Sarah Healy (UCD AC) has broken the U23 National 1500m to 4:02.86 after an incredible performance at World Athletics Continental Tour gold meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic this evening (31st May). Healy takes three seconds of the previous record set by Olympian Sonia O'Sullivan who set the record in 1991 to come sixth in the overall race. The 21 year old Olympian now moves to fourth on the Irish all-time list behind O’Sullivan, Ciara Mageean and Geraldine Hendricken.
This makes now three U23 Distance Records broken by Healy in 2022, throughout her impressive indoor season Healy set new 1500m (4:06.94) and 3,000m (8:53.67).
Link to Results: HERE
