Dundrum AC Athletes Shine at John Treacy 10 Mile, Bansha Woods Trail, and National Cross Country Championships

JOHN TREACY 10 MILE

The very popular John Treacy 10 Mile was held on Sunday, 2nd November in Dungarvan, Co Waterford.  We had 13 club members make their way to the Deise County for the long-distance race on what was a mild, sunny day. They had some heavy wind to contend with in the first half of the race. First home for the club was Linda Grogan 1:06:02 and was 2nd Woman O40. She was followed by William Keane 1:08:48, Paul Bradshaw 1:10:07, Tish Ryan 1:11:03, John Donnelly 1:11:56, Emily Leahy 1:12:39, Shane White 1:20:25, John Barry 1:26:41, PJ Collins 1:27:43, John O'Brien 1:27:44, Marion Breen 1:31:53, Marian Croke 1:38:51 and Pat Hayes 1:38:55.

BANSHA WOODS TRAIL

The Bansha Woods Trail was held on Sunday, 2nd February. It was 9.5km conditions were perfect, with a little bit of mucky underfooting. Catherine Fogarty had a great race to be 19th overall, 3rd Woman and 1st O45 Woman in 46:26.  There was also a short race of 3.8km that juvenile Isobel Hartnett ran in. She was 5th Overall, 2nd Female and 1st Girl U14 in 24:09.

NATIONAL MASTERS AND JUVENILE B CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS 

The National Masters Cross Country Championships were held on Sunday, 9th February in Westport, Co Mayo. We had 3 club athletes make the long trip to the West to compete.  In the Juvenile B race over 2.5km Cian Fahey was 21st in 9.39 in the Boys U15. The women's masters was 4km. Tish Ryan competed in the O40 and was 18th in 17:57.  The men's masters was 7km. Michael Moore competed in the Men's O60 and placed 12th in 33:14.

COUNTY JUVENILE INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD 

The juvenile indoor season kicked off in early February with the county juvenile indoors in Nenagh. We had a huge entry of 95 athletes and over a long eleven hours we had a number of medal winners and a number of 4th placers unlucky to lose out. In the 60m we had 4th place finishes for Edward Haries and Izzy Fogarty in the U9 gold finals and silver medals for Mary Kate Devane bronze for Lucy Butler and silver for Iollan Ryan In the silver U9 60m finals. Tom Carmody won bronze in the silver U10 60m final and Chloe Quinlan also got bronze in the girls U10 silver final. David DeBurca won the gold medal in the boys U11 gold final and Harry Creedon won the silver.Kieran Butler was 4th in the silver final. In the boys U12 60m Harry Julian won the silver medal. Cian Fahey won the silver in the boys U15 60m and Albert Maher was 4th. Thomas Tierney won the bronze medal in the U14 200m and Sophie O'Toole won the bronze in the girls U15 200m. In the 60m Hurdles Julie Morrissey won the bronze medal U13 and Sophie O'Toole won bronze U15. In the girls U9 300m Isla Ryan was 4th. In the boys U10 500m Robert Kelly won a fine silver medal and Evie Farrell was just out of luck in 4th in the girls 500m. In the 600m U12 Shona Ryan was 4th. Ellen Maher had a great win in the gills U13 600m and Farran Ryan was 4th. Katelyn Shanahan was 4th in the girls U14 800m. Albert Maher had a fine win in the boys U15 800m and Cian Fahey was 3rd. Belle Kelly was 4th in the girls U16 800m. In the long jumps Edward haries was 3rd in the U9 boys and Daniel Dunne was 4th. In the U9 Girls Isla Ryan won the bronze medal. In the boys U11 Harry Creedon was 3rd. Harry Julian was 4th in the boys U12. Julie Morrissey had a fine win in the girls U13 long jump and Micheal Ryan was 4th in the boys U14. Cian Fahey was 3rd in the boys U15. In the shot put Leah Shanahan won the silver medal in the girls U12 and Shona Ryan won the bronze. Aine O'Neill won the silver in the girls U14 shot put and Cian Fahey won the silver in the boys U 15. In the relays our boys U11 David DeBurca, Sean Fitzgerald, Harry Creedon and Daithi Comerford  won the Gold medals the girls U13 won the silver medals with Julie Morrissey, Ellen Maher, Farran Ryan and Bella Curling. The Boys U15 Albert Maher, Cian Fahey, Micheal Ryan and Thomas Tierney also won silver medals. Bronze medals went to the boys U9 with Iollan Ryan, Eoin Morrissey, Tim Butler and Edward Harries.We had many more athletes who performed very well and made the top ten in their events and hopefully will go on for the rest of the season and be inspired to do a bit better next time. 
The First days if the Munster indoors were held this weekend with the U15 to U19 ages and we had a fine 5th place finish  for Albert Maher in the boys U15 800m with a  new pb of 2:18 Cian Fahey also ran a PB of 2:28 to be 9th. Cian was also 6th in the shot put and 7th in the long jump. The next outing is for the U12 to U14 ages in the Munster championships on March 1st and 2nd.