Treacy bidding for All-Ireland title
Sara Treacy will bid to regain the All-Ireland Inter-counties cross-country title next Sunday at Santry Demesne and gain a place on the Irish team for the European cross-country championships in Belgrade on Sunday 8th of December.
The Meath athlete is in great form this season having finished second to European champion Fionnula Britton at the Gerry Farnan cross-country in the Phoenix Park and fourth last week in the Lotto Cross Cup in Belgium.
Darragh Rennicks (Bohermeen) will lead the men's senior team and will be hoping to make the u-23 team for the Europeans.
Along with Robbie Matthews (Dunshaughli)n and Star of the Sea duo of Mark Hoey and Eoin Callaghan Meath have a good chance to medal in grade A of the championship.
Andrew Coscoran (Star of the Sea) who finished second in the Meath senior cross-country will hope to make the Junior mens team for Belgrade.
Meath teams for the All-Ireland cross-country at Santry on Sunday:
SENIOR MEN
Darragh Rennicks, Derek Croal (both Bohermeen), Eoin Callaghan, Mark Hoey, Kieran Peters (all Star of the Sea), Robbie Matthews, Tomas Moran, Ciaran O’Dwyer, Michael Summerville (all Dunshaughlin), Loughlin Campion, Luke Forde, Rory Kavanagh, Phylm Glynn (all Dunboyne).
JUNIOR MEN
Andrew Corcoran, Rob Tully, Cormac Costello, Kieran Bowers (all Star of the Sea), Brian McGrath, Conor Rennicks, Daniel Byrne, Padraig Harkin (all Bohermeen), Abdullahi Mohammed Abdulle, Ahmed Hussain Abdi, Niall Cornyn (all Dunboyne), Allan Clarke (St Brigid’s), Gavin Maher, Ben Conlon (both Dunshaughlin).
SENIOR WOMEN
Sara Treacy (Moynalvey), Fiona Mahon, Ursula Byrne, Ann Hunter, Shauna Moore (all Dunshaughlin), Emilia Dan (Dunboyne), Imelda Clarke (Na Fianna), Geraldine Gill, Sonya Reilly, Olivia Martin (all Bohermeen).
Conall Collier