BY LEE MAGINNIS
MEGAN Davies, from Sale Harriers, won the women’s Armagh International 3K road race on Thursday night with a time of 9:19, Cardiff AC’s Cari Hughes’ late sprint taking second in the same time.
Last year’s winner Alex Bell was fading but held on for bronze in 9:21.
NI and Ulster women did well with local Armagh AC’s Fionnuala Ross (now Scotland based) finishing ninth in 9:27 and Nakita Burke (Letterkenny AC) in 15th, recording 9:34 and first in the F35 age-group.
Niamh Carr, now competing for Edinburgh University, finished 25th.
In 27th place, but first Junior, was the amazing Anna Gardiner with a time of 9:44. Anna had just won the Ulster Schools Cross Country the day before, an incredible feat to recover and race again in such a short time. Anna runs for East Down AC and is headed to the USA later this year on a scholarship.
Enniskillen’s Edel Monaghan was 32nd with a time of 9:45 and Annadale Strider’s Hannah Gilliland was 43rd in 9:53.
In 47th was Rebecca Rossiter, Catherine O’Connor finished 51st, Roise Roberts 55th, Eimear McCarroll 59th and young Willowfield Temperance Harriers star Emer McKee 60th in 10:04.
Kirsti Foster of Willowfield was 64th, Dearbhla Cox (Annadale Striders) 65th and Lucy Foster (sister of Kirsti) 67th.
Anna Gardiner
