The last Saturday of February saw the holding of the National Indoor Championships also in Ireland.
The competitions took place at the Irish Life Health Sport Ireland Campus in Abbotstown, Dublin.
3.000m indoor walk women
You are the athletes at the start.
Undisputed victory of Kate Veale (IRL) in 13:32.04.
For the 28-year-old walker from Waterford this is the sixteenth title in a national championship.
We would like to summarize her progression in the indoor seasons below
Season | Performance | Place | Date |
2009/10 | 13:18.20 | Nenagh (IRL) | 17 JAN 2010 |
2010/11 | 12:49.21 | Belfast (GBR) | 19 FEB 2011 |
2011/12 | 12:52.79 | Belfast (GBR) | 11 FEB 2012 |
2016/17 | 14:03.90 | Athlone (IRL) | 18 FEB 2017 |
2017/18 | 13:38.36 | Abbotstown (IRL) | 17 FEB 2018 |
2018/19 | 13:18.39 | Abbotstown (IRL) | 16 FEB 2019 |
2019/20 | 14:31.62 | Val-de-Reuil (FRA) | 26 JAN 2020 |
2021/22 | 13:32.04 | Abbotstown, Dublin (IRL) | 26 FEB 2022 |
Second place to Ruth Monaghan (IRL) in 15:51.98
Third place in Doireann Ni Ici (IRL) in 16:13.00
5.000m indoor walk men
Five athletes at the start.
Also in the men's race we saw an easy victory for David Kenny (IRL) in 19:36.38 which represents the new personal best of the athlete (previous of 19:45.97 established on 29.2.2020 in the same indoor facility)
Second place to Brendan Boyce (IRL) in 21:05.24
Third place went to Jose Mooney (IRL) in 21:32.10