Leinster Intermediate, Masters and Juvenile Relay Cross-Country Championships
St Abbans athletes made the short journey to the Carlow Centre of Excellence in Fenagh for
the first of this year’s Cross Country Championships. The Championships combined the
Leinster Intermediate, Masters and Juvenile Relays into a busy day of action for the club. In
the Master’s race the club had 3 athletes to the fore. Stephen Hunter led them home when
he finished 16 th overall and 5 th in the O45 category. Colin was just behind in in 26 th place and
7 th in the O45 category with Dermot Ayers just two places back in 28 th and 9 th in the same
O45 category. Richard Mullins was also in action over 4000m when he finished in 12 th place
in the O70’s race.
In the Juvenile Relays the club had teams competing across all age groups with 4 teams
securing team medals, a great achievement at Leinster level. First up were the Girls U12
(Ava Brophy, Lucy Kelly, Méabh Kearney, Fiadh Rose Kelly) who finished in 2nd place. The
Boys U12 (Conor Keegan, Joe Leonard, Daniel Donovan, Rian Bolton) were next up and came
home in 5th place. Our Girls U14 (Hannah Haughney, Bailee Bolton, Penelope McMahon,
Roisin Kearney) team put in a fantastic performance taking victory. Our Boys U14 (Reuben
Kelly, Edward McDonald, Liam Doyle, Sean Doherty) finishing in an excellent 3 rd place. Our
Girls U16 (Laura Ayres, Mollie Kelly, Ella Murray, Ellie Knowles) were unlucky to lose out of a
medal finishing in 5th place, with our Boys U16 (Cathal English, Harry Brennan, Dylan
Donovan, John Conway) the final team out taking home the bronze medals. Well done to all
on an excellent day out for the club and an end to the testing Cross Country conditions for a
few months.
National Indoor AAI Games
The indoor season kicked off on Saturday when the AAI National Indoor Games took place at
the National Indoor Arena in Abbotstown, Dublin. Maisy O Sullivan competed in Heat 1 of
the 800m where she finished 3rd with a time of 2:12. In the Men’s 800m James Hyland also
finished 3 rd in Heat 3 in 2:07. Emily O Shea opened her season running 4:27 for 1500m while
Annabelle Lawlor made her senior debut when she competed in Heat 2 of the 1500m
finishing in 5:01. In the Men’s 1500m Cian Kelly was pipped on the line, finishing 2 nd in 3:59.
Katie Baldwin was in action in both the Long Jump and Triple Jump. She finished 8 th in the
Long Jump in 4.71m while her hop, skip and jump of 10.22m in the Triple Jump was good
enough for 5 th place. We will undoubtedly be seeing plenty more from each of these
athletes in the coming weeks and months.
National Indoor Combined Events
It was all ladies competing at the National Indoor combined events with athletes competing
from U14 right up to Youths. In the U14 Girls Pentathlon Eve Gohery finished in 35 th place
when she collected a total of 1707 points. Katelyn Higgins finished with a total of 1353
points in the U16 Pentathlon which was good enough for 22 nd . The club had four athletes
competing in the Youth Women’s category. Cara English was best placed of them in 7 th place

with 2773 points. Aaliyah Troy was next with 2144 points in 9 th place overall. Elanna Kelly
finished with 1797 points for 13 th place and Jessica Lawlor was just behind in 14 th after
winning 1768 points.