St. Peter's athletes take part in Louth Cross Country Championships

Louth senior and even age juvenile Cross Country Championships took place in the fabulous picturesque Bellurgan Park. Niamh Brady announced herself on the senior stage after a medal-laden juvenile career with an impressive debut run.

Niamh put herself right in the mix as part of a breakaway group in the early stages of the race and managed to finish in third place and won her first senior championship medal.

Dearbhla Allen was once again St Peter’s AC star juvenile performer as she stormed to an emphatic victory in the girls' U18 race.

This race is run with the U16 girls race, remarkably it was Dearbhla’s fourth year in succession to win this race having won it twice as an U16 and now twice as an U18.

The girls U10 race started the Juvenile program, Aoibhe Kelly after a tough start worked her way through the large field of competitors to finish in 2nd position and claim the silver medal.

Naoise Lennon had a very strong run in her first outing for St Peter’s and is one to watch for the future, Elissa King had another fine performance and is improving week on week.

The club had three athletes in the U10 boys race with all three making their championship debuts and all three still eligible for U9, James Murphy led the trio home closely followed by Patrick McKeown and Fionn O’Donoghue.

Ella Murphy had a brilliant run in the girls under twelve race and was very unlucky not to medal but rest assured medals are going to come for this athlete with her ability and work ethic.

The ever-improving Anna Kelly had another really strong run and was closely followed by Abbie Murphy who is still U11. Emma McHugh has shown massive improvement recently and once again performed heroically as did Alexia King.

Noah McCormac ran very bravely in the boys' U12 race and will have gained valuable experience in the future.

The ever-reliable Sadhbh Sheelan had an excellent run in the U14 girl's race, this very dedicated and ever-willing athlete managed an impressive top ten finish, Lainey Jeytoo who much prefers shorter track events also ran in the same race and gave her all.

Logan Devlin is ever present at St Peter’s training and his improvement is there for all to see, he had a really good run in the boy's under race and was possibly the only athlete to finish with a smile from ear to ear.

Sam Jeytoo put his recent illness behind him and gave his all in the boy's U16 race and is showing some real prospects for the future.