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Gary Crossan

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Gary Crossan
Personal information
Born20 October 1971 (1971-10-20) (age 53)
Donegal
Sport
CountryIreland
ClubLetterkenny AC

Gary Crossan (born 20 October 1971) was a long-distance runner. He was born in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. He was educated at St Eunan's College, Letterkenny and finished college running career at Florida Southern College. He is also a member of the Letterkenny Athletic Club. Irish olympian Eoin Rheinisch is his cousin.

Achievements

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Crossan has been Irish National Marathon Champion for four consecutive years. In 2002 he was the top Irish finisher at the 2002 Dublin Marathon clocking up a time of 2:20:16 and the National Marathon Champion in Belfast with a time of 2:24:20. He was the top Irish finisher at the 2003 Dublin Marathon, finishing 6th overall in a time of 2:20:27 [1], and continued his championship tally with times of 2:24:07 in 2004 and 2:23:19 in 2005 [2]. He has also been Irish National Half-Marathon Champion. He won the Newry Marathon in 2008.[1] Gary Crossan won the Gael Force North challenge on 4 June 2011.[citation needed]Garry Crossan also helps with schools in ireland to do athletics

References

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  1. ^ Gary Crossan wins Newry marathon Archived 2012-07-30 at archive.today, Donegal Democrat, 27 May 2008