Following silver wins in their respective events at this past weekend’s National Cross Country Championships in Santry, Kilkenny City Harriers duo Peter Lynch and Aoibhe Richardson have been selected to compete at next month’s European Junior Cross Country Championships.
They will take their place on the Irish junior team for the forthcoming championships in Hyeres, France, this coming 13 December.
Hope Saunders (Clonliffe Harriers) and Kevin Mulcaire (Ennis Track Club) are returning with experience to this year’s championships to lead out the junior teams (via).
| Event | Athlete | Club | Coach |
| Men’s Junior | Kevin Mulcaire | Ennis Track Club | Pat Hogan |
| Men’s Junior | Peter Lynch | Kilkenny City Harriers | Noel Richardson |
| Men’s Junior | Jack O’Leary | Mullingar Harriers | Joe Ryan |
| Men’s Junior | Cathal Doyle | Clonliffe Harriers | Joe Cooper |
| Men’s Junior | James Edgar | Lisburn AC | Heather Ardis |
| Men’s Junior | Pierre Murchan | Celtic AC | Mary McKenna |
| Women’s Junior | Hope Saunders | Clonliffe Harriers | Joe Cooper & Brian McDonald |
| Women’s Junior | Aoibhe Richardson | Kilkenny City Harriers | Noel Richardson |
| Women’s Junior | Isabel Carron | Skerries AC | Kevin Thompson |
| Women’s Junior | Deirdre Healy | Ratoath AC | Gerry Finnegan |
| Women’s Junior | Nadia Power | Templeogue AC | Stephen Holt |
| Women’s Junior | Sophie Murphy | Dundrum South Dublin | Donal Hennigan |
