Good results in cross-country

THERE were two individual winners from Sligo at the Connacht Schools Cross Country Championships that took place at Bushfield, Loughrea, Co. Galway, on Wednesday of last week.

Ursuline College student Ava Colreavy was first in the Minor Girls race and Darragh Mulrooney, representing Enniscrone’s Jesus & Mary Secondary School, was the leading finisher in the Senior Boys category.

The four Sligo students that finished in the top 10 of their respective events were Emma McAndrew (Grange Post Primary School –

Minor Girls, ninth), Lucie Cawley (Mercy College – Junior Girls, fifth), Emma Carroll (Ursuline College – Intermediate Girls, 10th) and Gemma O’Callaghan (Mercy College – Senior

RESULTS

CONNACHT SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Held at Bushfield, Loughrea, Co. Galway on Wednesday, February 21.

MINOR GIRLS

Girls, eighth). It was a very productive day in Galway for Summerhill College because teams from the

Sligo town secondary school secured places at national level in the Minor Boys, Junior Boys and Intermediate Boys sections.

The top 15 individuals in each category and the leading three teams qualify for the All-Ireland Schools Cross Country Championships that take place on Saturday week, March 9, at Tymon Park, Tallaght.

The following are the race distances for next month’s event in Dublin: 2,000 metres (Minor Girls); 2,500 metres (Minor Boys, Junior Girls); 3,500 metres (Junior Boys, Intermediate Girls, Senior Girls); 5,000 metres (Intermediate Boys); 6,000 metres (Senior Boys). 34, 40); 8, Grange Post Primary School 91 points (9, 33, 49).

JUNIOR GIRLS

SENIOR GIRLS

Norton (Summerhill College); 36, Mansour Bushara (Summerhill College); 39, Cian Neiland (Summerhill College); 48, James McNicholas (Summerhill College); 51, Jacob Mooney (Summerhill College); 52, Adam Breheny (Summerhill College); 81, Ali Lenehan (Summerhill College).

TEAMS: 3, Summerhill College 112 points (13, 24, 36, 39).

JUNIOR BOYS (Summerhill College); 29, Ronnie Bailey (Summerhill College); 32, Colmán Walsh (St Attracta’s Community School); 74, Mike Brown (Summerhill College); 80, Dillon McSharry (Summerhill College).

TEAMS: 2, Summerhill College 86 points (11, 22, 24, 29).

INTERMEDIATE BOYS

SENIOR BOYS

ATHLETES: Members of North Sligo AC that took part in the Connacht Schools Cross Country Championships in Bushfield, Loughrea. TEAMS: 6, Ursuline College 87 points (10, 26, 51).

WINNER: Darragh Mulrooney, a student at Jesus & Mary Secondary School, Enniscrone, won the Senior Boys race.