Eight NI & Ulster Athletes Selected for European Cross Country Championships
24 November 2022
NI Commonwealth Silver Medallist, Ciara Mageean (City of Lisburn AC) will lead the Athletics Ireland team for the SPAR European Cross Country Championships, in La Mandria Park, Turin on 11th December 2022.
The senior women’s team will see Ann Marie McGlynn (Letterkenny AC) and Roisin Flanagan (Finn Valley AC), join Ciara in what looks a stacked senior race where Ireland will look to better last year’s 4th place finish.
The men’s U20 team looks particularly strong with Nick Griggs (Mid Ulster AC); Sean McGinley (Finn Valley) and Callum Morgan (St. Malachy's AC) full of confidence given recent performances.
The Women’s U20 team with Roise Roberts (North Belfast Harriers) and Anna Gardiner (East Down AC) will be another young and exciting team.
The SPAR European Cross Country Championships is one of the main seasonal appointments of the European Athletics calendar and is hosted by Italy for the fourth time after the editions of Ferrara in 1998, San Giorgio su Legnano in 2006 and Chia in 2016. Piemonte 2022 follows the edition of Fingal-Dublin last December which saw the Irish team claim 3 medals (2 team and 1 individual), topped off with team gold in the men’s Under-23 race.
Congratulations to all the athletes selected:
SELECTIONS:
|
Event |
Name |
Club |
Coach |
|
Senior Women |
Ciara Mageean |
City of Lisburn |
Helen Clitheroe |
|
Senior Women |
Ann Marie McGlynn |
Letterkenny AC |
Emmett Dunleavy |
|
Senior Women |
Roisin Flanagan |
Finn Valley AC |
Damon Martin |
|
U20 Men |
Nicholas Griggs |
Mid Ulster AC |
Mark Kirk |
|
U20 Men |
Callum Morgan |
St. Malachy's AC |
Mark Kirk |
|
U20 Men |
Sean McGinley |
Finn Valley AC |
John Rogan |
|
U20 Women |
Anna Gardiner |
East Down AC |
Peter Morgan |
|
U20 Women |
Róise Roberts |
North Belfast Harriers |
Jim McGuinness & Joe Ryan |
See the full team here: