A lovely day for cross country running at DCU for the Kit Kat Leinster Schools’ Cross Country Championships with some great running from the young stars of the future. An outstanding run by Daire Bermingham in the Senior Boys’ Race saw him run away from a good field with consummate ease. Eoin Healy and Kevin Lawlor were left to battle out the minor places. Again in the Senior Girls’ Race we had another outstanding performance from Sarah Treacy, who showed what a good cross country runner she is. The Intermediate Girls’ race was a much closer affair with the Ffrench-O’Carroll twins, Laura Huet, and Grace Sweeney all in contention until Rebecca Ffrench-O’Carroll pulled away on the final lap. Conor Dooney dominated the Intermediate Boys’ race. A great team race in the Senior Boys’ which was in doubt until the final straight saw Presentation Carlow pip Gormanston and Portlaoise CBS. The top twelve finishers and the first three teams in Senior, Intermediate and Junior events qualified for the Kit Kat All-Ireland Championships to be held on the same venue on 4th March. BOYS Senior 1 Daire Bermingham Sutton Park 2 Eoin Healy Clonkeen College 3 Kevin Lawlor Presentation Carlow Teams: 1 Presentation Carlow 112pts 2 Gormanston College 115pts 3 Portlaoise CBS 116pts Intermediate 1 Conor Dooney Monkstown CBC 2 Lee Stenson Mullingar CC 3 Kieran McKenna Gormanston College Teams: 1 St Aidan’s CBS 66pts 2 St Joseph’s CBS 82pts 3 St Kieran’s Kilkenny 90pts Junior 1 Shane Boggs St Finian’s Mullingar 2 Kevin Pierce St Fintan’s Sutton 3 Jordan Logue St Aidan’s Teams: 1 St Joseph’s Drogheda 57pts 2 St Kieran’s Kilkenny 69pts 3 St Finian’s Mullingar 100pts Minor 1 Adam Boardman St Joseph’s Rochfortbridge 2 Jake Donnell St Joseph’s Drogheda 3 Shane Cleary Willow Park Teams: 1 Willow Park 43pts 2 St Joseph’s Drogheda 44pts 3 St Joseph’s Rochfortbridge 112pts GIRLS Senior 1 Sarah Treacy King’s Hospital 2 Laura Huet Institute of Education 3 Ciara Baker Institute of Education Teams: 1 Institute of Education 12pts 2 St Dominic’s Cabra 24pts 3 Holy Faith Clontarf 28pts Intermediate 1 Rebecca Ffrench-O’Carroll Loreto St Stephen’s Green 2 Suzanne Huet Loreto Foxrock 3 Charlotte Ffrench-O’Carroll Loreto St Stephen’s Green Teams: 1 Loreto St Stephen’s Green 37pts 2 Colaiste de hIde 55pts 3 St Leo’s Carlow 72pts Junior 1 Fiona McKenna Loreto Dalkey 2 Tara Jameson Dominican Wicklow 3 Ailish Brennan Heywood CS Teams: 1 Dominican Wicklow 32pts 2 Sacred Heart Drogheda 49pts 3 Maynooth PPS 74pts Minor 1 Mary Jones Sion Hill 2 Eleanor Kennedy Presentation Kilkenny 3 Clare Godden Wesley College Teams: 1 Presentation Kilkenny 41pts 2 Loreto St Stephen’s Green 52pts 3 Our Lady’s Templeogue 57pts
