Record 400m run wins Adeleke gold at NCAA Championships

It was yet another Irish record for Rhasidat Adeleke as she stormed to 400m gold at the NCAA championships. Her time of 49.20, a meet and facility record on her home track in Texas, made her the first Irish sprinter to win NCAA gold, and the first Irish athlete to win a title in any NCAA event since 2006, when …

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Rhasidat Adeleke smashes own 400m national record

Rhasidat Adeleke (Tallaght A.C.) has obliterated her own Irish 400m record at the NCAA Division 1 Prelims West in Sacramento, California in the early hours of yesterday morning (May 28th). Competing for a place in next month’s NCAA Finals in Austin, Adeleke produced a scintillating quarter-final performance to advance with ease, winning her race in an extraordinary time of 49.54. …

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