Juniors impress at Shield race

County Antrim Harriers put on a fine display at this year’s McConnell Shield Cross Country in Ballyclare.
By The Newsroom
Published 13th Nov 2014, 07:00 BST
Reece Oliphant Kennedy and Charlie Lloyd make their cross country debut at the McConnell Shield. INLT 46-911-CONReece Oliphant Kennedy and Charlie Lloyd make their cross country debut at the McConnell Shield. INLT 46-911-CON
Reece Oliphant Kennedy and Charlie Lloyd make their cross country debut at the McConnell Shield. INLT 46-911-CON

The 80th year of this event offered up some tough conditions for all runners, but still the Harriers ran well on their home turf.

Leading the way was Christine Murray (21.17), closely followed by Louise Smart (22.08), Jayne McKeever (23.27), Ruth Morrison (23.39), Irene Downey (23.48), Jane Kinnear (24.38), Rachel Lloyd (25.26), Diane McCartney (27.32) and Marion Morrow (29.24).

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In the men’s race, Isaac Fahy led the Harriers home in 32.57, followed by Glenn Smart (35.14) and Aaron Anderson (41.05).

However, the true stars of the day were County Antrim Harriers Junior runners, making their debut in the U14s race: Reece Oliphant Kennedy (7.06) and Charlie Lloyd (7.51).

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