Tullamore Harrier Lands Senior Team Ireland Call Up

Ava O'Connor has shown prodigious talent in recent seasons.

Tullamore has a Harrier in the Irish squad ahead of the European Team Athletics Championships in Poland.

Ava O'Connor has been selected for the 3,000 metre steeplechase.

The 19 year old will be pulling on the green singlet at senior level for the first time after recently hitting the qualifying standard for the European Under 23 Championships.

O'Connor and the Team Ireland will be hoping they secure promotion to Division Two of the competition which gets underway for Ireland on June 20th.

Elsewhere,

Sarah Healy remains on course to qualify for the World Championships after claiming her first win on the Continental Tour Gold series. 

The Dubliner was just under a second outside her personal best in winning the women's 15-hundred metres in Turku. 

Sarah Lavin came fourth in the women's 100-metre hurdles. 

Tom Barr was fifth in the men's 400-metres hurdles. 

Mark English was tenth in the men's 800-metres. 

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