The National Even Ages XC took place on Sunday in Dundalk IT. Thankfully the sun stayed out for the duration of the days proceedings. First off was the girls u12 race over 2000m with no fewer than 167 athletes. The course was relatively flat with a few steep hills thrown in for good measure, however the underfoot conditions were energy sapping to say the least. Vita O’Brien and Kate Naessens who have both been running for less than 12 months and in their first National Championships put in excellent performances with Vita coming home in 37th place and Kate 82nd. Vita was also the 4th scorer for Dublin team who won Intercounty silver medals. Next off were the boys u12 over the same distance, Joshua Ericson despite being with the leading pack from the off, took a nasty hit and suffered a fall and despite getting up and trying to continue unfortunately had to withdraw from the race with 800m to go. Oliver McQuaid was first of the Skerries boys home in 128th place followed Hugh Lawlor 135th, Joe May 140th, Lorcan Devine 143rd and Sean Emmett 155th. We had a wait of an hour or so before the next set of Skerries athletes took to the off in the girls u18/Junior combined race over 4000m. In the u18 race Isabel Carron was first of the girls home in 4th place followed by Laura Costello 36th, Eryn Devine 43rd, Aoimhe Downey 54th, Aine McCarthy 60th and Ellen Tuck 66th. Orla Bollard placed 23rd in the Junior girls race. Well done to all.

at Dundalk Institute of Technology

Wishing the best of luck to all the athletes from Skerries AC who will be competing on Sunday. Girls u12 Vita O’Brien and Kate Naessens. Boys u12 Joshua Ericson, Oliver McQuaid, Hugh Lawlor, Lorcan Devine, Seam Emmett. Girls u18 Isabel Carron, Eryn Devine, Laura Costello, Aoimhe Downey, Aine McCarthy, Ellen Tuck and Junior women Orla Bollard.

Results from yesterdays Dublin Uneven Ages Cross Country Championships in Santry. Congrats to all those who competed and to those who won individual and team medals. Individual medals were won by Cillian Emmett (11th u9), Lorcan Devine (5th u11), Stephen O’Connor (12th u15). The u17 girls bagged team silver medals with an impressive win by Isabel Carron, followed by Eibhlin McCarthy 10th, Eryn Devine 11th, Aoimhe Downey 14th and Sive Duncan 15th. Orla Bollard and Laura Costello in the combined u19/Junior womens race were 8th and 11th respectively.
Full results below:
u9 Girls
15th Nicole Hackett
16th Shauna Prior
23rd Keva Ndjatang
38th Laura Woods

u9 Boys
11th Cillian Emmett
35th Tadhg McCaughey

u11 Boys
5th Lorcan Devine
14th Ethan Shannon
40th Paul Byrne

u13 Girls
14th Lily Heaney
26th Lottie Simons
28th Ella Kingsnorth
46th Kerrie Costello
49th Ailbhe Kennedy

u13 Boys
20th John Fanning

u15 Girls
17th Mairead Ni Chleirigh
18th Anna Prior
26th Orla Thompson

u15 Boys
12th Stephen O’Connor

u17 Girls
1st Isabel Carron
10th Eibhlin McCarthy
11th eryn Devine
14th Aoimhe Downey
15th Sive Duncan

u19 Girls
8th Orla Bollard
11th Laura Costello

Dublin Uneven ages CC — at Santry Park

Great win for Ciara Durkan at todays Dublin Senior CC in Santry!

Well done to our athletes who competed in yesterdays Dublin Even Ages Cross Country Championships in the Phoenix Park. There were a number of fine individual and team performances in all the age groups. Congratulations to our individual medallists, Moses O’Brien (4th u10), Vita O’Brien (6th u12), Kate Naessens (10th u12) as well as our u12 boys team who secured team bronze (Joshua Ericson, Oliver McQuaid, Lorcan Devine, Hugh Lawlor and Sean Emmett) and our u18 girls who secured team silver (Eryn Devine, Laura Costello, Aoimhe Downey and Ellen Tuck). Joshua and Oliver were also individual medallists in the u12 boys race. Isabel Carron was an impressive winner of the Junior Girls 5k Open race, while Orla Bollard battled strongly in the same race to finish in 21st place. Well done to all involved. Full results as follows:

u10 Girls:
13th Daphney Ndjatang
19th Natasha Byrne
24th Daisy Pereira

u10 Boys:
4th Moses O’Brien
20th Oisin Hegarty
35th King Diamond Ebs
52nd Sean Leddy

u12 Girls:
6th Vita O’Brien
10th Kate Naessens
19th Ella Kingsnorth
51st Holy Diamond Ebs
76th Naomi Ndjatang

u12 Boys: Team Bronze
5th Joshua Ericson
6th Oliver McQuaid
14th Lorcan Devine
20th Hugh Lawlor
26th Sean Emmett

u14 Girls:
13th Anna Prior
24th Rapha Diamond Ebs
28th Anna Calvez
34th Lottie Simons
47th Ellen Walsh

u14 Boys:
43rd Stephen O’Connor

u16 Boys:
18th Stephen O’Connor
24th Conor Tuck

u18 Girls: Team Silver
8th Eryn Devine
11th Laura Costello
12th Aoimhe Downey
13th Ellen Tuck

Well done Skerries AC u18 girls Dublin xc championships silver medallists

Orla Bollard in action during AAI Open Junior Womens 4k.

