Irish juniors qualify for finals

FOUR athletes made it through to their respective finals and two athletes - Linda Byrne in the steeplechase and Breffni Twohig in the 5,000m - set new national junior records on a great day for the Irish at the European Junior Track and Field Championships in Kaunas yesterday.

Ireland will have two representatives in the final of the men’s 1500m following spectacular performances by Danny Darcy and Colin Costello in yesterday’s semi-finals.

Danny Darcy from Bagenalstown, Carlow, Irish schools champion in both track and cross-country and the reigning national junior cross-country champion, finished third in a typical championship race that developed into a tactical affair.