The Irish team to compete at next month's European Indoor Championships in Vienna, Austria was announced today by the Athletic Association of Ireland.
Karen Shinkins lowered her 400 metre indoor record to a world-class 51.58 seconds at the Blacksburg Invitational meeting in Virginia earlier this month and will be Ireland's best medal hope.
Hurdler Peter Coughlan and long jumper Ciaran McDonagh are also named in the squad.
McDonagh continued his long-awaited return to form by improving the indoor record to 7.85 metres in Virginia while Coughlan - competing over 60 metres - ran a season's best of 7.71 seconds at the same meeting.
The European Indoor Championships take place in Vienna from March 1st-3rd.
IRELAND TEAM:
Men's 60m:Mark Howard
Men's 60m hurdles:Peter Coghlan
Men's 200m:Gary Ryan, Tom Comyns
Men's 400m:David McCarthy, Rob Daly, Tomas Coman
Men's 800m:Daniel Caulfield
Men's 1500m:James Nolan
Men's Long Jump:Ciaran McDonagh
Women's 60m hurdles:Dervla O'Rourke
Women's 200m:Sarah Reilly, Ciara Sheehy
Women's 400m:Karen Shinkins
Women's High Jump:Deirdre Ryan