Galligan and Chamney make the Dandy Dozen

IRISH athletes Rose Anne Galligan and Thomas Chamney were among the big guns in US college track and field when their names appeared in Trackwire.com’s Dandy Dozen rankings ahead of the indoor season.

The Dandy Dozen is a power ranking of the top 12 athletes and relay squads in each NCAA event. Former Newbridge College student Galligan was given a ranking of seventh for the women’s mile after an impressive cross country season in her freshman year at the University of Tennessee.

Galligan, who turned 19 in December, clocked personal bests at 4,000, 5,000 and 6,000 metres in action for the Lady Volunteers and won the Irish National Junior Cross Country title in November, before finishing 12th at the European Junior Cross Country Championships last month in Italy.