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THERE was more success for Clare athletics after superb displays by St Flannan’s and Colaiste Muire runners at the Munster Schools Cross Country Championship in Cork Athletics Grounds last week.
The St Flannan’s team of Dylan Casey, Dean Casey, Niall Murphy and Barry Conway, Thomas McGuire and Cian O’Boyle effortlessly took team gold in the Senior Boys 6,000m with the first four finishing in the top five spots.
Dylan, Niall and Dean practically stepped over the line together in a one, two, three, with Barry only seconds behind them.
St Flannan’s won the gold team with an astonishing six points.
In the Minor Girls 2,000m, Coláiste Muire team secured gold with 22 points with Emily Singleton just missing out on first place. Her team mate Aoife Keane finished fifth with Sarah Crowe 15th.
In the Junior Boys 3,500m St Flannan’s won gold with 34 points with Flannan’s boys Finn Duignan and Simon Farrell doing a second and third. Patrick Thynne finished 10th and Aodan O’Lachtnain finishing 19th.
In the Intermediate 3,000m Louise O’Mahony of Coláiste Muire secured a superb first place finish with Aimee Barrett eighth and Grace Rynne 11th which saw Coláiste win the gold team on 20 points. In the Boys Intermediate 5,000m Peter Farrell of St Flannan’s finished first in a time of 16.56 minutes.
