Twenty Irish athletes selected for European U23 Athletics Championships

Twenty Irish athletes have been selected for the European U23 Athletics Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland from the 13th-16th of July.

The team is dominated by sprinters but also has some good athletes in the middle distance and in the throws with the likes of Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (DSD) in the 800m and Adam King (Iveragh) in the hammer.

Quite a number of the athletes are transitioning from the junior ranks having competed in the European U20 Championships in Eskilstuna, Sweden in 2015 and at the World U20 Championships last year which were also hosted in Bydgoszcz.

WOMEN

Long Jump, 200m, & 100m Sarah McCarthy (Mid Sutton AC)       

200m & 4X400m Relay    Cliodhna Manning (Kilkenny City Harriers AC)   

400m & 4x400m Relay Jenna Bromell (Emerald AC)

400m, 200m & 4x400m Relay Sophie Becker (St. Joseph's AC)    

800m & 4x400m Relay Alanna Lally (UCD AC)     

800m & 4x400m Relay Siofra Cleirigh-Buttner (DSD AC) 

Pole Vault Sarah McKeever (DSD AC)

MEN

400m & 4x400m Relay    Andrew Mellon (Crusaders AC)

400m & 4x400m Relay    Brandon Arrey (Blarney Iniscarra AC)    

400m & 4x400m Relay    Harry Purcell (Trim AC)

110mH  Matthew Behan (Crusaders AC)

1500m   Kevin Kelly (St. Coca's AC)          

1500m & 5000m Andrew Coscoran (Star of the Sea AC)

5000m   Barry Keane (Waterford AC)     

Shot Put John Kelly (Finn Valley AC)      

Hammer Adam King (Iveragh AC)            

Hammer Owen Russell (St. Andrew's AC)           

4x400m Relay Craig Newell (Ballymena & Antrim AC)     

4x400m Relay Paul White (Nenagh AC)

4x400m Relay Karl Griffin (UCD AC)