Sarah Healy broke her own championship record en route to winning the women’s 1500m title on day two of the 123.ie National Senior Indoor Championships, while fellow Olympian Sharlene Mawdsley also retained her 400m crown and Bori Akinola got the better of Israel Olatunde in the men’s 60m final at the National Sports Campus in Dublin.
UCD AC’s Healy ran a time of 4:08.74, which bettered the previous championship record she had set just 24 earlier in the heats. Lucy Holmes (West Waterford AC) and Amy O’Donoghue (Dundrum South Dublin AC) took silver and bronze respectively.
Speaking to RTÉ Sport’s Greg Allen, Healy said her performance will set her up nicely for the upcoming European Indoors in…