Sean McGinley has been selected on the 32-person Ireland squad to represent the country at the 2023 European U23 Championships in Finland this month.
The Finn Valley athlete will compete in the 3000m steeplechase at the championships held in the Leppävaara Stadium in the city of Espoo from the 13th to the 16th of July.
The DCU student has had these championships on his radar for a number of months and after winning the 1500m Junior title at the National Junior and U23 Indoor Championships in Athlone in January, he began focusing on the 3000m steeplechase going forward rather than the 1500m.
A time of 8:58 was the European qualifying standard time the Glenswilly man needed to hit and he bettered that when winning at the Irish Universities Championships at Dundrum South Dublin AC in a time of 8:56.90, a new IUAA and DCU record.
The full squad is listed below:
| Athlete Name | Club | Coach | Event |
| Adeyemi Talabi | Longford AC | Jordan Durham | 100m |
| Sophie O’Sullivan | Ballymore Cobh | Maurica Powell | 1500m |
| Sarah Healy | UCD AC | Trevor Painter | 1500m |
| Jane Buckley | Leevale | Ray Treacy | 5000m |
| Anika Thompson | Leevale | Shalane Flanagan | 10,000m |
| Ava O’Connor | Tullamore Harriers | Damon Martin | 3000m SC |
| Ruby Millet | St. Abban’s | Michael & Eoin Kelly | Long Jump |
| Nicola Tuthill | UCD AC | Killian Barry, Kevin Warner, Roland Korom | Hammer |
| Israel Olatunde | UCD AC | Daniel Kilgallon | 100m & 4x100m |
| Oliver Swinney | Speed Development Project | Adam McMullen | 100m & 4x100m |
| Robert McDonnell | Galway City Harriers | Brendan Glynn | 100m, 200m & 4x400m |
| Colin Doyle | Leevale | Alan Mahoney | 200m & 4x100m |
| Jack Raftery | Donore Harriers | Jeremy Lyons & Ger O’Donnell | 400m & 4x400m |
| Callum Baird | Ballymena & Antrim | Ian Neely | 400m & 4x400m |
| Cian McPhillips | UCD AC | Joe Ryan | 800m |
| Shay McEvoy | KCH | Taylor Gulley | 5000m |
| Callum Morgan | Candour Track Club | Mark Kirk | 5000m |
| Abdel Laadjel | Donore Harriers | Ray Treacy | 10,000m |
| Shane Coffey* | Naas | Ray Treacy | 10,000m |
| Sean McGinley | Finn Valley | John Rogan | 3000m SC |
| James Dunne | Tullamore Harriers | Damon Martin | 3000m SC |
| James Ezeonu | Leevale | Kurtis Brondyke | 110mH |
| Oisin Lane | Mullingar Harriers | Michael Lane | 20km RW |
| Reece Ademola | Leevale | Liz Coomey & Alan Keane | Long Jump |
| Gabriel Kehinde | Ennis Track Club | Drew & Hayley Harrison | 4x100m |
| Runo Avayaro | Newbridge AC | Pat Lalor | 4x100m |
| Conor Morey | Leevale AC | Daniel Kilgallon | 4x100m |
| Nelvin Appiah | Longford AC | Dermot McDermott | 4x100m |
| Ciaran Carthy | DSD AC | Ed Carthy and Ruaidhri Kedney | 4x400m |
| Andrew Egan | Galway City Harriers | Brendan Glynn | 4x400m |
| Aaron Keane | Tullamore Harriers | Brendan Glynn | 4x400m |
| Hugo Magee | Crusaders AC | Maria Hetherington | 4x400m |
| Cillian Griffin | Tralee Harriers | Kevin Cogley | Non travelling reserve 4x100m |
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