Caolan Gilbride '26 Recruiting Profile

Hi my name is Caolan gilbride . im from donegal in ireland . At the minute im 15 year olds and im heading into my crosscountry season in ireland . I have always dreamed of getting to america and running for a college . At the minute my PR in my main event the 5000 is 16 21  and that was in august 2023 . My PR at the end of 2022 was 18 13 and in 2023  i started taking running really seriously and training hard which took my PR down by nearly 2 minutes  .My goals for this year is to finish in the top 15 to top 20  in ireland in our national crosscountry and i hope to break 16 minutes in my next 5K race  and my goals for the future in running is to represent ireland.   I am a very determined person and i train really  hard . What makes me different from other runners and boys my age is that i am very deticated to my sport and i will train harder then all of them to be the best runner i can be I am also very dedicated to my academics and want to do well in school  .