Leinster Uneven Age & Senior 2025

Kilbeggan Racecourse, Westmeath was the venue for Day 3 of the Leinster Juvenile and Senior Cross Country Championships. The day was for the uneven ages with many athletes once again running up in age for their clubs and county. Kilkenny was once again well represented with over 80 juveniles from seven different clubs all competing for medals and qualifying for the All-Irelands in Abbottstown next month. The weather stayed fine for the most part after a rather wet and miserable week, and host club Mullingar Harriers did a fine job of setting a great course that was challenging but fair with no major hills for the athletes to contend with. It was great to see another non championship race again this week for the younger athletes with so many enthusiastic athletes taking to the start line in both races. Once again, the younger juvenile races were highly stacked races, with 149 finishers running the 1500m distance in the Girls U11. Although there was no individual medal, there were super performances from all the U11 girls competing, and a big shoutout to those running up in age and for the first time. In the Boys U11, Luke Hanlon Thomastown ran an incredible race to finish in 3^rd place out of 117 in the 1500m. Huw Morgan St. Senan’s finished in 10^th for a medal and qualifying for Nationals. Both boys were top scorers on the county team that finished 4^th. Castlecomer’s Diarmuid Maher, Cian Nolan, Rhys Hetherington and Patrick Comerford took the bronze in the club places with the four scorers all placing in the top 50 for a great club result, and they qualify for Nationals.

The U13 Girls produced a great finish with Kate Kelly KCH, Abigail Hunt and Orla O’Keeffe Gowran, all just narrowly missing out on a top 12 place, but the high placing for the girls along with Sinead Grant St. Senan’s ensured a 4^th place county team finish to qualify for Abbottstown. Lydia Phelan and Sarah Mulrooney helped Gowran to 3^rd place in the club event finishing on the same points as Ratoath AC, but countback deciding the medal colour for bronze place.

Tom Doherty St. Joseph’s, once again produced another superb cross country run to finish 7^th and led the county team home to a silver medal. While Kilkenny City Harriers may not have had top 12 individual placings, their top 4 scorers, Daniel McIntyre, Daniel Quinn, Eoin Hoyne and Dylan Guilfoyle all finished in the top 30 to secure a club silver, and score on the county team too. Harry O’Byrne Barrow Harriers was the 5^th scorer on the county team to secure his silver medal.

The U15 Girls saw Katie Byrne and Emily O’Keeffe Kilkenny City Harriers win medals and also score for the club which claimed another Leinster medal for the club bronze, with Amelia O’Brien and Maria Kraljevic 3^rd and 4^th scorer for the team event ensuring automatic qualification for Nationals too in Abbottstown. The county team narrowly missed out in 5^th place behind Kildare.

The Boys U15 were successful in the individual medals with Kilkenny City Harriers Daniel Greene and Sam Woodcock both running up in age, having great runs to finish 3^rd and 7^th respectively. Both have already qualified for Even Age Nationals in Derry and will now run again in Abbottstown in the Uneven too next month.

Sinead Cormack Kilkenny City Harriers once again stormed home to another fantastic 3^rd place in the Girls U17 4500m to earn her a top spot in next months Nationals. Ellen Cormack KCH ran in 28^th, with Kate Hayden, Brid Farrell and Lucy Cunningham Gowran finishing in the top 50. The Boys U17 4500m saw Kyrell Mtinsi Kilkenny City Harriers producing an incredible run in his age group to finish 3^rd overall and qualify for Nationals. Conor Carroll Gowran also ran a superb race to finish 6^th place and earn himself a medal and a national place. Gearoid Farrell Gowran running up in age finished 20^th out of competitive 66 finishers on the day.

The U19 & Seniors Leinster and Dublin Championships were run together on the day, which meant more runners per race, but the results were still excellent for Kilkenny City Harriers Pia Langton as she earned herself an individual 3^rd place medal in the Ladies U19 and was the first home on both county and club teams for a bronze in each. Charlotte Carpendale also ran a finely timed race for 8^th place individually and 2^nd home on the county team for another bronze. Hazel Coogan Kilkenny City Harriers was the 3^rd scorer home for the county team and second for KCH club team, with Evelyn McEvoy making up the 3^rd club scorer for KCH. In the Men’s U19 Tom Murphy Kilkenny City Harriers ran in 5^th in a competitive field of 36 Leinster runners, with Evan Aylward 27^th over the 5000m distance. Hannah Kehoe had the best run of the day to finish 4^th overall in the Ladies 6000m out of 56 runners and taking 1^st place and winning the title of Leinster Ladies U23 Champion on the day. The Senior Men’s 9000m had 97 competitors take to the start line to contest both the Leinster and Dublin Senior Titles. There were 10 runners from 4 different Kilkenny clubs on the day with a runner from each club helping the county to a Leinster county silver medal. James Kelly Castlecomer was the first Kilkenny man home on the day in 27^th place. Joe Keohane Gowran was 2^nd home in 35^th, William Fox Kilkenny City Harriers followed just after in 37^th. Matthew Holland and Martin Desgranchamps Gowran were 4^th and 5^th scorers on the team, with Thomastown’s Michael O’Shea the 6^th scorer on the day. Congratulations to all who competed on the day. Full results below:    

