Louth athlete Allen retains U20 3000M national title for third year
St. Peter’s AC star Dearbhla Allen shines at National U20 Track and Field Championship
The big news from last weekend's National U20 Track and Field Championship is that Dearbhla Allen retained her U20 3000M national title for an unprecedented third consecutive year.
However, even bigger news is that as a result of having previously run the required Athletics Ireland standard of sub 10.26 a few weeks back.
By winning the National U20 Championship, Dearbhla will be an automatic inclusion on the Ireland U20 team that will travel to the famous Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, USA. The same venue that hosted last weekend's Diamond League meeting.
This will be the first St Peter’s athlete to compete on the World stage and Dearbhla’s second major championship, having competed in the European Championships last year in Finland.
The team will officially be announced on Tuesday, the 14th of July, as athletes have until the 12th to make the standard and the selection committee will meet on the 14th to decide on places; however, Dearbhla won’t have the anxious wait as her place is guaranteed.