Fionnuala
McCormack runs Antrim International Cross-Country
11:30am,
Saturday January 16th 2016
Midleton AC's Tamzin Muldowney on
Ireland Under-17 Girls Development Team
Athletics Ireland Press
Release
Fionnuala McCormack is set for her final cross country race of the
season at the IAAF Antrim International Cross Country in Greenmount on
Saturday (16).
It looks set to be a showdown between McCormack and Great Britain’s
Kate Avery in what should be a highly competitive women’s race in
Antrim.
McCormack, who has won the race twice in the past, takes on two other
previous winners, Bahrain’s Mimi Belete and defending champion Birtukan
Fente Alemu of Ethiopia along with the recent addition of Great
Britain’s European cross-country silver medallist Kate Avery to the
start list.
Last week Avery defeated McCormack by four seconds over 6km at the
Great Edinburgh Cross Country in Holyrood Park. Avery will be the
favourite over the 5.6km course in Antrim, having made light of the
difficult conditions last week with a commanding performance in the
second half of the race.
This will be McCormack's last cross country race of the season before
switching her attentions to the roads once more with the World Half
Marathon Championships in Cardiff in March her next big target.
Kerry O’Flaherty will be leading the Northern Ireland team in action.
There will be plenty of Irish clubs in action in the underage races
along with two Irish U17 development squads.
Development Squads
U17 Girls:
Tamzin Muldowney (Midleton
AC), Olivia Nelson, Alanna Bate, Margane Dusaux
U17 Boys:
Sean O'Leary, Micheal Power, Fintan Stewart, David McGlynn