Dunboyne AC hosted the 2017 Leinster Intermediate and Masters Cross Country Championships last Sunday in excellent conditions, thankfully, for both organisers and participants.

Our adults were hard pressed to follow up on the remarkable successes of our Juveniles, but we did our best and did bring some bling home.

First up on the day were our Masters ladies, led as always by Captain Emilia. Despite numbers being depleted the women worked hard and ran well, with Claire running her first XC race in a long time. Emilia capped off a good team performance with individual bronze in a strong category – well done Emilia!

We’d a team out in the Master’s men’s category too however we were just outside the prizes when  places were counted.

Our most successful race of the day saw our women take on the Inter race, with 3 of the women sacrificing their own Masters race for the good of the Inter team. Laura led the way for 2 of the 4k race before hanging on with grit and determination for an impressive third overall. Not to be outdone Laura, Jane, Eva and Carol ran excellent races to pack well and finish second club overall AND score as part of a silver placed county team with Meath. Well done ladies!

Finally, we’d Rory as our sole representative in a strong Intermediate men’s race over 8k. Rory went out hard and was in the podium places for the first half of the race before slipping back only slightly to finish 5^th overall.

Well done to everyone who ran and gave it their all.

Men’s Inter

Rory Kavanagh 5^th

Men’s Masters

Alan Kenny (27^th overall 12^th in Cat)

Morgan McDonagh (46^th overall 21^st in Cat)

Warren McIntyre (69^th overall 27^th in Cat)

Keith Eglington (72^nd overall 28^th in Cat)

Stephen Griffin (93^rd overall 37^th in Cat)

Women’s Inter

Laura Buckley 3^rd

Jane Bandila 7^th

Eva McNeilis 14^th

Carol Howard 17^th

Dunboyne 2^nd Club overall and Meath 2^nd County overall

Women’s Masters

Emilia Dan (8^th overall 3^rd in Cat)

Claire Ni Fhaircheallaigh (31^st overall 9^th in Cat)

Dee Fitzsimons (38^th overall 10^th in Cat)

 

Full Results – http://www.myrunresults.com/events/leinster_inter__masters__juvenile_relays_c.c_/1935/results

Photo’s available on Claire Clifford and Rob Webb’s Flickr