In the womens race, Fionnuala Britton was the clear winner with Michelle Finn of Leevale AC finishing in 2nd place and Laura Crowe in 3rd. Laura is coached by former Olympian Donie Walsh of Leevale AC. The top 15 are shown below with some others from Munster.
The Kerry team finished in 2nd place.
Place County Positions...Points
1 Dublin "A" 8, 9, 14, 15...46
2 Kerry "B" 3, 19, 21, 22...65
3 Donegal "A" 6, 10, 37, 38...91
4 Down "B" 7, 32, 39, 42...120
5 Clare "A" 17, 29, 36, 47...129
6 Meath "A" 4, 41, 50, 54...149
7 Louth "B" 23, 48, 49, 51...171
The senior womens results can be seen HERE
In the mens race, Paul Pollock was the winner while Mark Hanrahan of Leevale AC finished in 2nd place in what was a hotly contested finish....
Mark has been on the Irish cross country team in the past and will be making the trip to Bulgaria in December for the Euro XC championships.
540 30:42 2 HANRAHAN Mark Leevale A.C. Cork "A"
541 32:16 16 SHEAHAN Colm Leevale A.C. Cork "A"
535 33:08 27 HARTY Michael East Cork A.C. Cork "A"
666 33:30 33 O'SULLIVAN Mark (U23) Bandon A.C. Cork "A"
543 33:41 39 TWOMEY Tim Leevale A.C. Cork "A"
538 33:45 41 DONOVAN Barry Leevale A.C. Cork "A"
Place County Positions Points
1 Dublin "A" 3, 5, 7, 22, 23, 26...86
2 Cork "A" 2, 16, 27, 33, 39, 41...158
3 Antrim "A" 1, 18, 30, 49, 52, 56...206
4 Clare "A" 9, 17, 19, 40, 61, 69...215
5 Tipperary "C" 4, 11, 24, 36, 67, 83...225
6 Donegal "A" 25, 29, 35, 38, 48, 60...235
7 Derry "A" 13, 34, 37, 55, 71, 81...291
8 Meath "A" 15, 28, 58, 65, 97, 107...370
9 Galway "A" 8, 66, 68, 76, 89, 99...406
10 Down "C" 62, 72, 73, 77, 85, 94...463
11 Louth "B" 54, 78, 79, 80, 82, 93...466
12 Cavan "B" 51, 86, 87, 90, 92, 95...501
The Senior mens results can be seen HERE
All the results including the juvenile races can be found HERE
Congrats to the Kerry womens cross country team. Kerry have always produced great individual cross country athletes in the past. But its great to see a full team performance, athletics is a sport that is well down the pecking order in the county in terms of numbers participating and also the low county population means people turn to the more popular sports such as GAA, Soccer etc... Kerry athletes have a habit of punching above their weight!! long may it continue :-) from a very proud Kerryman.......
ReplyDelete( congrats to M.Finn & M. Hanrahan also )