Athletics Ireland have selected a strong squad to represent Ireland in the revived Celtic Cross Country Championships in Renfrew, Glasgow, Scotland this weekend. The group travel to Scotland on Friday and compete on Saturday.
Included are four U17 teams - two male and two female. The teams have been selected from the National U16 Championships in Gowran, Co. Kilkenny and are made up of eight girls and eight boys. The first four in the National Championships form the Celtic team and the next four the development team.
These young athletes will gain excellent experience as they start out on their journey to be the next group of successful Irish athletes in Cross Country running and build on the great success over recent years at European level.
Both National Novice Cross Country Championships make the U23 teams, as Lucy Holmes and Michael Murphy look to have strong performances.
The Irish squad can be seen below:
| CELTIC CROSS COUNTRY RENFREW JANUARY 13TH 2024 | |
| IRELAND CELTIC TEAM U17 | |
| EMER MC KEE | WILLOWFIELD HARRIERS AC |
| EMILY BOLTON | DONORE HARRIERS AC |
| CLARA CASEY | FOYLE VALLEY AC |
| ABBY SMITH | SHERCOCK AC |
| IRELAND DEVELOPMENT TEAM U17 | |
| AVA DIVER | BEECHMOUNT HARRIERS AC |
| CIARA ROHON | WATERFORD ATHLETIC CLUB |
| EMILY MORRIS | WILLOWFIELD HARRIERS AC |
| OLIVIA MORGAN | LAGAN VALLEY AC |
| IRELAND CELTIC TEAM U17 | |
| DECLAN O CONNELL | CRAUGHWELL AC |
| ODHRAN MC BREARTY | FINN VALLEY AC |
| DAIRE MATHEWS | DUNLEER AC |
| JACOB CIOMEK | LUCAN HARRIERS AC |
| IRELAND DEVELOPMENT TEAM U17 | |
| HARRY MC KENZIE | ENNISKILLEN RUNNING CLUB |
| CAI LEWIS | CRUSADERS AC |
| CONOR MC QUIRK | LUSK AC |
| LIAM MORRIS | DONORE HARRIERS AC |
| IRELAND CELTIC TEAM U20 WOMEN | |
| MAEBH EAKIN | DUNLEER AC |
| EDEL MCCREERY | RATHFARNHAM WSAF |
| KIRSTY MAHER | MOY VALLEY AC |
| AVRIL MILLERICK | YOUGHAL AC |
| IRELAND CELTIC TEAM U20 MEN | |
| SEAN LAWTON | DURRUS AC |
| DAVID WILLIAMS | ST. SENAN'S AC |
| CIAN HODGINS | NENAGH OLYMPIC AC |
| HARRY COLBERT | WATERFORD AC |
| IRELAND CELTIC TEAM U23 WOMEN | |
| AOIFE COFFEY | LUCAN HARRIERS |
| ALEX MURPHY | SUNCROFT AC |
| ROISIN O'REILLY | U.C.D. AC |
| LUCY HOLMES | WEST WATERFORD AC |
| IRELAND CELTIC TEAM U23 MEN | |
| MATTHEW LAVERY | NORTH BELFAST HARRIERS |
| CATHAL O'REILLY | KILKENNY CITY HARRIERS |
| MICHAEL MURPHY | TULLAMORE HARRIERS |
| LUKE JOHNSTON | MOY VALLEY AC |
