Barn and Seapark members perform well at local races

By The Newsroom
Published 16th Apr 2015, 06:17 BST
Members of Barn Runners at the Whitehead 5-mile road race. INLT 16-912-CONMembers of Barn Runners at the Whitehead 5-mile road race. INLT 16-912-CON
Members of Barn Runners at the Whitehead 5-mile road race. INLT 16-912-CON
Barn Runners members took part in two of County Antrim’s most popular races last week; the Whitehead 5-Mile Easter Monday road race and the annual Titanic 10k.

The Whitehead event is in its 91st year and remains one of Northern Ireland’s oldest road races.

The course consisted of a challenging three laps of Whitehead in the spring heat and plenty of local spectators were on hand to give support.

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Barn Runners finished the course in the following times: Yvonne McIlree 39:12, Jenna Dickson 39:16, Lynsey Grant 39:39, Robert Murray (time unrecorded), Siddharth Khowala 41:49.

The Titanic 10k times for Barn Runners were as follows: Colm Coyle 49:20, Yvonne McIlree 49:23, Karen Young 55:35, Diane Hylands 55:50, Barbara Porter 59:03.

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The great weather on Easter Monday attracted large crowds to Whitehead for the annual 5-mile road race.

Twelve athletes from Seapark completed the race with Ian Cleland taking eighth position overall and Jennie Haggan coming in first in the Under-19 age group.