Our athletes, juveniles and adults, did us proud at the Open Cross-country in Abbottstown today.
Four teams competed in the 4x500m relays with the girls u11 (Kate Kelly, Ella O’Flaherty, Ellen Ryan, Julia Daly , Madeline Kemple)bringing home gold. The u11 boys (Cathal Comerford, Tom Hardiman, Brandon Maher, Eoin Hoyne, Tadhg McGuinnes ) were also competitive and finishes 8th. The under 13 girls (Emma Kelly, Eva Arslan, Amelia O’Brien, Katie Byrne, Lucy Maher) won silver and the under 13 boys (RuadhanMcGuinness, Daire O’Flaherty, Fiach Crowley, Daniel Green and Harry Green) were 6th.
The adults were also in good form. Eoin Everard clinched the O/35 win while Padraig Ruane placed 14th. Cathal O’Reilly was 6th in the senior race in 25.10 and Jamie Gahan was 20th in 26.34.
For the juniors Isabella Burke was 23 in the ladies and the men had Billy Coogan 2nd, Myles Hewlett 10th and Ruairi McEvoy 26th.
Well done all.