Quick Updates

Sharlene Mawdsley finished 4th in the 400m in Madrid (Continental Tour Silver) in 50.43.

The women's 4x100m team ran 43.89 for 3rd on a tough night in Luzern. That'll improve their Road to Birmingham time marginally, but not their placing. However, with few opportunities remaining, their 15th spot is looking more secure by the day. They'll go again on Saturday, and if they land all three passes, the 43.73 national record stands danger of serious revision. The men's team finished 4th earlier in the night in 39.25. Only their two record runs from last year are quicker all-time. They'll also go again on Saturday.

Benjamin Richardson, who will be eligible to represent Ireland (and break Irish records) from August 2027 ran 10.06 (0.0m/s) to finish 3rd in the 100m in Luzern. Lauren Roy finished 7th in the women's 100m in 11.41 (-0.1m/s).

Both Eimear Maher and James Dunne were racing over 1500m at a Cat F meeting in Germany this evening. Eimear finished 2nd in 4:08,29, while James was 3rd (3:39.65). Eric Favors threw 19.44 at street shot put competition in Germany on Monday.

Athletics Ireland have announced the team for next month's World U20 Championships. See below for selections.

Cian McPhillips ran 1:45.32 in Budapest to finish 9th in the 800m. He'll go again at the London Diamond League on Saturday.

Nick Griggs 8th over 3000m (7:38.16) in Budapest. Cian McPhillips coming up in the 800m at 6.18pm.

2.01.35 PB for Maddie Mooney over 800m in Tampere this afternoon. She is the sixth Irish woman to break 2:02 for the distance this season, the most ever in one outdoor season. And we're still only in July.

100m results from Stratford: Sarah Leahy 11.34w (+5.4) and 11.50 PB (+0.9); Mollie O'Reilly 11.59 PB (+1.8) and 11.54 PB (+1.2); Molly Scott 11.55 (+1.7); Precious Akpe-Moses 11.45w (+5.4). Max O'Reilly was the fastest of the Irish lads with 10.37 (+1.3) in the first round of the men's competition.

National Champion Cara Murphy has just knocked more than half a second off her previous best to run 58.54 over 400m Hurdles at the Stratford Speed Grand Prix in London. That places her 14th on the Irish all-time list, and makes her the fourth Irish athlete to break 59 seconds this season.

Zoe Toland finished 3rd in the A 1500m in Watford in 4:12.43, her second PB of the week after a fabulous 8:57.18 3000m in Cork on Wednesday. Niamh Carr was 4th in 4:12.76, also a PB.

Róisín Treacy ran 10:15.41, in what looks like a solo effort, to win the steeplechase at BMC Watford. 

Windy 9.98w (+2.3 m/s) for Benjamin Richardson to win the 100m at Moore-Guldensporenmeeting in Kortrijk, Belgium just now. He'll be eligible to represent Ireland from August 2027.

BMC Grand Prix in Watford is also underway. Standout performance in the opening races was the 1:48.98 PB for Irish U20 800m champion Bobby More who finished 2nd in the B race.

Lauren Callaghan has added 1cm to her PB, jumping 6.51m (+1.8) in the 2nd round of the long jump in Kortrijk. The Athletics Ireland B standard for Birmingham is 6.55. She will move to outright 3rd on the Irish all-time list (was tied at 6.50m with Kate O'Connor). That competition is ongoing.

Some Morton Games highlights from last night: Win and European Record for Orla Comerford (11.72, +0.1 m/s PB); 1500m win for Sophie O'Sullivan (4:08.26); National leads for Jack Raftery in the 400m (45.88) and Siún Quinn in the High Jump (1.86 PB; =6th Irish all-time); Bori Akinola equalled his NL in the 100m (10.19; +1.3; =PB).

Lovely to talk to so many site users (and potential users) in Santry tonight. One young athletics fan describing the TrackAthletes concept as 'peak' really made our night!

We'll be at Morton Games tonight, and hope to chat with some of you there. It does mean that we won't be posting updates here, but there should be no shortage of updates from other sources, including Athletics Ireland and Morton Games social media. Live results and stream links are on our meeting page, and we've written about some of the potential Irish storylines in the latest article. Normal services will resume tomorrow, when there are plenty of Irish athletes competing across Europe.