At the AAI Congress in May, the distances for juvenile cross country races were changed. These are the new distances:

* Shorter distances are run at Limerick county level only. 2010 distances to be confirmed for these ages.

With the dates for the Limerick Cross Country Championships now known, cross-country training continues this Friday 3rd at 8pm and Sunday 5th September at UL track.

The first event will be then Limerick Cross Country Even Age Championships.

BEDFORD, Sunday 22nd August 2010 - Amy O'Donoghue's great season concluded with a fantastic 800m silver medal in the England Athletics U17 Outdoor Championships.

In a fantastic race, Amy was just edged out in the home straight by Grace Rodgers of Loftus & Whitby AC. It has been a brilliant season for Amy who has shown great form and consistency all year. Congrats, and enjoy the break!

View the race video on this page.

ATHLONE, Saturday 7th August 2010 - Three of our athletes wore the green of Ireland with distinction today in the annual Celtic Games hosted at Athlone IT.

Sarah Lavin completed a superb sprint double in winning both the U18 Girls 80m Hurdles and 200m. Amy O'Donoghue won the U18 Girls 1500m and Marie Heelan contributed a fine 3rd place in the U16 Girls Long Jump, only 7cm off the winner.

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BARCELONA, Saturday 31st July 2010 - Derval O’Rourke (Leevale AC) delighted her many Emerald fans in Barcelona tonight winning a silver medal at European Championships in the 100m Hurdles.

Derval also set a new Irish record of 12.65 seconds for the event and once more has proved a top class competitor and an inspirational figure for athletes in this country.

She made a great impression on many of our young athletes when she took time to meet with them at the Leevale Open Day in April. Congratulations, Derval, may you continue to have many more successes!

TULLAMORE, Sunday 25th July 2010 - Two golds, a silver and a disqualification were the contrasting stories for Emerald at the National Club Relay finals in Tullamore today.

There was a fantastic gold and record for the Emerald in the U17 Girls 4 x 100m when Emerald held off a good Ferrybank team, knocking 8/10ths of a second of a record that stood since 1999!

A second gold was grabbed by the U16 Girls in the afternoon, but the U16 Boys were disqualified for a false start...... and there was a fighting bronze by the U15 Girls. Read more....

TULLAMORE, Saturday 24th July 2010 - Congratulations to Sarah Lavin and Amy O'Donoghue who won fantastic national titles at Tullamore today, and to Roisin Harrison who was 2/100ths of a second away from making it an Emerald hat-trick!

Sarah had a battle to win the U15 Girls 200m from Grainne Moynihan of West Muskerry AC, and Amy won the U15 Girls 1500m convincingly from the rest of the field.

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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, Saturday 17th July 2010 - Well done to Sarah Lavin and Amy O'Donoghue who ran superbly for the Irish Schools at the AVIVA SIAB Irish Schools international at the Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow today.

Sarah, who had the honour of captaining the Irish Schools team, took two superb silver medals in the 100m and 80m hurdles events, with personal best times in each event. Amy, continuing her magnificent recent form, also took a great silver in the 800m, battling two English girls for the medals with less than 2 seconds separating all three.

Click here for the AAI report (separate window).

SANTRY, Sunday 11th July 2010 - What a fantastic performance by Amy O'Donoghue in the Womens 800m Senior Championship. With a new personal best as her main aim, Amy finished a superb 4th place in a time of 2:09.67, her first ever time to break 2:10.

There was very good running conditions and the competitive race was won in 2:03 by Rose Anne Galligan, and Ciara Mageean was 2nd in 2:05 so Amy ran most of the race on her own. She went through the first lap in 62 secs so if the race was more evenly paced she may have clawed back another second or two. She was fifth coming into the back straight but had a great kick and finished in fourth position. Great result for a sixteen year old!