Rhasidat Adeleke named The Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the month

Rhasidat Adeleke has been named The Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the month for June.

Adeleke has enjoyed a remarkable season, noe boasting Irish indoor records at 60m, 200m and 300m, and also the 400m outdoor mark set by Joanne Cuddihy 15 years ago.

Come June 2022, she added another national title to her collection when she held off the challenge of Molly Scott to win the 100m in one of the all time great finishes..

By then, earlier in the month, Adeleke had become the first Irish woman to win a prestigious National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sprint title when she was part of the University of Texas relay team that triumphed in the 4x100m in Eugene, Oregon.

No Irish woman had even made an NCAA sprint final before, the achievement the latest in what is proving to be a stellar collegiate career, Adeleke is now in her second year at the University of Texas where she is under the tutelage of renowned coach Edrick Floreal.

She also collected a silver in the 4x400m, those points helping Texas finish runners-up to the University of Florida in the team competition, their best performance since 2014.

Adeleke is currently with the Irish team at the World Championships, which start on Friday in Oregon, where she will compete in the 200m, 400m and 4x400m.