Joe Ryan provides a link from Mullingar to the European Indoors (7th Mar)

Coached by Mullingar’s Joe Ryan – Cian McPhillips (Longford AC) & John Fitzsimons (Kildare AC) at the European Indoors

Joe Ryan provides a link from Mullingar to the European Indoors

It was terrific to be able to enjoy the European Indoors in Toruń, Poland and congratulations to all the Irish athletes who gave great accounts across a wide range of events against some top class opposition. As a measure of the quality of the competition that the Irish athletes were exposed to, many of the European athletes will feature among the medal places at the postponed Tokyo Olympics later in the year. We must give a particular mention to Cian McPhillips (Longford AC) and John Fitzsimons (Kildare AC), two young men who competed with distinction in the 800m, John just missing a place in the semi-finals but Cian advancing and securing a brilliant fourth place finish in his semi-final. They are coached by our own Joe Ryan and have been a regular presence at Club training sessions over the past number of years and everyone who has watched them training alongside our own Mullingar athletes would have known they were very special and their performances in Poland came about after a lot of hard work and dedication to the sport, a valuable lesson that we’re sure all Mullingar members will appreciate. Congratulations to Joe for steering them to success, and we know there is a lot more to come.