Bronze for Griggs as Ireland secure under-20 team gold, McCormack finishes fourth 

Ireland athletes from left, Shane Brosnan, Harry Colbert, Seamus Robinson Niall Murphy, Nicholas Griggs and Jonas Stafford celebrate after Ireland won team gold in the U20 men's 5000m during the SPAR European Cross Country Championships at Laeken Park in Brussels, Belgium. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Another two medals in the bag – one gold, one bronze – and with that one of the most decorated U-20 careers in Irish distance running has come to an end. 

But for Nick Griggs, this is likely just the beginning.