Even County & O50’s

St. Joseph’s take the double in the Masters on the first day of the County Cross Country season, that got underway in Ballycurrin on Sunday. St. Joseph’s who were hosting the event again this year produced some fine performances as both the O50 Women and Men titles went to the local club. In the Women’s 3000m Marian Beck Barrow Harriers ran a superb race to claim the gold, with Maggie Helen O’Connor St. Joseph’s finishing quickly behind for silver to lead home the team. Susan Lanigan was 3^rd individual ahead of team mate Tracey Malone with all 3 ladies scoring for St. Joseph’s to claim the O50 Women’s Shield.  The Men’s 3000m was won by Mick Kelly Gowran, who is in flying form following his international race just two weeks ago. Kelly had a fine run to finish ahead of Kilkenny City Harriers Graham Bourne in 2^nd and Eamonn Bookle St. Joseph’s in 3^rd. Both St. Joseph’s and Gowran teams scored the same points with St. Joseph’s just clinching the top spot and the Men’s Shield on count back. The juvenile competition kicked off with the non-championship U8 Girls, with nearly 20 athletes from 6 of the clubs taking to the start line for their 200m race, where they ran with all their might to power through the finishing chute for their medals. Top spot went to Amelia Gorman Thomastown, with Aoife Phelan St. Joseph’s in 2^nd and Isabel Hennessey St. Senan’s in 3^rd. The U8 Boys were just as enthusiastic racing through their 200m at speed, Fionn Quinn Kilkenny City Harriers was the first home, next in Jim Ryan Thomastown and Michael Maher Castleocmer taking silver and bronze. The U10 Girls 600m race saw 34 athletes take to the start line, the largest race of the day, with Kilkenny City Harriers Sadie Ledingham taking gold, Grace Nolan Gowran hot on her heels in 2^nd and Emma Malone Castlecomer running in for 3^rd. Castlecomer claimed 1^st and 2^nd spot in the Boys U10 600m, Ciaran Brennan just finishing ahead of club mate Daire Smith and Ollie Brennan Barrow Harriers finishing in 3^rd. Well done to all in St. Joseph’s who volunteered in both setting up the course and delivering a great day of athletics once again. Next Sunday will see the Juvenile Uneven Ages and Novice Men and Women running in Castlecomer. Full results from the day as follows:

Barrow Harriers: BH, Brow Rangers, Castlecomer: CC, Gowran: G, Kilkenny City Harriers: Nuenna: N, St. Senan’s: SS, St. Joseph’s: SJ, Thomastown: TT

U8 Girls:

1^st Amelia Gorman TT, 2^nd Aoife Phelan SJ, 3^rd Isobel Hennessy SS, 4^th Ava Conroy SJ, 5^th Kelly Murphy BH, 6^th Cara Gorman TT, 7^th Penny Corkley SS, 8^th Chloe Malone CC, 9^th Zara Harrison SS, 10^th Cara Murphy BH, 11^th Kate Robinson KCH, 12^th Lucy McEvoy BH, 13^th Sadhbh Fogarty CC, 14^th Annie Frisby SS, 15^th Kathleen Coady SS, 16^th Bonnie Norris SS, 17^th Alannah Kennedy KCH, 18^th Abbie Cunningham SJ, 19^th Chloe Grennan SJ

U8 Boys:

1^st Fionn Quinn KCH, 2^nd Jim Ryan TT, 3^rd Michael Maher CC, 4^th Shea Connolly SS, 5^th Rowan Pollock G, 6^th James Hickey TT, 7^th Jack Kehoe BH, 8^th Conor Nolan CC, 9^th Aodh Coulihan TT, 10^th Fionn Maher CC, 11^th Noah Murphy SS, 12^th Conor Murphy SS, 13^th Finnan Crawford TT, 14^th Bobby Coogan SS, 15^th Tadhg Purcell SS, 16^th Guy Sander SJ, 17^th Sean Kehoe BH, 18^th Ted Kavanagh SJ

