McCarthy set to strut his stuff in Lisbon after impressive wins

AFTER wins in Belfast and Cardiff over the past two weekends, Cork’s Jamie McCarthy will be oozing confidence when he travels to Lisbon for Sunday’s junior international cross-country race.

The Riverstick athlete was in sensational form at Stormont where he won the U-20 race with style. Back in the colours of his school - Kinsale Community School - when he travelled to the Reebok Cardiff Cross-Country last weekend again finished clear of a strong international field in the junior/senior schools race.

This time he travelled as part of the North Monastery/Cork schools team and he played a starring role on what was a most successful day for the whole team Showing a welcome return to form was Mark Hanrahan (Douglas Community School) who tracked McCarthy right through the 7 km race in Bute Park and eventually finished a clear second - a mere three seconds behind McCarthy The pace was hectic from the start with a local athlete racing into the lead which he maintained for the opening 800m.