Overall award for St Michael’s Kilmihil

The Clare Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships were held at the Lees Road Sports Complex and attracted a fine turnout of athletes for the eight races.

The Tully Cup for the best overall school was retained by St Michael’s Kilmihil on 64 points from St Joseph’s Spanish Point on 51. with St Flannan’s and Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon joint third on 35.

The first race of the day was the minor girls’ 1,500m and this was a great contest, with Amy Barrett (Scariff) doing all the hard work at the front. Katie Power (Coláiste Muire Ennis ) had to produce a sprint finish to take this title. Kilkee Community College won the team title on 61. points from St Joseph’s Spanish Point on 91.

In the minor boys, Paul Martin (Rice College) led all the way from start to finish with Patrick O’Rourke (Lisdoonvarna Secondary School) coming with a late finish to take the silver medal with Sean Rouine (Ennistymon CBS) a very good third. (St Joseph’s Tulla) won the team title on 38 oints from St Flannan’s on 52 and St Joseph’s Spanish Point on 72.

The third race was the junior ladies, with Aisling Kelly (Spanish Point) and Caoimhíe Harvey (Kilkee) setting a blistering pace from the start and they both had this field in single file very early. Aisling Kelly made a very decisive break and came home a very good winner from Caoimhie Harvey with a battle for the minor placings and Shauna Melican (Gael Choláiste an Chláir) finished the third spot ahead of Mia Hanrahan (St Flannan’s) with Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon taking the team gold medals on 49 points ahead of Coláiste Muire Ennis on 54 and St Michael’s Kilmihil on 62.

The junior boys’ 2,000m was dominated by Eoin Looney (Spanish Point). After 500m, he was 30m clear and he held that lead all the way to the finish with Jamie Roche (St Flannan’s) second followed by Stephen Maher (St Flannan’s), with St Flannan’s taking the team award on 20 points from (St Joseph’s Tulla) on 70 and Kilkee on 73.

The fifth race was the intermediate girls over 3,000m and this was dominated by Laura Power (Coláiste Muire Ennis ), who led from the start to take the title ahead of Shannon O’Grady (Coláiste Muire Ennis ) with Nollaigh Blake (St Michael’s Kilmihil) holding onto third spot from the fast-finishing Gránne Cremin (Coláiste Muire Ennis). Coláiste Muire Ennis easily won the team title on 18 points from Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon on 35 and St Michael’s Kilmihil on 46.

In the intermediate boys, three athletes made an early break, Kevin Mulcaire, Sean Collins (both (St Flannan’s) and Conail O Hainfein (Gael Choláiste an Chláir) and these three were shoulder to shoulder until the final lap when Mulcaire pushed on and held a slight lead all the way to the finish to take the gold medal from Conail Ó Hainfein and Sean Collins, with St Flannan’s taking the team gold on 34 points, just four ahead of Ennistymon Vocational School with St Michael’s Kilmihil next on 87.

In the senior girls’ 3,000m, Laura Egan (St Michael’s Kilmihil) led for almost 2,000m before Róisín Considine (Ennistymon Vocational School) powered her way around the final 800m to win in fine style, with Muireann O’Shea (Coláiste Muire Ennis ) finishing very strong and taking the silver medal, with the early leader Laura Egan finishing third.

The team title went to Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon on 34 points, just three points ahead of St Michael’s Kilmihil, with St Joseph’s Spanish Point third on 38 points.

The senior boys’ 5,000m was a much closer affair, with Stephen Rooney (Gael Choláiste an Chláir) making all the early running and he led this race up to the final 100m.

Karl Fitzmaurice (St Pat’s Shannon) rounded the home straight and produced a mighty sprint finish to take the title from Stephan Rooney and Patrick Chesser (Rice College) with Scariff Community College taking the team title on 28 points ahead of Ennistymon CBS on 51. and St Joseph’s Spanish Point on 79.