U10 Girls:

1^st Sadie Ledingham KCH, 2^nd Grace Nolan G, 3^rd Emma Malone CC, 4^th Niamh Hoyne KCH, 5^th Eva Robinson KCH, 6^th Aurora Valdifori SS, 7^th Anna Conway SJ, 8^th Hannah Murphy SJ, 9^th Shona Hogan SS, 10^th Clarann Houlihan TT, 11^th Lara Perry TT, 12^th Amelia Dunne TT, 13^th Ava Murphy BH, 14^th Aisling Grennan SJ, 15^th Heidi Connolly SS, 16^th Haleigh Reid SS, 17^th Joanie O’Toole KCH, 18^th Aveen Grennan SJ, 19^th Sarah Kelly SS, 20^th Ella Burke KCH, 21^st Fiadh Conroy SJ, 22^nd EllaMay Bolger BH, 23^rd Olivia Foster KCH, 24^th Eabha Andrews KCH, 25^th Olive Coogan SS, 26^th Aoibhinn Smyth CC, 27^th Bonnie May Courtney SS, 28^th Caoileann Ni Dhubhda SS, 29^th Ruby Foster KCH, 30^th Isabel McGrath BH, 31^st Carys Kennedy KCH, 32^nd Evanne Cotterall SS, 33^rd Eabha Mackey SJ, 34^th Ayda Vereker SJ

Teams: 1^st Kilkenny City Harriers, 2^nd St. Joseph’s, 3^rd St. Senan’s

U10 Boys:

1^st Ciaran Brennan CC, 2^nd Daire Smith CC, 3^rd Ollie Brennan BH, 4^th Billy Buggy CC, 5^th Cayden Nolan CC, 6^th Oran Murphy SS, 7^th Peter Gleeson KCH, 8^th Eoin Quinn SS, 9^th Eddie Phelan SJ, 10^th Luke Walsh KCH, 11^th Francis Doyle BH, 12^th Tadgh Behan KCH, 13^th Ben Kavanagh SJ, 14^th Diarmuid Laffan SS, 15^th Oisin Purcell SS, 16^th Joe Kelly G, 17^th Rudhan Croke O’Neill TT, 18^th Darragh Brennan KCH, 19^th Darragh Behan KCH, 20^th Tom Quinn SS, 21^st Ollie Dwyer SS

Teams: 1^st Castlecomer, 2^nd St. Senan’s, 3^rd Kilkenny City Harriers

U12 Girls:

1^st Cara Burke KCH, 2^nd Pippa Minogue TT, 3^rd Ava Ledingham KCH, 4^th Edie Kemple KCH, 5^th Isobel Hoyne KCH, 6^th Lauren Malone CC, 7^th Lara Nevin SJ, 8^th Winter Rose Molloy KCH, 9^th Katie Kelly SS, 10^th Sienna Harrison SS, 11^th Aoife O’Keeffe G, 12^th Beth Ann Doyle SS, 13^th Jill Murphy BH, 14^th Perrie Ni Cheallaigh KCH, 15^th Kate O’Keeffe BH, 16^th Emma Power SS, 17^th Erin Hennessy SS, 18^th Niamh Kehoe SJ, 19^th Saoirse Walsh SS, 20^th Megan Walsh BH, 21^st Meabh Conway SJ, 22^nd Sophie Hennessy BH, 23^rd Briona Kennedy SJ, 24^th Niamh Grennan SJ, 25^th Aoife Dalton G, 26^th Roisin Kehoe BH, 27^th Anna Rose Gilmartin SS, 28^th Kiera Murphy SS, 29^th Kate Frisby SS, 30^th Evie Dwyer SS

Teams: 1^st Kilkenny City Harriers, 2^nd St. Senan’s, 3^rd St. Joseph’s

U12 Boys:

