The All Ireland Juvenile "B" & Masters Cross Country Championships were held on Sunday the 11th February at Kilcornan Estate in Clarinbridge, County Galway. Ground conditions were very soft and wet with freezing cold weather and snow showers the order of the day. Medals were awarded to the top 12 finishers in each race, along with top three Club teams and top three County teams.
Eva Leahy, Beibhinn Horstmanhoff, Lily Collins & Chloe Hegarty were first to run in the girls under 11 1000m race and finished in 40th, 54th, 56th & 70th position respectively The team finished in 8th position overall. Finnian Lawton ran in the boys under 11 and finished in 76th place. Fionn Harrington and Colm Hegarty ran in the boys u.13 1500m race. Fionn won his first All Ireland Cross Country medal finishing in 5th place overall, followed by Colm in 44th place. Fionn also won a gold medal with the Cork Team being the overall County Team winners.
Our girls under 15 team put in a brave performance in their 2500m race. Rebecca Harrington finished in 8th place, Aoibheann Lawton 24th, Ellen Collins 37th and Caoimhe Cotter 41st. The girls were justly rewarded for their efforts in winning the All Ireland Club Team bronze medals. Rebecca also won an individual medal. Cork took the silver County team medals and Rebecca, Aoibheann and Ellen were medallists in this category.
Michael Harrington was the last of our athletes to run and he competed in the Masters Mens 7,000m race. A large field of nearly 250 competitors took to the start line, the course was very muddy at this stage in the day and it was a true test of strength and endurance. Michael had a great race and won an All Ireland individual bronze medal in the O.45 category.
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