Sligo's Lauren Cadden produced a sensational run on the opening day of the Irish Life Health National Senior Track & Field Championships at Santry to win the women's 200 metres title.
Cadden, who's a sports scholarship student at ATU Sligo, clocked a time of 24.94 seconds in challenging weather conditions to outsprint Irish international Sarah Leahy.
Cadden spoke to Ocean FM Sport's Austin O'Callaghan after her win:
Watch her race back here:
And Cadden takes the Senior Women’s 200m National Title! A fantastic finish in difficult wind conditions👏
🥇Lauren Cadden (Sligo)
🥈Sarah Leahy (Killarney Valley)
🥉Roseanna McGuckian (City of Lisburn)Watch live 🎥 https://t.co/aidjA6wUxv pic.twitter.com/Qx65d3gr5E
— Athletics Ireland (@irishathletics) June 25, 2022
View the full championship results here.
Fellow Sligo AC athlete Finley Daly took silver in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase final.
Jayme Rossiter (Clonliffe) takes the first track National Title today in the Men’s 3000m S/C in 9:26.43 👏🥇
🥈Finley Daly (Sligo)
🥉Liam Harris (Togher)🎥Keep with our live stream action here https://t.co/aidjA6fjFX pic.twitter.com/7RD1ZfIqa6
— Athletics Ireland (@irishathletics) June 25, 2022
Elsewhere on Saturday, Carrick AC Gerard O'Donnell was pipped by Matthew Behan (Crusaders) in the final of the men's 110 metres hurdles.
Tir Chonaill AC's Lucy McGlynn finished fourth in the women's 100 metres hurdles final in a time of 15:04 seconds.
