Following the conclusion of the NCAA conference championship season over the past fortnight, attention now turns towards the first of this weekend’s college national championships, with Irish athletes already making a major impact at the NAIA Outdoor Championships in Indiana.
Two Irish athletes representing Montreat College have enjoyed hugely impressive seasons across the NAIA circuit this year, and both are back in action tonight chasing further national success after an already memorable start to the championships.
Heather Murphy (St. Michael's AC) has already secured Ireland’s first US college national title of the outdoor season after winning the women’s 10,000 metres on Thursday night in a time of 34:49.16. The performance adds outdoor national gold to what has already been an excellent year for Murphy, who finished 2nd in the NAIA Indoor Championships over 5000 metres back in March.
Murphy now returns to the track again tonight looking to complete a possible long distance double when she lines up in the women’s 5000m final.
