County UnEven Age Juvenile Cross Country Championships

The club once again had a great turnout of athletes for these championships with 69 members running anything from 600mts to 6,000mts and in the process won a total of 9 individual medals and 29 team medals.  Silver medals were won by Harry Hogan and Orla Healy at U/19 level with bronze medals won by Louise Hickey, Helen Cleere and Aaron McLoughlin at U/11, Philip Hayes at U/13, Jack Moore, U/17 and Eoin Troy U/19.  The Girls U/11, Girls U/13, Boys U/15, Boys U/17 and Boys U/19 teams won gold with the Boys U/13 winning silver and bronze won by the Boys U/11 and Boys U/15.  What another great day it turned out to be for the club. 

The Girls U/9 were the first away with Blaithnaid Lloyd running a great race, tinged with slight disappointment, to finish 11^th overall, just one place short of an individual medal.  Our next three athletes all finished just behind each other with Saoirse Doran 19^th, Dearbhla Gleeson 20^th and Alana Spillane 21^st to finish fourth in the team competition on 71pts.  Maebh Leahy was our next finisher in 30^th followed by Orla Duggan 33^rd, Sarah McGinley 35^th, Alana Maher 42^nd and Muireann Britton 45^th to finish 8^th club overall on 140pts.   14 athletes took part in the Boys U/9 race with Fred Power leading them home in 14^th place followed by Adam Phelan in 17^th, Adam Spillane Leane 18^th and Frank Doyle 25^th to finish 4^th in the team competition on 74pts.  The next four home for the club were Lorcan Burke in 27^th, Jack Flanagan in 29^th, Jimmy Campion in 33^rd and Jack Gleeson 34^th to finish 5^th in the team competition.  Luke Walsh finished 36^th, Cody Doyle 43^rd, Sean Boland 45^th, Declan Teehan 47^th, Shane Burke 54^th and Gerard Daly 55^th to finish 9^th in the team competition.

16 athletes represented the club at U/11 with Louise Hickey earning the first individual medal of the day for the club following a great race to finish 3^rd overall in the Girls event.  Hot on her heels was Helen Cleere who finished 4^th overall and also won a bronze medal with Tara Gleeson coming through to take 13^th and Ava Ryan 21^st to win the club title on 41pts.  Anna Daly finished in 35^th place followed by Ellen McGonagle in 36^th, Una Duggan 40^th and Dearbhla Ryan 49^th to earn a 7^th place finish in the team competition.  Aaron McLoughlin had a superb race to finish 4^th in the Boys equivalent to win a County bronze medal followed by Jake Bowe in 11^th,  just one place shy of a medal, while David Doyle finished 18^th and Aaron Moore 24^th to win the bronze team medals on 57pts.  Liam Ryan finished 33^rd, Ethan Walsh 38^th, Cormac Burke 46^th and Oisin O’Gorman 48^th to finish 9^th in the team competition.

At U/13 level 6 girls and 5 boys represented the club with the Girls team of Emma Gleeson in 6^th, Victoria Lupton 8^th, Aoife Dwyer 10^th and Aine Duggan 13^th winning the County title on 37pts.  Molly Doyle Ryan and Bronagh McGonagle were also in action finishing 14^th and 22^nd respectively.  Philip Hayes had a great run in the Boys race finishing 3^rd overall and winning the bronze medal.  Next home was Adam Butler in 13^th followed by Gavin Ryan 21^st, Brian Campion 23^rd and Blake Walsh 25^th to secure the silver medals in the team competition.

The Girls U/15 team of Aisling Dwyer in 5^th Aoibheann Duggan in 7^th and Maria Brennan 8^th won the bronze team medals while in the Boys equivalent Jack Hickey won a bronze medal in third place with Dylan McLoughlin a great 4^th followed by Charlie Tobin in 7^th to win the team competition with Cormac Moloney 10^th and Sean Burke 11^th in the same competition.

The Boys U/17 also won their team competition with great runs from Jack Moore who won an individual bronze medal in 3^rd followed by Nathan Bowe in 7^th and Bill Hogan 8^th.  Niall Moore and Lorcan Troy finished 9^th and 10^th respectively in this event also.

More success came the way in the U/19 competition with Orla Healy and Harry Hogan winning silver individual medals for their second places while Eamonn Troy won the bronze medal and along with Aidan Ryan who finished 5^th the Boys won the gold team medals.

Also competing on the day were Emma Doyle and Lucy Doyle and through a combination of factors didn’t get a recorded finishing place but nonetheless gave it their all in their respective races.

The strength of the club has always been in its numbers and each and every one of the 69 who competed should be very proud of themselves no matter where they finished in the field as they know they have competed to the best of their ability on the day.  Our thanks to the many parents and members who brought and supported the athletes on Sunday.