Three Leevale athletes have been selected on the exciting Irish Team for the Spar European Cross Country Championships, which will be held in Turin, Italy on Nov 11th.
Leevale Olympian Michelle Finn has been selected for her sixth Eurocross Championships, having won bronze team medals on two previous occasions, Michelle is optimistic about the teams chances again on this occasion.
Anika Thompson made the long trip from Oregon to Donegal at the weekend all the more worthwhile in taking the U20 women’s title impressively. Thompson will head an exciting women’s U20 team which includes club mate Jane Buckley, who is back for another bite at the European U20 race following encouraging performances at the grade last year.
Team 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 | Chris Harrington & 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 |