Three Donegal athletes will head to Italy next month to compete in the European Cross Country Championships.
Letterkenny AC’s Ann Marie McGlynn will be competing in the Senior Women’s race along with Finn Valley’s Roisin Flanagan, while club mate Sean McGinley goes in the U20 Men’s race.
The Championships take place in La Mandria Park, on the outskirts of Turin, on December 11th 2022.
All three athletes are coming into the championships in fine form off the back of impressive performances from the weekend.
Ann Marie McGlynn was 4th in the Women’s Senior race at the All-Ireland Cross Country Championships at Rosapenna on Sunday, with Letterkenny AC winning Senior Womens silver, just a point behind Dublin City Harriers AC.
At the same event, Sean McGinley put in a brave effort for sixth place at the Junior’s Men’s 4,000 metres.
He also claimed first place in the Junior race at the Autumn Open on Oct 16th and spoke in his post-race interview of the desire to take the next step.
And Roisin Flanagan set a new Donegal 5k road record on Saturday in the SugarRun 5k in Tennessee, with a time of 15:42.8 to come fourth in the race in Germanstown.
SELECTIONS:
| Event | Name | Club | Coach |
| Senior Men | Hiko Tonosa Haso | Dundrum South Dublin | Feidhlim Kelly |
| Senior Men | Peter Lynch | Kilkenny City Harriers | Taylor Gulley |
| Senior Men | Pierre Murchan | Dublin City Harriers | Mary McKenna |
| Senior Men | Brian Fay | Raheny Shamrocks | Andy Powell |
| Senior Men | Cormac Dalton | Mullingar Harriers | Taylor Gulley |
| Senior Men | Barry Keane | Waterford AC | Matt Roe |
| Senior Women | Ciara Mageean | City of Lisburn | Helen Clitheroe |
| Senior Women | Michelle Finn | Leevale AC | Feidhlim Kelly |
| Senior Women | Ann Marie McGlynn | Letterkenny AC | Emmett Dunleavy |
| Senior Women | Mary Mulhare | Portlaoise AC | Michael Mulhare |
| Senior Women | Aoibhe Richardson | Kilkenny City Harriers | Julia Lucas |
| Senior Women | Roisin Flanagan | Finn Valley AC | Damon Martin |
| U23 Men | Darragh McElhinney | UCD AC | Emmett Dunleavy |
| U23 Men | Efrem Gidey | Clonliffe Harriers | Peter McDermott |
| U23 Men | Keelan Kilrehill | Sligo AC | Emmett Dunleavy |
| U23 Men | Jamie Battle | Mullingar Harriers | Joe Ryan |
| U23 Men | Thomas McStay | Galway City Harriers | Matt lockett |
| U23 Men | Shay McEvoy | Kilkenny City Harriers | Taylor Gulley |
| U23 Women | Sarah Healy | UCD AC | Eoghan Marnell |
| U23 Women | Danielle Donegan | UCD AC | Emmett Dunleavy |
| U23 Women | Laura Mooney | Tullamore Harriers | Ray Treacy |
| U23 Women | Aoife Ó’Cuill | St Coca’s AC | Joe Ryan |
| U23 Women | Jodie McCann | Dublin City Harriers | Clark McCann |
| U23 Women | Niamh O’Mahoney | An Ríocht AC | Ray Treacy |
| U20 Men | Nicholas Griggs | Mid Ulster AC | Mark Kirk |
| U20 Men | Dean Casey | Ennis Track AC | Pat Hogan |
| U20 Men | Jonas Stafford | Ashford AC | Feidhlim Kelly |
| U20 Men | Mark Hanrahan | Ennis Track AC | Pat Hogan |
| U20 Men | Callum Morgan | St. Malachy’s AC | Mark Kirk |
| U20 Men | Sean McGinley | Finn Valley AC | John Rogan |
| U20 Women | Anika Thompson | Leevale AC | Ken Nason & Shalane Flanagan |
| U20 Women | Anna Gardiner | East Down AC | Peter Morgan |
| U20 Women | Róise Roberts | North Belfast Harriers | Jim McGuinness & Joe Ryan |
| U20 Women | Hannah Kehoe | Kilkenny City Harriers | Niamh Richardson |
| U20 Women | Jane Buckley | Leevale AC | Ray Treacy |
| U20 Women | Fiona Hawkins | Dublin City Harriers | Damon Martin |
| Mixed Relay | Andrew Coscoran | Star of the Sea AC | Feidhlim Kelly |
| Mixed Relay | Luke McCann | UCD AC | Thomas Dreißigacker & Clark McCann |
| Mixed Relay | Georgie Hartigan | Dundrum South Dublin | Bev Hartigan |
| Mixed Relay | Nadia Power | Dublin City Harriers | Matt Yates |