Schools: Hope Conquers all at DCU Cross-Country!

Hope Saunders  of Mount Temple and Cathal Doyle of St Aidan’s won the senior races  in some style at the DCU Schools Invitational Cross-County at St Clare’s Glasnevin Dublin.  For Saunders it was a first schools victory after her  wins in both the Dublin and Intercounty junior championships  in November. She went on to represent Ireland at the European Cross-Country where she finished best of the Irish junior women.

Other impressive winners were Sarah Healy  of Holy Child Killieny in the junior girls’ race and Cian May of Salesian Celbridge in the junior boys’ race. Last Sunday, May won the support race at the National Cyclo-Cross Championships.

Overall, St. Kieran’s Kilkenny  won the best boys’ school title, beating St Aidan’s CBS.  Mount Temple and Holy Child Killiney shared the girls’ honours with Colaiste Iosagain a close third. Entries overall were yup to a record 1,142, with the biggest numbers coming in the minor races. Even better, the promised bad weather held off until everyone was safely back in their buses! *Corrected results below.

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Girls – Minor: 1 Ella May Cromie (Mt Temple), 2 Sinead Nic Sheoin (Coolmine CS), 3 Sarah O’Connor (Templecarrig). Teams – 1 St Mary’s Naas 48, 2 Templecarrig Wicklow 76, 3 Loreto Dalky 97. Junior: 1 Sarah Healy (HC Killiney), 2 Abbie Taylor (St Gerard’s), 3 Eva Cummins (OL Greenhills). Teams – 1 Scoil Mhuire Trim 43, 2 Holy Child Killiney 49, 3 St Dominic’s Cabra 100. Inter: 1 Laura Ward (Pres Carlow), 2 Aisling King (Loreto Dalkey), 3 Aoife Colleran (Loreto Foxrock). Teams – 1 Holy Faith Clontarf 42, 2 Loreto Foxrock 57, 3 Loreto St Stephen’s Green 61. Senior: 1 Hope Saunders (Mt Temple), 2 Niamh Corry (Malahide CS), 3 Lauta Tuite (Mercy Beaumont). Teams – 1 Colaiste Iosagain 68, 2 Alexandra College 80, 3 Muckross 86.

Boys – Minor: 1 Con Doherty (St Colman’s Newry), 2 Jack Corrigan (St Benildus), 3 Jake Cullen (Dunshaughlin CC), Teams – 1 St Kieran’s Kilkenny 55, 2 St Malachy’s Belfast 69, 3 St Colman’s Newry 74. Junior: 1 Cian May (Salesians Celbridge), 2 Adam Fitzpatrick (St Kieran’s Kilkenny), 3 Naoise O Moynahan (Col Eoin). Teams – 1 St Kieran’s Kilkenny 40, 2 St Malachy’s Belfast 62, 3 St Colman’s Newry 65. Inter: 1 Rory Lodge (St Kieran’s Kilkenny), 2 Niall Harvey (Pres Carlow), 3 Sean Carrig (St Aidan’s). Teams – 1 St Aidan’s 22, 2 Knockbeg Carlow 113, 3 St Kieran’s Kilkenny 121. Senior: 1 Cathal Doyle (St Aidan’s), 2 James Moore (Knockbeg), 3 Luke McCann (Blackrock). Teams – 1 Blackrock College 51, 2 St Aidan’s 59, 3 St Kieran’s Kilkenny 60.