The Leinster novice,masters and even ages cross country took place on
Sunday at Belvedere House , Mullingar. The superb parkland course held up
very well to the recent heavy rainfall and was a good test for the two
thousand athletes who took part in ten races. In the under 12 girls race
Hannah Gilligan was a member of Meath county squad which finished fourth in
the inter counties category. She was also the leading Trim finisher in a
club team including Caoimhe Rowe, Niamh Fahy, Lilian Brady, Niamh Mahoney
and Andrea Hiney which gave a strong performance. In the boys under 12 the
club was well represented by David O Neill, Alex Bond and Sean Maloney. In
the girls under 14 race the county team included Ann Marie Diver and they
finished third behind Kilkenny and Westmeath in the county category. Conor
Daniel ran in the under 16 race and contributed to the Meath effort which
took them to the silver medal spot behind Westmeath.
In the adult grades Ann Tobin won her first ever masters championship with a
strong run over the testing course. Ann took the W50 category ahead of Sli
Chulain runner, Jacqueline Patrick with nearly a minute to spare . Claire
Smith marked her provincial cross country debut with a fine time of 18.45
for the 4km. In the mens race the county M50 team which finished third in
its category. The team included Ciaran Tobin, John Rowe, David Hawcroft and
Dunshaughlin runner Benny Byrne uncle of our own Danny Byrne.
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