Chris O’Donnell
Age: 24
Club: North Sligo
Event: 400m, Mixed 4x400m Relay
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Improved to 45.26 in Madrid last month, a potential semi-finalist. Coached by Benke Blomkvist.
Mark English
Age: 29
Club: Finn Valley
Event: 800m
Best of 1:46.02, off his 1:44.71 of last year, has the experience to progress. Coached by Feidhlim Kelly.
Andrew Coscoran
Age: 26
Club: Star of the Sea
Event: 1500m
Ran 3:36.54 last month, off his best of 3:35.66 from last year, capable making the semi-final. Coached by Feidhlim Kelly.
Thomas Barr
Age: 29
Club: Ferrybank
Event: 400m Hurdles
Ran 49.53 in May, before injury interrupted things, will require something very big to make the final. Coached by Hayley Harrison.
Eric Favors
Age: 25
Club: Raheny Shamrocks
Event: Shot put
US-based, threw 20.11m in Cork earlier this month, receiving a late invite by athlete quota. Building towards Paris 2024. Coached by Dane Miller.
John Kelly
Age: 26
Club: Finn Valley
Event: Shot put.
From St Johnston in Donegal, threw a brilliant 20.16 in Cork, improving the Irish record, also building towards Paris. Coached by Vesteinn Hafsteinsson in Sweden.
Jack Raftery
Age: 21
Club: Donore Harriers
Event: Mixed 4x400m Relay
Ran 46.17 in Belgium in May, won the Morton Games in Santry, an exciting prospect. Coached by Jeremy Lyons.
Luke Lennon-Ford
Age: 33
Club: Clonliffe Harriers
Event: Mixed 4x400m Relay
British-born and with considerable relay experience already. Coached by David Sadkin.
Brendan Boyce
Age: 35
Club: Finn Valley
Event: 35km Walk
Finished 10th in Tokyo and sixth in the 2019 World Championships in the now discontinued 50km walk, can still compete well at this distance. Coached by Robert Heffernan.
David Kenny
Age: 23
Club: Farranfore Maine Valley
Event: 20km Walk
Ranked fifth on season best of 1:19:44, capable of top-10 finish with further improvement. Coached by Robert Heffernan.
Rhasidat Adeleke
Age: 19
Club: Tallaght
Event: 200m, 400m, mixed 4x400m relay, 4x100m relay
Yes still a teenager – turning 20 next month – making her senior championship debut, overlooked for the Olympics last year, real potential most likely over 400m. Coached by Edrick Floreal at the University of Texas.
Sophie Becker
Age: 25
Club: Raheny Shamrock AC
Event: 400m, mixed 4x400m relay.
Improved her best to 51.83 in May, part of the mixed relay team that made the Olympic final and may do similar here. Coached by Jeremy Lyons and Ger O’Donnell.
Louise Shanahan
Age: 25
Club: Leevale AC
Event: 800m
Improved the Irish record to 1:59.42 in Belfast in May, a bit off that of late and unlikely to advance here. Coached by Phil O’Dell at Cambridge and her father Ray Shanahan.
Sarah Healy
Age: 21
Club: UCD
Event: 1500m
Continues to rewrite underage records, clocking 4:02.86 in Ostrava in May, a repeat of which here could see her advance. Coached by Eoghan Marnell.
Sarah Lavin
Age: 28
Club: Emerald
Event: 100m hurdles, 4x100m relay
A World Indoor finalist over 60m hurdles in March, improved best to 12.84 in Cork, and certainly keen to progress again here. Coached by Noelle Morrissey.
Sharlene Mawdsley
Age: 23
Club: Newport
Event: Mixed 4x400m relay
Ran 51.70 in Belgium last year, a best of 52.10 this year, improving back-up if required. Coached by Olympian Gary Ryan.
Molly Scott
Age: 23
Club: St Laurence O’Toole AC
Event: 4x100m relay
Briefly held Irish indoor 60m record in February, narrowly lost Irish 100m title to Rhasidat Adeleke, fast-improving still. Coached by her mother Deirdre Scott
Joan Healy
Age: 29
Club: Leevale
Event: 4x100m relay
Older sister of Phil, who is skipping Oregon, best of 11.57 this season in June. Coached by Derval O’Rourke and Marian Heffernan.
Sarah Leahy
Age: 22
Club: Killarney Valley
Event: 4x100m relay
Ran a lifetime best of 11.67 in Carlow in April, seventh in the Irish championship 100m. final, a fast-rising prospect. Coached by Drew and Hayley Harrison.
Lauren Roy
Age: 21
Club: City of Lisburn AC
Event: 4x100m relay
Clocked a best of 11.77 in Florida in May, sixth in the Irish championship 100m final, also an exciting emerging talent. Coached by Adam McMullen.
Adeyemi Talabi
Age: 19
Club: Longford
Event: 4x100m relay
Ran a best of 11.44 in LA in May, just finished her freshman year at the University of Texas at Arlington. Coached by Tyrone Edgar
