Weekend Report - Combined Events Title and PB for McCauley

Commonwealth Games 2022 top 8 Heptathlon performer Anna McCauley started 2025 in fine form at the England Combined Events Championships in Sheffield where she won the Senior Women’s Pentathlon title in a personal best of 4133 points. The City of Lisburn AC athlete is currently based in Sheffield and trains with John Lane’s international combined events group at the EIS venue. Anna made the most of competing in the familiar surroundings and put together a consistently high series of individual marks to score her PB including 60m Hurdles (8.74), High Jump (1.75m), Shot Put (11.58m), Long Jump (5.72m) and 800m (2:17.76).

Ellie McCartney (City of Lisburn / Kate Rooney) followed up her equal NI Indoor Record from last week with a win in the B competition at the StarPerche in Bordeaux, France.  Ellie recorded 4.26m before attempting an outright NI Indoor Record of 4.36m but did not manage it on this occasion.

One week after running 28:33 in the 10km in Valencia, James Gormley ran an impressive 3:40.56 in the 1500m to finish 3^rd in Dortmund.

At the Irish League in Dublin there were impressive guest race wins for Olympic 4x400m squad member Rachel McCann (North Down AC / Ian Neeley) who set and outright PB in the 200m of 24.69 and for Emer McKee (Willowfield Harriers / Mark Kirk) who ran an indoor 1500m PB of 4:29.89 to also take the win.