Juvenile Cross Country Dates
The dates of the forthcoming juvenile cross country are as follows:-
| Tues | 29-Sep | Noon | Galway Primary Schools Cross-Country, Renmore |
| Sun | 04-Oct | 1pm | Galway U10/12/14/16/18 Cross Country, Tuam |
| Sun | 18-Oct | 1pm | Galway U11/13/15/17/19 Cross Country, Dangan |
| Sat | 24-Oct | 1pm | Connacht Primary Schools Cross-Country, Hazelwood Sligo |
| Sun | 01-Nov | 1pm | Connacht U12/14/16/18 Cross Country, Ballinamore |
| Sun | 08-Nov | 1pm | Connacht U11/13/15/17/19 Cross Country (possibly Tuam) |
| Sun | 22-Nov | National U10/12/14/16/18 Cross Country, Kilbeggan | |
| Sun | 06-Dec | National Novice & U11/13/15/17/19 Cross Country, Coleraine |
We normally encourage all athletes to take part in the Galway cross country for their age group and then select teams for the Connacht cross country. Where someone is particularly suited to cross country, they can step up an age to the older age group.
Its good for all juvenile athletes to do some level of cross country at their own pace as the training will improve their fitness and develop their lungs. Please let your age group coordinator know if you are doing it as the entries for the first Galway event will need to be in shortly.
The distances are as follows:-
- U10: 500m
- U11: 800m
- U12: 1000m
- U13: 1000m girls 1200m boys
- U14: 1200m girls 1500m boys
- U15: 1500m girls 2000m boys
- U16: 2000m girls 3000m boys
- U17: 2000m girls 4000m boys
- U18: 3000m girls 5000m boys
- U19: 3500m girls 6000m boys