Ulster Schools' Cross Country Results
After the success of the Cross Country teams at the District Championships we set off to the Ulster Championships with high expectations and the girls from Strathearn did not disappoint bringing home the Minor and Junior Ulster Titles and were runners up in the Mini competition.
The weather was not in our favour with snow showers throughout the day but the teams did not let it affect them and all ran extremely well. Special mention goes to Amelia Kane who was 2nd individually in the Mini race, Murphy Miller who was 2nd individually in the Minor race and Olivia Nelson stole the show with her superb run winning the Junior race.
The Minor team were Ulster Champions in the Mini age group last year so have 2 consecutive Ulster titles which is a fantastic achievement but the Juniors went one better to make this their 3rd consecutive win in these Championships which has never been done by a Strathearn team before. Olivia Nelson has also made Strathearn history with her 2nd consecutive individual gold medal.
Irish Schools' Cross Country Results
The Minor and Junior Team qualified for the Irish Championships in Clongowes Wood College, Co Kildare which took place on Saturday 7th March. Unfortunately some of the Junior team had a swimming gala on the same day so only Olivia travelled to Kildare with the Minor team.
The girls performed against the best in Ireland and did us proud with Olivia finishing in bronze medal position in the Junior race and Murphy also winning individual bronze in the Minor race and leading her team home to finish in 3rd place in the team competition.
Olivia has now been selected for the Irish Schools’ U15 Cross Country Team and will compete at the Schools' International race this Saturday 21st March at Santry in Dublin.
A very successful cross country season girls. Well done!!!
