Search Results for 'Paul Kearney'

Three Tuam Athletic Club members won medals at the National Cross Country Championships last weekend.

It was an historic day in the superb surrounds of Westport House in Mayo, for Castlegar AC athlete Abaas Adam Edris, who produced a top class, front running performance to secure the National Intermediate title at a thrilling edition of the 123.ie National Intermediate, Masters and Juvenile B Cross Country Championships. Edris has placed highly at National level in multiple recent editions of this event and finally got his reward for years of hard work to claim a famous win over the testing 8km distance last Sunday. Ultimately shaking off a strong Ennis Track challenge, Edris was a decisive winner of the men’s race over 8,000m, with the Galway athlete crossing the line in a time of 26:16.

Kathryn Casserly of GCH produced a dramatic finish to win the senior women’s race on the third and final day of the Connacht cross country season in Bushfield, Loughrea, on Sunday.

Galway athletes and clubs enjoyed podium finishes on day one of the 2019 Connacht Cross Country Championships held on a testing course in Calry, Sligo, on Sunday.

Connacht juvenile and adult track and field championships

Harriers coach Matt Lockett has been appointed Irish U20 team coach for the European Cross Country Championships in Slovakia on December 10.

Galway athletes will compete across the 10-race programme of this season National Cross Country Championships in Abbottstown, Dublin.

Matt Bidwell of GCH romped home in a time of 33:36 to finish well clear of second-placed James Maher, Templemore AC, who clocked 35:22 in the Colmanstown 10k at the weekend.

Galway's young athletes led the way at the National Juvenile Cross Country Relays and Intermediate Cross Country at the Palace Grounds in Tuam on Sunday.