Fiona Everard

[4][5] Everard had not long started to receive the input of her coach Matt Lockett, with whom she began working in October 2022, and who she has since said helped her overcome a succession of bone injuries and stress fractures.

[6] In late 2022, she also finished in the top 10 at the 2022 National Senior Cross Country Championships held in Donegal.

[10] In October 2023, she finished runner-up to Lizzie Lee at the Cork County cross-country championships in Macroom.

[12] Everard credited her experience of conditions training in Bandon which have helped her to favour muddy and hilly courses.

[13] The win secured her a place on the Irish team for the 2023 European Cross Country Championships scheduled for December 10, 2023 in Brussels, in which she finished 34th overall.