The national uneven age cross country in Navan today brings our juvenile season to a close. Just one major race to come – The Eurocross in Brussels next weekend with Maebh Richardson and Hannah Kehoe travelling with the Irish ladies Junior team. Today in Navan there were great performances by our juveniles with five individuals claiming individual medals.
One of the outstanding performances was by Kate Kelly in the u11 race. Kate finished third in the Leinster championships after a fab race. Today she went even better to win individual silver. And there was a bonus as she collected gold with the winning Leinster team. Her club mate, Mealla Crowley, also ran well. The boys with a number of u10s on the team finished 15th. Missing Eoin Hoyne through injury was a setback but they gave a good account of themselves. Daniel McIntyre, Tom Hardiman and Tadgh McGuinness, 53, 54 and 126 respectively, scored on the county team which finished in 12thplace. Daniel Quinn and Brandon Maher contributed to the team’s performance.
We had three athletes at u13 level and all ran their hearts out. Daniel Green, 2nd in the u12 in Gowran, made 4th today in the u13 race. Fiach Crowley gave his usual strong performance. Katie Byrne, our sole representative in the u13 girls race, finished a good 27th.
All our u15 athletes scored on the county teams. Kyrell Mtinsi was outstanding to take the individual silver. This was doubled with the Leinster team that placed second in the inter-provincial. And Kyrell wasn’t finished yet as he collected bronze with the county team. Robert Coogan in 54th also won national bronze with the county team. The girls had Sinead Cormack and Ellen Cormack in 21st and 67th respectively with both scoring on the county team that placed 9th.
Pia Langton was the star of the u17 team. Placing 16th she won bronze with the county and silver with Leinster. Another good run from Clodagh saw her finish 24th and scoring with the county she won a bronze All-Ireland medal. The other team members were Eimear Cormack 82, Hazel Coogan 78 and Evelyn McEvoy 114.
Issabelle Burke had a fine run to finish 16th in the u19 girls race. For the u19 boys there were bronze medals for Billy Coogan 6th and Myles Hewlett 7th. Ruairi McEvoy also ran well to finish 18th.
Well done all. Congratulations to all our athletes on their performances. Thanks to the coaches and parents. Best wishes for Christmas and plenty more good news in 2024.