Gary Crossan is a long-distance runner. He was born in Letterkenny

Letterkenny

Letterkenny , with a population of 17,568, is the largest town in County Donegal, part of the Province of Ulster in Ireland. The town is located on the River Swilly...

, County Donegal

County Donegal

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, Ireland

Ireland

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. He was educated at St. Eunan's College

St. Eunan's College

Saint Eunan's College is an all-male voluntary secondary school. Located in Glencar, Letterkenny , County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland, the building is a three-storey castle with four round towers at each corner of the building. The school is named after the Abbot of Iona St...

, Letterkenny and finished college running career at Florida Southern College

Florida Southern College

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. He is also a member of the Letterkenny Athletic Club

Letterkenny Athletic Club

Letterkenny Athletic Club is an amateur athletic club based in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. The club is based in the centre of Letterkenny on Pearse Street, beside the town's Community Centre. It has a 400m running track and clubhouse....

. Irish olympian Eoin Rheinisch

Eoin Rheinisch

Eoin Rheinisch is an Irish canoeist from Leixlip, County Kildare. He also has a GAA invollvement, having been appointed in 2009 to assist in physical preparations with the Westmeath senior football team.-Olympics:...

 is his cousin.

Achievements

Crossan has been Irish National Marathon Champion for four consecutive years. In 2002 he was the top Irish finisher at the 2002 Dublin Marathon

Dublin Marathon

The Dublin Marathon is an annual marathon in Dublin, Ireland, normally held on the last Monday in October, which is a public holiday in Ireland. Held each year since 1980, in 2007 there were about 11,000 race participants, half of whom were from overseas....

 clocking up a time of 2:20:16 and the National Marathon Champion in Belfast

Belfast

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 with a time of 2:24:20. He was the top Irish

Republic of Ireland

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 finisher at the 2003 Dublin Marathon

Dublin Marathon

The Dublin Marathon is an annual marathon in Dublin, Ireland, normally held on the last Monday in October, which is a public holiday in Ireland. Held each year since 1980, in 2007 there were about 11,000 race participants, half of whom were from overseas....

, finishing 6th overall in a time of 2:20:27 http://www.irishrunner.com/dcm03.html, and continued his championship tally with times of 2:24:07 in 2004 and 2:23:19 in 2005 http://adidasdublinmarathon.ie/results.php. He has also been Irish National Half-Marathon Champion. He won the Newry Marathon in 2008. Gary Crossan won the Gael Force North challenge on June 4th 2011