The All Ireland B Juvenile Cross Country championships took place on Sunday 23rd February in Dunboyne, Co. Meath. In the juvenile races the club was represented by a team in the Boys U11 race and two athletes in the Boys U13 race.<\/p>\n
Although still windy, the weather held up after an extremely wet and windy night and the ground was very heavy underfoot which provided for a very challenging course for all athletes. The U11 team of Callum McCourt, Luke Quinlan, Mark Collins, Ruairi Harrington and Jacob O Driscoll ran very competitively and just missed out on a club team medal, finishing in 4th place. Callum, Luke and Mark scored for the Cork team, with Cork finishing in 2nd place and so earned themselves a silver county medal. Callum ran a great tactical race and crossed the line in 1st place to earn himself the gold medal and the national title, a great achievement as he was also running out of age. <\/p>\n
In the U13 race, the club was represented by, Fionn Harrington and Andrew O Leary. Again these boys competed very well, as they too were out of age. Fionn\u0092s experience from the National Championships in November paid off and he earned a well-deserved, gold medal, scoring for the Cork team. All these boys, along with two other U11 team members, Keelan Crowley(who got a Cork medal in the As) and Max Hallahan who unfortunately was unwell at the weekend and could not compete, have trained very hard over the last six months and will have gained great experience from their races this season. They, along with all our other club cross country teams, did the club proud and wrapped up a very successful XC season for the club
\nReport and photos<\/a> by Susan McCourt<\/p>\n