Star of the Sea 25th Annual Cross Country Results & Press Release

Star of the Sea AC held their 25th Annual Cross Country Meeting on September 22nd 2013 in perfect conditions on the hills of East Meath last Sunday. This year while the number competing in the junior senior and masters races were down somewhat all the juvenile races saw improved fields of athletes so much so that last year’s record attendance of just over 800 was easily broken – this was helped also by the Indian summer weather that we experienced over the weekend. Once again the course on the land of Mary and Brendan Meade provided a great test of cross country running. The club would like to thank all the helpers and club members who beforehand set up the course and on the day work so hard to make the event the success that it is. Thanks is due to all at the tea tent who quenched our thirst on a beautiful day by making five hundred and eighty mugs of tea along with countless sandwiches, buns, scones. Thanks is also due to the scorekeepers, recorders and officials who help make the programme run so smoothly and lastly the club would like to thank all the travelling athletes and their families who travel from as far apart as Monaghan and South Kildare who help make the event the spectacle it is.

This year represented the 25^th running of the cross country meeting and to mark the occasion the club presented the original organising committee with a plaques to commemorate the occasion. The plaques were presented by President of Meath Athletics Seamus Brady (Dunboyne AC) to Winnifred Collier, Joe Monks, Niall Delany, Ann & Colm Hanley, Margaret & Jim Berrill, Marie & Richard Brennan, Lorcan Murphy and John Smith.

Results:

U9 Girls 500m 1^st Ruth Gillespie Ardee & District AC

2^nd Roisin McManus Tara AC

3^rd Molly O’Connor Dunshaughlin AC

4^th Deirdre Quinn Mount Pleasant AC

5^th Ciara O’Brien Blackrock AC

6^th Laura Kelly Ratoath AC

Teams 1^st Ardee & District AC 26pts

2^nd Glenmore AC 35pts

3^rd Boyne AC 75pts

U9 Boys 500m 1^st Eoin Lawlor Naas AC

2^nd Ardin Magee Naas AC

3^rd Jack Donegan Tullamore Harriers AC

4^th Aaron Breen Star of the Sea AC

5^th Eoin Kane Ratoath AC

6^th Blake Kennedy Dunleer AC

Teams 1^st Naas AC 10pts

2^nd Mullingar Harriers AC 30pts

3^rd Star of the Sea AC 37pts

U10 Girls 500m 1^st Grace Fitzpatrick Dunleer AC

2^nd Amy Doherty Ratoath AC

3^rd Caer Ni Gibne Boyne AC

4^th Hannah Breen Crookstown Millview AC

5^th Olivia Hall 3 Ways AC

6^th Ellen Coleman Crookstown Millview AC

Teams 1^st Dunshaughlin AC 42pts

2^nd Blackrock AC 49pts

3^rd Ardee & District AC 56pts

U10 Boys 500m 1^st Charlie O’Connor Dunshaughlin AC

2^nd John Finnerty Tara AC

3^rd Peter Casey Eire Og

4^th Patrick Farrell Dunleer AC

5^th Lorcan Dunne Naas AC

6^th Fionn Drummond Ratoath AC

Teams 1^st Tullamore Harriers 41pts

2^nd Star of the Sea AC 42pts

U11 Girls 1000m 1^st Neasa Reilly Blackrock AC

2^nd Katie Halpin Lusk AC

3^rd Beatrice Drummond Mullingar Harriers AC

4^th Aoife Rutherford Ratoath AC

5^th Anna McArdle Glenmore AC

6^th Doireann Ni Flatharta Dunboyne AC

Teams 1^st Blackrock AC 30pts

2^nd Tullamore Harriers AC 31pts

3^rd Mullingar Harriers AC 34pts

U11 Boys 1000m 1^st Conor Leane Dunboyne AC

2^nd Colin Smyth Mullingar Harriers AC

3^rd Mark Shaw Mullingar Harriers AC

4^th Morgan Quigley Mount Pleaasant AC

5^th Leon Sweeney Naas AC

6^th Conaill Quinn Mount Pleasant AC

Teams 1^st Mullingar Harriers AC 21pts

2^nd Tullamore Harriers AC 42pts

3^rd Tullamore Harriers AC 73pts

U12 Girls 1500m 1^st Abbie Sheridan Ardee & District AC

2^nd Eabha Stewart Naas AC

3^rd Niamh O’Reilly Tullamore Harriers AC

4^th Sally Murphy Naas AC

5^th Emma Glynn Shercoock AC

6^th Shelly Smith Mullinagar Harriers AC

Teams 1^st Naas AC 14pts

2^ndMullingar Harriers AC 24pts

3^rd Tullamore Harriers AC 47pts

U12 Boys 1500m 1^st Ciaran Luby Mullingar Harriers AC

2^nd Eoin Quinn Mullingar Harriers AC

3^rd Jake Cullen Tara AC

4^th Andrew Shaw Mullingar Harriers AC

5^th Shane Smith Cushinstown AC

6^th Niall Morland Cushinstown AC

Teams 1^st Mullingar Harriers AC 7pts

2^nd Tullamore Harriers AC 40pts

3^rd Glenmore AC 43pts

U13 Girls 1500m 1^st Susan Glennon Mullingar Harriers AC

2^nd Danielle Donegan Tullamore Harriers AC

3^rd Lauren Carey Naas AC

4^th Molly Aspel Crookstown Millview AC

5^th Elysia Green Mullingar Harriers AC

6^th Kelly Breen Blackrock AC

Teams 1^st Mullingar Harriers AC 17pts

2^nd Tullamore Harriers 25pts

3^rd Naas AC 28pts

U13 Boys 1800m 1^st Brian Todd Tullamore Harriers AC

2^nd Cathal Brennan 3 Ways AC

3^rd John Whitelaw Mullingar Harriers AC

4^th Jack Cleary Naas AC

5^th Cian Casey Star of the Sea AC

6^th Finn Reilly Dunleer AC

Teams 1^st Mullingar Harriers AC 19pts

2^nd Tullamore Harriers AC 28pts

3^rd Naas AC 29pts

U14 Girls 2000m 1^st Amy Clarke Na Fianna AC

2^nd Sarah Clarke Na Fianna AC

3^rd Shauna Campbell Dunleer AC

4^th Nicola Duffy Dunboyne AC

5^th Clare Rafter Tullamore Harriers AC

6^th Andrea Brady Mullingar Harriers AC

Teams 1^st Mullingar Harriers AC 25pts

2^nd Glenmore AC 51pts

U14 Boys 2200m 1^st Ruarcan O’Gibne Boyne AC

2^nd Conor McHugh Mullingar Harriers AC

3^rd Jack Moran Mullingar Harriers AC

4^th Mark Milner Tullamore Harriers AC

5^th Kacper Kapturkiewiez Tullamore Harriers AC

6^th Adam Shaw Mullingar Harriers AC

Teams 1^st Tullamore Harriers AC 18pts

2^nd Mullingar Harriers AC 25pts

3^rd Mullingar Harriers AC 29pts

U15 Girls 2200m 1^st Alanna Bate Mullingar Harriers AC

2^nd Grace Casey Eire Og AC

3^rd Shauna Kerley Carrick Aces AC

4^th Martha Reidy Fr. Murphy AC

5^th Hannah Stewart Glenmore AC

6^th Chloe Harte Tullamore Harriers AC

Teams 1^st Mullingar Harriers AC 16pts

2^nd Naas AC 33pts

U15 Boys 2500m 1^st Daragh Drury Shercock AC

2^nd Jarlath Jordan Tara AC

3^rd Michael O’Dea Naas AC

4^th Tadgh Leahy Glenmore AC

5^th Evan McGee Naas AC

6^th Fionn Reilly Glenmore AC

Teams 1^st Glenmore AC 19pts

U17 Girls 3000m 1^st Eimear Fitzpatrick Dundrum South Dublin AC

2^nd Ruth Murphy Naas AC

3^rd Roisin Crowe Crookstown Millview AC

4^th Anna Cleary Naas AC

5^th Niamh Crowe Crookstown Millview AC

6^th Aine O’Connor Naas AC

Teams 1^st Naas AC 12pts

U17 Boys 4500m 1^st Jack O’Leary Mullingar Harriers AC

(Winner receives the Sean 2^nd Shane Hughes Mullingar Harriers AC

Higgins Memorial Cup) 3^rd Oisin Gibne Boyne AC

4^th Alex Hunter Ratoath AC

5^th Eoin Smyth Cushinstown AC

6^th Gary Campbell Dunleer AC

Teams 1^st Mullingar Harriers 10pts

2^nd Ratoath AC 21pts

3^rd Boyne AC 32pts

Star of the Sea AC Shield 1st Mullingar Harriers AC 68pts

(Presented to the best 2^nd Naas AC 42pts

juvenile club) 3^rd Tullamore Harriers AC 27pts

Junior, Senior and Master Ladies 3k Race:

1st 6 Overall
1	Sarah Fitzpatrick	Dundrum South Dublin
2	Denise Toner	Clones AC
3	Bridget Clarke	Na Fianna
4	Ciara Rooney	Navan AC
5	Siobhan Keenahan	Liffey Valley
6	Imelda Clarke	Na Fianna
7	Catherine Collins Crosby	Unattached	as there was only one junior we gave an extra 2 senior prizes
8	Geraldine Gill	Unattached	as there was only one junior we gave an extra 2 senior prizes



Junior
1	Siobhan Delaney	Naas


1st 3 F40
1	Ursula Byrne	Dunshaughlin AC
2	Ann Hunter	Dunshaughlin AC
3	Maggie Higgins	Na Fianna

1st 3 F50
1	Nuala Reilly	Drogheda & District
2	Ann Tobin	Trim
3	Carrie Brogan	Trim

1st 3 F60
1	Phyllis Browne	Star Of The Sea

Combined Senior & Junior Teams
1	Liffey Valley	27
2	Naas Ac	51

Combined Masters Teams
1st	Na Fiann AC	26pts

Junior Senior and master Men 6k Race:

1st 6 Overall Men
1	Andrew Coscoran	Star Of The Sea
2	Conor Duffy	Glaslough Harriers
3	Mick Traynor	Raheny Shamrocks
4	Louhlin Campion	Dunboyne
5	Aodhagan O’Reilly	Annalee AC
6	Paul Balfe	Liffey Valley

1st 3 Junior Men
1	Kevin Kelly	St. Cocas
2	Shane Brady	Clones AC
3	Kevin Bracken	Tullamore Harriers

1st 3 M40
1	Ciaran O’Dwyer	Dunshaughlin AC
2	Tommy Maher	Dunshaughlin AC
3	Brian Kelly	Raheny Shamrocks

1st 3 M50
1	Tom O Connor	Liffey Valley
2	Patrick O Grady	Drogheda & District
3	Brian Lynch	North East Runners

1st 3M60
1	Giancarlo Orlandi	Drogheda & District
2	Pat Comey	Trim
3	Mick Priest	Fr Murphy


Teams Combined Senior & Junior
1	Liffey Valley	64pts
2	No Team