Letterkennny AC Juveniles made the trip to Kilbroney Park, Rostrevor, for Ulster’s Uneven Age Cross-Country Championships on Saturday.
It was worth it all, with LAC coming out on top – taking into consideration most were running out of their Age – it didn’t stop some 20 young athletes qualifying for the All-Ireland’s in November. They certainly left their mark in County Down.
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Olivia Plumb was our first runner of the day and only competitor in the U-10 Girls and performed well. The U-10’s did themselves proud taking a bronze for the team with great individual runs from Mark Galvin, finishing a superb ninth, with Ewan McDowell 14th and Alex Plumb 20th. Following closely behind was Oran McCarron and Ruairi McFadden.
We had six girls competing in Under-12 Race with each individual showing great strengths and all finishing well up on the leaderboard.
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Next was the U-12 boys with 12 athletes lined up in the pens. This event saw brilliant individual talent and team participation. Coming home in 10th place was Philip McGee, while Adam McDaid was 11th. Both boys took individual medals – with more great finishes from Declan Doherty in 18th, Rowan Smith 20th, Billy McFeely 21st and Eoghan Farren 30th. These boys took team gold and go to All-Ireland’s. Also well done to all U-12 Boys who competed and finished well.
With over 90 competing in U-14 Girls race, the standard was high. Megan McDaid ran very well alongside Ellie Crossan, who both kept good speed throughout coming home in good time – Megan in 18th and Ellie in 19th. Both qualified for All-Ireland’s as part of Donegal team.
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In the U-14 Boys race, our boys all showed great determination running in a strong competitive race with Ryan Canning out in the lead at start and he continued up front along with Jack Holian and with Evan Keown moving well and coming in home was Ryan in ninth, followed closely by Jack Holian 10th. Both earned individual medals and Donegal county medals. Evan Keown was in 14th place, also taking a county medal. Following next in good time was Sean McFeely, Ronan and Oran Kelly, which saw the six boys earn team gold and qualify for the All-Ireland’s. Mathew Price also ran a superb race.
Our U-16 Girls were in another strong competition, with Mollie Page and Gemma McFadden getting excellent starts and both continued up front throughout the race with Mollie Page finishing in ninth, alongside Gemma McFadden with an excellent finish in 10th place.
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Both took individual medals and qualify for All-Ireland’s with their club and also as part of the Donegal team. Sinead McGettigan and Anna Boyle ran brilliantly and finished well up to help earn these girls a team bronze medal. This team result is subject to inspection and if correct will see all girls qualify to All-Ireland’s.
The U-16 boys competed well with Oisin Farren and David Smith running out of their age and again in another strong race they both showed good steady strides and kept position all the way, with Oisin finishing a fine 22nd, David in 24th and following home with another great performance was Rory Duffy. Oisin and David are both part of the Donegal team and qualify for All-Ireland’s.
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The U-18 Boys was full of top quality and talent. Our Letterkenny boys did themselves proud with Donal Farren getting out front from start, with Mathew Johnson and Eoin Hughes keeping well up the field and showing continuous strength to the finish line with Donal Farren taking fourth place and Mathew Johnson ninth. Both earned Individual Medals and also part of Donegal team, qualify for the All-Ireland’s.
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