Michaela Walsh and Jenna Bromell star at Junior and U23 Indoor Championships

Michaela Walsh and Jenna Bromell were the standout performers at the GloHealth Junior and U23 Indoor Championships, with national junior records in the shot put and 400m respectively.

Walsh (Swinford) impressed in the junior women’s shot put with a national junior record and championship best performance of 13.97m. The Swinford girl is going from strength to strength since her impressive ninth place finish at the World Youth Championships in Cali, Columbia last July.

Bromell was equally impressive in the junior women’s 400m with a dominant performance of 54.19 seconds. The Limerick woman’s big aim for the year will be the World Junior Athletics Championships in Poland in July.