Very proud of this lady below. Joanna Hess contacted me 5 months ago with a personal best of 1hr 56 mins to her name but her running life time goal was to break 1:50 for the half marathon,with that she promised she’d happily retire.It wasn’t always easy trying to balance a very hectic life, married with 4 young children and running her own business left her pretty much always time poor and progress was initially slow. With patience and perseverance she finally broke 1:50 in the Rock N Roll Half last month with 1:49, lowering it further again to 1:48 in Athlone. Then a week later in the recent Dublin Half marathon she ran the race of her life with a very impressive 1:44.

The first of the juvenile Cross Country leagues kicked off this morning in the spectacular surroundings of Ardgillan Demesne. It was fantastic to see so many of the various clubs athletes from all over Dublin out in force with numbers of around 80 from Skerries AC alone taking part. Each and every one of the kids ran their hearts out and they can all be very proud of their performances. Many thanks to all those who helped in any way, those who spent the past 2 days setting up the course, all the parents who helped warm up the children and ensure they were taken to the start line for their race and to those who marshalled the course. Your help as always is invaluable to the club.

Results Cross Country League 1 – Ardgillan 14.09.14
u9 Girls 400m
8th Chloe Ericson
12th Keva Ndjatang
17th Nicole Hackett
19th Laura Woods
25th Shauna Prior
30th Isabella McIvor Lynch
32nd Sophie Munro

u9 Boys 400m
9th Cillian Emmett
15th Sam Kingsnorth
28th Tadhg McCaughey
29th Paulo Fanning

u10 Girls 600m
3rd Dapney Ndjatang
16th Natasha Byrne
20th Daisy Pereira
35th Clare Fanning
37th Erica Keegan
43rd Aoife McGuinness

u10 Boys 600m
2nd Moses O’Brien
18th Oscar McIvor Lynch
20th Sam Burgess
25th Sean Leddy
28th Conor Smith

u11 Girls 800m
23rd Laura Fagan

u11 Boys 800m
3rd Lorcan Devine
6th Ethan Shannon
13th Ronan Geoghegan
18th Altan Holland
30th Ben Glennon
31st Daniel Munro

u12 Girls 1000m
5th Vita O’Brien
10th Ella Kingsnorth
15th Kate Naessens
16th Faye McGloughlin
26th Ciara Prior
36th Heather McGloughlin
41st Ella Walsh
46th Eimear Leddy
47th Cressida Amaniampong
54th Grace Cousins
55th Linzi Harrison
64th Naomi Ndjatang

u12 Boys 1000m
3rd Joshua Ericson
8th Oliver McQuaid
16th Sean Emmett
24th Charlie Hackett

u13 Girls 1000m
2nd Ruby Pereira
11th Lottie Simons
30th Niamh Cotter
33rd Alice Grimes
35th Ciara Whelan
38th Kerrie Costello
44th Ailbhe Kennedy
47th Ciara Matthews

u13 Boys 1000m
11th John fanning
15th Cian Ensor
16th Brian Walsh

u14 Girls 1200m
10th Anna Calvez
11th Anna Prior
12th Ellen Walsh
20th Ella May

u14 Boys 1200m
16th Ethan Forristal

u15 Girls 1500m
5th Mairead Ni Chleirigh
7th Sarah Whelan
12th Saoirse Waddilove
17th Emma Grimes

u15 Boys 1500m
3rd Stephen O’Connor
14th Jodi McIvor

u16 Girls 2000m
2nd Eibhlin McCarthy
12th Lauren Byrne

u16 Boys 2000m
2nd Conor Tuck

u18 Girls 2000m
1st Laura Costello
2nd Aine McCarthy
3rd Ellen Tuck

Congrats to Rhona Pierce on winning the Junior race in the Ballymore Cobh Sonia O’Sullivan 3k yesterday evening. The club would also like to pay tribute to Rhona for having been an excellent ambassador for Skerries Athletic Club since joining at the age of 7, her dedication to training, her work ethic and her medal winning performances over the years have been truly inspirational to everyone in the club from younger members to coaches alike. We wish her the best of luck on her move to Cork and wish her every success with her new club, no doubt it won’t be the last we hear of her. We will all miss you very much Rhona and you will be welcomed back to the club with open arms anytime you visit.