Leevale's Lizzie Lee selected on European Team at Edinburgh International Cross-Country

Lizzie-Lee
Photo: Athletics Ireland

Great Edinburgh Cross-Country Timetable

Time Race title Race distance
9.50 U15 Girls Inter District + U15 Boys Inter District 4k
10.10 Pure Gym Great Edinburgh Winter Run - WHITE WAVE 5k
10.15 Pure Gym Great Edinburgh Winter Run - GREEN WAVE  
10.20 Pure Gym Great Edinburgh Winter Run - PINK WAVE  
10.35 Senior + Junior Women Inter District + U23 Celtic Nations 6k
11.05 Senior + Junior Men Inter District + U23 Celtic Nations 8k
11.40 U13 Girls Inter District + U13 Boys Inter District 3k
12:00 Great Edinburgh X Country 6k
  Junior Men’s 6km*  
  Inc. U17 ID U17 Celtic Nations and U20 Celtic Nations  
12.10 Pure Gym Junior Great Edinburgh Winter Run 2.5k
12.30 Great Edinburgh X Country 4k
  Junior Women’s 4km*  
  Inc. U17 ID U17 Celtic Nations and U20 Celtic Nations  
13:00 BBC coverage starts  
13.06 Great Edinburgh XCountry 4 x 1k Relay 4 x 1k
13.30 Great Edinburgh XCountry Women's 6k 6k
13.57 Great Edinburgh XCountry Men's 8k 8k
14.29 BBC coverage finishes

Lizzie Lee has been added to the European team at the Great Edinburgh International Cross-Country.  The event will be held on Saturday January 9th and will be broadcast live on BBC.

Lizzie has been selected on the basis of her 12th place finish at the European Cross-Country Championships.  She joins Fionnuala McCormack (nee Britton) who finished fourth in the European Cross-Country Championships.  Both Lizzie and Fionnuala will also represent Ireland on the Celtic International teams, against Scotland and Wales.

Europe will be competing against Great Britain and USA. 

European Athletics squad for 2016 Edinburgh Cross Country
Photo: European Athletics
Original European squad for the 2016 Great Edinburgh Cross-Country, as seleced on the day of the 2015 European Cross-Country Championships

European Senior Men's Team (as originally selected)
Ali Kaya (TUR), Alemayehu Bezabeh (ESP), Adel Mechaal (ESP), Ayad Lamdassem (ESP), Ilias Fifa (ESP), Florian Carvalho (FRA), Roberto Alaiz (ESP), Yohan Durand (FRA), Carlos Mayo (ESP), Amanal Petros (GER), Djilali Bedrani (FRA), Lorenzo Dini (ITA).

European Junior Men's Team (as originally selected)
Fabien Palcau (FRA), Jimmy Gressier (FRA), Mohamed-Amine El Bouajaji (FRA), Petro Riva (ITA), Yohane Chippinelli (ITA), Baptiste Mischler (FRA)

European Senior Women's Team (as originally selected)
Sifan Hassan (NED), Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal (NOR), Fionnuala McCormack (IRL), Ancuta Bobocel (ROU), Clémence Calvin (FRA), Maureen Koster (NED), Johanna Peiponen (FIN), Trihas Gebre (ESP), Louise Carton (BEL), Jip Vastenburg (NED), Amela Terzic (SRB), Viktoria Kushnir (BLR).  Lizzie Lee has been added to the team.

European Senior Men's Team (as originally selected)
Konstanze Klosterhalfen (GER), Alina Reh (Germany), Célia Anton (ESP), Sarah Kistner (GER), Anne Emilie Moller (DEN), Cecile Lejeune (FRA)

Irish Teams for Celtic International

The Celtic International will be held in conjunction with the Great Edinburgh International Cross-Country.  Three Cork athletes will represent Ireland: Darragh McElhinney, Bantry AC, heads the Boy's Under 17 team, while Ciara Everard, Bandon AC, and Damian Madigan, North Cork AC, are on the respective Junior Women and Boy's Under 17 Development Teams.

U23 Women's Irish Team            

Shona Heaslip                    An Riocht AC
Meghan Ryan                     DSD AC
Aoibhe Richardson             KCH AC
Clare McCarthy                 DSD AC

U23 Men's Irish Team  

David Scanlon            Rathfarnham AC
Kevin Kelly                St Coca’s AC
Karl Fitzmaurice         Ennis Track AC
Rick Nally                  DSD AC

Junior Women's Irish Team       

Emma O'Brien      Inbhear Dee
Isabel Carron       Skerries AC
Deirdre Healy       Ratoath AC
Hope Saunders    Clonliffe Harriers

Junior Women's Development Team    

Sophie Murphy       DSD AC
Niamh Corry           Raheny Shamrocks AC
Aisling Kelly            St Johns AC
Fiona Everard       Bandon AC

Junior Men's Irish Team              

Kevin Mulcaire        Ennis Track AC
Peter Lynch             KCH AC
Jack O'Leary           Mullingar Harriers AC
Cathal Doyle           Clonliffe Harriers AC

