It was a great day for Rathfarnham WSAF AC at the City West Campus at the Dublin cross country championship on Sunday 03 November 2024. David Scanlon created club history with a brilliant run just of the pace to hunt down his Clonliffe and DSD opponents on the final and 5th lap of a gruelling course, making a decisive move and made to work all the way running strongly to the line. This win for David represented a first ever Dublin men’s senior xc gold medal success for Rathfarnham. Dave also led a wonderful team performance taking bronze medal behind Clonliffe and DSD, backed by Mitchell Byrne, Mark Ryan, David Power, Paul Fleming, Ciaran Aylward and Jonny Hughes.
In the preceding race Junior athlete Ryan O Neill continued his progressive form producing a stunning performance to take a memorable win in the ultra-competitive boys U19 Dublin Championship and place 3rd in the combined race with U20 event. Laura Ryan took to the start for women’s senior event finishing with a commendable 12th place finish.
Some notable performances from club juveniles with qualifiers now looking forward to contesting forthcoming national championships in Enniskillen and Tramore in the coming weeks. Thanks to club officials on the day John, Terry, Orla, Ilona, Patrick, willing parents and young Adam!
