O’Mahony sees off young challengers to regain cross-country title

DONNACHA O’MAHONY (East Cork) rolled back the years to reclaim the Cork senior cross-country championship title while Freda Davoren (UCC AC) ran her first cross-country race in almost two years to claim her first county title at Inchigeela yesterday, when East Cork eventually won an enthralling team contest with their North Cork rivals.

It was back in the '90s that Donnacha O'Mahony dominated those championships winning a total four titles and when he returned last year to take the silver medal behind world ranked race walker Robert Heffernan, he raised a few eyebrows.

If he showed promise at the same venue a year ago he certainly realised it yesterday when the elements provided a mixture of conditions on an excellent course provided by the Muskerry Athletic Club.