Kilkenny’s Eoin Everard switched the track for the country when he ran a perfectly judged race to win the men’s 6km race at the Woodie’s DIY National Novice Cross-Country Championships in the Curragh.
Racing on soft ground made even softer by the eleven races that had already taken place, Everard kept a watching brief when Kevin Seaward of Willowfield forced the pace in the opening laps.
Laura Behan won the women’s 3km having led from the early stages of the race. Catherine Devitt of Rathfarnham WSAF in second place was leading Dublin to county team victory. Martina Kiely of St Finbarr’s was third.
Large numbers turned out for all 12 races, with the atmosphere boosted by the news from Slovenia where Fionnuala Britton had become Ireland’s first European Cross-Country champion since Catherina McKiernan.
The overall total for the day was 1,530 athletes – 402 senior men and women and 1,127 juveniles.
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Woodie’s DIY National Novice Championships, the Curragh
Women’s 3km (151 finishers): 1 Laura Behan (KCK) 11.22; 2 Catherine Devitt (Rathfarnham WSAF) 11.26; 3 Martina Kiely (St Finbarr’s) 11.29; 4 Leona O’Reilly (Liffey Valley) 11.31; 5 Laura Shaughnessy (Galway) 11.33; 6 Fiona Kehoe (Kilmore) 11.41. Teams (16) – 1 Donore Hrs 68; 2 Sportsworld 110; 3 Rathfarnham WSAF 162; 4 St Finbarr’s 188; 5 Nth Sligo 191; 6 Liffey Valley 232. Counties (12) – 1 Dublin 23; 2 Galway 94; 3 Kildare 156.
Women’s 3km (151 finishers): 1 Laura Behan (KCK) 11.22; 2 Catherine Devitt (Rathfarnham WSAF) 11.26; 3 Martina Kiely (St Finbarr’s) 11.29; 4 Leona O’Reilly (Liffey Valley) 11.31; 5 Laura Shaughnessy (Galway) 11.33; 6 Fiona Kehoe (Kilmore) 11.41. Teams (16) – 1 Donore Hrs 68; 2 Sportsworld 110; 3 Rathfarnham WSAF 162; 4 St Finbarr’s 188; 5 Nth Sligo 191; 6 Liffey Valley 232. Counties (12) – 1 Dublin 23; 2 Galway 94; 3 Kildare 156.
Men’s 6km (252 finishers): 1 Eoin Everard (Kilkneny City Harriers) 20:10; 2 Kevin Seaward (St Malachy’s)20.16; 3 Darragh Rennicks (Bohermeen) 20:22; 4 Tommy Carroll (N Sligo) 20.26; 5 Sam Meely (Crusaders) 20.26; 6 Conor Bradley (City of Derry) 20.36.
Juvenile Even-Ages Championships.
Girls – W17 4.5km: 1 Yasmin Wilson (Lagan Valley); 2 Sarah Hawkshaw (MSB); 3 Sorcha Humphries (DSD). Teams – 1 DSD 46; 2 Lagan Valley 57; 3 Mullingra Hrs 57. Counties – 1 Dublin 56; 2 Clare 206; 3 Antrim 220.
W15 (113 finishers): 1 Aisling Quinn (Ferrybank); 2 Siobhan O’Flaherty; 3 Clodagh O’Reilly. Teams – 1 Ferrybank 120; 2 West Waterford 127; 3 Skerries 127. Counties – 1 Waterford 86; 2 Dublin 127; 3 Antrim.
Boys – M19 7km: 1 Ryan Holt (Willowfield); 2 Ian Hartnett (Togher).
M15: 1 Cina McBride (N Sligo); 2 Peter Gibbonns (Letterkenny); 3 Pierre Murchan (Dublin). Teams – 1 Mullingar Hrs 75; 2 North Sligo 110; 3 Togher 147. Counties – 1 Dublin 110; 2 Westmeath 147; 3 Cork 170.
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