Junior Men's Development Team           

Pierre Murchan                Dublin City Harriers AC
Chinnie Izuchukwu          Tullamore Harriers AC
Brian Flanagan                Clonliffe Harriers AC
Shane Hughes                 Mullingar Harriers AC
Evan Byrne                     Togher AC

Girls U17's Irish Team   

Amy Rose Farrell           Blackrock AC (Dublin)
Claire Rafter                  Tullamore AC
Abigail Taylor                DSD AC
Roseanne McCullough   DSD AC

Boys U17's Irish Team  

Darragh McElhinney      Bantry AC
James Battle                      Mullingar Harriers AC
Louis O’Loughlin               Donore Harriers AC
Donal Devane                    Ennis Track AC

Girls U17's Development Team

Aoife Darby            Mullingar Harriers AC
Amy O’Brien          Inbhear Dee AC
Annie McEvoy        Kilkenny City Harriers AC
Grace Dervan         DSD AC

Boys U17's Development Team

Cian Kelly                  St Abbans AC
Jack Moran                Mullingar Harriers AC
Adam Fitzpatrick        Kilkenny City Harriers AC
Damien Madigan     North Cork AC

Start Lists - PDF File

(12:00 noon) Junior Men - Team Europe - 6k

No Surname Name Country - Bio
11 PALCAU FABIEN PALCAU (FRA) 2015 EURO JNR XC CHAMPS SILVER MEDALLIST; 14:26.41 5000M
12 GRESSIER JIMMY GRESSIER (FRA) 2015 EURO JNR XC CHAMPS 4TH PLACE; REPRESENTED FRA 2015 WORLD XC CHAMPS
13 RIVA PIETRO RIVA (ITA) 2015 EURO JNR XC CHAMPS 10TH PLACE; 2015 EUROPEAN JNR 10000M CHAMPION; 29:57 10K
14 MISCHLER BAPTISTE MISCHLER (FRA) 2015 EURO JNR 1500M SILVER MEDALLIST; 2015 EURO JNR XC 21ST PLACE
15 O'LEARY JACK O'LEARY (IRL) 2015 EURO JNR XC CHAMPS 23RD PLACE; 14:28.16 5000M
16 MULCAIRE KEVIN MULCAIRE (IRL) 2015 EURO JNR XC CHAMPS 25TH PLACE; 14:02.30 5000M

(13:06) Stewart Cup - International Relay - Irish Team - 4 x 1km

No Surname Name Country - Bio
35 IRELAND JOHN TRAVERS 2015 EURO INDOOR CHAMPS 1500M 7TH PLACE; 3:37.27 1500M
36 IRELAND LAURA CROWE REPRESENTED IRL 2014 EURO XC CHAMPS; 2:00.93 800M; 4:11.49 1500M
37 IRELAND EOIN EVERARD 1:48.40 800M; 3:39.64 1500M
38 IRELAND KERRY O'FLAHERTY REPRESENTED IRL 2015 WORLD CHAMPS 3000M S/C; 4:12.79 1500M

(13:30) Senior Women - Team Europe - 6km

No Surname Name Country - Bio
16 MCCORMACK FIONNUALA MCCORMACK (IRL) 2011 & 2012 EUROPEAN XC CHAMPION; 2014 GREAT EDINBURGH XC 2ND PLACE; 32:56 10K
17 TERZIC AMELATERZIC (SRB) 2015 EURO U23 XC CHAMPS BRONZE MEDALLIST; 2015 EUROPEAN U23 1500M CHAMPION; 8:57.20 3000M
18 KUSHNIR VIKTORIA KUSHNIR (BLR) 2015 EURO U23 XC CHAMPS 5TH PLACE
19 BOBOCEL ANCUTA BOBOCEL (ROU) 2015 EURO XC CHAMPS 5TH PLACE; 2009 EUROPEAN U23 3000M SIC CHAMPION; 15:56.00 5000M
20 PEIPONEN JOHANNA PEIPONEN (FIN) 2015 EURO XC CHAMPS 10TH PLACE; 32:51.04 10000M
21 GEBRE TRIHAS GEBRE (ESP) 2015 EURO XC CHAMPS 11TH PLACE; 2015 WORLD XC CHAMPS 15TH PLACE; 32:03.39 10000M
22 LEE LIZZIE LEE (IRL) 2015 XC CHAMPS 13TH PLACE; 2015 EURO XC TEAM BRONZE MEDALLIST; 34:18 10K
23 BAUMEISTER ANNA BAUMEISTER (DEN) 2015 EURO XC CHAMPS 15TH PLACE; 33:56.55 10000M
24 INGLESE VERONICA INGLESE (ITA) 2015 EURO XC CHAMPS 19TH PLACE; 33:25 10K
25 AYDEMIR ESMAAYDEMIR (TUR) EURO XC CHAMPS 12TH PLACE; 2011 EUROPEAN JNR 5000M CHAMPION; 15:50.05 5000M