Lavin now holds the Irish records in the 100m and 100m Hurdles following another exceptional season with Olympic qualification for 2024 already secured.
Mere weeks after eclipsing Derval O’Rourke’s 13-year long 100m Hurdles National Record, Limerick’s Sarah Lavin made more history last night as she broke Phil Healy’s 100m Irish record.
At the Galà dei Castelli meet in Bellinzona, Switzerland, Lavin finished in a time of 11.27, a new national record, surpassing that of Healy by a hundredth of a second that she set in 2018.
Previous holder Healy praised the Limerick woman in the aftermath of the run.
The Limerick native now holds the Irish records in the 100m and 100m Hurdles following another exceptional season with Olympic qualification for 2024 already secured.
On August 24th, Lavin finished her World Athletics Championship 100mH semi-final in 12.62, beating the record set by Derval O’Rourke by three hundredths of a second.
Last night, Lavin was in fine form over the hurdles also, just a couple of hours after her record setting run, finishing in fifth in a time of 12.70, just seven hundredths of a seconds of her PB.
More history for the Emerald AC athlete but she does not appear content to rest on her laurels following her comments in the wake of the first national record as she is aiming big for Paris next Summer.
“Paris Olympics, why not aim for the final. No Irish woman has made the finals for any sprint, it’s a big ask.”
Sarah Lavin
Lofty ambitions but the way Lavin is consistently improving, she could be set for more history at the next instalment of the games.
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