Dunleer date for Sonia

SONIA O'SULLIVAN is all set to compete in the short course trial which will be run at Dunleer on March 16 in conjunction with Rás na hÉireann.

Sonia had planned to compete at the world indoor championships in Birmingham that weekend. However, she did not really get her training under way until January as it took her a long time to recover from the New York City Marathon.

Now she will go into the national inter-club short course cross-country championship race as the defending champion. She was returning after giving birth to her second daughter, Sophie, when she won the title at ALSAA last year.