Gold For Harrington & Silver for Mulcaire
6 Munster athletes were selected for Ireland for the SIAB Schools Cross Country International on Saturday 22nd March in Bolton, England –
Junior Girls
Caoimhe Harrington, Colaiste Pobail, Bheanntrai Laura Nicholson, Bandon Grammer School
Intermediate Girls
Fiona Everard, Maria Immaculata CC, Dunmanway
Intermediate Boys
Kevin Mulcaire St Flannan’s College, Ennis, Co Clare Barry Keane, St. Declan’s, Kilmacthomas Fearghal Curtin, Midleton CBS
Caoimhe Harrington, West Muskerry A.C. representing her school Colaiste Pobail, Bheanntrai put in a terrific performance to lead the field home in the Junior Girls race winning individual gold & leading the Irish team to a bronze medal in the team competition which included Laura Nicholson, Bandon Grammer School (Bandon A.C.) who finished 25th overall. Fiona Everard, Maria Immaculate CC Dunmanway (Bandon A.C.) won a bronze team medal with the Irish team in the Intermediate competition coming home in 22nd place overall.
Kevin Mulcaire, Ennis Track A.C. representing his school, St. Flannan’s Ennis took silver in the Intermediate Boys race with a wonderful display of running & led his team home to a silver medal victory in the team competition which included fellow Munster men, Fearghal Curtin, Midleton CBS (Youghal A.C.) who was 13th overall & Barry Keane, St. Declan’s, Kilmacthomas in 17th place. Congratulations & well done to all 6 athletes. Full results at end of this report. See Extract from AAI Website dated Monday, 24th March below:-
“There were thrilling individual victories achieved by two young Irish athletes; Caoimhe Harrington (Colaiste Pobail, Bheanntrai , Bantry) and Paddy Maher (Dunshaughlin Community College) at the SIAB International Schools Cross Country event in Bolton and there was silver and bronze medal success too by Kevin Mulcaire (St Flannan’s Ennis) and James Maguire (St Benildus, Dublin) in their respective Intermediate and Junior Boys events. Caoimhe Harrington delivered a top drawer performance to win the Junior Girls race in a close finish with England’s Josie Czura who she just edged out approaching the finish line. Harrington also led the Irish Junior Women team to a third place finish behind England and Scotland.
This early victory by Caoimhe Harrington helped to inspire Paddy Maher to achieve victory in the Junior Boys event. Maher, who was running in his first international, raced into an early lead and was closely followed by his Irish schools team-mate James Maguire. However, it was Maher who had the faster turn of pace and he soon surged clear of England’s Matthew Willis and James Maguire and went on to finish strongly. The Irish Junior Boys team, led by Maher and Maguire, won the silver medals behind England. It was a day of special celebration for the Maher family as Paddy’s father, Tommy Maher is a former Irish Senior international cross-country runner who also finished third in the Dublin Marathon on two occasions.
The intermediate Girls race was a very convincing display by the English team with the first 8 individuals home all part of the English team. Ireland managed to hold off Wales to take Bronze in the Team results.
The final race of the day was the Intermediate Boys event and here Kevin Mulcaire from St Flannan’s College in Ennis delivered another top-class performance to take the silver medal behind the winner, Ben Dijkstra of England. Mulcaire led the Irish team to silver medal success behind England and ahead of Scotland.” RESULTS OF SIAB CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS 22nd March 2014
Canon Slade School – Bolton, England
Junior Boys
Position Number Name School Country Time
1 41 Patrick Maher Dunshaughlin Community College Ireland 15min 24
2 9 Matthew Willis Kings School Chester England 27
