Emer McKee and Nick Griggs Win at London Mini Marathon

05 October 2021

The Ulster Schools team of 36 athletes travelled to London on Sunday 3^rd October to compete at the Virgin Money London Mini Marathon, bringing back no less than 3 gold medals from the 2.6k course.

World 5k Age Record holder, Emer McKee (Willowfield Harriers) won the Girls U13 title in 8:28 while, European U20 3000m Gold Medallist, Nick Griggs (Mid Ulster AC) won the Boys U17 title in a time of 7:21.

The Girls U17 Team of Catherine Martin (City of Lisburn AC); Kirsti Foster (Willowfield Harriers); Rebecca Rossiter (Loughview AC); Lucy Foster (Willowfield Harriers); Eimear McCarroll (Finn Valley AC) and Ava Downey (City of Lisburn AC), won their event. Rebecca Rossiter finished in 5^th place in 8:24, followed by Catherine Martin in 6^th place in 8:26. Kirsti Foster finished in 17^th place in 8:35 with sister, Lucy in 20^th place in 8:43. Eimear McCarroll finished in 9:25 for 61^st place, with Ava Downey in 69^th in 9:31.

London Marathon

In the Elite Wheelchair event, Northern Ireland’s Mark Millar finished in 1:44.37 to take 19^th place overall, in his marathon debut.

In the Men’s Elite race, Eoghan Totten (Newcastle & District AC) finished in 2:26.08 to take 20^th place and 31^st place overall.

The full results can be found here: https://results.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/2021/