The under age Striders hit on a gold rush at Navan today, at the provincial cross country event, winning an array of individual, club team and county team medals. Hopes were high of some good team performances, but what unfolded certainly exceeded all expectations. Heather Costello was our first athlete… Continue reading
Well done to Aedan Rogers on a great run, last weekend, in the Junior event, at the Autumn Cross Country Festival, held at the National Sports Campus in Abbottstown, Dublin. Aedan came 14th, in what was essentially a national championship for that age group. He recorded a great time of… Continue reading
JFK Park played host to a dramatic and record breaking Wexford Senior Cross Country Championships. Conditions were summer like and despite significant rain in the lead up to race day, the surface was perfect. DMP were magnificent and claimed their first ladies title in many years, in a race that… Continue reading
JFK Park hosted the Juvenile Wexford cross country championships, for uneven age groups, in sun drenched October sunshine. It proved to be a wonderful day with over forty USAC under age athletes in action, in one of the most picturesque cross country settings imaginable. The organisers started the day with… Continue reading
Fantastic results for the United Striders at today’s Wexford Novice Cross Country Championship in Adamstown, our ladies winning gold with Beth O’ Connor in second place leading home the team that also included Sandra Young, Anastasia Cash, Sarah Boland and Aine Cullen. The Striders mens team included Pat Murray, Fabian… Continue reading
The cross country season started in earnest with Adamstown AC hosting a very well attended Wexford Even Age Cross Country Championships. The course featured one particular long incline, however the strong wind posed a real challenge for the younger athletes. The Striders had Sarah Lillis run an excellent race in… Continue reading
The Striders had a small but select squad competing at St Senans open cross country event. Over 300m, TJ Murphy won emphatically, to get us off to a great start. TJ’s training partners continued the successful run of events, with Sarah Lillis, Maitiu Wall and Cormac Delaney all performing really… Continue reading
A dozen Striders travelled to Enniscorthy today to support Slaney Olympic’s annual 10K. The strong winds courtesy of Storm Dennis made for tough conditions, but that didn’t prevent some fine performances throughout the field from our athletes. First Strider home was Paul Doran who battled hard to finish 3rd in 34:29. Brendan Lyng finished 5th, 25 seconds behind Paul. Nicola Murphy was 7th woman in a very competitive field in just over 43 minutes. David Kehoe had another successful day, winning the Over 50 category. A big well done to Slaney on another successful 10K, an event that goes from strength to strength every year.
Results
3: Paul Doran - 34:29
5: Brendan Lyng - 34:55
13: David Kehoe - 36:27
48: Jamie Cullen - 40:28
64: Thomas Moran - 42:11
72: Tomas Harrington - 42:50
76: Nicola Murphy - 43:02
82: Fabian Flood - 43:39
83: Liam Traynor - 43:39
85: Seamus Kehoe - 43:40
218: Kitty Nolan Quigley - 54:36
266: Chantal Rowe - 58:48
Photo Credit: John Busher
Leinster schools xcountry championships in santry on Wednesday saw five of our juvenile athletes competing. First up was Lucca in the Minor boys. Lucca qualified well out of South Leinster schools xcountry in Carlow to race in this competitive race. He finished well, mid field and should be very proud of himself. He ran for his school, CBS Newross. Next up was Sean and Eoin and Will in the Junior boys. All ran very well. Will and Eoin in top 15 and qualified for the national schools xcountry in March. Myles ran in the Intermediate boys , a tough 4.5km race, and also qualified for the national xcountry championships in march, finishing in top 15.
We are very proud of you boys and we missed Darragh, Aidan,Ben and Robert who were sitting their mocks and could not race.
Normal weekend Juvenile training sessions resume, this weekend, after a mini break. At St Mary's Sports Hall, Friday 14th at 6:45pm (over 10's) and Saturday 15th at 11am (age 7-12). Looking forward to seeing all the regulars and newbies more than welcome.
The Silver medal winning Wexford Intermediate team in all its glory. Pride of place going to Ger Forde on a magnificent silver medal individual performance. He was great today. Fair dues lads You really turned it on today. The yellow bellies were on fire
