Kate O’Connor was the star of day two of the 123.ie Nationwide Senior Indoor Championships on the Sport Eire Nationwide Indoor Enviornment.
O’Connor produced one of many standout performances of the championships within the girls’s lengthy soar.
Her opening-round effort of 6.50m was each a private finest and a championship document. The soar pushed O’Connor as much as third place on the Irish all-time record and capped a exceptional weekend following her private finest run within the 60m hurdles (8.21 seconds) yesterday.
Talking after her record-breaking efficiency, Kate O’Connor mentioned:
“I’ve be coaching nicely and I used to be by no means going to enter myself into one thing I’m not coaching nicely in. It’s one factor doing nicely in coaching, however one other factor to come back out and do it if you’re underneath the stress of competitors. You’ve three possibilities to place in a superb try as a multi-eventer, so I’m delighted I put that soar in on my first try.”
First Senior Title for Nick Griggs
The boys’s 3000m last noticed Nick Griggs declare the gold medal. The win for a primary Irish senior title for Griggs, who stopped the clock in 8:14.52. His victory got here after a last lap battle with eventual second Darragh McElhinney (8:15.08), and third-place finisher Andrew Coscoran.
Commenting on his first senior title, Griggs acknowledged:
“It’s particular to win my first senior title within the circumstances the place it was mainly a race-off. Who is aware of what the selectors will do however I’ve secured my auto qualification for the World indoors. There was much more stress on nationals this yr, normally nationals you possibly can exit and luxuriate in it a bit extra, so I’m delighted I used to be capable of ship on my race plan.”
Girls’s 3000m Gold for Shanahan
Louise Shanahan timed her end to perfection within the girls’s 3000m last as she got here via within the last metres to clock 9:22.47, and add the 3000m indoor title to final yr’s 800m indoor title. Shanahan crossed the ending line forward of CNDR Monitor AC’s Zoe Toland, wo clocked 9:22.59, with Leevale AC’s Michelle Finn claiming the bronze medal in a time of 9:23.03.
1500m Gold Medals for Holmes and Mallon
The 1500m finals had been each very tactical affairs, with each the boys’s and girls’s finals producing late finishes.
Lucy Holmes took the ladies’s title in 4:31.10 – her first senior indoor title. Within the males’s last Lughaidh Mallon launched a decisive transfer to move Luke McCann within the last strides to seize gold in dramatic trend in a successful time of three:43.45.
400m Wins for Mawdsley and Doggett
Tipperary athlete Sharlene Mawdsley confirmed her dominance within the girls’s 400m with a composed efficiency to assert a 3rd consecutive nationwide indoor title in 51.89.
The boys’s 400m was determined in a decent end as Seán Doggett held off Fintan Dewhirst to take his first senior indoor crown in 47.33 seconds.
Neville and Akinola are 60m dash winners
Within the quick sprints, Ciara Neville returned to the highest step of the rostrum within the girls’s 60m, securing her third nationwide indoor title and her first since 20120. Neville’s successful time was 7.27 seconds.
Within the males’s 60m last, Bori Akinola was in glorious type as he efficiently defended his title. His time of 6.60 seconds continues his sturdy early-season type as his consideration now turns in direction of the World Indoor Championships.
Different Nationwide Indoor Title Winners
Within the girls’s 800m last Hannah Seagrave received her first senior indoor title, whereas the boys’s 800m last winner, Cillian Kirwan, claimed a championship document of 1:47.68 in successful his title.
West Waterford’s Kate Veale delivered one other masterclass to assert a rare tenth consecutive nationwide indoor title within the girls’s 3000m stroll. Oisín Lane from Mullingar Harriers produced a commanding efficiency to safe his first senior indoor crown within the males’s occasion.
Eric Favors broke the championships document within the males’s shot with 19.57m, whereas Michaela Walsh received a ninth indoor title in-a-row. Michael Kent retained his title within the males’s pole vault with a finest clearance of 4.50m.
