St Pat’s Navan
At the Meath Schools Cross-County hosted by St Brigid’s in Balllincree, St Pat’s Navan retained the Geraldine Dolan Memorial Cup finishing three points ahead of Loreto Mullingar with St Peter’s Dunboyne third.
Following the recent dry spell, the course in Ballinacree was in ideal condition and, with 16 schools from four counties taking part, there was great competition in all races.
Doireann Ni Flatharta from St Peter’s Dunboyne led from start to finish to take the minor girls’ race with Amy Doherty of Ratoath holding off Aoife McGabhan from Loreto Mullingar for second. Loreto Mullingar was first team. Over a hundred finished the minor boys’ race where Conor Leane of St Peter’s Dunboyne came out on top ahead of the St Pat’s Navan duo of Marcus Clarke and
Owen Moore. St Peter’s had three points to spare over St Pat’s to win the team event.
Loreto Mullingar’s Caoimhe O’Brien was a clear winner of the junior girls’ race and led her school to team victory. In the closest race of the day, Jake Cullen of Dunshaughlin held off his team mate Sean O’Connor to win the junior boys’ race. Shane Smith of St Pat’s Navan in third place was leading his school to the team title.
Susan Glennon of St Finian’s Mullingar came out on top in the inter girls’ where Loreto Mullingar, with three in the top five, were comfortable team winners. St Pat’s and St Finian’s dominated the inter boys’ race with only John Hatton from Boyne College in Trim getting in the mix. Conor McHugh of St Finian’s was the winner with Fergus Crilly St Pat’s in second place ensuring St Pat’s took the team title.
Although numbers were smaller numbers in the senior races, there was good quality racing. Alana Bates of Loreto Mullingar won the girls’ race with Loreto Cavan taking the team title. Liam Murray from St Ciaran’s Kells produced the performance of the day when he cruised to victory in the senior boys’ race. Virginia College took the team title.
*Thanks to Gerard Heery of St Brigid’s for report and photographs.
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