High Quality Races Expected At The GloHealth AAI Open Indoor Games

The indoor season kicks into overdrive this weekend with many of Ireland's top International athletes competing at the GloHealth AAI Open Indoor Games in Athlone this Sunday (February 1st).2014 national senior indoor 60m champion Amy Foster (City of Lisburn AC) will make her seasonal debut on the boards as she goes head to head with Bandon AC athlete Phil Healy. Healy has been in promising form this season having run 7.41 seconds in Athlone last weekend. Both athletes will have one eye on the 7.36 second qualifying time required for the European Indoor

Championships in Prague.
Multiple national champion and Irish long jump record holder Kelly Proper (Ferrybank AC) will contest the 200m and long Jump where she will start as favourite in both. Fresh from his 3.59 mile time in New York John Travers (Donore Harriers AC) goes in the men's 3,000m. The women's 3,000m features Sara Treacy (Dunboyne AC) and Ann-Marie McGlynn (Letterkenny AC), two members of the bronze medal winning European cross country team.

Brendan Boyce (Letterkenny AC) and Leevale AC duo Alex Wright and Luke Hickey are set to battle it out in the 3k Walk. After a recent spell of warm weather training in South Africa Ciara Everard (UCD AC) takes on the 800m in a season where the European Indoors is the likely target.

Declan Murray to Replace John Travers on Irish DMR Team

Declan Murray (Clonliffe Harriers AC) will replace John Travers on the Irish team for the Distance Medley Relay (DMR) at the New Balance Indoor Games on the 31st of January. The decision has been made for John Travers not to travel with the Irish team as a precautionary measure due to an injury niggle. Instead Travers will race at home in the 3,000m at the GloHealth AAI Open Indoor Games on the 1st of February. Murray will now join European 800m Bronze Medallist Mark English (UCD AC), Brian Gregan (Clonliffe Harriers AC) and Ciaran O'Lionaird (Leevale AC) as they compete against other International and US teams in the exciting DMR event.

European Indoor Championships Relay Team
Athletics Ireland is delighted to announce that European Athletics have invited an Irish 4x400m men's relay team to compete in the 2015 European Indoor Championships in Prague.