3 42 James Gerard Maguire St. Benildus College, Dublin Ireland 38
4 16 Jack Goddard Windsor Boys Sch England 49
5 76 Euan Boyle Kinross High School Scotland 52
6 12 Jesse Magorrian The Judd School England 53
7 14 Zakariya Mahamed Cantell School England 53
8 73 Ryan Gray Port Glasgow High School Scotland 54
9 78 Jonny Jackson Stewart's / Melville College Scotland 55
10 10 Noah Armitage Hookes Dulwich College England 16min 06
11 15 Reece Curtis Sacred Heart- Cleve England 8
12 46 Aaron Doherty Rice College, Westport Ireland 9
13 108 Elliot Lawrence St Joseph's Wales 9
14 44 Ciaran Patrick Brolly Omagh Christian Brothers Ireland 13
15 13 Daniel Slater Sacred Hearts - Cros England 18
16 47 Aaron McGlynn Garm Scoil Chu Uladh, Lifford Ireland 19
17 75 Struan Paton Hamilton College Scotland 20
18 106 Rhys Jones Stanwell Wales 27
19 43 Niall Harvey Presentation College, Carlow Ireland 27
20 74 Adam Scott Balwearie High School Scotland 30 21 109 Joseph Crutchley Llanidloes Wales 36
22 45 Jarlath Jordan Dunshaughlin Community College Ireland 37
23 80 George Rees St Leonard's School Scotland 38
24 77 Joe Arnaud Dingwall Academy Scotland 50
25 107 Luke Davies Llandrindod Wales 52
26 11 James Puxty Skinners School -TW England 56
27 48 Peter Fegan St. Colemans College, Newry Ireland 58
28 110 Ryan Glyn Owen Dyffryn Nantlle Wales 17min 01
29 111 James Vincent Whitchurch Wales 3
30 112 Finn Bowie Greenhill Wales 7
31 79 Andrew Moreland Jordanhill School Scotland 28
DNF 105 Thomas Neshen Bryncelynnog Wales
1 England 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11 40 pts
2 Ireland 1, 3, 12, 14, 16, 19 65 pts
3 Scotland 5, 8, 9, 17, 20, 23 82 pts
4 Wales 13, 18, 21, 25, 28, 29 134 pts
SIAB CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS 22nd March 2014
Canon Slade School – Bolton, England
Intermediate Boys
Position Number Name School Country Time
1 25 Ben Dijkstra Loughborough GS England 16min23
2 57 Kevin Mulcaire St. Flannan's, Ennis Ireland 34
3 28 Mahamed Mahamed Cantell School England 42 4 27 Alex Yee Kingsdale Found England 44
5 29 Will Battershill Ivybridge School England 52
6 31 James Gormley King Edward V11 England 17min08
7 26 Jamal Lewis Icknield HS England 9
8 32 Isaac Akers Robert Smith AC England 11
9 60 Peter Lynch St. Kierans Collge, Kilkenny Ireland 15
10 58 Shane Hughes Colaiste Mhuire, Mullingar Ireland 17
11 61 Stanley James Edgar Friends School, Lisburn Ireland 19
12 95 Josh Kerr George Watson's College Scotland 26
13 63 Fearghal Curtin Midletown C.B.S, Cork Ireland 27
14 89 Alex Carcas George Heriot's School Scotland 33
15 30 Stephen Ferroni BACA Brighton England 35
16 62 Christy Conlon Rathmore Grammar School, Belfast Ireland35
17 59 Barry Keane St. Declan's C C, Kilmacthomas Ireland 44
18 121 Jake Heyward Llanishen Wales 47
19 64 Cathal Doyle St Aidans' C.B.S, Whitehall Ireland 54
20 122 Christian Smith Darland Wales 55
21 92 Scott McKay High School of Glasgow Scotland 18min04
22 125 Matthew Williams Milford Wales 11
23 96 Ben Greenwood Perth Academy Scotland 13
24 94 Jason McIntosh Kelso High School Scotland 15
25 91 Tristan Rees St Leonard's School Scotland 17
26 90 Cameron Harris Stirling High School Scotland 29
27 123 Hassan Abdi Fitzalan Wales 30 28 127 Brychan Williams Llandovery College Wales 34
29 128 Ashraf Liles Dyffryn Aman Wales 37
30 93 Scott Lisle Culloden Academy Scotland 39
31 124 Gabriel Kay Gwernyfed Wales 40
32 126 Finn Thompson Sir Thomas Picton Wales 20min24
1 England 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 26 pts
2 Ireland 2, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16 61 pts
3 Scotland 12, 14, 21, 23, 24, 25 119 pts
4 Wales 18, 20, 22, 27, 28, 29 144 pts
SIAB CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS 22nd March 2014
Canon Slade School – Bolton, England
