St Peter's AC's Abbie Sheridan wins Leinster senior cross country title
Abbie Sheridan claimed the Leinster Senior Women's Cross Country Championship title at the Curragh Racecourse in Kildare, while fellow St Peter's AC athletes Niamh Brady and Colm Duff also secured individual silver medals
The fantastic setting of the Curragh Racecourse in Co Kildare was the venue for the Leinster Senior and Uneven Age Cross Country Championships.
St. Peter’s AC athlete, Abbie Sheridan, in her breakthrough year, added another title to an already memorable year by clinching the Leinster Senior Women’s Championship by storming to an emphatic victory.
Abbie was part of a breakaway group from the gun, and as the race progressed, this group was whittled down to two halfway through the last lap.
Abbie pulled away to win with a bit to spare. In the same race, her club and training mate Niamh Brady ran a very strong race to claim silver in the under-23 section of the same race.
The club also enjoyed medal success and valuable experience in the juvenile races. First out and making her debut at this level was Caroline Campbell in the girls under eleven race.
Caroline had a really strong run and is definitely one to watch in the future. The boys under eleven race saw James Murphy also make his Leinster debut, and he didn’t look out of place with a really strong run.
The club had two athletes in the girls under thirteen race, with Abbie Murphy and Aoife Foley battling through the large field of athletes.
The star juvenile St Peter’s athlete of the day was once again Colm Duff, who is progressing into a fantastic young athlete and had another really good run and managed to finish in 2nd place overall.
In addition to winning the individual silver, he also led his County team to the Inter County Gold medal. Ella Murphy moved up in age to compete in the girls' under-15 race.
Developing into a really strong cross-country runner and again coming home with silverware as she was part of the Louth team that won silver.
The St Peter’s Club has two athletes compete in the boys' under-15 race, with both bringing home medals and helping the Louth team claim bronze.
Donal Foley and James McCourt really worked as a team from start to finish, with both practically starting and finishing together.
Sam Jeytoo was the last of the St Peter’s juveniles in action in the boys under nineteen race, and as always Sam gave his all for club and County.
Elsewhere, Cian Gorham was in action in the inaugural Johnny McKenna 5K in Drogheda, which also took place on Saturday.
Cian would rarely do road races but decided to dip his toe in this one and came home with the top honours, taking the win in an impressive time of 15.15.