1^st Luke Hanlon TT, 2^nd Huw Morgan SS, 3^rd Reese Hedrington CC, 4^th Diarmuid Maher CC, 5^th Liam Houlihan TT, 6^th Cian Nolan CC, 7^th Alex O’Donovan KCH, 8^th Oisin Fogarty, 9^th Matthew Fennelly TT, 10^th Tom Pollock G, 11^th Sean Vereker SJ, 12^th Jamie Coogan TT, 13^th Adam Walsh KCH, 14^th Ethan Maher KCH, 15^th Conor Maher G, 16^th Thomas Hunt G, 17^th Patrick Comerford CC, 18^th Harry O’Regan G, 19^th Tom Treacy BH, 20^th John Conroy SJ, 21^st Robert Beasley CC, 22^nd Cillian O’Donovan SS, 23^rd Shay Sheehan KCH, 24^th Barra Sheehan KCH

Teams: 1^st Castlecomer, 2^nd Thomastown, 3^rd Kilkenny City Harriers

U14 Girls:

1^st Abigail Hunt G, 2^nd Emily Maher TT, 3^rd Sinead Grant SS, 4^th Orla O’Keeffe, 5^th Lydia Phelan G, 6^th Emma Brennan BH, 7^th Kate Kelly KCH, 8^th Sarah Mulrooney G, 9^th Kate Malone CC, 10^th Grace Grant SS, 11^th Ailbhe Ni Dhubdha SS, 12^th Roisin Corrigan G, 13^th Ellie Conroy SJ, 14^th Tilly O’Regan G, 15^th Aoife Greene SJ, 16^th Ciara McEvoy BH

Teams: 1^st Gowran

U14 Boys:

1^st Eoghan Buckley KCH, 2^nd Aaron Tyrell KCH, 3^rd Daniel Quinn KCH, 4^th Eoin Hoyne KCH, 5^th Cian Shortall G, 6^th Jay Pollock G, 7^th Daniel McIntyre KCH, 8^th Cillian Maher KCH, 9^th Henry Kelly G, 10^th Robbie Chanley KCH, 11^th Lachlann Halpin BH

Teams: 1^st Kilkenny City Harriers

U16 Girls:

1^st Amelia O’Brien KCH, 2^nd Katie Byrne KCH, 3^rd Emily O’Keeffe KCH, 4^th Alexander Fouassier G, 5^th Laura Aylward SS, 6^th Sophie Callery KCH, 7^th Heidi Ryan KCH, 8^th Ava Hogan SS

Team 1^st Kilkenny City Harriers

U16 Boys:

1^st Daniel Greene KCH, 2^nd Dara Phelan BH, 3^rd Adam Shortall G, 4^th Eoin Galvin SS

Girls U18 & U20 Combined

1^st Shannon Doheny KCH, 2^nd Elenor Doheny KCH, 3^rd Sinead Cormack KCH (1^st U18), 4^th Ellen Cormack KCH (2^nd U18), 5^th Caoimhe Barry SJ

Team 1^st Kilkenny City Harriers

Boys U18 & U20 Combined

1^st Kyrell Mtinsi KCH, 2^nd Finn O’Neill SS, 3^rd Gearoid Farrell G, 4^th Michael O’Keeffe G, 5^th Evan Walsh SJ, 6^th Conor Bradley SS, 7^th Leo Aylward SS, 8^th Clement Lange SS

Master Women O50

1^st Marian Beck Barrow Harriers, 2^nd Maggie Helen O’Connor St. Joseph’s, 3^rd Susan Lanigan St. Joseph’s, 4^th Tracey Malone St. Joseph’s

Team 1^st St. Joseph’s

Master Men O50

1^st Mick Kelly Gowran, 2^nd Graham Bourne Kilkenny City Harriers, 3^rd Eamon Bookle St. Joseph’s, 4^th Paul Deegan Gowran, 5^th Michael Power St. Joseph’s, 6^th Martin O’Sullivan St. Joseph’s, 7^th Bill Carroll Thomastown, 8^th Mick Redmond Thomastown, 9^th Eamonn Kelsey Gowran

Teams: 1^st St. Joseph’s, 2^nd Gowran