McCarthy master again

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

In his first race since the world junior track and field championships in Beijing last year, he stormed to victory to retain his title and complete an unbeaten run at provincial level that stretches back to his minor schoolboy days.

For the first 2,000m the outstanding young Cork athlete, Craig Murphy (Douglas Community School), hung on in his slipstream but the first year senior was never going to stay with the champion when he made his move.