Curtain falls on very busy and successful juvenile season for Dundrum Athletic Club

Dundrum AC's Barry Hartnett, who finished second in the Borders Half Marathon in Corbally, Co Limerick

placeholder image — Dundrum AC's Barry Hartnett, who finished second in the Borders Half Marathon in Corbally, Co Limerick

National championships were held in Navan

NATIONAL JUVENILE UNEVEN AGE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

The National Juvenile Uneven Age Cross Country Championships were held in Navan on Sunday last.

Dundrum AC’s Boys Under 13 club team qualified to participate in these championships by coming third in the team event in the Munster Championships.

The five boys ran very well and were led home by 26th Albert Maher.

Next, we had 77th Niall Quirke, 88th Jesse Julian, 93rd Rocco Julian and 146th Micheal Farrell in a large field of runners.

Albert was sixth scorer on the Munster team that won the silver. The club team was seventh in a very competitive field. All of the boys were on the county team who were ninth.

Well done to all. This race closes what was a very busy and successful juvenile cross country season for 2023.

MEDIEVAL MILE RUN

The Medieval Mile Run was held on Friday last in Kilkenny. Dymphna Ryan had a fantastic race on what was a very cold night. She was 16th overall and first Woman in a fast time of 5:17.

NEWMARKET 5K

The Newmarket 5k was held on Sunday last in Newmarket, Co Cork and hosted by Duhallow AC. We had two athletes competing in this very competitive and fast race. First home for the club with another superb performance was 61st Dymphna Ryan, 16:49, who was first Woman.

That made it two wins in one weekend, so great running by Dymphna. Literally on her heels was 63rd Philip O’Dwyer, 16:49. Philip is thriving and improving all the time. He only started competing in races this year.

WATERFORD HALF MARATHON

The popular Waterford Half Marathon was held on Saturday last. We had four athletes competing over the 21k distance on a cold day. First home for the club was Tom O’Connell in a new PB of 1:20:04. He was followed by William Keane 1:31:05, Mairead Julian 1:47:05 and Pat Hayes 2:06:09.

BORDER HALF MARATHON

The Border Half Marathon was held on Sunday last in Corbally, Co Limerick. We had two athletes competing in this race. Barry Hartnett had a superb race to place second in 1:15:42. John Barry also had a great race to clock a new PB in 1:42:35.