As proud sponsors of Athletics Ireland, giving better a try is what we do best, and no one does it better than Irish athletes! This weekend will see Ireland compete in the European U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland from 13th to 16th July. The selections include 24 individual participants along with the men's 4x100m and 4x400m squads. The team features Sarah Healy and Sophie O'Sullivan, currently ranked 1st and 2nd in Europe in this age category on the 2023 European performance list.
Sophie is one of several athletes who earned promotion and a divisional title at the recent European Team Championships that are named as part of this squad including individual winners Ruby Millet, and James Ezeonu.
Brand Ambassadors Israel Olatunde will compete in the 100m, where he holds the National Senior Record, and will lead a strong 4x100m squad while long jumper Reece Ademola will look to make an impact this weekend. Ava O'Connor, Oisin Lane, Nicola Tuthill each set new championship records recently at the National 123.ie U23 Championships and will be hoping for further glory.
Meet the full team:
| Adeyemi Talabi | Longford AC | 100m |
| Sophie O’Sullivan | Ballymore Cobh | 1500m |
| Sarah Healy | UCD AC | 1500m |
| Jane Buckley | Leevale | 5000m |
| Anika Thompson | Leevale | 10,000m |
| Ava O’Connor | Tullamore Harriers | 3000m SC |
| Ruby Millet | St. Abban’s | Long Jump |
| Nicola Tuthill | UCD AC | Hammer |
| Israel Olatunde | UCD AC | 100m & 4x100m |
| Oliver Swinney | Speed Development Project | 100m & 4x100m |
| Robert McDonnell | Galway City Harriers | 100m, 200m & 4x400m |
| Colin Doyle | Leevale | 200m & 4x100m |
| Jack Raftery | Donore Harriers | 400m & 4x400m |
| Callum Baird | Ballymena & Antrim | 400m & 4x400m |
| Cian McPhillips | UCD AC | 800m |
| Shay McEvoy | KCH | 5000m |
| Callum Morgan | Candour Track Club | 5000m |
| Abdel Laadjel | Donore Harriers | 10,000m |
| Shane Coffey* | Naas | 10,000m |
| Sean McGinley | Finn Valley | 3000m SC |
| James Dunne | Tullamore Harriers | 3000m SC |
| James Ezeonu | Leevale | 110mH |
| Oisin Lane | Mullingar Harriers | 20km RW |
| Reece Ademola | Leevale | Long Jump |
| Gabriel Kehinde | Ennis Track Club | 4x100m |
| Runo Avayaro | Newbridge AC | 4x100m |
| Conor Morey | Leevale AC | 4x100m |
| Nelvin Appiah | Longford AC | 4x100m |
| Ciaran Carthy | DSD AC | 4x400m |
| Andrew Egan | Galway City Harriers | 4x400m |
| Aaron Keane | Tullamore Harriers | 4x400m |
| Hugo Magee | Crusaders AC | 4x400m |
| Cillian Griffin | Tralee Harriers | Non travelling reserve |
