Two added to Indoor Championships team
Athletics Ireland have added a further two athletes to the team for the forthcoming European Indoor Championships in Madrid on March 4-6.
The team now numbers 16, the largest Irish team ever for the Championships.
James Nolan (1500m) and Peter Coghlan (60m H) were both added after showing some outstanding form in the past week.
Nolan, a silver medallist from the event in 2000, ran a seasons best of 3.41.91 in Madrid on Thursday while Coghlan won a 55m hurdles event in Clemson University in the US on Saturday night.
The event was given a boost when RTE announced that they will be showing extended highlights over the three nights of the Championship.
Irish Team for European Indoor Championships, Madrid Mar 4-6.
Women
60 Ailis McSweeney (Leevale), Emily Maher (KCH)
200 Ciara Sheehy (DCH)
1500 Roisin McGettigan (Sli Chulainn)
60H Derval O'Rourke (Leevale)
HJ Deirdre Ryan (UCD)
Men
60 Jer O'Donoghue (Leevale)
200 Paul Hession (Athenry), Paul Brizzel (Ballymena & Antrim)
400 David Gillick (DSD), Rob Daly (DSD), David McCarthy (Le Cheile)
1500 James Nolan (UCD)
3000 Alistair Cragg (Clonliffe), Mark Carroll (Leevale)
60mH Peter Coghlan (Crusaders)
Team Manager: Paddy Marley (Clonliffe Harriers)
Team Coach: Paddy Fay(Raheny Shamrock)
Performance Director: Elaine Fitzgerald (Waterford AC)
Coaching Director: Stephen Maguire
Doctor: Dr. Brendan O’Brien
Physiotherapist: Nessa Smith
