National u/20 & u/23 Indoors 2025 (9th Mar)

Mullingar had just two athletes competing at the National u/20 and u/23 Indoors in Athlone on Sunday 9th March. John Ryan contested the 1,500m u/23, which went out at a strong pace and though John struggled a bit to hang on to the group in mid-race, he rallied in the final lap to finish strong, not far off his best time for the distance.

There were five heats on the 400m u/20, so qualification was going to be very tough for Kyle Faherty with just the winner of each heat and the next fastest time advancing to the final. Kyle was drawn in the difficult inside lane in the fifth heat. Driving hard from the blocks, he negotiated the tight bends well to put himself in a good position for the break and tracked the leaders around the second lap. He continued to work hard, holding his form and pace to come home strong in a very respectable time but out of the qualification places. Kyle has been focussing on the 200m up to now to improve his base speed and this was his first 400m of the season but can the result to direct where he needs to focus on in training [GD].