Ryan Forsyth Leads Irish Team Home at Euro XC Champs

10 December 2018

Northern Irish athletes competed as part of the Irish Team at the European Cross Country Championships in Tilburg, on Sunday 9^th December 2018.

Ryan Forsyth (Newcastle & District AC) led a strong Irish team finishing fourth in the U23 age category in a time of 23:48.68, and aiding his team to 6th place overall. City of Derry Spartan AC’s Fintan Stewart finished in a time of 19:49.94 in the U20 category, aiding the Irish U20 Team to a 5^th place finish overall and the Senior Men’s team took 7^th place in a highly competitive event.

The Senior Women’s Irish team came 11^th overall, with Ciara Mageean (UCD) finishing in a time of 28:07.69; Ann-Maire McGlynn (Letterkenny AC) in a time of 288:39.62; Fionnuala Ross (Armagh AC) in a time of 28:47.21 and Kerry O’Flaherty (Newcastle & District AC) in a time of 28:59.23.

The U20 Women’s team took 6^th place, with the U23 Team taking 9^th, with Eilish Flanagan (Carmen Runners) finishing 16^th in a time of 21:17 and her twin sister, Roisin Flanagan (Carmen Runners) finishing in 41^st place in a time of 22:04.

The full results can be found here.