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Caolan McFadden celebrates his win. Photo: Sportsfile
Caolan McFadden signed off from his schools cross country career in style on Saturday.
McFadden won the senior boys race at the All-Ireland Schools Cross Country Championships in Mallusk.
The Cranford AC runner, a student at Loreto Milford, is bound for Villanova University in Pennsylvania on an athletics scholarship in the autumn.
The Creeslough teenager - a multiple national medallist over the years - took a memorable victory to land his latest national gold medal and it was a Donegal one-two with McFadden winning from Odhran McBrearty.
The Finn Valley AC athlete and St Columba’s College, Stranorlar student was second, around seven seconds behind McFadden after a thrilling race.
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The margins were finer still with just six seconds between second and fourth.
McBrearty, a back-to-back winner of the intermediate race at this event, will be expected to be in the mix again next year.
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