Ireland finished 4th in both the men's and women's categories in the 10 miles mountain race in Snowdon. The men were led home by Eoin McKenna in 5th place in the international race and 9th place overall. This performance has put him well in contention for the trials for the World Trophy teams on August 26th. Tish McCann was first woman in 10th place in the international field, she was followed by Aoife Joyce and Sarah Moores. Team scores (only counting elite athletes running for national teams) Men 7 England (1, 2, 4) 18 Scotland (3, 7, 8) 31 Italy (6, 10, 15) 33 Wales A (9, 11, 13) 33 Ireland A (5, 12, 16) 57 Ireland B (14, 19, 24) 64 Wales B (18, 21, 25) 89 France (28, 30, 31) Women 3 England (1, 2) 12 Wales (5, 7) 14 Scotland (6, 8) 21 Ireland A (10, 11) 22 Italy (9, 13) 27 Ireland B (12, 15) Actual placings in the race 9. Eoin McKenna (Riocht), 70:33 17. Owen Gahan (St. Senan's), 74:35 21. Keith Daly (Donore), 76:55 25. Martin Bradshaw (Bilboa), 78:00 28. Bernard Fortune (Sliabh Buidhe Rovers), 78:32 34. Cormac Conroy (Sli Cualann), 79:56 67. Tony Collins (Sli Cualann), 86:56 84. Shane O'Rourke (Crusaders), 88:53 168. Tish McCann (Mourne Runners), 98:15 215. Aoife Joyce (Crusaders), 103:07 232. Sarah Moores, 104:53 307. Dena Hogan (Slaney Olympic), 112:02 366. Karen Duggan (Clonliffe), 118:49 465 finishers

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5000m Development Race in Stretford, Manchester Great pacemaking by Mark Buckingham and ideal weather conditions resulted in a catalogue of PBs. There were 16 finishers of which 12 got personal bests. 1 Tom Russell 14.05.7 2 Jonny Mellor 14.08.5 3 Adam Grice 14.14.1 4 Carl Hardman 14.18.2 5 John McCole 14.18.9 6 Neil Addison 14.30.0 7 Dan Dalmedo 14.32.8 8 Fergus Meade 14.33.1 9 Jonny Gilby 14.34.9 10 Luke Cragg 14.36.9 11 Kevin Skinner 14.38.2 12 Andy Hilton 14.40.2 13 Rob Berry 14.57.2 14 Brian MacMahon 14.58.9 15 Simon Mills 15.07.8 16 Alexander Smith 15.11.6 DNF Andy Robinson DNF Louis Jones