A stunning day in Abbottstown for the Uneven Age Dublin Championships. The ground was good, the sun shone and there was barley a breeze, perfect running conditions.
In the first race of the day, U9 Girls our sole participant was Ailbhe Delaney. She had a stunning race and finished in 2nd place!!!
Young Jack Nolan secured individual top 12 in his race.
The u13 boys put in a brave race finishing 6th over all with some fine runs from Thomas, Lenny, Eoghan, Charlie and Fionn. We had huge numbers in the U13 girls who saw Ria Hobbs finish 17th with Molly, Ellie, Freya, Anna, Matilda, Cara, Brianna, Olivia, Bethany, Seren Grace and Caroline all finishing very strong.
Our 15 Girls had a fantastic race with Aliyah Riyad and Nessa Byrne securing individual qualification with Ava Fagan finishing in 14th. Adrianna Madrzynska completed the scores with Kate Alwell and Tess Deegan making up the team with a Silver position with 59 points.
Highlight of the day was the very impressive U15 Boys won by Luke Tracey. He was joined in the winners podium by Sam Steenson, Finn McGurren and Darragh Kidd all in the top twelve with Seamus Phelan and Max Bamford completing the top 6 with a team Gold on 30 points.
The U17 Girls were up next running 4K over the championship course. Kate Gill took 8th position leading the team home. Sophia Tennant was 2nd Clonliffe girl with Carragh Nigfhloinn 3rd home. Geve Duncan had a fantastic race and as fourth scorer took the team to 84 points. Ella O’Sullivan and Agata Rychlik completed the 6 on the team. Geve’s brilliant finish secured the bronze on count back. The team were strongly supported by Laura King, Noelle Daly and Siona Fernandes.
Next up were our U17 Boys, Chris Collins and Conor Kenny secured individual qualification leading the team into 5th position, unfortunate to miss out on Nationals by 1 point finishing with 62 points in a highly competitive race
In the U19’s we also secured bronze in both the boys and girls races to complete the Juvenile Competition. Isla Duncan finished 4th, Sophie Kernan finished 9th with a stormer of a race from Rachel Ardiff finishing 10th, Hannah Walsh 17th, Rebecca Finn 19th, Ashley Guinan 20th and Mae Rose Mason 22nd. The U19 Boys also took bronze led home by Said Adbiwahab Mhudin finishing 13th, Edy Blacque in 17th, Liam Arthur in 20th and Joshua Chalmers in 21st followed by Mohamoud Mohamed Hashi , Tom Rushe and Dev Kartha. The U19’s also competed in the U20/Junior race both teams finishing 4th.
Not all results are available so apologies for the many omissions. It was a fantastic day for the club and our juvenile middle distance athletes. Many thanks to the parents who volunteered today,