The Irish national senior champion put in an outstanding round of jumps with her best leap of 6.56m (+1.4) smashing her own Irish U20 record of 6.44m which she posted just last month.

The result moved the newly crowned European champion to second on the Irish all-time list behind Kelly Proper’s national record of 6.62m set in 2010.

Reacting to her historic achievement of becoming Ireland’s first ever field event champion at European U20 level, Ndudi said:

“I’m in shock, I’m amazed how well the event went for me. I was confident in myself coming in here but it’s a huge improvement and to do it in such a high competition makes the national record so special.”

The Dundrum South Dublin athlete continued:

“I really focused on my mental preparations as well as the physical side coming in here. I made sure to really get in the zone in the morning and evening before sessions. Last year I was a bit nervous and I think that’s why I didn’t post a big jump but today I came in here full of confidence, so I was mentally prepared.”

Bulgaria’s Plamena Mitkova took bronze in a season’s best of 6.54m, with German Laura Raquel Muller completing the podium with her bronze medal in a season’s best of 6.51m.

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The selections include 18 individual competitors along with men’s 4x100m and men’s and women’s 4x400m squads.

The squad includes Nick Griggs, reigning European U20 Champion over 3000m, who is selected in both 1500m and 3000m.

Elizabeth Ndudi goes into the championships as Ireland’s top ranked female athlete having recently bettered her own U20 Long Jump record with a 6.44 leap in Mannheim.

Name	Club	Coach	Event(s)
Anna Gavigan	Lambay Sports & Athletics	Enda Gavigan	Discus
Ava Rochford	Nenagh Olympic AC	Martin O’Grady	High Jump
Avril Millerick	Youghal AC	Noel Curtin	5000m
Elizabeth Ndudi	DSD AC	Julien Guilard	Long Jump
Louise O’Mahony	BMOH AC	Donnacha O’Mahony	5000m
Lucy-May Sleeman	Leevale AC	John Corr	100m, 200m
Maeve O’Neill	Doheny AC	Tony O’Neill	800m
Niamh Murray	Bray Runners	Aine Murray & Joe Ryan	400m, 4x400m
Victoria Amiadamen	Dooneen AC	PJ O’Rourke	400mh, 4x400m
Kate O’Connell	Lucan Harriers	Jeremy Lyons	4x400m
Hannah Murray	Finn Valley	Rosemary Finn	4x400m
Renee Crotty	Annalee AC	Damian Lalor	4x400m
Eve Noctor	Lucan Harriers	Niamh Fitzgerald	4x400m
Daisy Walker	Monaghan Phoenix	Brian Peppard & Damien Barry	4x400m Non-travelling Reserve
Adam Nolan	SLOT AC	Billy Delaney	110mh
Fintan Dewhirst	Tir Chonaill AC	Brian McGonagle	400mh
Jack Fenlon	St. Abban’s AC	Eamonn Kelly	3000m
Jonas Stafford	Ashford AC	Feidhlim Kelly	5000m
Lughaidh Mallon	Lagan Valley	Jim McKeown	1500m
Neil Culhane	Ace AC	Liam Cooney	800m
Niall Murphy	Ennis Track Club	Pat Hogan	3000m
Nick Griggs	Candour Track Club	Mark Kirk	1500m, 3000m
Oisín Joyce	Lake District AC	Padraic Joyce	Javelin
Seán Aigboboh	Tallaght AC	Daniel Kilgallon	4x100m
Nkemjika Onwumereh	Metro St. Brigid’s AC	Daniel Kilgallon	4x100m
Dannan Long	Enniscorthy AC	Chris St.-Claire Johnson	4x100m
Darragh Murphy	Limerick AC	Gwynne Ryan	4x100m
Max O’Reilly	Kinsale AC	Dave Keating	4x100m
Killian Curran	Blackrock AC	Mark Cafferky	4x100m Non-travelling Reserve
David Bosch	DSD AC	Ruaidhrí Kedney	4x400m
Joe Doody	Cabinteely AC	Brian Doody	4x400m
David Mannion	South Galway AC	Jim Phelan	4x400m
Stephen Mannion	South Galway AC	Jim Phelan	4x400m
Daragh Masterson	Ratoath AC	Peter Doherty	4x400m
Seán Doggett	Athenry AC	Stephen Doggett & Iain Shaw	4x400m Non-travelling Reserve

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