Congratulations to Drogheda and District’s Liam Mulligan who delivered the goods in spades when finishing runner up in the Leinster U23 Cross Country Championships in Dunboyne last Saturday.

These championships always attract a quality field of athletes and the medals never come easy at this level. Mulligan's commitment to running is beyond doubt and this superb performance can only inspire him on to greater things in his fledging career.

Last Sunday week saw the Louth Novice Cross Country Championships take place at the GAA centre in Darver. Conditions on the day were less than favourable with heavy rain making for a tough day at the office.

Drogheda and District fielded two teams and both the Men's and Women's crews gave it their all over this tricky course. The Men's race saw Colm Reilly, Alan Wade, Karl Cooney and Mike Staunton putting the hard work in over this 6K event, to finish outside the medal positions in fourth place overall.

Meanwhile in the Women's race, Andrea McCabe led home our team of Mary King, Mary McDonnell and Olivia Reilly, who also finished in fourth place in the team category. Also running was Maria Cooney.

In the Juvenile races which took place afterwards, Beatrice Cunningham had a fantastic run to take 2nd place when running a year out of age in the Girls U15 3.5Km. Well done also to the D&DAC Under17 Boys team of Ciaran Maree, Guillermo Zamajon-Munzo, and Oisin McArdle who took the bronze in their 4Km event.

Aine Carroll ran well to finish runner up in her Girls U17 4Km, while Sophie Kinsella was 3rd in her U19 4Km, with Niamh Carroll finishing fourth.

In other news, Congratulations to Christopher Keenan on a sparkling debut run for his college, UCD, at the Inter-varsities Cross Country Championships, which were hosted by UCC recently. Keenan gave a glimpse of what's to come when finishing 25th out of a field of 141 athletes, covering the 8K distance in a time of 25:29.

Meanwhile, taking part in Ireland's oldest road race, the Clonliffe 2, was Shane Larkin, affectionately known as the Pocket Rocket. Small in size, but blessed with the heart of a Lion, Larkin turned on the turbo on his way to a category win in the M50 division in a solid 11:55.