Endurance Potential 2026 Squad

We are delighted to announce that the following athletes have been selected for the Endurance Potential 2026 squad.

There was a fantastic response to the project with almost 30 applicants in total and competition for places was very tough. The selected athletes will be provided with competition opportunities, training camps, athlete and coach education days and sports psychology. Our aim is to achieve the goal of 2 or more endurance athletes on the 2026 Commonwealth Games team.

We are very grateful to the Belfast City Marathon Ltd for their support of this initiative and look forward to a long and successful relationship with them.

Quote from Tom Reynolds Performance Lead, “It gives me great pleasure to be able to publicise a strong selection of athletes for the Endurance potential 2026 Programme. With the greatly appreciated support from Belfast City Marathon, we believe that this group of athletes will continue to develop and go on to achieve the aims of the programme and contribute to our Sport NI medals and more targets”.

Quote from Mark Kirk Endurance Coordinator, “I am very excited to be involved with the Endurance Potential 2026 squad which has been made possible with the very generous support of the Belfast City Marathon. I feel we have selected a very strong panel of athletes and I am looking forward to working with them and their coaches.”

Quote from Claire O’Neill Belfast City Marathon, “As an organisation we are delighted to work in partnership with Athletics NI to help grow the talent of these gifted young sportsmen and women. We look forward to the success they will bring home to Belfast and hope they continue to inspire others to remain focused in the sport of athletics.”