Selection Announcement: World Indoor Championships, Belgrade 18th to 20th March 2022 - Athletics Ireland
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Selection Announcement: World Indoor Championships, Belgrade 18th to 20th March 2022

7 March 2022

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Athletics Ireland has selected 19 athletes to travel to represent Ireland at the World Indoor Championships taking place on March 18th to 20th in Belgrade, Serbia.  

Molly Scott (St. Laurence O'Toole's AC) is set take the World Indoor Championships by storm after her incredible record breaking 60m performance at the Irish Life Health National Senior Indoor Championships in February, retaking the Irish Record with a time of 7.19. 

Phil Healy (Bandon AC) has been a strong feature of the Irish indoor season, after winning the Irish life Health National Senior Indoor Championships Healy went on to set a new 400m PB, 51.66, at the World Indoor Tour in Madrid last week (2nd March).  

Mark English (Finn Valley AC) takes to the 800m and the Men’s 4x400m. The 2022 season has seen a series of consistent and strong performances from the Finn Valley Star with a sixth-place finish at the World Athletics Indoor Tour in Poland before coming to the Irish Life Health National Senior Indoor Championships to take top spot 

Israel Olatunde (UCD AC) features in the 60m after his incredible performance at the Irish Life Health National Senior Indoor Championships, securing both his standard to qualify for these championships, the 19-year-old also secured a new PB of 6.62 just 0.01 away from the National Senior record. 

Sarah Healy (UCD AC) is set for the 1500m and will be pushing for the final or better at the World Indoor Championships. The 21-year-old has had a superb indoor season breaking her own U23 Record in February setting the time at 4:06.95, the second fastest ever by an Irish woman, after Ciara Mageean.   

High Performance Director Paul McNamara commented on the selection: 

“Ireland had one athlete compete at the 2016 World Indoor Championships and five athletes compete at the 2018 edition, we have now selected a team of eleven individual athletes, plus the selection of two relay teams both of which will be pushing towards a final and new national record. These figures underpin a significant increase in the strength and depth of indoor athletics in Ireland, which continues to bode well for the future, and this squad is confident of making an impact in on the global stage in Belgrade.”  

AthleteCoachClubEvent
Israel OlatundeDaniel KilgallonUCD ACMen's 60m
Mark EnglishFeidhlim KellyFinn Valley ACMen's 800m & Men's 4x400m Relay
Andrew CoscoranFeidhlim KellyStar of the Sea ACMen's 1500m
Luke McCannClark McCannUCD ACMen's 1500m
Darragh McElhinneyEmmett DunleavyUCD ACMen's 3000m
Sarah LavinNoelle MorrisseyEmerald ACWomen's 60m Hurdles
Molly ScottDeirdre ScottSt Laurence O'Toole's ACWomen's 60m
Phil HealyShane McCormackBandon ACWomen's 400m & Women's 4x400m Relay
Sophie BeckerJeremy Lyons & Gerard O'DonnellRaheny Shamrocks ACWomen's 400m & Women's 4x400m Relay
Síofra Cleirigh ButtnerMark CooganDundrum South Dublin AC

Women's 800m

Sarah HealyEoghan MarnellUCD ACWomen's 1500m
Cillin GreeneJeremy Lyons & Gerard O'Donnell Galway City Harriers ACMen's 4x400m Relay
Robert McDonnellBrendan GlynnGalway City Harriers ACMen's 4x400m Relay
Cathal CrosbieDrew & Hayley HarrisonEnnis Track ACMen's 4x400m Relay
Chris O'DonnellBenke BlomqvistNorth Sligo ACMen's 4x400m Relay
Brian GreganJohn ShieldsClonliffe Harriers ACMen's 4x400m Relay
Marcus Lawler**Shane McCormackClonliffe Harriers ACMen's 4x400m Relay
Sharlene MawdsleyGary RyanNewport ACWomen's 4x400m Relay
Roisin HarrisonEoghan McNamaraEmerald ACWomen's 4x400m Relay
Catherine McManusBrian McManusDublin City Harriers ACWomen's 4x400m Relay
Rachel McCann**Michael RobertsNorth Down ACWomen's 4x400m Relay

 ** = Denotes an athlete who is a non-travelling reserve

 

Travelling Support Staff:

Paul McNamara - Head of Delegation

Teresa McDaid - Team Manager

David Stephenson - Operations Manager

Ciara McCallion - Team Physio

Declan Monaghan - Team Physio

David McCarthy - Team Coach (Relays)

 

The following personal coaches are travelling to the World Indoor Championships and will be integrated as part of the Team Ireland support staff:

Clark McCann

Deirdre Scott

Emmett Dunleavy

Eoghan Marnell

Gerard O'Donnell

Jeremy Lyons

Noelle Morrissey

Shane McCormack

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