NIA Live #3 (16th Feb)

Competing on the third night of the series of four NIA Live events at the National Indoor Arena on Wednesday 16th February was a number of Mullingar athletes using the event to help their preparations for the upcoming National Senior Indoors. Shauna Leydon competed in the 60m. Blasting from the blocks she quickly settled into her running to finish second in 8.21 seconds, a new personal best. Being a multi-eventer, Shauna returned to the track later in the evening for the 800m where she finished fifth in an extremely competitive race in 2:25.45, a good time for a multi-eventer that will give her encouragement for future multi-event competitions. Charles Okafor also competed in the 60m, which was a very keenly contested race from gun to tape and in a close finish he was narrowly beaten into second place. His time of 7.07 seconds was the second fastest time of the evening and though it was outside his best, was a satisfying performance nonetheless. Last on the track was Colin D Smith in the 800m where he was very competitive up to 600m but had to ease off the pressure a little in the closing stages but still ran a good race.