AAI website – Weekend Results Round-Up
– Northern Ireland and Ulster Even Age Group Cross Country Championships
– Bobby Rea Memorial XC Races and NI & Ulster Even Age Group xc Championships (attached)
– Leinster Cross Country Results
– Leinster Masters Cross Country Results
Junior David McCarthy was again in top form at the Big East Conference on Saturday, finishing 18th in 24.20 for the 8k race, and finishing first Freshman in the race.
Fellow junior Ciaran O’Lionaird was also in top form finishing 36th in 24.53 at the Big 10 Conference
Mark carroll was a close second in the Niagara Falls half marathon with a time of 65.31.
8,000m
18 David McCarthy Providence College Fr 24:20.60
45 Richie Yeates Providence College Jr 25:05.55
80 Richard Byrne De Paul U Sr. 26:31.75
5,000m
47 Breffini Twohig Providence College So 22:04.90
BIG EAST CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Louisville, KY
8,124 METERS
19 Daire Bermingham SO 6 Stony Brook 26:49.7
5.000m
9 Laura Huet SO 3 Stony Brook 18:08.8
AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE STONY BROOK, NY
8,000m
36 O Lionaird, Ciaran FR Michigan 24:53.05
Big Ten CC Championships Ohio State University
8,000m
11 Jamie McCarthy SO COASTAL CAROLINA UNI 26:43.9
5,000m
49 Joyce Curtin FR COASTAL CAROLINA UNI 20:38.7
Big South Conference Cross-Country Championships Jackson Park,
Hendersonville, NC
8.000m
45 Tadhg O’Callaghan SR 25:43 YALE
Heps Cross Country Championships Van Cortlandt Park – Bronx, NY
5,000m
7 O’Brien, Eimear JR Western Kentucky 18:15.53
Sun Belt Conference Bowling Green, Kentucky
5,000m
2 Tracey Williams Sr 22:03.7 IONA Iona College
3 Ashling Baker Jr 22:19.7 IONA Iona College
MAAC Cross Country Championships Van Cortlandt Park – Bronx, NY
8,000m
13 Mark Hoey FR McNeese State 25:37
17 Stephen Scullion FR McNeese State 25:51
32 Jordan Neil FR McNeese State 26:50 31
Southland Conference West Guth Park, Corpus Christi, TX
Junior Women – Under 20 Women -Birmingham Cross 2007
at Sennelleys Park, Birmingham
1 Sarah Waldron Birmingham University 13:06
2 Sara Tracey Birmingham University 13:33
3 Clare Mensley Charnwood AC 13:50
1 Pius Kipsang KORIR Eldoret Ken 1:05:29.2
2 Mark CARROLL Providence UNI 1:05:31.6
3 Giitah MACHARIA Toronto CAN 1:05:35.1
4 Josephat ONGERI Burlington CAN 1:05:56.6
5 AUGUSTUS KAVUTU CAN 1:05:58.4
Niagara Falls Half-Marathon
Bobby Rea Memorial XC Races and NI & Ulster Even Age Group xc Championships
Leinster Cross Country Results
Leinster Masters Cross Country Results
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Northern Ireland and Ulster Even Age Group Cross Country Championships
Saturday 27th October 2007- University of Ulster, Jordanstown
Almost 900 young athletes from all over Ulster made the journey to the University of Ulster Jordanstown on Saturday 27th October to compete in the Northern Ireland & Ulster Juvenile Cross Country Championships
There are twenty individual titles on offer ranging from U10 to U18 where these aspiring athletes strived to take one of the ten individual titles on offer, as well as helping their club and county teams to the honours. The championships are a joint venture between the Northern Ireland Athletic Federation and the Ulster Athletic Council which are sponsored by the University of Ulster this year.
In all it was a fine day’s Cross Country, with comprehensive victories for Iona Macey-Lillie of Willowfield Harriers, Shane Maguire Monaghan Phoenix, Cian O’Reilly of Annalee AC. The talented Ciara Mageean from City of Lisburn had an easy win over 2000m ahead of Joanne Mills (East Down AC).
In contrast what would a Cross Country meet be without a close finish and on the day there were a few of those. In the U18 Girls Rachel Campbell lead from the start to within 100m of the finish with Suzanne Smith and Rachel Gibson following closely in behind. With 80m to go Rachel Gibson kicked into her 800m mode coming from 3rd place to take the gold with Susan Smith (2nd) also out kicking Rachel Campbell who had looked for a long time the clear winner.
The Boys U18 race was one of the most competitive of the day and with 52 athletes battling it out. Andrew Gourley (Willowfield Harriers) had a superb race looking comfortable throughout, breaking away from the top group to form a clear lead and taking the title 15 seconds ahead of second placed European medal winner Noel Collins from Omagh Harriers. Only one second behind Collins was Milford’s Dan King and Michael McKillop in fourth from St. Malachy’s AC who took the team title.
Of the ten individual titles’, athletes from Antrim took a total of five, while Donegal finished with four. Top team winners were Finn Valley who had a large contingent of athletes present and medalled in nearly all of the races. St. Michael’s Enniskillen, Lagan Valley and St. Malachy’s were other teams who took team titles. Incidentally the top twelve athletes and the first three Club and County Teams in the Under 12 to Under 18 age group qualify for the Irish Championships in The Curragh, Kildare on Sunday 25th November.
Kerry Harty, Athletics Development Officer commented on the event:
“This was a highly successful day of athletics with hundreds of potential stars of the future competing in the fast conditions at the University of Ulster’s campus in Jordanstown.
It was rounded off with a tree planting ceremony to commemorate Abbey A.C’s founder member Bobby Rea who trained many young athletes at Jordanstown and died prematurely last year.
This event is part of an ongoing programme to cement the University of Ulster’s status as a centre of sporting excellence, and with the new high performance centre nearing completion it can only go from strength to strength”.
