Super Scott produces historic run at National Championships

27 February 2022; Molly Scott of St Laurence O'Toole AC, Carlow, right, dips for the line to win the senior women's 60m final in a national record time of 7.19, after the final had to be re-run during day two of the Irish Life Health National Senior Indoor Athletics Championships at the National Indoor Arena at the Sport Ireland Campus in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

With a bullet start, a perfect pick-up and a flying finish, Molly Scott produced one of the most magnificent performances ever seen at a national athletics championships. The 22-year-old Carlow sprinter clocked 7.19 in Abbotstown today to take the national indoor 60m title with ease, breaking the 7.21 Irish record set by Rhasidat Adeleke earlier this month, coming home well clear of Lauren Roy (7.43) and Sarah Leahy (7.46).

What made it all the more impressive was that it was Scott’s third race of the day – the first edition of the final having to be re-run after a farcical situation in which one of Scott’s rivals false started, but the race was not recalled. An hour later, Scott channeled the frustration from that to great effect, becoming the first Irishwoman in history to go under 7.20.