Irish women's relay team win Silver at World U-20 Championships

The Irish women's 4x100m relay team won silver at the World U-20 Championships in Tampere, Finland today. The team of  Molly Scott, Gina Akpe-Moses, Ciara Neville and Patience Jumbo-Gula ran a national under-20 record time of 43.90 to finish behind Germany and in front of Great Britain to take Silver.

In the video below, the Irish team are in lane 5.

SILVER! 🥈
They’ve only gone and done it! Fantastic run in the 4x100 relay. 43.90 for @RunMollyRun13, @GinaAkpeMoses, @ciara_nev100 and @Patience_Jumbo.
Incredible pace from Patience at the end!
What a team, what a day! 🇮🇪 #HerSport #HerAthletics https://t.co/CHGnfM7f9V pic.twitter.com/HWlCaNt1o1

— HerSport (@HerSportDotIE) July 14, 2018

Irish Relay Team sets a new national record in Euro Championships

The Irish relay team set a new record in the 4 x 100m relay at the European Athletic Championships in Zurich today. In the second heat, the Irish team finished in 4th place in the second heat in 43.84 seconds. That broke the old record of 43.93 seconds set in 2010.

L-R...Amy Foster, Kelly Proper, Sarah Lavin & Phil Healy of Bandon AC

That 4th place was almost enough to qualify for the final but was just outside. The last fastest losers spot from the first heat with 43.80s.

The Irish team in order of running were.....Amy Foster of Lisburn AC, Kelly Proper of Ferrybank AC, Sarah Lavin of Emerald AC and Phil Healy of Bandon AC.

In a post race interview with Phil Healy, she said..."We can’t ask for any more than that, we came out today and broke the national record, the changeovers were good, and the practicing we have been doing has been really good. We will plan for next year with the World Championships to look forward to."

The previous record of 43.93s was set in Barcelona at the European Championships and the team then was Amy Foster, Niamh Whelan, Claire Brady and Ailis McSweeney.

Race video.....It shows both heats and it's about 13 mins long. The intro to the Irish race starts about 8 min and the race at 9:30...

Potential Irish womens team for the 2012 Olympics...

The Irish Womens 4 x 100m Relay Team are currently training hard in an attempt to become the first Irish team ever to qualify for the Olympic games. The team consists of Derval O'Rourke, Ailis McSweeney, Amy Foster, Claire Brady, Niamh Whelan and Joan Healy.

With the team now getting proper funding and with coaching from Terri Cahill, they are hoping to run 44.5 or faster for this event.

A short video is now up on the RTE website