Murray powers to Cross Country title

St Malachy's Gary Murray powered to his first ever Irish Cross Country title at Santry today - booking his place in next month's World Championships in France, in the process.

Murray - eighth in last year's event - became the first Donegal man to be crowned national champion since 1952, when timing 37 minutes and eight seconds for the 12-kilometre course, twenty seconds clear of Clonliffe's Mark Kenneally.