University of Galway's Fiona Everard won gold at the prestigious Irish Universities Cross Country Cross Country Championships in UL in Limerick.
Everard delivered a brilliant run, and was in dominant form after making her decisive move on the first lap of the 5k long women’s race.
Dropping the rest of an early breakaway group, she ran solo to victory with a comfortable 20 seconds to spare over Róise Roberts (DCU ) and Hannah Gilliand (QUB ) in second and third respectively.
UG's men's squad was aiming to retain the team title for the third successive year, but it was not to be on the day. However the squad still performed strongly, finishing with an admirable bronze behind DCU and UL.
A brilliant run from Donal Farren, who returned from Switzerland to race, saw him finish seventh on the day, with good runs also via Luke Johnson, Oisin Murray, Oisin Davis and Paddy Noonan.
Irish Schools Cross Country
The pinnacle of Irish Schools' Cross Country running was held in Waterford on Saturday and a number of Galway athletes travelled to represent their schools.
Declan O’Connell of Clarin College Athenry and Craughwell AC competed in the intermediate boys and produced an outstanding run to come a superb second and qualify for the Schools' International team of six in Liverpool.
O'Connell was in the lead group all the way and went with eventual winner Francis Donoghue of Summerhill when he made a breakaway, and held on well to record a supeb silver medal in tough conditions.
Galway had other good performances via Keilah Murray, Holly O'Boyle and Stephen Ruane on a very testing course.
East Galway 8k
East Galway AC hosts its annual 8k Road Race in Skehana this weekend. Start time is 11am on Sunday, March 19, 2023. Entry available online on Eventmaster.ie
