and Schools’ Senior Cross Country International against Wales at the ALSAA Sports Complex The KitKat Irish Schools’ cross country teams performed creditably on a very picturesque course at Strathallan School in Perth, Scotland on Friday 28th March. The Junior Boys’ Team finished in 2nd place with the Monaghan twins from St Colman’s Newry, Patrick and Andrew, leading them home in 7th and 10th place. The key to their success was that they packed well with Ruari Finnegan (St Eunan’s), Stephen Attride (Knockbeg Carlow) and Chaoimhin Kelly (St MacCartan’s) finishing just behind them.
The best performance of the day from an Irish point of view came from Eimear Black (Dominican Belfast) and Tara Jameson (Dominican Wicklow) who finished in 6th and 7th respectively in the Inter Girls’ Race. With Joanne Mills, Ballyclare High School, and Ellie Hartnett, Loreto Dalkey, backing up the team finished in 3rd place.
England dominated all four races but Ryan Creech (Glanmire CC Cork) had the satisfaction of finishing among them in 7th place in the Inter Boys’ Race.
JUNIOR GIRLS (3000m)
1 Emelia Gorecka England 10.29
2 Ruth Haynes England 10.41
3 Annabel Gummow England 10.52
4 Emily Wallbank England 11.03
5 Johanna Spannagl England 11.07
6 Jessica Judd England 11.09
7 Goergia Taylor Brown England 11.09
8 Alice Haining Scotland 11.10
9 Georgia Peel England 11.16
10 Ffion Price Wales 11.21
11 Kate Veale Ireland 11.24
12 Halina Rees Scotland 11.31
13 Jordan Smart Wales 11.34
14 Claire Brennan Ireland 11.34
15 Kathryn Pennel Scotland 11.34
16 Rhianwedd Price Wales 11.45
17 Lisa Neuman Wales 11.47
18 Katie Kirk Ireland 11.49
19 Joanne Muir Scotland 11.50
20 Megan Withers Wales 11.51
21 Lauren Harries Wales 11.52
22 Louisa Stewart Scotland 11.53
23 Sophie Magee Ireland 12.01
24 Amy O’Donoghue Ireland 12.03
25 Iona Brodie Scotland 12.05
26 Emer Kennedy Ireland 12.06
27 Josie Lewis Wales 12.12
28 Heather Howie Scotland 12.16
29 Siobhan McGinley Ireland 12.22
30 Elizabeth Carr Ireland 12.26
31 Kate Bristow Scotland 12.31
32 Lauren Bell Wales 12.46
TEAMS
1st England 21
2nd Wales 97
3rd Scotland 101
4th Ireland 116
JUNIOR BOYS (4500m)
1 Connor Robinson England 13.33
2 Zak Seddon England 13.35
3 Rhichard Charles England 13.39
4 Craig Wellcoat Scotland 13.43
5 Kalvir Hayer England 13.44
6 Luke Carroll England 13.44
7 Andrew Monaghan Ireland 13.47
8 Daniel Murphy England 13.56
9 Elliot Todd England 14.02
10 Patrick Monaghan Ireland 14.06
11 Elliott Hardee Wales 14.09
12 Tom Purnell England 14.15
13 Ruari Finnegan Ireland 14.17
14 Stephen Attride Ireland 14.20
15 Caoimhin Kelly Ireland 14.21
16 Daniel Chesworth Wales 14.23
17 Tom Watson Scotland 14.28
18 Henry Williams Wales 14.31
19 Michael Overend Scotland 14.32
20 Liam Lloyd Wales 14.32
21 Grant Muir Scotland 14.40
22 Finn Corrigan Ireland 14.46
23 Max Lott Scotland 14.48
24 Matthew O’Leary Wales 14.50
25 Craig Wallace Scotland 14.54
26 Tom Davis Wales 14.56
27 Robby Rankin Ireland 14.57
28 Daniel Lewis Wales 14.59
29 Craig Campbell Scotland 15.14
30 Jason Campion Ireland 15.29
Teams
1st England 25
2nd Ireland 81
3rd Scotland 109
4th Wales 115
INTERMEDIATE GIRLS (4000m)
1 Beth Potter Scotland 14.32
2 Louise Small England 14.36
3 Beth Carter England 14.39
4 Isabell Brinsden England 14.50
5 Annika Jarman England 14.50
6 Eimear Black Ireland 14.51
7 Tara Jameson Ireland 14.54
8 Melissa Courtney England 14.55
9 Alexandra Bell England 15.05
10 Louisa Warwick England 15.05
11 Rebecca Craigie England 15.11
12 Sarah Kelly Scotland 15.17
13 Joanne Mills Ireland 15.31
14 Emily Dudgeon Scotland 15.34
15 Catriona Lockie Scotland 15.39
16 Nicola Lyndsay Scotland 15.43
17 Zoe Thomas Wales 15.46
18 Hollie Young Scotland 15.47
19 Ellie Hartnett Ireland 15.50
20 Eleanor Duncan Scotland 15.56
21 Natasha Cockram Wales 15.56
22 Fiona McKenna Ireland 15.58
23 Emily Downey Wales 16.00
24 Harriet Morris Wales 16.01
25 Rhian Dawes Scotland 16.09
26 Niamh Denny Ireland 16.10
27 Aneura Phillips Wales 16.17
28 Angharad Davies Wales 16.21
