Irish University Indoors 2023 (28th Jan)

The Irish University Indoors were held in the NIA Dublin on Saturday 28th January. Odhran Cully (TCD) ran in the very competitive heats of the 200m but despite a good effort, he didn’t advance to the final. He returned at the end of a long day for the final event and helped TCD to third place in their timed heat of the 4x200m relay, placing a very creditable fifth overall on time. Shauna Leydon (UCD) comfortably won her heat of the 800m and in a tactical final, had just enough in reserve in the finish straight to win. Shauna also returned later in the day to help UCD win the 4x200m relay, earning maximum points in her two events to help the UCD team to finish third place in the women’s competition. Eoin Quinn (DCU) easily won his heat of the 800m and in the final, looked very strong and dipped nicely under two minutes to win in a close finish. Charles Okafor (DCU) easily won his heat of the 60m and though he ran quicker in the final, finished just out of the medals but earned valuable team points for DCU. Little surprise that Matthew Glennon (DCU) was simply in another class in the 2,000m race walk and won by a big distance, nearly two laps ahead, to earn maximum points for DCU. The points won by Charles, Eoin and Matthew helped DCU to win the men’s competition.