Finn Valley AC’s McCarroll set for London Mini Marathon

FINN Valley AC’s Eimear McCarroll is set to compete in the Virgin Money London Mini Marathon on Sunday.

Omagh student McCarroll is among 36 athletes from Northern Ireland to be selected for the Mini Marathon.

McCarroll is a recent recruit to Finn Valley AC and is part of the under-17 girls selection.

McCarroll has shown good form of late, last week winning the senior girls race at a major secondary schools cross-country meet at Finn Valley.

She was the U17 1500m silver medalist at last month’s Irish Juvenile Championships and at the recent, British and Irish Mountain Running Championships in County Down, the Loreto, Omagh scholar was eighth in the under-17 race.