Name: Rachel McCann
Event: Women's and mixed 4x400m relays
Age: 22
Rachel McCann played hockey and did ballet when she was younger. The Bangor native only joined an athletics club upon starting secondary school but anchored the Irish women's 4x400m team that came very close to a medal at the European Juniors in 2019.
This year she has broken her 200m and 400m personal bests and ran the race of her life to take silver behind Sophie Becker at Nationals last month.
She was also part of the women’s 4x400m squad who finished fifth at World Indoors in March. Rachel receives an athletics scholarship at Queen's University in Belfast where she is studying pharmaceutical science.
She attended Sullivan Upper School in Holywood, the same as Rory McIlroy and Team Ireland hockey player Michael Robson.
