Ava is Irish Champion

Tuesday 1 March 2011

Cardiff's Irish international Ava Hutchinson became Ireland's cross country champion on Saturday last, 26th February, when she won the Inter Club Cross Country Championships at Santry Demesne (this event counts as the Irish Championship).

Presumably this means that Ava (pictured during a Cardiff Cross Challenge) will be in the Irish team for the forthcoming World Cross Country Championships in Spain later this month.

A good fresh sunny day made for pleasant conditions and the four races on the programme produced four excellent winners who were all well worthy of the title Irish Champion.

Ava Hutchinson (running for her Irish club Dundrum South Dublin AC) took over the lead at the halfway stage of the senior women’s race and then went clear to win her first senior title in convincing style.

Ava is based at Loughborough and plans to run London Marathon in April 2012.

Well done Ava.

Following Allesandra Wall's "hammer title", Cardiff have enjoyed Swedish and Irish champions in the past two weeks.