Fiachra Lombard, now working in Birmingham, got his cross country season off to a flying start at the Reebok Cross Challenge in Liverpool on Saturday.  Strong front running by Matt Smith of Tipton Harriers saw Fiachra and Spencer Barden break clear of the field with 2k to go.  The final sprint resulted in a win [...]

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October 13th 2002.  Mark Hanrahan wasn’t long putting last week’s defeat by Jamie McCarthy behind him.  Competing in the under 18 race at today’s underage cross country championships at Ballinahina both of them were quickly on their own at the head of the field.
For much of the race little separated them.  However, with some 1,500m remaining [...]

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The first leg of the Cork underage cross country championships were held in resplendent sunshine at Inchigeela today.  The under 17 race proved to be a great day for John Shine who won his first ever race.
Back in the 70’s the late John Shine was one of the leading cross country runners in Ireland, representing [...]

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James Grufferty was back in action again over the weekend and is fast recovering from injury, while Sean  Conroy was also in action.
Blue Ridge Cross Country,  Boone, North Carolina 
12 Grufferty, James FR East Tennessee State  25:55.90  27 Dalton, Peter FR East Tennessee Sta   27:10.90 
Loyola Lakefront Invitational Chicago, IL 2 Robert Wade 24:41 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY 28 Sean [...]

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