Darragh McElhinney finishes 2nd at Cross Country race in Blegium

In terms of European Cross Country races, the Lotto Cross Cup in Belgium is a popular and  always attracts a lot of international runners. In previous years, Fionnuala McCormack has competed her and finished on the podium.

One juvenile athlete who got on the podium over the weekend was Darragh McElhinny from Bantry in West Cork. As you can see from the results below, he finished in Silver position.

SCHOLIEREN HEREN - SCOLAIRES GARCONS                    4200m               
                                   
place    number    name    born    country    cat.     time
1 2809    VAN DE VELDE TIM    00    BEL    sch     12:28
2 14    MC ELHINNEY DARRAGH    00    IRE    sch     12:40
3 2146    SENARD ANTOINE        00    BEL    sch     12:41

The full results of all races can be seen HERE

Fionnuala McCormack of Ireland wins Cross Country race in Belgium

Fionnuala McCormack (nee Britton) was in action today at the Iris Lotto CrossCup in Brussels which sported an international field of athletes. After finishing 2nd in 2012 and 3rd in 2013 & 2014, she finally cracked it this year with an outright victory!

This is just one week after she won a team Bronze with the Irish team at the European Cross Country Championships in France.

SENIORS DAMES - SENIOREN VROUWEN             6000m           
place    number    crosscup number    name    born    country    cat.    club    time
1 29 MCCORMACK-BRITTON FIONNUAL    84    IRL    sen    NA    20:07
2 31    KOSTER MAUREEN    92    NED    sen    NA        20:14
3 230    DELESA DERARTU DEBELA    19    ETH    sen    NA    20:23
4 1    CARTON LOUISE    94    BEL    sen    ACME    20:27
5 2    DEJAEGHERE VEERLE    73    BEL    sen    AVR    20:40
6 224    SMALL LOUISE    19    GBR    sen    NA    20:48
7 21    DEADMAN KATE        GBR    sen    NA    20:49
8 22    ARTER CHARLOTTE    91    GBR    sen    NA    20:50
9 9    BELETE ALMENSH    89    BEL    sen    VAC    20:50
10 37    CHEPKWONY BETTY    95    KEN    sen    NA    21:07

The full results can be seen HERE