St. Peter’s pass schools test
Perfect day for county cross-country championships
THE WEXFORD schools cross-country took place in Adamstown on Thursday.
Meet organiser Ger Forde, working closely with Marie Mooney of Adamstown A.C. and Paddy Morgan of Wexford Athletics, ensured that the day went like clockwork.
The one-field course was in excellent shape and the weather, while a bit misty, was fine. It was a perfect day, then, for cross-country running.
There were some quality individual runs, with all of the favourites coming out on top.
Race of the day was the Intermediate boys which saw Joe Byrne (Gorey C.S.) and Myles Hewlett (New Ross C.B.S.), two of Wexford’s top under-age athletes, squaring up to each other.
The Gorey lad opened up a clear lead in the latter stages to take the win.
International athlete Claragh Keane (Presentation Wexford) was expected to romp home in the Intermediate girls’ race.
While she went on to win, Elizabeth Gahan (Gorey C.S.), who has a good record in schools cross-country, was chasing hard towards the end and she took the silver.
Loreto’s Clíona Kearney looked good in winning the Junior girls’ race. There were a mere three athletes in the Senior girls’ race but that should not take from stylish Eve Furlong’s win.
There was a big turn-out for the Senior men’s race. Morgan Haydon (St. Peter’s) left it until well into the last of the three laps before cruising away from the field.
Schoolmate Ronan Griffin did come back at him late on but it was too little, too late, and Morgan stayed on to take the title.
St. Peter’s College won the trophy for best overall club ahead of Wexford C.B.S. and Loreto in joint second, with St. Mary’s and Good Counsel, both New Ross, taking joint third.
This Thursday, those athletes with hopes of making it through to Leinster and All-Irelands travel to Carlow for the South Leinster championships.
Minor girls: 1, Sarah Furlong (Coláiste Bríde); 2, Cara Kelly (Loreto Wexford); 3, Freya Thompson (Loreto); 4, Johanna Jackman (F.C.J. Bunclody); 5, Sophie Roche (St. Mary’s New Ross); 6, Orla Kelly (St. Mary’s); 7, Cora Noonan (St. Mary’s); 8, Ellie Lawless (Coláiste an Átha); 9, Sophie McGuinness (Coláiste an Átha); 10, Libby Brownrigg (F.C.J.).
Minor boys: 1, Luke Byrne (Coláiste an Átha); 2, Jake McGuire (Good Counsel); 3, Emmet Cousins (St. Peter’s); 4, Lucca O’Connor (New Ross C.B.S.); 5, Kevin Doran (Coláiste an Átha); 6, Tomasso Hickey (Good Counsel); 7, Zalan Kovacs (Bridgetown V.S.); 8, Ronan George (St. Peter’s); 9, Ethan Hattersley (New Ross C.B.S.); 10, Eoin Kennedy (St. Peter’s).
Team: 1, St. Peter’s (31); 2, Good Counsel (40); 3, Coláiste an Átha (44).
Junior girls: 1, Clíona Kearney (Loreto Wexford); 2, Caoimhe Byrne (F.C.J. Bunclody); 3, Sophia Tkacheva (Gorey C.S.); 4, Isabel Bawden (St. Mary’s New Ross); 5, Aoife Lyng (St. Mary’s New Ross); 6, Arwyn Thompson (Presentation Wexford); 7, Aoibh Thomas (New Ross C.B.S.); 8, Belle Kisov (Coláiste an Átha); 9, Emma Rossiter (New Ross C.B.S.); 10, Hazel Hickey (Loreto).
Teams: 1, Loreto Wexford (38); 2, St. Mary’s New Ross (44); 3, New Ross C.B.S., (64).
Junior boys: 1, Will Park (Ramsgrange C.S.); 2, Seán Lennon (Kennedy College New Ross); 3, Macdara Kavanagh (St. Peter’s); 4, James Hegarty (Wexford C.B.S.); 5, Alex Lafferty (St. Peter’s); 6, Caolán Costello (Good Counsel); 7, Hugh Roche (St. Peter’s); 8, Dan Nolan (Ramsgrange C.S.); 9, Chris Frawley (St. Peter’s); 10, Danny McDonald (Coláiste Abbáin).
