You can’t just stop straightaway, that’d be very bad for you.

DAVID MCCARTHY (St Augustine’s, Dungarvan) and John Coghlan (Castleknock) finally cross paths tomorrow at the KitKat Irish Schools championships in Tullamore, making the 1,500m the event of the meeting.

DAVID McCARTHY (St Augustine’s) romped away with the senior boys’ title at the KitKat Munster Schools cross-country championships in Dungarvan on Saturday.

CATHERINA McKIERNAN yesterday heralded her return to form when capturing the national inter-club cross-country title which she last won 11 years ago.