County Juvenile “B” Cross Country Championships

A great day was had by our juvenile athletes in Moyglass at the County Juvenile “B” Cross Country championships where Louise Hickey and Emma Leahy were crowned County Champions while Aine Duggan and Helen Cleere were runners-up in their respective races with Jack Guilfoyle, Mairead Duggan, Olive Spillane Leane, Rogan Lyons, Blathnaid Lloyd, Maeve Leahy, Jack Reddan and Jack Gleeson all winning bronze individual medals.  In addition the Girls U/9, Girls & Boys U/11and Girls & Boys U/13 all won team medals.

The Girls U/9 had five club athletes competing and young Mairead Duggan led them home in an excellent fourth place with Olive Spillane Leane just yards behind in 7^th.  Both Girls won bronze medals.  Next to cross the line was Laura Fogarty in 25^th with Maria Doyle 26^th and Niamh Gleeson 28^th.  The Girls combined to win bronze medals in the team competition on a score of 36pts.  In the Boys race just Jack Guilfoyle and Rogan Lyons competed for the club but both came away with individual bronze medals following their 3^rd and 10^th places respectively.

The club had the biggest representation in the U/11 age group with 18 athletes in action between the Girls & Boys.  Very strong running from Blathnaid Lloyd and Maeve Leahy saw them finish 4^th and 5^th respectively and earn bronze medals and with the back-up of Dearbhla Gleeson in 11^th the Girls won the silver medals in the team competition.  Cara Delaney came through for 23^rd followed by her sister Emma in 25^th with Orla Duggan 26^th Ciara Fogarty 28th and Kate Delaney 30^th to finish 5^th in the club competition.  Jack Reddan and Jack Gleeson powered home to finish 5^th and 8^th in their event and also collect bronze medals.  With the backing of Jack Flanagan in in 16^th they finished second in the club competition on 22pts.  Fred Power, Sean Boland, Sean Lyons, Frank Doyle and Jimmy Campion all battled it out to finish 18^th, 19^th, 20^th 21^st and 22^nd. Coming through for 24^th was John Delaney with Liam Ryan in 27^th and Marty Kiely 34^th.  With this strong contingent the club also finished 4^th and 5^th in the team competition.

The club had a one, two in the Girls U/13 race where Louise Hickey and Helen Cleere stole a march over the rest of the field with Louise crowned the County Champion and Helen winning the silver medal.  Tara Gleeson ran a very solid run for 11^th and her effort saw this trio win the club title on 14pts.  Also in action were Una Duggan and Marian Campion who finished 15^th and 18^th respectively.  Our trio of Boys in their event combined to win bronze medals in the team competition with Cormac Burke in 10^th, Cormac Kiely 11^th and Liam Ryan 19^th.

At U/15 level all three athletes who competed won individual medals with Emma Leahy crowned the Girls U/15 champion.  She was followed home by Aine Duggan who finished second to win the silver medal.  In the Boys race Cian Dunne came through for 3^rd and win the bronze medal for his great effort.

Congratulations to all the athletes on their excellent performances in Moyglass and no doubt we will see many of them in action again on Sunday at the County Cross Country Relays.