Four of Mullingar’s finest to compete at Euro XC 2019 (25th Nov)

Four of Mullingar’s finest to compete at European Cross Country

We’ll be watching the coverage of the European Cross Country Championships in the Bela Vista Park, Lisbon on Sunday morning 8th December with particular added interest because Mullingar will have four athletes competing on Irish teams, the highest number from the Club ever to compete at a major Championship in a single day. Competing in the u/20 men 6,000m will be Jamie Battle, in the u/23 women 6,000m will be Claire Fagan, and in the u/23 men 8,000m will be Cormac Dalton and Jack O’Leary. Jack has had an excellent cross country season with Iona College and he returned home last week from the USA to acclimatize in advance of the trip to Lisbon. There is another man on the u/23 team with a connection to Westmeath though, Peter Lynch (Kilkenny City Harriers). Peter’s grandfather, Sean Lynch, comes from Castlepollard but now lives in Kilkenny and has been involved with athletics in Kilkenny for many years. Jamie and Jack ran in the European Cross Country in The Netherlands last year and Claire ran in the u/23 T&F in Sweden last summer, so they will draw on that valuable experience, but for Cormac this will be his first time to compete at this level in a Major Championship but being part of a large Irish team of over thirty men and women will surround him with huge experience to draw on for support and encouragement and inspiration. Everyone at the Club wishes Jamie, Claire, Cormac and Jack the very best of luck in the Lisbon.