Ó Lionáird spoilt for choice in US

CIARAN Ó LIONÁIRD will this week decide which US college’s offer of a track scholarship he will accept, buoyed by a scintillating debut on American soil at the weekend.

The European youth 1,500 metres bronze medallist and Irish youth 1,500m record holder from Cork gave a glimpse to watching university coaches that he could handle the pressure of top-flight collegiate competition after he placed second in the Junior Invitational Mile at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games on Saturday night.

Ó Lionáird completes his Leaving Cert this summer and is understood to have a variety of options ahead of him, with some of the top US college track programs keen to recruit the 17-year-old.