The cross country course at Waterford IT provided a tough challenge for all the athletes competing at the Woodie’s DIY Novice and Uneven age group Cross Country Championships held on Sunday December 15th 2013. Athletes had to endure the a course which had numerous twists and turns, steep climbs and fast down hills. A tough challenge foor all runners young and old.
Their was a field of 116 athlets competing for the title. Our own Maria McCarthy was the first kerry lady to cross the line. Maria ran a very strong race in working her way up to 5th place for a part of the race. Maria finished in 7th place overall, with less than a minute behind the winner.This was Marias's second year in a row to finish in the top 10.
We are so very proud of both Maria & Caitriona, well done to you both.
Pos Bib Firstname Lastname Club County Finish
1 456 Michelle McGee Brothers Pearse A.C. 00:14:48
2 371 Kate Cronin Raheny Shamrock A.C. Dublin 00:15:05
3 407 Mary Mulhare Portlaoise A.C. Laois 00:15:26
4 431 Martina O'Dwyer Carrick-on-Suir A.C. Tipperary 00:15:31
5 505 Rachael Smyth St. Coca's A.C. 00:15:35
6 454 Danielle Fegan Armagh AC 00:15:38
7 391 Maria McCarthy Kerry 00:15:44
8 373 Chloe Doran Raheny Shamrock A.C. Dublin 00:15:51
9 1420 Deidre O'Toole St L O'Toole 00:15:56
10 446 Fiona Kehoe Kilmore A.C. Wexford 00:16:00
Their was a very strong field of 222 runners competing in the gruelling 6000m course. Sean Tobin (Clonmel AC) was the hot favourite following his 9th place finish in the European XC last week-end. He did not dissapoint when crossing the line to take his gold.
Full team and placings below:
Kerry county had teams running in both the womens and mens Novice races.
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| Grace Lynch, AnneMarie Costello, Maria McCarthy, Caitriona Barry |
Grace Lynch (Iveragh) finished in 21st, AnneMarie Costello (Gneeveguilla) was in 32nd and our own Caitriona Barry finished in 41st place. This was Caitriona's first ever national cross country so after this performace I am sure we will see more of her in the future.
The county team finished in 4th place just 30 points behind a bronze medal.
We are so very proud of both Maria & Caitriona, well done to you both.
Pos Bib Firstname Lastname Club County Finish
2 371 Kate Cronin Raheny Shamrock A.C. Dublin 00:15:05
3 407 Mary Mulhare Portlaoise A.C. Laois 00:15:26
4 431 Martina O'Dwyer Carrick-on-Suir A.C. Tipperary 00:15:31
5 505 Rachael Smyth St. Coca's A.C. 00:15:35
6 454 Danielle Fegan Armagh AC 00:15:38
7 391 Maria McCarthy Kerry 00:15:44
8 373 Chloe Doran Raheny Shamrock A.C. Dublin 00:15:51
9 1420 Deidre O'Toole St L O'Toole 00:15:56
10 446 Fiona Kehoe Kilmore A.C. Wexford 00:16:00
Their was a very strong field of 222 runners competing in the gruelling 6000m course. Sean Tobin (Clonmel AC) was the hot favourite following his 9th place finish in the European XC last week-end. He did not dissapoint when crossing the line to take his gold.
Kerry had a 10 man competing in this years national race. This is the largest team put together in some time now. First home for Kerry was our country senior winner James Doran (An Riocht). James finished in 49th place. Just behind James was our own Arthur Fitzgerald in 52nd place. Arthur ran a very strong race and he was accompanied by Cian Murphy (Iveragh) 53rd and James Doran who worked very hard as a group to keep pushing on. Great team work .
The team finished in 7th Place overall and An Riocht Club team were in 17th place.
Full team and placings below:
49th James Doran An Riocht
52nd Arthur Fitzgerald FFMV
53rd Cian Murphy Iveragh
72nd Darren Burke An Riocht
77th Robert Purcell Gneeveguilla
108th Ed Murphy Gneeveguilla
110th Pat Dunworth An Riocht
142nd Tommy O'Brien An Riocht
150th Simon Mangan Gneeveguilla
162nd Martin Dineen An Riocht
U11 Uneven Ages Girls U11 girls Results: Girls U11 Indiv. girls U11team
The first race of the day with 150 runners. Natasha Myers was competing as part of the Munster province team. Natasha finished in 42nd place. Munster province took gold. Well done.
Full Juvenile Results:HERE
Some Pictures:
