Today was, as Sky Sports would say, Championship Saturday. The Clonliffe Club Cross country for both Juveniles and seniors. There was a great turn out for the Juvenile Championships in the U/9 to U/15 age groups of athletes and parents. It was particularly good to see so many parents lined up on the finishing straight cheering on the youngsters.
The ground was a little muddy in places after persistent overnight rain, but that`s Cross Country! The young athletes as always performed with great enthusiasm and there were brilliant battles for honours all the way to the line.
Here, (thanks to Ulrik for results and photos) are the U9-U15 results from today’s club XC championships.
U9 Girls
1st Ella Mooney
2nd Sloan Preston
3rd Sienna Kelly
U9 Boys
1st Cormac Cronin
2nd Owen McMillen
3rd James McGee
U11 Girls
1st Ava Usanova
2nd Ali Connolly
3rd Sarah McDonnell
U11 Boys
1st Michael Manning
2nd Jack McDonnell
3rd Noah Rossi
U13 Girls
1st Orla O’Sullivan
2nd Sorcha O’Connor
3rd Isobel Browne
U13 Boys
1st Jonathan Fitzsimons
2nd Christian Finn
3rd Callum McGuire
U15 Girls
1st Emma McDonnell
2nd Ellen Quigley
3rd Sophie Townsend
U15 Boys
1st Jack Woods
2nd Killian Sheeran
3rd Ronan O’Donohoe
Also the senior championships took place as part of the Irwin Cup in the 2017 Grand Prix Series. The race was run over 6,000m and attracted another sizeable entry for this historic race.
As there is a dispute on the results, they will be posted in due course.