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SCRABO MOUNTAIN RACE.

Eoghan Totten and Aine McCann were the winners of the NI Junior Mountain Running Championships at Scrabo Hill on Wednesday evening.

Totten of Newcastle AC continued the fine form he had shown against senior opposition in the Mourne Hill & Dale Series and took the Junior title with a clear win.  He scorched round the 2 mile course and 500 foot climb in 16 minutes 43 seconds to finish 47 seconds ahead of Omagh Harrier Conor Moore, with Andrew Fisher, also Omagh third. Conor claimed the Northern Ireland under 18 title for the event, while Andrew took 2^nd.

McCann of East Down AC is a British Junior Orienteering Champion and she secured the NI Mountain Running title, clocking 20.08 to win by 66 seconds.  Lauren O’Donnelly - Anderson of North Belfast Harriers was runner up with Omagh Harrier Sarah Moore third in 21.53. Sarah was the first under 14 girl home and lifted the under 14 title with a very fine run.   Other Harriers to compete were Sabrina Mc Grinder who finished fourth overall and 3^rd in the under 16 category and Mebth Mc Elduff who running in her first off road race put in a strong performance.  Claire Lawn who won the under 18 title last year found the going tough on the second lap but still managed to win the under 18 category.

The junior boys under 14 saw a superb performance from young Barry Kelly who finished 4^th in the overall event and easily won the under 14 title while bronze medal position went to another young Harrier Eamon Logue.

In the senior mens field, Marty Cox who was in second position for most of the race found himself in some difficulty due to athletes taking a wrong turn. The mishap cost Cox as he had to stop resulting in the Omagh man eventually finishing well down the field.  Lorcan Heally finished strongly followed home by Mark Grey who also ran well over the demanding course.

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A wet and windy Scott + Gault 10 mile road race in Ballyclare produced a good result for Jason Walsh. With Declan Reed from Citiy Derry winning 56:17, Jason produced a personal best performance running a well timed race to finish 6^th.

With the race consisting of two laps Jason timed his run well. At the end of the first lap of 5 miles Jason was lying in 8^th position in a time of 29.34 with 7^th place just ahead. Working hard into the wind he managed to catch and move into 7^th place by the 6 mile mark. Continuing to run strongly by the 7 miles 6^th place was his. Over the next mile he consolidated his position and completed the second 5 mile lap in 29.06 to complete the 10 mile course in a 58.40 PB.

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Stevie Duncan continues his domination of the local road running scene with a victory in the Sperrin Harries Classic 5 Mile Road Race in Cookstown.  With Loughry Campus celebrating 100 years anniversary Stevie celebrated a victory in 24:28 with over a minute to second place Richard Turkington of Armagh AC.

Helen Stockdale also produced a good result winning her category and Marti McLaughlin completed the prize winning crossing the line first in the over 45 category running well in 28:34. 

There was a good turn out of Harriers with Jason Walsh finishing 7th overall in 27:35, Derek Somerville 8th in his age group.  Michael Ward, Joe Corey also ran well on the night completing the Harriers turn out for the race.

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Two Harriers headed for the long trip to Portaferry on Tuesday 22^nd July.  The race attracted a good field of almost 400 runners all mainly in the main 10 mile race.  Owen Gahan ran well to finish 4^th overall in 54:25 and Jason Walsh came in 17^th in 60:39.

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The following athletes have been selected to represent Northern Ireland at the World Mountain Running Trophy in Switzerland in September.

Male Junior                             

James Speight   Omagh Harriers)

Andrew  Fisher  Omagh Harriers)

Conor  Moore     Omagh Harriers)

Reserve Jason  Wilson  (Pegasus)

Senior Ladies                         

Fiona Maxwell          (Mourne Runners)

Alwynne Shannon    (Newcastle)

Shalene Ward          (Mourne Runners)

Angela Speight        (Omagh Harriers)

Reserve Frances Orr  (Omagh Harriers)

Senior Men                          

Des Woods             (Mourne Runners)

David O'Flaherty     (Newcastle)

Edward Hanna         (Mourne Runners)

Stephen Duncan     (Omagh Harriers)

Neil Carty                (North Belfast)

Stephen Cunningham  (Subject to fitness)

Reserve  Andrew Niblock   (Mourne Runners)

Team Manager Martin McVeigh,
assisted by Barbara Brown & Ian Taylor