Cotter enjoys USA victory
ATHLETICS
Wednesday March 10 2010
DUNLEER AC athlete Tomás Cotter won gold in the National USA Junior Colleges Championships in Illinois on Saturday.
Running in the mile event Tomás, competing for his college Iowa CC, won in a sprint for the line in 4:16.29, just beating the favourite Stephen Sambu from Rend Lake in 2nd 4:16.77, with George Alex (Paradise Valley) in third (4:16.90). Tomás was thrilled with his win.
Meanwhile, Geraldine Finegan, Dunleer AC's top female athlete, produced numerous outstanding performances in the World Masters Championships in Vancouver, Canada, winning the pentathlon and javelin events last week.
Dunleer athlete Martin Quinn had a top class run to finish 12th in the National Senior Cross Country in the Phoenix Park on Sunday. Martin covered the 12k in 36:08. The race was won by Mark Kenneally (Clonliffe Harriers), winning his first National Senior title.
Dunleer AC athletes will compete in Cork next Saturday in the All Ireland Schools Cross-Country Championship.
The senior boys team representing St Joseph's CBS in Drogheda will fly their school flag, while Aaron Hanlon will represent St. Mary's DS in Drogheda in the junior boys' event.
These talented athletes are fresh from Rás na hÉireann success where they dominated the junior men's events.
