Mary Cullen
[2] After meeting American coach Ray Treacy in Ireland, he offered her a scholarship to attend university in the United States.She improved the following year: a fourth place in the regional competition and a 28th-place finish at the NCAA National Cross Country Championship earned her All-American honours.[2] She just missed out on the medals with a fourth position finish at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships, ending up two seconds behind bronze medallist Inês Monteiro.[3] She broke Sonia O'Sullivan's indoor 3000 m national record at the Valentine Invitation Meet in Boston, Massachusetts.[8] Run by Mary Cullen in County Donegal at 2015 Finn Valley 5k setting a course record in 15.45 inside previous of Olympic medalist and World champ Vivian Cheruiyot 16.14.