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Anna Gardiner has run to remember on 18th birthday at World Cross Country Championships

Anna Gardiner (East Down AC) and Kirsty Maher (Moy Valley AC) finished inside the top 40 in the U20 Women’s race at the World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia today (March 30th). In sweltering conditions in the city’s Friendship Park, the Irish duo worked with each other magnificently to optimise their finishing position and were rewarded for doing so, …

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Team Ireland Belgrade Bound For World Cross Country Championships

Eight Irish athletes will represent Ireland at this weekend’s World Cross Country Championships which are taking place in Belgrade on Saturday March 30th. All the action will be broadcast live on Virgin Media 2 from 9.50am. 432 athletes from 51 teams will descend upon Friendship Park in the Serbian capital as they battle out for global cross country honours. A …

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Eight Athletes To Represent Ireland At World Cross Country Championships

Athletics Ireland has selected eight athletes to represent Ireland at the World Cross Country Championships that take place in Belgrade, Serbia on Saturday 30th March. Fiona Everard (Bandon AC) and Danielle Donegan (Tullamore Harriers AC) will once again don the green singlet in the Senior Women’s 10,000m race. Everard caused a major surprise when she became 123.ie national senior cross …

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Fionnuala McCormack takes 4th at European Cross Country Championships

Fionnuala McCormack (Kilcoole AC) produced one of the all-time great Irish performances to finish fourth in the senior women’s race at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Brussels this afternoon (Dec 10th). Competing at her 18th European Cross Country Championships, the context of McCormack’s result was made all the more impressive in that only last weekend she secured the qualifying …

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Fiona Everard wins National Senior Cross Country title

Fiona Everard won the National Senior Cross Country title in Gowran Sunday afternoon, winning the 9k race in 36:32, a stunning 37 seconds ahead of runner-up Mary Mulhare (Portlaoise AC). 🗣️ “I never thought I’d win it…it’s slowly sinking in, I’m so shocked.” Fiona Everard (Bandon AC) speaks after winning the @Ask123ie National Senior Cross Country title in Gowran 🤩🎤 …

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Irish Team Announced for World Cross Country Tour in Belgium

The Belgian city of Hannut is gearing up for its World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting on Sunday January 22nd, where a strong Irish team of 24 athletes (13 male and 11 female) will take the opportunity to gain experience of Belgium cross country conditions ahead of next year’s European Cross Country Championships which take place in Brussels on …

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All You Need to Know Ahead of the European Cross Country Championships

An exciting Irish team of 40 athletes, made up of equal numbers of men and women, will take to Turin this weekend for the 28th edition of the SPAR European Cross Country Championships, at La Mandria Park on December 11th 2022. The Irish athletes will join over 550 competitors from 40 countries who are set to battle it out for …

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Exciting Irish Team Selected for SPAR European Cross-Country Championships

European silver-medallist Ciara Mageean (City of Lisburn AC) heads an Irish squad stacked with Olympic and European championship experience which has been selected for the 28th edition of the SPAR European Cross-Country Championships which takes place at La Mandria Park, on the outskirts of Turin, on December 11th, 2022. Mageean is joined in the squad by fellow Olympians Michelle Finn …

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