Results
Minor Girls 1,500m: 1. Katie Power (Coláiste Muire Ennis ); 2. Amy Barrett (Scariff Community College); 3. Caoimhíe Carmody (St Flannan’s); 4. Tara Bradley (Kilrush Community School); 5. Fidelma Marrinan (Kilkee Community College); 6. Tara Kelly (St John’s Bosco Kildysart); 7. Katie Taylor (Coláiste Muire Ennis ); 8. Ciara Neylon (Coláiste Muire Ennis ); 9. Sinéad Conlon (St Joseph’s Tulla); 10. Katie O Dwyer (Rice College); 11. Orlaith Nash (St Joseph’s Tulla); 12. Emer McDonald (Rice College).
Teams: 1. Kilkee Community College = 61. points); 2. St Joseph’s Spanish Point = 91. points.
Junior girls 2,000m: 1. Aisling Kelly (St Joseph’s Spanish Point); 2. Caoimhíe Harvey (Kilkee Community College); 3. Shauna Melican (Gael Choláiste an Chláir); 4. Mia Hanrahan (St Flannan’s); 5. Elaine Shannon (Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon); 6. Sharon Egan (St Michael’s Kilmihil); 7. Sinéad Hogan (Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon); 8. Anna Courtney (Coláiste Muire Ennis ); 9. Cliodhna Blake (St Michael’s Kilmihil); 10. Sarah Costello (Coláiste Muire Ennis ); 11. Derbhile Brown (Kilrush Community School); 12. Ciara Kenny (St John’s Bosco Kildysart).
Teams: 1. Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon = 49 points.); 2. Coláiste Muire Ennis = 54 points; 3. St Michael’s Kilmihil= 62 points.
Intermediate girls’ 3,000m: 1. Laura Power (Coláiste Muire Ennis ); 2. Shannon O’Grady (Coláiste Muire Ennis ); 3. Nollaigh Blake (St Michael’s Kilmihil); 4. Grainne Cremin (Coláiste Muire Ennis ); 5. Áine Rouine (Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon); 6. Trudy McConaigly (Scariff Community School); 7. Aishling Parra Haren (Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon); 8. Clare Hehir (Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon); 9. Grainne Ni Huallain (Gael Choláiste an Chláir); 10. Sinéad Canny (Scariff Community School); 11. Ciara Cahill (Coláiste Muire Ennis ); 12. Becky Mahon (St Michael’s Kilmihil).
Teams: 1. Coláiste Muire Ennis = 18 points; 2. Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon = 35 points; 3. St Michael’s Kilmihil = 46 points.
Senior girls’ 3,000m: 1. Róisín Considine (Ennistymon Vocational School); 2. Muireann O’Shea (Coláiste Muire Ennis ); 3. Laura Egan (St Michael’s Kilmihil); 4. Emer Hillery (Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon); 5. Mairéad Healy (Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon); 6. Laura Rynne (St Joseph’s Spanish Point); 7. Emma Keating (St Michael’s Kilmihil); 8. Sinéad Collins (Ennistymon Vocational School); 9. Helen Flanagan (St Joseph’s Spanish Point); 10. Elaine Egan (Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon); 11. Magdelene Vitall (St Joseph’s Spanish Point); 12. Mary Blake (St Joseph’s Spanish Point).
Teams: 1. Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon = 34 points); 2. St Michael’s Kilmihil = 37 points); 3. St Joseph’s Spanish Point = 38 points.
Minor boys’ 2,000m: 1. Paul Martin (Rice College); 2. Patrick O’Rourke (Lisdoonvarna); 3. Sean Rouine (Ennistymon CBS); 4. Sean Murphy (St Joseph’s Tulla); 5. Donal Devane (St Flannan’s); 6. Cian Shannon (St Flannan’s); 7. Conor Devane (St Flannan’s); 8. Kevin Hassett (Kilrush Community School); 9. David Meehan (St Joseph’s Tulla); 10. Sean Cahill (St Joseph’s Tulla); 11. Joseph Miniter (Kilrush Community School); 12. Sean McNamara (St Joseph’s Spanish Point.
Teams: 1. St Joseph’s Tulla = 38 points); 2. St Flannan’s = 52 points); 3. St Joseph’s Spanish Point = 72 points.
Junior boys’ 3,000m: 1. Eoin Looney (St Joseph’s Spanish Point); 2. Jamie Roche (St Flannan’s); 3. Stephen Maher (St Flannan’s); 4. Cathal O’Brien (Rice College); 5. Conor Aspel (Scariff Community College); 6. Arron Slattery (St Flannan’s); 7. Andrew Naughton (Kilkee Community College); 8. Joseph McGann (Mary Immaculate Lisdoonvarna); 9. Mark Collins (St Flannan’s); 10. Ciaran O’Donoghue (St Michael’s Kilmihil); 11. Ronan Harrison (St Joseph’s Tulla); 12. Damian O’Loughlin (Ennistymon CBS).
Teams: 1. St Flannan’s = 20 points; 2. St Joseph’s Tulla = 70 points); 3. Kilkee Community College = 73 points.
Intermediate boys’ 4,000m: 1. Kevin Mulcaire (St Flannan’s); 2. Conail Ó Hainefin (Gael Choláiste an Chláir); 3. Sean Collins (St Flannan’s); 4. Mark Fennell (Kilrush Community School); 5. Ciaran Buckley (Ennistymon Vocational School); 6. Padraigh Malone (Ennistymon Vocational School) ); 7. Ross O Connor (S Pat’s Shannon); 8. Shane Ryan (St Flannan’s); 9. Jack Lynch (St Pat’s Shannon); 10. Jason McCarthy (Ennistymon CBS); 11. Cian Crowe (Ennistymon CBS) ); 12. Jack Devitt (Ennistymon Vocational School).
Teams: 1. St Flannan’s = 34 points); 2. Ennistymon Vocational School = 38 points); 3. St Michael’s Kilmihil = 87 points.
Senior boys’ 5,000m: 1. Karl Fitzmaurice (St Pat’s Shannon); 2. Stephen Rooney (Gael Choláiste an Chláir); 3. Patrick Chesser (Rice College); 4. Oisín Owens (Scariff Community College); 5. Liam Gray (St Joseph’s Spanish Point); 6. Evan McNamara (Scariff Community College); 7. Jack O’Brien (Scariff Community College); 8. Jack Carrigg (St Pat’s Shannon); 9. David McCarthy (Ennistymon CBS); 10. Ciarán Morrissey (Ennistymon CBS); 11. Cathal Madden (Scariff Community College); 12. Fergal Conlon (St Joseph’s Tulla).
Teams: 1. Scariff Community College = 28 points); 2. Ennistymon CBS = 51. points); 3. St Joseph’s Spanish Point = 79 points.
Best overall school for the Tully Cup: 1. St Michael’s Kilmihil = 64 points); 2. St Joseph’s Spanish Point = 51. points); 3. St Flannan’s and Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon = 35 points); 5. Gael Choláiste an Chláir = 31. points); 6. Ennistymon CBS  = 31. points); 7. Kilkee Community School = 30 points); 8. St Joseph’s Tulla = 29 points); 9. Scariff Community School = 27 points); 10. Coláiste Muire Ennis = 23 points); 11. Ennistymon Vocational School = 11. points); 12. Kilrush Community School = 9. points); 13. Mary Immaculate Lisdoonvarna = 8. points); 14 St Pat’s Shannon = 8. points.