Dunleer athletes shine in Leinster championships
DUNLEER AC had a great day at the Leinster even ages and novice cross country in Navan on Saturday.
The athletes were delighted with the super course set up by Meath Athletics and there were brilliant races from U10 right through to Novice.
All of Dunleer’s juveniles qualified either individually or on club and county teams to nationals at the end of November.
Erinn Leavy produced a superb run to win the U12 Championship. Her teammate Lucy Sheridan finished 7th, with Vanessa Brennan 22nd, Danielle Brennan 41st and Aibhe Reilly 69th to finish 3rd team with bronze medals.
With the help of Blackrock’s Rebecca Baldwin, St.Peter’s Dearbhla Allen and Glenmore’s Lucy White the Louth team also qualified for the nationals.
The Louth U12 boys also finished in 2nd place and go through to nationals with Dunleer AC’s Ciaran Russell prominent.
James Russell, Patrick Farrell and Matthew McEntee were integral members of the Louth U14 team who qualified for nationals also.
Finally in the non-championship under-10 event Sally Sheridan, Dáire Mathews and Conor Brennan all ran really well with Dáire finishing a super hard fought third.
In the novice races Paul Butler and Nicola Welsh had great outings with Nicola’s ninth place the best result on the day.
Meanwhile, at the All-Ireland Schools Indoor Combined events Emma Cheshire, the Leinster Schools champion had a great day to finish 2nd in the National competition, excelling at hurdles, high jump, long jump, shot putt and 800m.