ENGLISH-BORN SPRINTER Leon Reid has been named in Ireland’s squad for the European Athletics Championships in Berlin, pending his international transfer’s clearance from the IAAF.

Reid, who holds an Irish passport, won both the 100m and 200m titles at the National Track and Field Championships in Santry over the weekend.

The 24-year-old re-submitted his paperwork after the IAAF lifted their ban on international transfers last week.

“Two years I’ve been waiting for this,” he tweeted this morning.

“We. Are. So. Close. Now.”

Reid, who was born in Bath but whose mother hails from Belfast, represented Team GB at junior and underage level and also won 200m bronze for Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games earlier this year.

He won the men’s 200m in Santry in a time of 20.74 seconds on Saturday, before completing the national sprint double on Sunday with 100m victory in a time of 10.42 seconds.

Ireland Squad for 2018 European Athletics Championships

Men

• Leon Reid (Menapians AC)* – 100m & 200m
• Marcus Lawler (SLOT AC) – 200m
• Chris O’Donnell (North Sligo AC) – 400m
• Zak Curran (DSD AC) – 800m
• Mark English (UCD AC) – 800m
• Stephen Scullion (North Belfast AC) – 10,000m
• Ben Reynolds (North Down AC) – 110mH
• Thomas Barr (Ferrybank AC) – 400mH
• Adam McMullen (Crusaders AC) – Long Jump
• Cian McManamon (Westport AC) – 20km Walk
• Alex Wright (Leevale AC) – 20km Walk
• Brendan Boyce (Finn Valley AC) – 50km Walk
• Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe Harriers AC) – Marathon
• Mick Clohisey (Raheny Shamrock AC) – Marathon
• Sean Hehir (Rathfarnham WSAF AC) – Marathon
• Paul Pollock (Annadale Striders AC) – Marathon
• Kevin Seaward (St Malachy’s AC) – Marathon
• Chris O’Donnell (North Sligo AC) – 4x400m Relay
• Brandon Arrey (Raheny Shamrock AC) – 4x400m Relay
• Thomas Barr (Ferrybank AC) – 4x400m Relay
• Craig Newell (Ballymena & Antrim AC I) – 4x400m Relay
• Andrew Mellon (Crusaders AC) – 4x400m Relay
• Dara Kervick (DSD AC) – 4x400m Relay

Women

• Phil Healy (Bandon) – 100m & 200m
• Gina Akpe Moses (Blackrock AC) – 100m
• Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (DSD AC) – 800m
• Claire Mooney (UCD AC) – 800m
• Ciara Mageean (UCD AC) – 1500m
• Emma Mitchell (Queens University AC) – 10,000m
• Kerry O’Flaherty (Newcastle & District AC) – 3000m SC
• Michelle Finn (Leevale AC) – 3000m SC
• Breege Connolly (North Belfast Harriers AC) – Marathon
• Gladys Ganiel (North Belfast Harriers AC) – Marathon
• Laura Graham (Mourne Runners AC) – Marathon
• Lizzie Lee (Leevale AC) – Marathon
• Phil Healy (Bandon AC) – 4x100m Relay
• Gina Akpe Moses (Blackrock AC) – 4x100m Relay
• Ciara Neville (Emerald AC) – 4x100m Relay
• Joan Healy (Bandon AC) – 4x100m Relay
• Niamh Whelan (Ferrybank AC) – 4x100m Relay
• Molly Scott (SLOT AC) – 4x100m Relay
• Davicia Patterson (Beechmount Harriers AC) – 4x400m Relay
• Claire Mooney (UCD AC) – 4x400m Relay
• Sophie Becker (St. Joseph’s AC) – 4x400m Relay
• Sinead Denny (DSD AC) – 4x400m Relay
• Ciara Deely (KCH AC) – 4x400m Relay
• Catherine McManus (DCH AC) – 4x400m Relay

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