Eimear Fitzpatrick of Our Lady’s Terenure and Adam O’Brien of St Aidan’s won the senior races at the DCU Schools Invitational held in surprisingly clement weather yesterday.
Over 1,100 young athletes took part in the eight races, held over a soggy course that included hills and straw bales to make it interesting.
An impressive winner of the girls’ inter race was last year’s junior winner, Sarah Healy of Holy Child Killiney, who beat Grace Dervan of Our Lady’s Terenure into second place. Sean O’Leary from St Aidan’s CBS outran Adam Fitzpatrick and Rory Lodge, both from St Kieran’s Kilkenny for the boys’ title.
At junior level, the winners were Dora Medgysey of St Dominic’s Cabra and Conor Doherty from St Colman’s Newry. Corine Kenny from Gorey CS and Sean Donoghue of St Declan’s Cabra took the minor titles, with both leading from the start.
St Aidan’s CBS winning the best overall boy’s school from St Kieran’s Kilkenny, with St Michael’s Enniskillen and St Malachy’s Belfast sharing third. Best overall girls’ school was Muckross Park who edged out St Dominic’s of Cabra. Maynooth PP was third.
DCU Secondary Schools Invitational Cross-Country, St Clare’s, Glasnevin, Dublin.
Girls – Minor: 1 Corrine Kenny (Gorey CS), 2 Susie Nester (Maynooth PP), 3 Orla Reidy (Maynooth PP) 4 Kirsten Monaghan (Maynooth PP), 5 Emma Goddiad (Lor Stephen’s Green), 6 Lizzie Woodcock (HC Killiney). Teams – 1 Maynooth Post Primary 26 , 2 Loreto St Stephen’s Green 40, 3 St Dominic’s Cabra 79. Junior: 1 Dora Medgyesy (St Dominic’s Cabra), 2 Jane Duffy (Ballybay CC), 3 Sinead Nic Sheoin (Castleknock CC), 4 Caoimhe Nic Eachain (Col Iosagain), 5 Hazel McLaughlin (St Mary’s Naas), 6 Rebecca Ward (Mt Sackville). Teams – 1 Col Iosagain 68, 2 St. Dominic’s Cabra, 3 Muckross 92. Inter: 1 Sarah Healy (HC Killiney), 2 Grace Dervan (Our Lady’s Terenure), 3 Lucy McCann (Scoil Mhuire Clane), 4 Karen Duddy (Muckross), 5 Sadhbh Byrne (Wesley), 6 Mikaela Griffin (Lor Stephen’s Green).Teams – 1 Holy Child Killiney 44, 2 Loreto Stephen’s Green 60, 3 Muckross 70. Senior – 1 Eimear Fitzpatrick (Our Lady’s Terenure), 2 Orla Walsh (Muckross), 3 Alanna Cooley (Dominican GA), 4 Niamh Staunton (Muckross), 5 Ellen Byrne (St Dominic’s Cabra), 6 Susan Masterson (Lor Stephen’s Green). Teams – 1 Muckross Park 23, 2 St Dominic’s Cabra 42, 3 Alexandra College 102.
Boys – Minor: 1 Sean Donoghue (St Declan’s Cabra), 2 Seanie Dalton (Malahide CS), 3 Colin Sweeney (Ard Scoil Ris) 4 Alex O’Flynn (Col Eoin), 5 Oisin Cassidy (St Micheal’s Enniskillen), 6 Conor Murphy (St Micheal’s Enniskillen). Teams – 1 Co Eoin 69, 2 St Michael’s Enniskillen 77,3 St Aidan’s CBS 80. Junior: 1 Conor Doherty (St Colman’s Newry), 2 Adam Harvey (Blackrock College), 3 Ian McSweeney (Ard Scoil Ris), 4 Harley Fox (Pres Carlow), 5 Kevin Burns (St Kieran’s Kilkenny), 6 Coilean Connell (St Colman’s Newry). Teams – 1
St Colman’s Newry 24, 2 St Michael’s Enniskillen 65, 3 Belvedere College 81. Inter: 1 Sean O’Leary (St Aidan’s CBS), 2 Adam Fitzpatrick (St Kieran’s, Kilkenny), 3 Rory Lodge (St Kieran’s, Kilkenny), 4 Jarlath Jordan (Dunshaughlin CC), 5 Oisin O Coill (Maynooth PP), 6 Cian May (Salesian Celbridge). Teams – 1 St Kieran’s Kilkenny 47, 2 St Aidan’s CBS 53, 3 St Malachy’s Belfast 74. Senior: 1 Adam O’Brien (St Aidan’s CBS), 2 Sean Carrig (St Aidan’s CBS),3 Eoghan McGuire (St Malachy’s, Belfast), 4 Joseph Hession (St Aidan’s CBS), 5 Ieuan Hopkins (Col Eanna), 6 Alex Gibbons (St Aidan’s CBS). Teams – 1 St Aidan’s CBS 14, 2 St Michael’s Enniskillen 70, 3 St Kieran’s Kilkenny 79.
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