Two-time champion Fionnuala McCormack and recent 1,500 metres World Championships finalist Ciara Mageean will spearhead the Irish women's senior team at the European Cross Country Championship in Lisbon on Sunday 8 December.
McCormack, the individual gold medallist in 2011 and 2012, ran the Chicago Marathon just six weeks ago but yesterday looked in brilliant form in winning the national title by a huge margin of around 500 metres.
Mageean skipped the National Championship in the mud of Abbotstown yesterday but signaled her interest a few weeks ago, having won the national cross country title last year.
New national men’s champion Liam Brady from Tullamore will head up the senior men’s team which includes Clonmel's Sean Tobin, who was tenth in the event last year.
Ireland will send 40 athletes to the championships and an Irish team will compete in all seven races.
The race will be broadcast live on RTÉ television and RTÉ Player.
The Irish team is:
|
Event |
Name |
Club |
|
Men's Senior |
Conor Bradley |
City of Derry Spartans AC |
|
Men's Senior |
Damien Landers |
Ennis Track AC |
|
Men's Senior |
Eoin Everard |
Kilkenny City Harriers AC |
|
Men's Senior |
Kevin Maunsell |
Clonmel AC |
|
Men's Senior |
Liam Brady |
Tullamore Harriers AC |
|
Men's Senior |
Sean Tobin |
Clonmel AC |
|
Women's Senior |
Aoibhe Richardson |
Kilkenny City Harriers AC |
|
Women's Senior |
Ciara Mageean |
City of Lisburn AC |
|
Women's Senior |
Fionnuala McCormack |
Kilcoole AC |
|
Women's Senior |
Fionnuala Ross |
Armagh AC |
|
Women's Senior |
Mary Mulhare |
Portlaoise AC |
|
Women's Senior |
Una Britton |
Kilcoole AC |
|
Men's Under-23 |
Brian Fay |
Raheny Shamrock AC |
|
Men's Under-23 |
Cathal Doyle |
Clonliffe Harriers AC |
|
Men's Under-23 |
Cormac Dalton |
Mullingar Harriers AC |
|
Men's Under-23 |
David McGlynn |
Waterford AC |
|
Men's Under-23 |
Jack O'Leary |
Mullingar Harriers AC |
|
Men's Under-23 |
Peter Lynch |
Kilkenny City Harriers AC |
|
Women's Under-23 |
Claire Fagan |
Mullingar Harriers AC |
|
Women's Under-23 |
Eilish Flanagan |
Carmen runners |
|
Women's Under-23 |
Fian Sweeney |
Dublin City Harriers AC |
|
Women's Under-23 |
Roisin Flanagan |
Carmen runners |
|
Women's Under-23 |
Sorcha McAlister |
Westport AC |
|
Women's Under-23 |
Stephanie Cotter |
West Muskerry AC |
|
Men's Under-20 |
Daragh McElhinney |
Bantry AC |
|
Men's Under-20 |
Jamie Battle |
Mullingar Harriers AC |
|
Men's Under-20 |
Keelan Kilrehill |
Moy Valley AC |
|
Men's Under-20 |
Shay McEvoy |
Kilkenny City Harriers AC |
|
Men's Under-20 |
Thomas McStay |
Galway City Harriers AC |
|
Mens Under-20 |
TBC |
|
|
Women's Under-20 |
Aoife O'Cuill |
St. Coca's AC |
|
Women's Under-20 |
Danielle Donegan |
Tullamore Harriers AC |
|
Women's Under-20 |
Eimear Maher |
Dundrum South Dublin AC |
|
Women's Under-20 |
Jodie McCann |
Dublin City Harriers AC |
|
Women's Under-20 |
Maeve Gallagher |
Swinford AC |
|
Women's Under-20 |
Sarah Kelly |
Inisowen AC |
|
Mixed Relay |
Amy O'Donoghue |
Emerald AC |
|
Mixed Relay |
John Travers |
Donore Harriers AC |
|
Mixed Relay |
Luke McCann |
Dublin City Harriers AC |
|
Mixed Relay |
Nadia Power |
Templeogue AC |
