Irish mixed relay team selected for Great Edinburgh XC
Ireland will once again be sending a mixed relay team for the Simplyhealth Great Edinburgh Cross Country in Holyrood Park on January 13.
Eoin Everard (Kilkenny City Harriers), Kieran Kelly (Raheny Shamrock), Kerry O’Flaherty (Newcastle) and Laura Crowe (An Riocht) will compete in the innovative International Mixed Relay event which will see national teams of four (two men and two women) compete in a 4x1k challenge for the Stewart Cup. Richard Rodgers will act as team manager.
The Great Edinburgh Cross Country has been a happy hunting ground post European Cross Country Championships and there will hopefully be other Irish athletes gaining selection for Europe in the other four races: the junior men’s 6km, the junior women’s 4km, senior men’s 8km and senior women’s 6km. These events are the match-up for the annual Team GB & NI versus Europe versus USA where Fionnuala McCormack (Kilcoole) has competed with distinction.
