Results, Photos & Video of the European Cross Country Championships...10th Dec 2017

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