Mayor Boyle with Anne Marie McGlynn who won the women’s event at the Waterside Half Marathon
There was a third win each at the event for Strabane’s Anne Marie McGlynn and Kenya’s Freddie Sittuk in the 37th Waterside Half Marathon.
The women’s Ulster title went to McGlynn – who also claimed the course record in an outstanding time of 1.17.01 while North Belfast Harriers’ Andrew Annett, who finished just one second behind Sittuk, claimed the men’s honours.
Derry’s James Divin took the wheelchair title in a tight battle with Inishowen man Karol Doherty while Foyle Valley’s Scott Rankin was the first local runner home as he finished third in the senior men’s section.
Ciara Toner and Gemma McDonald took the other podium positions in the women’s race.
Around 2,000 people took part in the WHM 2018.
Mayor John Boyle said: “Well done to the thousands of athletes who took part in the Waterside Half Marathon and the Everybody Active Junior Games event that ran alongside it today
“Congratulations to Festival and Events team at Council and City of Derry Spartans for another outstanding event.”
Mayor John Boyle with the men’s winner of the Waterside Half Marathon Freddie Sittuk
Runners pounding the streets this morning in the 2018 Waterside Half Marathon
