Hacketstown’s Molly Scott has received a call up to the Irish team for the new DNA meet in Glasgow next month.
Dynamic New Athletics or DNA is an innovative, team-based competition concept for athletics created by European Athletics to complement the classic athletics format which will be held at the Emirate’s Stadium in Glasgow on February 5.
Ireland will be taking on teams from Scotland, England, Wales, Spain, and Turkey across 11 track and field events to gather points to decide their position going into the decider event “The Hunt”.
Molly has been selected to do the women’s 60m sprint.
Molly, who’s coached by her mother Deirdre Scott was at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland where she placed seventh after winning gold earlier in the year at the Irish Life Health Elite Athlete Indoor Micro Meet both races clocking in at 7.37 just outside her personal best time for this event which is 7.32.
She competed and put in a strong performance at the European Athletics U23 Championships 100m and 4x100m relay as well.
Team Ireland
| Event | Athlete | Club | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women 60m | Molly Scott | Slot AC | Deirdre Scott |
| Men 60m | Israel Olatunde | UCD AC | Daniel Kilgallon |
| Women 60m Hurdles | Kate Doherty | DSD AC | Daniel Kilgallon |
| Men 60m Hurdles | Gerard O’Donnell | Carrick On Shannon AC | Jeremy Lyons & Aideen Sinnott |
| Women 1800m | Louise Shanahan | Leevale AC | Phil O’Dell |
| Women Long Jump | Ruby Millet | St Abbans AC | Michael Kelly & Eoin Kelly |
| Men High Jump | Ciaran Connolly | Le Cheile AC | Lisa Dixon |
| Men Shot Put | James Kelly | Finn Valley AC | John Kelly Snr |
| Mixed 4x400m | Catherine McManus | Dublin City Harriers AC | Brian McManus |
| Mixed 4x400m | Rachel McCann | North Down AC | Michael Roberts |
| Mixed 4x400m | Cillin Greene | Galway City Harriers | Jeremy Lyons & Gerard O’Donnell |
| Mixed 4x400m | Robert McDonnell | Galway City Harriers | Brendan Glynn |
| Hunt Relay (800m) | Alanna Lally | UCD AC | James Nolan |
| Hunt Relay (600m) | Jack Raftery | Donore Harriers | Jeremy Lyons, Gerard O’Donnell & Aideen Sinnott |
| Hunt Relay (400m) | Roisin Harrison | Emerald AC | Eoghan McNamara |
| Hunt Relay (200m) | Eanna Madden | Carrick on Shannon AC | Jeremy Lyons & Gerard O’Donnell |
| Mixed 2x2x200m | Sarah McCarthy | Mid Sutton AC | Sandra Daly |
| Mixed 2x2x200m | Mark Smyth | Raheny Shamrocks AC | Kay Bannon |