Team: 1, St. Peter’s A (24); 2, St. Peter’s B (70); 3, Good Counsel (74).
Inter girls: 1, Claragh Keane (Presentation Wexford); 2, Elizabeth Gahan (Gorey C.S.); 3, Flora Doran (Loreto); 4, Uisce Moroney (Presentation Wexford); 5, Ciara Dolan (Presentation
Wexford); 6, Orlaith Deegan (F.C.J. Bunclody); 7, Caoilfhionn Ní Núalláin (Loreto Wexford); 8, Emer Halpin (Loreto Wexford); 9, Kate O’Flaherty (Loreto Wexford); 10, Ailbhe White (Presentation Wexford).
Team: 1, Presentation Wexford (20); 2, Loreto Wexford (27); 3, St. Mary’s New Ross (66).
Inter boys: 1, Joe Byrne (Gorey C.S.); 2, Myles Hewlett (New Ross C.B.S.); 3, Aidan Shannon (Good Counsel); 4 Ben Wall (Good Counsel); 5, Darragh Flannelly (Good Counsel); 6, Robert Wall (Good Counsel); 7, Harry Ferrick (St. Peter’s); 8, Seán Kinch (Gorey C.S.); 9, Finbarr Kelly (Good Counsel); 10, Jay Hogan (Enniscorthy C.B.S.).
Team: 1, Good Counsel (18); 2, Wexford C.B.S. (55); 3, St. Peter’s (77).
Senior girls: 1, Eve Furlong (F.C.J. Bunclody); 2, Rebecca Bawden (Mercy New Ross); 3, Rachel Kennedy (Ramsgrange C.S.).
Senior boys: 1, Morgan Haydon (St. Peter’s); 2, Ronan Griffin (St. Peter’s); 3, Conor Keane (Wexford C.B.S.); 4, Rory Leacy (Enniscorthy C.B.S.); 5, Owen McNulty (Wexford C.B.S.); 6, Ryan Basele (Bunclody V.S.); 7, Darragh Collins (Wexford C.B.S.); 8, Josh Kavanagh (Selskar College); 9, Rían Doyle (Wexford C.B.S.); 10, Pierce McDonald (Wexford C.B.S.).
Teams: 1, Wexford C.B.S. ‘A’ (24); 2, Wexford C.B.S. ‘B’ (54)
Best overall school: 1, St. Peter’s (9); 2 (joint), Wexford C.B.S. (7), Loreto Wexford (7); 4 (joint), St. Mary’s New Ross (6), Good Counsel (6).
In other news, Menapians and D.M.P. competed in the second round of the national indoor league.
With both fielding below par teams, they finished well down in the placings.
The Irish Life Health national indoor Junior and Under-23 championships in Athlone on Saturday produced the following results: Gergely Pap (St. Paul’s), second Junior shot putt (12.78m); Aisling Kelly (Taghmon), seventh Junior 60m (7.95s), sixth Junior 200m (26.25s); Róisín O’Reilly (Menapians), fourth Junior 1,500m (4.47 minutes); Lystus Ebosele (U.C.D.), second Junior shot putt (11.94m); Éadaoin Stafford (Adamstown), fifth Junior shot putt (9.44m); Saidhbhe Byrne (Enniscorthy), eighth Junior triple jump, 15th long jump; Joe Mooney (Adamstown), first Under-23 3,000m walk (14.04.95 minutes); David McDonald (Menapians), third Under-23 200m (22.14s); Ryan Carthy-Walsh (Adamstown), second Under-23 high jump (1.95m); Katie Daly (Kilmore), fourth Under-23 800m.
Fixtures: January 30, 12 noon, South Leinster schools cross-country, Carlow Town Hurling Club; February 1 and 2, 10 a.m. start daily, Leinster Juvenile indoors, Athlone; February 8, Irish Life Health national Intermediate, Masters, Juvenile ‘B’ and Juvenile relay championships, Avondale, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow; February 9, A.A.I. national indoor games, N.I.A., Abbotstown.