Carroll tips U-23s for Euro medals

IRELAND’S men’s under-23 team are capable of winning medals at this year’s European Cross-Country Championships, according to Mark Carroll.

Carroll, as US athlete manager, is the middle man between the US-based athletes and Athletics Ireland.

The Corkman, who has won European junior and senior (indoors) titles on the track and held Irish records for all three middle distance events from 3,000m to 10,000m at the one time, still competes — he runs in a 10k road race in the UK at the weekend — but these days his time is mostly taken up with liaising with the US-based athletes, and so far this season the news has been good.