In pictures: Finn Valley AC win Donegal senior cross country relay title

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Finn Valley AC claimed the senior women’s title at the Donegal Senior Cross Country Relays on Sunday morning.

Beneath a sun that unusually shone on cross country runner in Stranorlar, Finn Valley AC took the gold.

Catriona Devine set the tone on the opening leg, a 1000m run, holding off the advances of Letterkenny AC’s Shauna McGeehan to give her side the lead.

Devine handed over to Maggie O’Hara who maintained the lead over the second 1000m leg before passing off to Sally McMenamin, who powered through the 1600m third leg.

Anchor runner Joanne McNabb took Finn Valley AC home in first ahead of Letterkenny AC.

Devine, O’Hara, McMenamin and McNabb left with the golds while LAC’s quartet of McGeehan, Alesha McNulty, Sinead Peoples and Amanda McLoone took silver.

In the masters relays, Milford AC won the men’s team title with Rosses AC the victors in the women’s race.

Paddy Ryan led out the Milford masters and he was joined by John Carr and Brian Boyce for the masters golds.

Milford AC won from Inishowen AC, whose trio of Finbarr Gallagher, Owen McKinney and Liam Bradley bagged silver ahead of Letterkenny AC’s bronze medallists Con Duffy, Paul Lee and Liam Wiseman.

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Karen Devenney, Kathy Breslin and Eimear Magee guided Rosses AC to the masters women’s honours and there were second and third place finishes for Letterkenny AC.

Dara Dunne, Niamh McDaid and Doireann Ní Riain pocketed silver medals with Claire Price, Teresa Wiseman and Shauna McGeehan taking the bronze position.