29 Mary Mulhare Ireland 16.28
30 Abbie Oliver Wales 16.45
31 Cerys Morgan Wales 17.14
Teams
1st England 31
2nd Scotland 76
3rd Ireland 93
4th Wales 140
INTERMEDIATE BOYS (6000m)
Callum Hawkins Scotland 19.22
2 Thomas Carson England 19.26
3 Jonny Hay England 19.41
4 Danny Schofield England 19.48
5 Robert Gault England 19.51
6 Shaun Webb England 19.55
7 Ryan Creech Ireland 19.57
8 Karl Billington England 20.02
9 Jonathan Hopkins Wales 20.12
10 Cian O’Reilly Ireland 20.14
11 Stephen Fleming Scotland 20.21
12 Danny Mills England 20.24
13 Charlie Hulson Wales 20.25
14 Niall Cullen Ireland 20.26
15 Paul Thompson England 20.30
16 Lachlan Oates Scotland 20.31
17 Christy O’Brien Ireland 20.41
18 George Poolman Scotland 20.45
19 Stewart Orr Scotland 20.49
20 Andrew McAlpine Scotland 21.00
21 Nicky Morrell Wales 21.05
22 Jake Byrne Ireland 21.07
23 Louis Ford Wales 21.07
24 James Wright Wales 21.07
25 Ross Matheson Scotland 21.16
26 Eamon O’Connor Ireland 21.16
27 Daniel Hiscox Wales 21.49
28 Chris Carpanini Wales 21.54
29 Owen Haswell Wales 22.12
30 Feidhlim McGowan Ireland 22.13
31 Patrick Coleman Ireland 22.40
TEAMS
1st England 28
2nd Scotland 85
3rd Ireland 101
4th Wales 117
Schools’ Senior Cross Country International against Wales at the ALSAA Sports Complex
Grace Sweeney, Loreto Foxrock, was a class apart at this Schools’ Senior Cross Country International against Wales at the ALSAA Sports Complex in Dublin. Grace went to the front from the gun and was joined by team mates Tekea Gebrezgi, Lorraine McCarthy and Claire Madigan. As the race progressed Grace pulled away and won with ease. The KitKat Irish Schools’ Team with five in the first six took the team award from the Welsh Schools’.
The Boys’ race was much closer with two Irish, Niall McCormack and Michael McKillop, and Adam Bitchell and Ricky Challinor, of Wales leading the field. It was the greater strength of Adam which saw him pull away from Niall McCormack, Clonmel High School, over the last 400m that won the race. Good backing up by Michael McKillop, John Travers, Sean McCafferty and Lee Stenson meant that the Irish Schools’ won the team event from the Welsh.
Senior Boys Race
Place Name Time
1 Adam Bitchell Welsh Schools’ 22.47
2 Niall McCormack Ireland 22.52
3 Michael McKillop Ireland 23.01
4 Ricky Challinor Welsh Schools’ 23.17
5 John Travers Ireland 23.28
6 Sean McCafferty Ireland 23.30
7 Jonathan Peters Wales 23.37
8 Lee Stenson Ireland 23.39
9 Luke Watson Welsh Schools’ 23.40
10 Chris Jones Ireland 23.48
11 Rhys Glastonbury Wales 23.53
12 Ryan Faulkner Ireland 23.56
13 Nathan Hardee Welsh Schools’ 24.01
14 Stephen Rooney Ireland 24.04
15 Tom Marshall Wales 24.19
16 Phil Edge Welsh Schools’ 24.22
17 David Mountford Wales 24.27
18 Joshua Dixon Wales 24.30
19 Michael Kallenberg Welsh Schools’ 24.39
20 Tom Millar Wales 24.45
21 Chris Johnston Ireland 24.49
22 Tomos Whitmarsh-Knight Wales 25.00
23 Larry Brady Ireland 25.19
24 Daniel Worrall Welsh Schools’ 25.21
25 Chris Hayward Wales 25.32
Teams
1. Ireland 24pts
2. Welsh Schools’ 43pts
3. Wales 68pts
Senior Girls’ Race
Place Name Time
1 Grace Sweeney Ireland 12.49
2 Tekea Gebrezgi Ireland 12.54
3 Lorraine McCarthy Ireland 13.11
4 Claire Madigan Ireland 13.23
5 Michelle English Ireland 13.28
6 Leanne Fitzgerald Wales 13.30
7 Maire Nic Amhlaidh DCU 13.31
8 Laura Shaughnessy Ireland 13.32
9 Gwenno Brown Wales 13.45
10 Alaw Beynon-Thomas Welsh Schools 13.47
11 Jenna Roberts Welsh Schools’ 13.52
12 Suzanne Donovan DCU 13.58
13 Michelle Allen Wales 14.01
14 Susan Smyth Ireland 14.03
15 Kayleigh Brown Welsh Schools’ 14.18
16 Jessica Dixon Wales 14.22
17 Leigh Barker Wales 14.28
18 Natalie Allen Wales 14.29
19 Nicola Hackett DCU 14.32
20 Laura Scriven DCU 14.38
21 Becky Davis Welsh Schools’ 14.41
22 Karen Crossan DCU 14.45
23 Carys Howell Welsh Schools’ 14.49
24 Sophie Kendrick Wales 14.54
25 Bethan Davies Wales 14.58
26 Rebecca King Welsh Schools’ 15.20
Teams
1. Ireland 15pts
2. Welsh Schools’ 63pts
3. Wales 73pts
4. DCU 80pts
