Rising athletics stars ready for TUS tussle at National Indoor Championships
The TUS International Arena in Athlone will welcome the rising stars of Irish athletics on Sunday, March 9, as they take to competition at the 123.ie U20 and U23 Indoor Championships.
Entries include a whole host of stars who medalled at last month’s national senior indoor championships. Max O’Reilly (Riverstick Kinsale AC) looks set to take his place in the U23 60m heats on the back of his superb silver medal behind Bori Akinola at the senior indoor championships last month.
Kate O’Connell (Lucan Harriers) secured silver over 200m at seniors and will face up against a strong looking field in the U23 400m which also includes Niamh Murray of Bray Runners, while Sean Doggett (Athenry AC) is another to keep an eye on in the U20 men’s 400m on the back of his brilliant senior bronze medal.
The U20 division is sure to offer lots of exciting events throughout the day with a potential clash between Joe Burke (Templemore AC) and Luke Timlin (Crusaders AC) over 200m one not to be missed.
Adam Nolan (SLOT) continued his winning championship run to take the national 60m hurdles title at the Sport Ireland NIA two weeks ago and looks another red-hot favourite for gold this weekend.
The field events boast several senior medallists including the recent senior pole vault champions Meabh Corkery (Midleton AC) and Michael Kent (DMP AC) who will be out to add to their medal collection once again in their respective U20 competitions. Kent also looks set to go in the U20 long jump and looks the one to beat.
Tara O’Connor (Dundalk St Gerards) picked up silver in the high jump at seniors last month and is another to keep close eye on throughout the day as she looks to double up in both the high jump and long jump.
These are just some of the over 500 athletes who will battle it out for national honours across the busy eight hour schedule which starts at 10am.
Tickets for the U20 and U23 indoor athletics championships are available at https://eventmaster.ie/event/RQxjuL5h76. No cash payments will be taken on the day. Under 16s go free and do not require a ticket for entry.