Leinster Schools Indoor Combined Events 2018 (27th Sept)

Shauna Leydon (centre)

Leinster Schools Indoor Pentathlon Title for Shauna Leydon

Competing for Loreto Mullingar in the Intermediate Girls Pentathlon at the Leinster Schools Indoor Combined Events in the National Indoor Arena in Abbotstown on Thursday 27th September, Shauna Leydon got off to a great start with a new personal best of 9.62 seconds in the opening event, the 60m hurdles. She then added to her points score in the shot putt and long jump but a clearance of 1.50m in the high jump, which was also a new personal best, was good enough to move her into second place overall just 9 points behind the leader heading into the final event, the 800m. Despite the rigours of a long day of competition and knowing that 9 points equates to less than half a second over 800m, Shauna dug deep and found the strength to pull clear in the final stages and win the 800m with distance to spare and increase her points total enough to put her into first place and win the Leinster title.