The Irish Life Health National Senior Indoor Championships are set to showcase the cream of Irish track and field athletes at the Sport Ireland National Indoor Arena this weekend.
Rhasidat Adeleke (Tallaght AC), Molly Scott (St L O'Toole AC) Phil Healy (Bandon AC) and Sarah Healy (UCD AC) have all set new benchmarks this indoor season and the latter trio will once again go in pursuit of new personal bests across the two-day schedule.
Olympians Phil Healy (Bandon AC) has been edging ever closer to the national 400m record of 51.58 seconds set by Karen Shinkins in 2002.
Healy will be looking to go even closer to the record than her most recent PB of 51.74, but she won’t be on her own as Olympian Sophie Becker (Raheny Shamrock AC) and Sharlene Mawdsley (Newport AC) are set to take their place on the start line.
Sarah Healy (UCD AC) is just milliseconds away from Ciara Mageean's 1500m record of 4:06.42. Healy set the junior record at 4:06.94 last weekend in Birmingham and is also listed for the 3000m.
Georgie Hartigan (DSD AC) joins Healy on the 1500m start line after her own impressive 1000m record-breaking performance last weekend.
The 800m could see a trio of Olympians battle it out for national honours as Nadia Power (Dublin City Harriers AC), Louise Shanahan (Leevale AC) and Siofra Cleirigh Buttner (DSD AC) are all in the mix.
Shanahan recently won the 1500m AAI Games setting a new PB of 4:24.25. Cleirigh Buttner set the current 800m record of 2:00.58 only last year, taking over from Nadia Power.
Molly Scott (St L O’Toole AC) is the favourite in the 60m following her record-breaking start to the 2022 season. She will be in the blocks looking to reinstate herself in top spot of the Irish all-time standings.
Sarah Buggy (St Abbans AC) is just 0.01m away from breaking the triple jump record of 13.28m set by Taneisha Scanlon in 2005. At the AAI Games, Buggy had the record within her grasp but just fell short at 13.27m.
Israel Olatunde (UCD AC) is just 0.03 off the National 60m record (6.61) and is sure to go close again this weekend after his consistent run of performances this season.
All eyes will be on Nick Griggs (Mid Ulster AC) as he takes to this weekend’s competition. He holds entries in both the 1500m and 3000m.
The Mid Ulster AC man has been on fire this season, breaking both the 1500m (3:43.71) and 3000m (7:57.38) Under-20 records within the space of five days.
After an incredible performance at both the Millrose Games and New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in New York, Olympian Andrew Coscoran (Star of the Sea AC) looks to be the favourite for the 1500m title.
