Click on the arrows to go through the photos Finn Valley AC retained the McGonagle Cup at the Champions Cup Cross Country on Sunday in Stranorlar. Former Irish athletics team manager Patsy McGonagle presented the McGonagle Cup to Finn Valley AC captain Holly McNulty following a dominant day for the home club. Finn Valley AC had a clean sweep of team titles in the girls races, winning the U9, U10, U12, U14 and U16/18 crowns. Finn Valley AC also won the U10, U14 and U16/18 team titles from the boys race with Milford AC winning the U9 boys team and Omagh Harriers AC taking the U12 boys honours. The U16/18 boys race was enthralling and went all the way until the last few strides when Finn Valley AC’s Odhrán McBrearty finally out-kicked Michael Moore of Cranford AC. McBrearty staved off Moore after an absorbing race that had the Fathoun brothers, Mouchine and Ismael, also in a leading group. Odhran McBrearty, Mouchine Fathoun (3), Ismael Fathoun (4) and Mark Alexander (6) landed the team title for Finn Valley AC. Tara Rose Smith won the U16/18 girls race and it was another tight battle to the wire, Smith nipping ahead of Ballymena and Antrim AC’s Clodagh McSorley. Finn Valley AC athletes Holly McNulty (3) , Andrea Reid (4), Saorla Gilligan (5), Abi McGeehan (6), Nia Byrne (7) and Jessica Lafferty (8) were all inside the top 10. Caoimhe McNeill of Finn Valley AC edged out Lila McManus from Omagh Harriers and North Leitrim’s Caoimhe Murphy in the U14 girls race. McNeill, Ciara McCusker (4), Aoibhinn Greene (8) and Caoimhe McElhinney (9) scored for the winning Finn Valley AC U14s. Aodhan Corrigan won the U14 boys race from Finn Valley AC’s Cian Neeson and Cranford AC’s Ben McGee. Neeson, Evan Patton (5), Dylan Temple (8) and Odhran Gallagher (9) were on the scoring team as Finn Valley took team gold. Jackson Nellins of Ballymena and Antrim AC topped the charts in the U12 boys race ahead of an Omagh Harriers trio of James McCarron, Noah Kelly and James McCanny, who were joined by Toby Donnelly (12)
In pictures: Finn Valley AC retain McGonagle Cup at Champions Cup Cross Country
Finn Valley AC had a clean sweep of team titles in the girls races, winning the U9, U10, U12, U14 and U16/18 crowns and they also won the U10, U14 and U16/18 team titles from the boys race with Milford AC winning the U9 boys team and Omagh Harriers AC taking the U12 boys honours
