February
25th, 2001:
AAI National Cross Country Championships held at Scotstown
Senior Men (12,000m):
1, Séamus Power (Kilmurry/Ibrickane)
38:36; 2, Peter Matthews (DSD) 28:42; 3, V. Mulvey (DSD) 38:51; 4, Noel
Berkeley (DSD) 39:07; 5, C. Lombard (Leevale) 39:09; 6, D. Burke
(Mullingar) 39:11; 7, C. McLoughlin (Clonliffe) 39:24; 8, C. Holt (DSD)
39:28; 9, P. Doglio (Clonliffe) 39:29; 10, K. Lonergan (Clonliffe) 39:37.
Clubs: 1, Dundrum/South Dublin (2 P.
Matthews, 4 N. Berkely, 8 C. Holt, 11 C. Smyth) 25 pts; 2, Clonliffe
Harriers 60 pts; 3, Raheny Shamrocks 96 pts.
Junior Men (8,000m):
1, William Harty (KCK) 26:46; 2, Pat
Guidera (Clonmel) 26:53; 3, D. Grant (Sparta North West) 27:09; 4, C.
O’Meara (Borrisokane)27:12; 5, M. Fagan (Mullingar) 27:13; 5, D. Kelly
(DSD) 27:14.
Clubs: 1, Mullingar Harriers (5 M. Fagan,
10 A. Ledwith, 19 M. Christie, 23 D Batman) 57 pts; 2, DSD 83 pts; 3,
Clonliffe Harriers 100 pts.
Senior Women (6,000m):
1, Rosemary Ryan (Bilboa) 20:49; 2, Anne
Keenan-Buckley (North Laois) 20:59; 3, Maureen Harrington (Ríocht) 21:45;
4, Mary McCambridge (DSD) 21:45; 5, Valerie Vaughan (Blarney/Inniscarra)
22:08; 6, Mary M. Meade (UCC) 22:09; 7, Anne M. Larkin (Tullamore) 22:19;
8, Teresa Duffy (Beechmount) 22:25; 9, Natalie Davey (Mayo AC) 22:37; 10,
Aoife Byrne (DSD) 22:37.
Clubs: 1, DSD (4 M. McCambridge, 10 A.
Byrne, 11 M. Lynch, 25 S. Doyle) 50 pts; 2, UCC 79 pts; 3, Finn Valley 92
pts.
Junior Women (4,000m):
1, F. Britton (Slí Chúlainn) 15:29; 2, M. Cullen
(North Sligo) 15:30; 3, A. Hutchinson (DSD) 15:31; 4, L. Shannon (Lagan
Valley) 15:45; 5, M. Lynn (Sparta North West) 15:53; 6, D. Byrne (Slí
Chúlainn) 15:55.
Clubs: 1, DSD (3 A. Hutchinson, 7 H.
Murphy, 17 J. Cahill, 20 E. Baker) 47 pts; 2, Monaghan Phoenix 94 pts; 3,
Slaney Olympic 95 pts.
The following athletes who
finished in the top three at the National Cross Country Championships have
gained automatic selection for the 29th IAAF Ireland World Cross Country
Championships in Dublin on 24th/25th March.
Senior Women: Rosemary Ryan
(Bilboa), Anne Keenan Buckley (North Laois), Maureen Harrington
(Ríocht). Sonia O’Sullivan (Ballymore Cobh) has been pre selected.
Junior Women: Fionnuala Britton
(Slí Chúlainn), Mary Cullen (North Sligo), Eva Hutchison (DSD)
Senior Men: Seamus Power (Kilmurray
Ibrickane), Peter Matthews (DSD), Vincent Mulvey, (Raheny Shamrock).
Junior Men: William Harty (KCK),
Patrick Guidera (Clonmel), Diarmuid Grant (Sparta North West).
