AIT Baseline Indoor T&F Meeting 2019 (11th Dec)

Okafor and Leydon impress at Baseline Meeting

The AIT Baseline Indoor T&F Meeting at the Athlone International Indoor Arena on Wednesday evening 11th December was an opportunity for athletes to test themselves and gauge progress in training in a low-key environment. Given the time of year, many athletes are not race fit yet, so the programme included several non-standard distances often used in training to assess fitness, such as 150m and 300m.

Charles Okafor ran the 60m in 7.07 seconds, fractionally off his personal best, which is very encouraging at this time of the year. Later in the evening, Charles drew lane 2 in the 150m, which is tight for someone of his build but despite a slight stumble coming off the bend into the home straight, he still finished in 16.59 seconds, which would equate to just under 22 seconds for the 200m, another great performance for the time of year. Shauna Leydon also competed over 150m to record a good time of 20.59 seconds, and later in the evening ran a strong 300m where she ran a personal best of 45.03 seconds from the tight lane one. This was an excellent meeting for Charles and Shauna and both could take something very positive back to the training track, as they continue to prepare for the indoor season in the New Year.