Carlow sprinter Molly Scott has been officially named to the Irish team bound for the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, next weekend.
The St. Laurence O’Toole’s standout has been in scintillating form for the indoor season, first equalling, then breaking the Irish 60m record in January before breaking it again at the senior championships last month, setting a time of 7.19 seconds.
Fellow Carlovian Marcus Lawler, who joined Clonliffe Harriers last year, has been named as a non-travelling reserve for the Men’s 400m relay.
Fresh from a new 400m PB of 51.66 at the World Indoor Tour in Madrid last week, Phil Healy will also travel, alongside Finn Valley AC’s Mark English who will feature in both the 800m and Men’s 4x400m.
UCD’s Israel Olatund who set a 60m PB of 6.62 – just 0.01 away from the national senior record – at the senior indoor championships last month is also included.
Another fantastic season’s been had by UCD’s Sarah Healy who is now second only to Ciara Mageean in the record books, the 21-year-old breaking her own Under 23 record with a time of 4:06.95 in February.
Irish Team for World Indoor Championships
| Athlete | Coach | Club | Event |
| Israel Olatunde | Daniel Kilgallon | UCD AC | Men’s 60m |
| Mark English | Feidhlim Kelly | Finn Valley AC | Men’s 800m & Men’s 4x400m Relay |
| Andrew Coscoran | Feidhlim Kelly | Star of the Sea AC | Men’s 1500m |
| Luke McCann | Clark McCann | UCD AC | Men’s 1500m |
| Darragh McElhinney | Emmett Dunleavy | UCD AC | Men’s 3000m |
| Sarah Lavin | Noelle Morrissey | Emerald AC | Women’s 60m Hurdles |
| Molly Scott | Deirdre Scott | St Laurence O’Toole’s AC | Women’s 60m |
| Phil Healy | Shane McCormack | Bandon AC | Women’s 400m & Women’s 4x400m Relay |
| Sophie Becker | Jeremy Lyons & Gerard O’Donnell | Raheny Shamrocks AC | Women’s 400m & Women’s 4x400m Relay |
| Síofra Cleirigh Buttner | Mark Coogan | Dundrum South Dublin AC | Women’s 800m |
| Sarah Healy | Eoghan Marnell | UCD AC | Women’s 1500m |
| Cillin Greene | Jeremy Lyons & Gerard O’Donnell | Galway City Harriers AC | Men’s 4x400m Relay |
| Robert McDonnell | Brendan Glynn | Galway City Harriers AC | Men’s 4x400m Relay |
| Cathal Crosbie | Drew & Hayley Harrison | Ennis Track AC | Men’s 4x400m Relay |
| Chris O’Donnell | Benke Blomqvist | North Sligo AC | Men’s 4x400m Relay |
| Brian Gregan | John Shields | Clonliffe Harriers AC | Men’s 4x400m Relay |
| Marcus Lawler** | Shane McCormack | Clonliffe Harriers AC | Men’s 4x400m Relay |
| Sharlene Mawdsley | Gary Ryan | Newport AC | Women’s 4x400m Relay |
| Roisin Harrison | Eoghan McNamara | Emerald AC | Women’s 4x400m Relay |
| Catherine McManus | Brian McManus | Dublin City Harriers AC | Women’s 4x400m Relay |
| Rachel McCann** | Michael Roberts | North Down AC | Women’s 4x400m Relay |
