Newsletter 10th October 2019
Start of the boys under 16, 4000m race
Knockardbane, Liscarroll was the venue for this year's County Novice, Junior & Even Ages cross country championships hosted by Liscarroll Athletic Club.
Aoibheann Lawton and Caoimhe Cotter were the first to run in the girls combined Junior & u.18 race
Aoibheann had a very strong performance throughout finishing in 4th position overall in the combined race and coming 3rd in the u. 18 category, with Caoimhe also having a strong run finishing in 11th place (both running up an age) .
The juvenile races followed with Liam Horstmanhoff competing in the boys u. 10, Beibhinn Horstmanhoff , Lily Collins & Anna Townes all girls u. 12, Finnian Lawton boys u. 14, Caoimhe Horstmanhoff and Ellen Collins in the girls u. 16 and Fionn Harrington and Séan Lawton in the boys u. 16.
There were strong performances from all the athletes giving it their best. Beibhinn Horstmanhoff had a super run, (out of age), in the girls u. 12, 2000m running strong with the leading group at the start but losing a few places in the final few hundred metres. Beibhinn is going from strength to strength with every season. Séan Lawton and Fionn Harrington also ran very well in the u. 16 4000m, both running up an age and both with the front running group from the start. Séan and Fionn pulled away from the leading group opening up a lead with 1km remaining. They battled to the end with Séan forging ahead in the final few hundred meteres taking the County u.16 boys title and Fionn following taking the silver medal.
Full results, videos and photos on Cork Athletics website
The second leg of the County juvenile xc championships will be held on Sunday October 13. Best of luck to all our athletes competing. Details here
At the senior end of the Club, Giles Deacy & Elmarie Lynch took part in the Glengarriff Park Run in terrible weather, which was the first Park Run held on their new route. The new route takes out the dreaded steep hill and now includes the "Big Meadow". Glengarriff Park Run
