Saturday 15 February 2020

2020 South Munster & Munster Schools XC Reports


SCHOOLS XC REPORTS

Well done to the six of our athletes who competed brilliantly for their schools (Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí & Scoil Mhuire Ballingeary) at the South Munster schools cross country championships held in Tramore Valley Park, Cork recently. All six were successful in qualifying for the next round of competition
Results; Minor Girls 2000m - Anna Towns, 10th, Junior boys 3000m - Séan Lawton 1st, Fionn Harrington 3rd, (2nd place team on 83 points), Intermediate girls 3000m - Aoibheann Lawton 5th, Ellen Collins 15th & Caoimhe Cotter 19th (Team placing 1st on 39 points). The next round of competition is the Munster Schools which will be held on the 13th of February in Clare.

True grit and determination was shown by our athletes who competed at the Munster Schools Cross Country championships which were held in Clarecastle, Co. Clare on the 13th of February. Top 15 individuals and top 3 teams qualified for the All Ireland championships, due to be held in Santry Demesne in March.
Anna Towns, Fionn Harrington & Séan Lawton ran for Coláiste Pobail Bheanntrai and Caoimhe Cotter and Aoibheann Lawton ran for Scoil Mhuire, Ballingeary.
Anna Towns finished strongly in the middle of the pack in the Minor girls race. Fionn Harrington and Séan Lawton competed with great power and strength in the Junior boys 3500m race, both having a sprint finish in the home straight. Fionn edged ahead marginally coming in 3rd place overall and Séan in 4th place. Leon Cassidy and Séan O'Shea made up the team which finished in a super 2nd place overall on a scoring of 96 points. In the Intermediate girls race Aoibheann Lawton and Caoimhe Cotter ran very well, with Aoibheann finishing in 15th position securing automatic qualification for the All Ireland championships. Their team finished with 77 points which was not enough to secure team qualification.



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Santry Demesne will be the venue for this year's All Ireland Schools Cross Country Championships

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