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Wed 11 Nov 2002Cragg gets call-up to Ireland teamATHLETICS/Cross Country: Athletics Ireland have called Alistair Cragg into the Irish team for the European Cross Country Championships to be held in Medulin, Croatia on December 8th. It will be the first time the South African-born athlete, whose both sets of grandparents are Irish, will run in the green vest since declaring his new allegiance earlier this year.Cragg finished second in Monday's deeply competitive American NCAA Cross Country Championships, where he represented the University of Arkansas. Last spring the 22-year-old ran 13 minutes 22.07 seconds for 5,000 metres - the fastest time by an Irishman all year.