The U20 men produced the best Irish result at the British and Irish Youth Mountain Running Championships held over a tough course at Cademuir Hill, Peebles, Scotland when they took team bronze behind England and Scotland.
Paul O’Donnell of DSD led the team home in ninth place. In the U17 boy’s race, Ben Ryan of Craughwell finished 14th and ninth for the team, with Conall McClean, running for Northern Ireland not far behind in 16th. England won all four team titles and also had B teams running in some of the races, as did Wales. These runners did not count in the overall team placings..
Women:
U20 5.8km/321m:
1 Scarlet Dale (Eng) 29.24, 2 Fiona Bunn (Eng) 29.47, 3 Lauren Dicken (Sco) 29.53. Irish – 18 Enya Haigney (Derry TC) 36.05, 19 Grace Dervan (DSD) 36.11, 22 Caelainn McQuaid (Omagh Harriers) 37.55. N Irish– 16 Leila Ponziani 34.27, 20 Molly Brennan 36.14. Teams – 1 England (1,2,5) 8 pts, 2 Scotland (3,6,7) 16, 3 Wales (4,10,12) 26, 4 Ireland (13,14,17) 44, 5 N Ireland.
U17 3.8km/187km:
1 Lynn McKenna (Sco) 17.21, 2 Rosie Woodburn (Eng) 17.54, 3 Emily Field (Eng) 18.00. Irish – 19 Cassie Lagan (Omagh Harriers) 22.56, 20 Niamh James (Rathkenny) 23.01, 21 Jessica Brennan (Ballyroan Abbeyleix and District) 23.40. Teams – 1 England (2,3,4) 9 , 2 Scotland (1,5,7) 13, 3 Wales (9,10,11) 30, 4 Ireland (13,14,15) 42.
Men:
U20 8km, 433m:
1 Freddie Carcas (Sco) 33.59, 2 Joe Dugdale (Eng) 34.59, 3 Rory Domville (Eng) 35.01. Irish – 9 Paul O’Donnell (DSD) 36.53, 14 Alex Hunter (Ratoath) 38.33, 19 Cian McDonald (Ballyroan Abbeyleix and District) 39.58, 22 Iosac Coleman (Ratoath AC) 41.14. N Irish – 20 Oisin Brennan 41.14, 24 Ethan Dunne 44.58, 25 Tom Magee 45.56. Teams – 1 England (2,3,4,) 9 pts 2 Scotland (1,6,7) 14, 3 Ireland (8,10,15) 33, 4 Wales 36, 5 N Ireland 53.
U17 5.8km/321m:
1 Matthew Mackay (Eng) 24.54, 2 Joe Hudson (Eng) 25.16, 3 Yuan Brennan (Eng) 25.47. Irish – 14 Ben Ryan (Craughwell) 28.11, 27 Luke Maher (Le Cheile) 31.21, 30 Ryan Hogg (Ballyroan Abbeyleix and District) 32.16. N Irish – 16 Conall McClean 28.23, 24 Jamie Anthony 30.21, 25 Callum McCabe 30.28, 26 Michael McCaul (St Colman’s) 30.31. Teams – 1 England A (1,2,3) 6, 2 Wales A (4,7,12) 23, 3 Scotland (5,8,11), 4 N Ireland (10,14,15) 39, 5 Ireland (9,16,18) 43.
Overall – 1 England 4, 2 Scotland 9, 3 Wales 12, 4 Ireland 16, 5 N Ireland 19
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