Girls U11

22^nd Lauren Malone CC, 33^rd Eva Hoyne KCH, 34^th Cara Hoyne KCH, 35^th Pippa Manogue TT, 43^rd Edie Kemple KCH, 44^th Winter Rose Molloy KCH, 50^th Aoife O’Keeffe G, 51^st Isabelle Hoyne KCH, 64^th Lara Nevin SJ, 75^th Kate O’Keeffe BH 77^th Saoirse Harrison SS, 78^th Kate Kelly SS, 107^th Emma Hayden G, 118^th Saoirse Walsh SS

Club Team 5^th Kilkenny City Harriers

County Team 7^th

Boys U11

3^rd Luke Hanlon TT, 10^th Huw Morgan SS, 25^th Diarmuid Maher CC, 26^th Cian Nolan CC, 32^nd Rhys Hetherington CC, 42^nd Patrick Comerford CC, 44^th Niall Connolly TT, 55^th Oisin Fogarty, 61^st Ethan Maher KCH, 62^nd Alex O’Donovan KCH, 75^th Conor Maher G, 76^th Matthew Fennelly TT, 87^th James Dunphy SJ, 95^th Harry O’Regan G, 97^th Daire O’Shea KCH, 99^th Liam Grant TT, 102^nd Sean Leadbetter TT

Club Team 3^rd Castlecomer, 8^th Thomastown

County Team 4^th,    

Girls U13

14^th Kate Kelly KCH, 15^th Abigail Hunt G, 16^th Orla O’Keeffe G, 21^st Sinead Grant SS, 25^th Ella O’Flaherty KCH, 26^th Lydia Phelan G, 29^th Ella Burke KCH, 32^nd Emma Brennan BH, 42^nd Emily Nevin SJ, 52^nd Amy Walsh SS, 65^th Kate Nolan CC, 66^th Sarah Mulrooney G, 73^rd Lilianna Phelan SJ, 75^th Millie Walsh SS, 103^rd Robyn Goodwin G

Club Team 3^rd Gowran

County Team 4^th

Boys U13

7^th Tom Doherty SJ, 17^th Daniel McIntyre KCH, 18^th Daniel Quinn KCH, 19^th Eoin Hoyne KCH, 24^th Harry O’Byrne BH, 30^th Dylan Guilfoyle KCH, 31^st Cian Shortall G, 38^th Cillian Andrews KCH, 63^rd Brandon Maher KCH, 64^th Rian Bergin KCH, 81^st Cillian Maher KCH, 83^rd Jay Pollock G, 89^th Cian Larkin G

Club Team 2^nd Kilkenny City Harriers A

County Team 2^nd

Girls U15

7^th Katie Byrne KCH, 9^th Emily O’Keeffe KCH, 17^th Amelia O’Brien KCH, 24^th Laura Aylward SS, 52^nd Maria Kraljevic KCH, 57^th Heidi Ryan KCH, 67^th Mia Kennedy Gow

Club Team Kilkenny City Harriers 3^rd

County Team 5^th  

Boys U15

3^rd Daniel Greene KCH, 7^th Sam Woodcock KCH, 25^th Bobby Coomey Gow, 39^th Ned Og Kelly Gow, 45^th David Carroll Gow

Girls U17

3^rd Sinead Cormack, 28^th Ellen Cormack, 35^th Kate Hayden, 42^nd Brid Farrell, 44^th Lucy Cunningham

Boys U17

3^rd Kyrell Mtinsi KCH, 6^th Conor Carroll Gow, 20^th Gearoid Farrell Gow, 25^th Kyle Bolger SJ

Girls U19 (Leinster)

3^rd Pia Langton, 8^th Charlotte Carpendale SS, 22^nd Hazel Coogan KCH, 25^th Caoimhe Barry SJ, 28^th Maeve Coyle CC, 32^rd Evelyn McEvoy KCH

Club Team 3^rd

County Team 3^rd

Boys U19 (Leinster)

5^th Tom Murphy KCH, 27^th Evan Aylward SS,

Girls U23

1^st Hannah Kehoe KCH,

Senior Men’s (Leinster)

27^th James Kelly CC, 35^th Joe Keohane Gow, 37^th William Fox KCH, 45^th Matthew Holland Gow, 49^th Martin Desgrandchamps Gow, 52^nd Michael O’Shea TT, 61^st Padraig Ruane KCH, 62^nd Sean Morrissey Gow, 68^th John Coady Gow, 70^th Johan Muller Gow

Club Team 8^th Gowran

County Team 2^nd