The European Cross Country Championships were held last weekend in the Slovak Republic and there are now plenty of photos and video available.
The Irish senior men’s team finished in a very credible 5th place out of 13 teams, just two points behind France in 4th.
Rank Team Points
1 Turkey 17
2 Spain 20
3 Great Britain & NI 35
4 France 56
5 Ireland 58
6 Denmark 80
The top 3 scoring men on the 10km course were...
15th Sean Tobin (Clonmel AC) 30:43, 19th Hugh Armstrong (Ballina AC) 30:46, 24th Kevin Maunsell (Clonmel AC) 30:49.
The other members of the team were ...48th Paul Pollock (Annadale Striders AC) 31:35, 51st Kevin Dooney (Raheny Shamrock AC) 31:40 and 72nd John Travers (Donore Harriers AC) 32:50.
There were 76 finishers
Photos...(Updated 17th Dec)
1) Gearóid Ó Laoi has photos of the men's race HERE
2) James Veale of West Waterford AC has a gallery HERE
In the women's race over a course just over 8kms, the Irish team finished in 7th place out of 13 and just 1 point behind France.
Rank Team Points
1 Great Britain & NI 23
2 Romania 31
3 Turkey 54
4 Portugal 60
5 Spain 60
6 Germany 70
7 Ireland 84
8 France 85
The top 3 scoring women were...
12th Fionnuala McCormack (Kilcoole AC) 27:48, 34th Shona Heaslip (An Riocht AC) 28:31 and 38th Kerry O’Flaherty (Newcastle AC) 28:35
The other members of the team were ...40th Michelle Finn (Leevale AC) 28:39, 47th Fionnuala Ross (Armagh AC) 28:53 and 49th Lizzie Lee (Leevale AC) 28:54.
There were 77 finishers
Photos...
1) Gearóid Ó Laoi has photos of the women's race HERE
Irish U20 women... 7th out of 20 teams
Irish U20 men... 10th out of 20
Full results
Senior Men
Senior Women
U20 Men
U20 Women
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