Athletics Ireland Announces 2015 Junior & Youth Relay Coaches

Athletics Ireland’s Junior High Performance Programme is delighted to announce the Junior & Youth Relay Coaches for 2015; Karen Kirk (girls) and Daniel Kilgallon (boys).

Karen has vast experience as a sprints and relay Coach and most recently, Karen worked with the 2013 EYOF Girls 4 x 100m team that won Gold at the EYOF in Utrecht in 2013.

Daniel also is a very successful sprints and relay coach who last year worked with the Junior Boys 4 x 100m who were endeavouring to qualify for the World Juniors in Oregon, however their efforts were unfortunately thwarted by injuries.

Both are very enthusiastic and positive about their roles and it will be great to have the Junior and Youth relay squads training and using the same changeover methods as their Senior counterparts from an early stage.

Both Karen and Daniel will be in attendance at the National Junior Indoor Championships watching the sprints races very closely and will meet with Junior High Performance Director Jacqui Freyne at these Championships. Training dates, venues and squad longlists will then be published in the week following the Junior Indoor Championships.