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The Mary McCabe Year 8 Cross Country Trophy presented by Mr P. Cunning
Presentation of the Boys' Shield for Year 8 Cross Country by Mr P. Cunning
24/01/2012 YEAR 8 CROSS COUNTRY RACE AT LORETO COLLEGE
The seventeenth annual Mary McCabe Trophy race, involving all Year 8 students, took place at Loreto College Coleraine on Wednesday 20th January 2012. This event was held first in 1996, following the presentation of the trophy by Dr. McCabe, in memory of his wife Mary. The McCabe family had three daughters, Geraldine, Jemma and Anne –Marie, who attended Loreto in the 1970s. All three girls were keen and successful athletes and the parents often came to races and were very supportive of the girls. The silver cup was for Minor Girls’ cross country and has been competed for each year. There is also a boys’ shield and each year, Year 8 boys and girls compete for these two trophies.
The event saw Year 8s completing a taxing run just short of 2000m through the College campus, and this year’s winners were Abigail McBroom and Eamon McLaughlin. Mr Paul Cunning, co-ordinator of Cross Country running at Loreto, joined College Principal Mr Michael James in offering congratulations to all those who took part, and commiserations to those who could not do so, or who dropped out due to injury. Mr Cunning added a word of special thanks to Head of PE Mrs Maureen McCullough and PE teachers Mr Paul Byrne and Ms Julie Wilson, and to the senior students who acted as marshalls.
Mr Cunning added that a number of previous winners of this event had gone on to sporting success in athletics, hurling, gaelic football and camogie at national and international level, and that many of the medallists could have a bright sporting future ahead. Many of these promising young athletes were selected to represent Loreto at the Cross Country District Championships at the University of Ulster, along with some talented athletes from throughout the school. The students were congratulated on their success to date and wished well for the challenges ahead by Mr Michael James, Principal of Loreto College.
Medals were presented as follows:
Girls
1 Abigail McBroom
2 Molly Brennan
3 Victoria Tsang
4 Eva McGrath-Olivan
5 Shakeera Nazeer
6 Anna Morrison
7 Emma McLaughlin
8 Niamh Doherty
9 Niamh Boorman
10 Nicole Williams
11 Shannon O’Kane
12 Alicja Cichy
13 Sarah Dillon
14 Aoife Kealey
15 Elizabeth White
Boys
1 Eamon McLaughlin
2 Glen O’Donovan
3 Dominic Bradley
4 Sean McKeever
5 Adam Kerr
6 Adam McGonigle
7 Krzysztof Silakowski
8 Daniel Walton
9 Oran Kneeland
10 Lorcan Toner
11 Kai Smith
12 Joseph Mulholland
13 Eoin McGuigan
14 Fearghal Close
15 Matthew Connolly
The two individual winners, Abigail McBroom and Eamon McLaughlin, had their names added to the trophies to join an illustrious list of Loreto athletes:
Girls
1996 Grainne McGoldrick
1997 Judith Kelly
1998 Gemma McCullough
1999 Elizabeth McWilliams
2000 Zakiyya Devaney
2001 Orlagh Daly
2002 Claire Doherty
2003 Louise Bogues
2004 Ciara Cunning
2005 Katy Lemon
2006 Anna Breslin
2007 Maeve Lofthouse
2008 Nicole O’Neill
2009 Theresa McIlwaine
2010 Orla Rafferty
2011 Aoife Carr
Boys
1996 Sean O’Connell
1997 Eamonn Morgan
1998 Ryan Mullan
1999 Sean Paul Henry
2000 Sean Leo McGoldrick
2001 Stephen Friel
2002 David McCulloch
2003 Fergal McCloskey
2004 Steven Dooley
2005 Dermot Morrow
2006 Daniel McAleese
2007 John McLister
2008 Edward Lane
2009 Calvin Heavern
2010 Oran Barton
2011 Shane McIntyre
Mr Michael James, Principal of Loreto College, congratulated all the Year 8 students on their enthusiastic participation in the event, and paid tribute to Mr Paul Cunning and his team of Year 14 marshals who had organised the race.
The event saw Year 8s completing a taxing run just short of 2000m through the College campus, and this year’s winners were Abigail McBroom and Eamon McLaughlin. Mr Paul Cunning, co-ordinator of Cross Country running at Loreto, joined College Principal Mr Michael James in offering congratulations to all those who took part, and commiserations to those who could not do so, or who dropped out due to injury. Mr Cunning added a word of special thanks to Head of PE Mrs Maureen McCullough and PE teachers Mr Paul Byrne and Ms Julie Wilson, and to the senior students who acted as marshalls.
Mr Cunning added that a number of previous winners of this event had gone on to sporting success in athletics, hurling, gaelic football and camogie at national and international level, and that many of the medallists could have a bright sporting future ahead. Many of these promising young athletes were selected to represent Loreto at the Cross Country District Championships at the University of Ulster, along with some talented athletes from throughout the school. The students were congratulated on their success to date and wished well for the challenges ahead by Mr Michael James, Principal of Loreto College.
Medals were presented as follows:
Girls
1 Abigail McBroom
2 Molly Brennan
3 Victoria Tsang
4 Eva McGrath-Olivan
5 Shakeera Nazeer
6 Anna Morrison
7 Emma McLaughlin
8 Niamh Doherty
9 Niamh Boorman
10 Nicole Williams
11 Shannon O’Kane
12 Alicja Cichy
13 Sarah Dillon
14 Aoife Kealey
15 Elizabeth White
Boys
1 Eamon McLaughlin
2 Glen O’Donovan
3 Dominic Bradley
4 Sean McKeever
5 Adam Kerr
6 Adam McGonigle
7 Krzysztof Silakowski
8 Daniel Walton
9 Oran Kneeland
10 Lorcan Toner
11 Kai Smith
12 Joseph Mulholland
13 Eoin McGuigan
14 Fearghal Close
15 Matthew Connolly
The two individual winners, Abigail McBroom and Eamon McLaughlin, had their names added to the trophies to join an illustrious list of Loreto athletes:
Girls
1996 Grainne McGoldrick
1997 Judith Kelly
1998 Gemma McCullough
1999 Elizabeth McWilliams
2000 Zakiyya Devaney
2001 Orlagh Daly
2002 Claire Doherty
2003 Louise Bogues
2004 Ciara Cunning
2005 Katy Lemon
2006 Anna Breslin
2007 Maeve Lofthouse
2008 Nicole O’Neill
2009 Theresa McIlwaine
2010 Orla Rafferty
2011 Aoife Carr
Boys
1996 Sean O’Connell
1997 Eamonn Morgan
1998 Ryan Mullan
1999 Sean Paul Henry
2000 Sean Leo McGoldrick
2001 Stephen Friel
2002 David McCulloch
2003 Fergal McCloskey
2004 Steven Dooley
2005 Dermot Morrow
2006 Daniel McAleese
2007 John McLister
2008 Edward Lane
2009 Calvin Heavern
2010 Oran Barton
2011 Shane McIntyre
Mr Michael James, Principal of Loreto College, congratulated all the Year 8 students on their enthusiastic participation in the event, and paid tribute to Mr Paul Cunning and his team of Year 14 marshals who had organised the race.
