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Our star performer on Day 2 of the Nationals in Dundalk today was Sean Donoghue who finished a superb 3rd in the boys under 15 race. Sean was also on the Dublin team which came 2nd in the inter county event.

Others who performed well today were Caolan Collins who was running up an age group and she came 36th and was on the Dublin team which came 3rd in the inter county and inter provincial events.The rest of the girls under 13 team ran roughly up the standard of the Dublin championships and came in just behind DSD in the team event.

Joe Fogarty got his first taste of Nationals and he took it all in his long stride and finished a very impressive 22nd. Dublin narrowly missed out on team medals in this race. Big surprise of the day was the fantastic run by Sara Byrne who improved on her 12th place in the Dublins to be 5th Dublin athlete in today in 40th place in the under 15 girls race, a really gutsy run from Sara.

Evan ran a steady race in the under 19s finishing 49th, Our Novice women finished in 4th place overall with Alison Armstrong finishing 9th and winning a medal on the Dublin team. Susan, Cliona, Edel and Aoife were the other members of our team. Well done to all!

This brings the 2016 cross country season to a close. Thank you to all our athletes who have represented the club at whatever level and thank you to all the parents and supporters!

(Thanks to Ken Donoghue for the pics!)

Sat 10th Dec Hole in the wall 10.30 everyone

Sun 11th Dec nationals in Dundalk -see earlier post

Sun 11th Dec Hole in the wall sprints group and older middle distance only. No training for anyone under 14 today.

Mon 12th Dominics first and 2nd years train after School today, race in castleknock on Tuesday.

Rest of update later

On Wednesday we had a number of athletes competing in Dunboyne. In th minor girls race Kate Harrold, Alex Corr, Kasey Tully and Keelin Gogarty all ran well and finished 2nd team for st Dominics.
Clare Murphy and Sara Byrne were an impressive 1, 2 in the junior race with Gillian Murphy finishing like a train and Cliodhna Donaghy not far behind, the junior girls convincingly won the team race. Conor Murphy ran a great race coming 10th in junior boys.
Dora Medgyesy won the inter girls race very well, Emily Murphy, Gabriella Ezwena and Celine Gavin completed the winning team in this race. Well done everyone😊

Our under 13 team of Alex, Caolan, Claire, Kacey, Antonia and Antoinette, Sean (under 15), and Joe (under 13), Evan( under19) will represent our club on Sunday. Cars need to be on M1 heading north at 9 o clock. Big crowds expected and full details are on Athletics Ireland website. All lifts to be sorted on Saturday night. Bring full change of clothes for journey home. Best of luck to everyone 😊

We had a good number of athletes in action on Sunday in Tymon Park. Amy Corcoran and Hugh o Connor both ran well in the under 9 races. Niamh Bergin had a great run (her first league race) and led in the under 10 girls Shauna and Lily. Niamh O’Connor and Aoife Corcoran were in the top 20 under 11 girls with Finn Mc Auley 10th in the boys race with Oisin and Benain close behind. Caolan Collins ran away with the under 12 girls with Lia Butler Lynch in the teens and Lia Mc Donald competed well in her first race. In the under 13 girls race Antonia led the way in 5th, Clare 7th, Kacey 13th, Keelin 19th, Julianne and Aointonette just behind. Joe Fogarty had a strong run finishing 3rd in the boys race. Clare Murphy was 2nd in the under 14 girls race,Aoibh was 5th, Gillian 10th and Conor was 14th in the boys race. Sara Byrne was a fine 2nd in the under 15 girls race Celine had a great run in 5th place and Laura May not far behind. Dora won the under 16 girls race with Emily Murphy in 16th place. Thanks to all who represented the club and to all the parents who organised and helped out.