19yo Irish Ava Crean runs 2:34:12

New talent from Ireland has arrived. Her 1st competitive race ever was running 2:43 in May. Cathal Dennehy wrote on X that "She was running 20K a day for the last couple of years, just because she enjoyed it. But never ran on the track, zero races before April and had no athletics background in her childhood/teens, but did other sports."

She was 1:17:13 at halfway so pretty even split. Could be one to watch in the next years.

Remarkable story at the Dublin Marathon where 19-year-old Ava Crean from Limerick takes the women's national title in 2:34:12, a 9-minute PB - 6th overall.

Crean had never run competitively before signing up for the Manchester Marathon in April - listing her target time as 3:30. pic.twitter.com/pG8Lgal3ZM

— Cathal Dennehy (@Cathal_Dennehy) October 26, 2025

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