Ciara Mageean crowned athlete of the year

23 November 2022; Track and Field Athlete of the Year Ciara Mageean during the 123.ie National Athletics Awards at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Santry, Dublin. A full list of winners from the event can be found at AthleticsIreland.ie. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Ciara Mageean was named as the Athlete of the Year at the 123.ie National Athletics Awards in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry today.

Mageean took top honours after her superb season which saw the Portaferry star claim a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in August, before going on to claim yet another major medal with a superb silver-medal-winning-performance at the European Championships in Munich.