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Scullion Qualifies for Tokyo Olympics

20 January 2020

Scullion Qualifies for Tokyo Olympics

Yesterday, Clonliffe Harriers’ Stephen Scullion qualified for this summer’s Olympics in Tokyo by finishing 5th in the Houston Marathon, in a new personal best time of 2 hours 11 minutes and 52 seconds.

Scullion’s time is 22 seconds slower than the Olympic qualifying time of 2 hours 11 minutes and 30 seconds, however his 5th place finish at a Gold Label event is enough to gain him selection for Tokyo under the new IAAF rules.

Scullion will now join Northern Ireland’s Paul Pollock and Ciara Mageean who have both already qualified. Paul qualified with his stunning time of 2 hours, 10 minutes and 17 seconds at the Valencia Marathon, while Ciara qualified with her 10th place in the World 1,500m final.

Meanwhile this weekend…

Beechmount Harrier’s Davicia Patterson started her indoor season in spectacular form at her inaugural race for Iowa State University. The 19 year old student, finished the 600m in 3rd place in a new PB time of 1:31.80.

There were some great performances at the All Ireland National Indoor Combined Events including Lifford Strabane AC’s Finn O’Neill who won the U16 Boys event with a total of 3511 points. and Niamh Fenlon (North Down AC) who won the Girls U16 event with a total of 3069 points. Dundalk St Gerards AC’s Meabh O’Connor took 2nd place in the U14 Girls event with a total of 2751 points. Omagh Harriers’ Trevor McGlynn won the Masters 40-49 age category with an impressive 2945 total points while Lagan Valley AC’s Laura Frey secured 2nd place in the Senior Women’s event with a total of 3239 points.

Full results are available here: https://www.athleticsireland.ie/competition/results/

On Saturday 18th January Athletics NI hosted the annual Indoor Jumps & Throws Meet at Ulster University, Jordanstown. There was an impressive turn out once again, with multiple PBs, including City of Lisburn AC’s Joshua Knox with a 6.37m jump in the U19 Boys Long Jump and a 13.98m jump in the U19 Boys Triple Jump. City of Lisburn AC’s Erin Fisher also had a new PB in the Senior Women’s Long Jump with 5.56m.

In the Shot competition, City of Lisburn AC and Youth Academy athlete, Jordan Cunningham throw a new PB of 12.58m in the Boys U19 competition, while Innyvale AC’s Casey Mulvey threw the European U18 standard with her PB of 15.02m in the U18 Girls shot.

Full results are available on the website here: www.athleticsni.org/Results