The Cork County Juvenile B & Intermediate cross country championships were held on Bank holiday Monday 29th October at Conna. It was a great day out for all of the 19 Durrus AC athletes who competed. Medals were awarded to the first six over the line and there were also team medals up for grabs.
Taking part were; Max Leahy, Liam Horstmanhoff, Sam Towns and Aidan Collins - boys u. 9, Zoe Towns - girls U. 11 1,000m, Damian Williams, Sean Wiseman and Padraig O'Sullivan boys u. 11, Beibhinn Horstmanhoff, Lily Collins, Eva Leahy, Anna Towns & Chloe Hegarty - girls u. 13, Finnian Lawton, boys u.13, Caoimhe Horstmanhoff & Ellen Collins girls u. 15, Colm Hegarty - boys u. 15, Caoimhe Cotter - girls u. 17 & Michael Harrington - Intermediate men.
Michael Harrington was first to run in the Intermediate mens 8km race in what turned out to be a two horse race for the gold and silver medals. Michael had a great battle from start to finish with Nathaniel Hayward of Leevale A.C., with the Leevale athlete edging ahead in the last 200m with a sprint finish taking the gold medal, Michael finishing in 2nd place.
In the juvenile races, the girls u. 13 team put in a fantastic effort in their race and were victorious with 53 points winning the gold team medals. Beibhinn lead the team home in 8th position, followed by Lily in 10th, Eva in 15th, Anna in 20th and Chloe in 30th.
Caoimhe Horstmanhoff had a super run in the girls u. 15 2,500m race and finished in 6th place overall winning a medal, followed by Ellen in 15th .
Colm Hegarty was also in great running form, finishing in 6th position in the boys u. 15 race.
Caoimhe Cotter was the last athlete from the club to run and finished in an excellent 3rd place winning a bronze medal.
Results here
Photos on our Facebook page here
Some video footage from the races (via Cork Athletics Facebook page) here
