A magical weekend planned 51 weeks in advance

Saturday afternoon, the heats of the girls U10 200m. Showtime for the Crossan family.

Demi Crossan, draped in the green and gold of Donegal, walks nonchalantly to the starting block, her involvement hugely significant in the continuation of a 35-year family tradition.

The nine-year old fails to advance from the opening round, but her placing is immaterial. The Letterkenny sprinter, along with the rest of her family, will return to the midlands next summer, and the summer after that and the summer after that.