Junior Girls
Position Number Name School Country Time
1 33 Caoimhe Harrington Colaiste Pobail, Bheanntrai Ireland 13min 22
2 2 Josie Czura Cams Hill Sch England 22
3 4 Maddie Deadman Aldworth Sch England 31
4 7 Lucy Miller Bellerive FCJ England
5 65 Erin Wallace Eastwood High School Scotland
6 6 Tilly Simpson Eckington Comp England
7 1 Saskia Millard Alleyn's School England
8 3 Sophie Hamilton Hazelgrove Sch England
9 8 Mollie O'Sullivan The Holy Cross England
10 66 Nikki Miller Mearns Castle High School Scotland 11 34 Jodie Lynam McCann Rathdown School, Dublin Ireland
12 67 Kate Gallagher Stirling High School Scotland
13 71 Danielle Kelly Williamwood High School Scotland
14 36 Abigail McBroom Loreto College, Coleraine Ireland
15 5 Holly Page Chileshurst Sch England
16 68 Lauren Dickson Boroughmuir High School Scotland
17 35 Nicola Tracy Duffy St. Peter's College, Dunboyne Ireland
18 97 Lucy Davies Dyffryn Taf Wales
19 100 Abbie Williams Pembroke Wales
20 38 Hana Blake East Glendalough School, Wicklow Ireland
21 102 Naomi Reid Y Pant Wales
22 99 Annwen Gammon Bryncelynnog Wales
23 101 Holli Jehu Cyfarthfa Wales
24 69 Rona Tytler Gryffe High School Scotland
25 39 Laura Nicholson Bandon Grammar School, Cork Ireland
26 40 Caelainn Rose McQuaid Sacred Heart College, Omagh Ireland
27 70 Zaynah Aziz Selkirk High School Scotland
28 104 Isobel Dodd Brynteg Wales
29 98 Jessica Wadey Cowbridge Wales
30 103 Kiara Frizelle The Cathedral Wales
31 72 Holly Little Bearsden Academy Scotland
32 37 Laura Ward Presentation College, Carlow Ireland
1 England 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 30 pts
2 Scotland 5, 10, 12, 13, 16, 24 80 pts 3 Ireland 1, 11, 14, 17, 20, 25 88 pts
4 Wales 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 28 131 pts
SIAB CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS 22nd March 2014
Canon Slade School – Bolton, England
Intermediate Girls
Position Number Name School Country Time
1 17 Harriet Knowles-Jones Loreto GS Altrincham England 16min 05
2 18 Sabrina Sinha Bromley High Sch England 47
3 19 Rosie Johnson Rainford High Sch England 51
4 22 Niamh Brown St Bede's Redhill England 57
5 24 Kate Waugh RGS Newcastle England 17min00
6 21 Georgia Fear Sth Hampstead HS England 4
7 20 Grace Goddard Brackenhale England 10
8 23 Morven Goodrum Charters Sunningh England 13
9 113 Cari Hughes Syr Thomas Jones Wales 27
10 88 Gillian Black Jordanhill School Scotland 34
11 114 Heidi Davies Llandrindod Wales 38
12 56 Isabel Carron Skerries Community College Ireland 42
13 81 Laura Stark St Columba's School Scotland 51
14 52 Emma O'Brien Dominican College, Wicklow Ireland 58
15 87 Hannah Addison George Watson's College Scotland 18min00
16 53 Alanna Bate Loreto College, Mullingar Ireland 3
17 82 Kirstin Oakley Prestwick Academy Scotland 5 18 50 Clodagh O'Reilly Loreto College, Cavan Ireland 6
19 83 Lauren Fraser Dingwall Academy Scotland 19
20 85 Esme Stewart Mary Erskine School Scotland 20
21 49 Rhona Joan Pierce Skerries Community College, Ireland 22
22 51 Fiona Everard Maria Immaculate Community College Ireland 24
23 118 Issy Morris Christ College Wales 25
24 84 Holly Still Mearns Castle High School Scotland 26
25 116 Ffion Quan Bro Pedr Wales 37
26 86 Zoe Bates Currie Community High School Scotland 39
27 54 Eimear Fitzpatrick Our Lady's School, Terenure Ireland 48
28 119 Caitlin Page Bro Pedr Wales 51
29 55 Aife McSheffrey Limavady Grammar Ireland 58
30 115 Lily Davis Mold Alun Wales 19min02
31 120 Bethan Evans Y Pant Wales 6
32 117 Jessica Bradley Tasker Milward Wales 55
1 England 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 21 pts
2 Scotland 10, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20 94 pts
3 Ireland 12, 14, 16, 18, 21, 22 103 pts
4 Wales 9, 11, 23, 25, 28, 30 126 pts