series in Buncrana, sponsored by Sean Furey Insurance, with a new record of 15 minutes 26 seconds.  On its first visit outside the Derry City Council area the Series also attracted its largest ever entry with 124 runners lining up for the start in the Donegal resort.

At the line McKinney, who now lives in Buncrana, had 18 seconds to spare over his Letterkenny Athletics Club colleague Ciaran Doherty with Race 2 winner Gregory Roberts just a second back in third spot.

Brooke Park Leisure Centre attendant Paddy Nicell caused a major upset in winning the masters’ over 40 race from overall category leader Declan McCarthy.  Nicell proved to strong for the City of Derry stalwart on the testing hill just after halfway before going on to clock a fast 16:40.  McCarthy performed a damage limitation exercise by finishing just one place and seven seconds back.  Foyle Valley’s Billy Orr showed he was getting back to form with a close-up third place in 17:07.

Another Foyle Valley man Seamus McCallion had his best run ever in the Series to lead home the Over 45s in 16th place with a quick 17:19.  There were some other breathtaking performances from the sport’s elder statesmen.  Letterkenny’s Kevin Toner was first over 55 with 17:22 mark; Noel Crumley was first over 60 in 42nd overall in 18:30 with 67 year old James Reid hot on his heels in 19:45.

Scoile Mhuire Buncrana teacher Rosaleen Campbell made an impressive return to the sport after an absence of a couple of years with a clear victory in the women’s race in 18:00.  Carndonagh woman Helena Crossan showed no after affects of her recent fourth place in the Belfast Marathon by taking second in 18:25 while City of Derry’s former hockey player Sheila Bodkin broke new ground with a 19:25 clocking to lift the prize for third female.

Catherine Moran was the leading female master with a time of 19:38.

Bob Mullan Motors 5K Series 2004

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Results:

Place No. Forename Surname Category Points b/f Time   Points Total
1 102 Pauric McKinney MO 0 15 26 122 122
2 142 Ciaran Doherty MO 0 15 44 121 121
3 202 Gregory Roberts MO 358 15 45 120 478
4 150 Kevin Ferry MO 0 16 25 119 119
5 183 Seamus Kealey MO 354 16 29 118 472
6 138 John Daly MO 0 16 30 117 117
7 153 Paddy Nicell M40 344 16 40 116 460
8 120 Declan McCarthy M40 354 16 47 115 469
9 115 Eoghan Furey MO 347 16 49 114 461
10 119 Gary McGee MO 332 16 51 113 445
11 107 Michael  Devine MO 295 17 5 112 407
12 106 Billy Orr M40 166 17 7 111 277
13 135 Michael  Gallagher JM 328 17 7 110 438
14 141 Sean McFadden MO 0 17 15 109 109
15 112 Oran McBride MO 334 17 16 108 442
16 145 Seamus McCallion M45 167 17 19 107 274
17 147 Dermot Connolly M40 170 17 20 106 276
18 213 Kevin Toner M55 0 17 22 105 105
19 191 Ciaran O'Donnell MO 0 17 29 104 104
20 137 James Crampsey MO 0 17 30 103 103
21 149 Colin O'Donnell MO 171 17 40 102 273
22 173 Gary O'Donnell MO 0 17 41 101 101
23 143 Daniel Galanagh MO 0 17 43 100 100
24 140 Martin Sheehan M40 314 17 44 99 413
25 130 Mike Keely MO 166 17 46 98 264
26 139 Gerry Duddy M40 0 17 50 97 97
27 198 Joe English M40 308 17 51 96 404
28 177 Mark White JM 318 17 52 95 413
29 204 Noel  McMonagle M40 0 17 57 94 94
30 154 Rosaleen Campbell FO 0 18 0 93 93
31 209 PJ Boyce MO 0 18 2 92 92
32 144 Liam Coyle