Monthly Archives: November 2024

Well done to all our athletes who travelled to Stradbally, Co Laois today for the Leinster B cross country  and also the Leinster cross country relays. Our U11s were out in great numbers in both relays and races. The boys U11 were 5th club with Dylan Guilfoyle 6th, Isaac Burns 7th and Ethan Maher 48th scoring on the county team which placed second. Other team members were Donagh McCabe, Patrick Collins, Adam Walsh, Conn Sheehan. The U11 girls were also competitive and the club team placed 4th. Nancy Lyons Teehan 7th led the team home and won gold with the [...]

Our athletes had a long journey this weekend with a four hour journey to Fermanagh for the even age national cross country.  First away were the under 12 girls. Kate Kelly led her team home in 11th place to win All-Ireland bronze. Scoring on the Leinster team she also won gold. The club finished in eight place with Kate, Casey Cleere 71, Meabh O'Shea 107 and Ella Flaherty 114. These four also scored on the county team which placed 8th. Mealla Crowley and Grace O'Shea provided good backup support. The under 14 boys had Daniel Greene and Aidan Malone in [...]

The cross country scene in the US colleges is moving towards the nationals. One of our US based athletes will be there on the day. That's Shay McEvoy. Shay finished 19th in the Mid Western conference to help his college, Tulsa, qualify. Meabh Richardson representing Portland finished 26th in the Western Region.

Our younger athletes turned out in good numbers for the even age B Counties Cross Country  in Graiguenamanagh today. There were individual medals at U14 level with Amelia O'Brien winning gold and Daire O'Flaherty taking silver. The boys and girls teams under 10 and under 12 all won medals - Boys U12 gold and the other three got silver. Girls under 10 -team silver - Scorers - 4 Robbyn Lyons, 5 Isabelle Hoyne, 15 Cara Burke, with support from Summer Molloy and Heidi Guilfoyle.  Boys under 10 - team silver - Scorers - 3 Jonah Cleere, 4 Joe Phelan, 8 [...]

Good to see Shay McEvoy back running and running well. Competing for his College, Tulsa, in the Conference CC he placed 11th. Meanwhile Maebh was also competing in her conference race representing Portland with a 9th place finish. Also in New York Kate Sugrue ran the marathon in a fine time of 3.33.13. Well done all.

Another new cross country venue today  - Uneven ages in Tinahely and some good running in hilly and difficult conditions.  Our U11s were first off and big numbers in both girls and boys. The girls competed well and the boys were outstanding - they might be new to CC but they impressed. The girls were 9th club and had Mollie Clarke scoring on the 7th placed county team. Nancy Lyons Teehan in 23rd place led the them home. Other team members were Caoimhe Malone, Ellie Costello, Sadie Murphy, Aoibhin Behan and Robin Lyons Teehan. Best team of the day was [...]