Day 2 Outcomes
Males’s 5000m Stroll
1 Oisín LANE Mullingar Harriers A.C. 19:39.92
2 Séamus CLARKE Moy Valley A.C. 20:33.19
3 Matthew GLENNON Mullingar Harriers A.C. 21:09.38
Girls’s 3000m Stroll
1 Kate VEALE West Waterford A.C. 13:50.48
2 Aisling LANE Mullingar Harriers A.C. 14:07.13
3 Ciara WILSON BOWEN Dundrum South Dublin A.C. 14:21.79
Girls’s 3000m
1 Louise SHANAHAN Leevale A.C. 9:22.47
2 Zoe TOLAND CNDR Monitor A.C. 9:22.59
3 Michelle FINN Leevale A.C. 9:23.03
Males’s 3000m (A)
1 Nick GRIGGS CNDR Monitor A.C. 8:14.52
2 Darragh MCELHINNEY Bantry A.C. 8:15.08
3 Callum MORGAN CNDR Monitor A.C. 8:16.30
Girls’s 1500m
1 Lucy HOLMES Dublin Metropolis Harriers A.C. 4:31.10
2 Niamh CARR Dublin Metropolis Harriers A.C. 4:32.39
3 Madison MOONEY Tullamore Harriers A.C. 4:32.80
Males’s 1500m
1 Lughaidh MALLON U.C.D. A.C. 3:43.45
2 Luke MC CANN U.C.D. A.C. 3:43.51
3 Ronan MCMAHON-STAGGS Dublin Metropolis Harriers A.C. 3:44.77
Girls’s 400m
1 Sharlene MAWDSLEY Newport A.C. 51.89
2 Arlene CROSSAN Finn Valley A.C. 54.12
3 Jenna BREEN Metropolis of Lisburn A.C. 54.39
Males’s 400m
1 Seán DOGGETT Athenry A.C. 47.33
2 Fintan DEWHIRST Tír Chonaill A.C.47.84
3 Hugo MAGEE Crusaders A.C. 48.92
Girls’s 60m
1 Ciara NEVILLE Emerald A.C. 7.27
2 Treasured AKPE-MOSES Blackrock (Louth) A.C. 7.33
3 Molly SCOTT St. Laurence. O’Toole A.C. 7.37
Males’s 60m
1 Bori AKINOLA U.C.D. A.C. 6.60
2 Max O’REILLY Riverstick/Kinsale A.C. 6.69
3 Craig DUFFY Clonliffe Harriers A.C. 6.71
Girls’s 800m
1 Hannah SEAGRAVE Clonliffe Harriers A.C. 2:07.76
2 Emma MOORE Galway Metropolis Harriers A.C. 2:08.06
3 Pia LANGTON Kilkenny Metropolis Harriers A.C. 2:09.19
Males’s 800m
1 Cillian KIRWAN Raheny Shamrock A.C. 1:47.68 CR
2 Callum HURLEY Ferrybank A.C. 1:48.37
3 Finn WOODGER Metro/St. Brigid’s A.C. 1:49.60
Males’s Pole Vault
1 Michael KENT SEN M D.M.P. A.C. 4.50 2 Shane POWER St. Joseph’s A.C. 4.40 3 Matthew ROSSITER St. Abban’s A.C. 4.00
Girls’s Lengthy Leap
1 Katherine O’CONNOR Dundalk St. Gerard’s A.C. 6.50 CR
2 Lauren CALLAGHAN Finn Valley A.C. 6.44
3 Anna MCCAULEY Metropolis of Lisburn A.C. 6.05
Males’s Lengthy Leap
1 Sam HEALY Leevale A.C. 7.56
2 Reece ADEMOLA Leevale A.C. 7.49
3 Ryan ONOH Cork Metropolis A.C. 7.11
Girls’s Shot Put
1 Michaela WALSH Swinford A.C. 14.15
2 Caoimhe GALLEN Lifford Strabane A.C. 13.02
3 Niamh MADDEN Nenagh Olympic A.C. 12.16
Males’s Shot Put
1 Eric FAVORS Raheny Shamrock A.C. 19.57 CR
2 John KELLY Finn Valley A.C. 18.19
3 James KELLY Finn Valley A.C. 15.49
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