All about timing as O'Connor sets sights on 3,000m steeplechase final 

TIMING IS EVERYTHING: 3000m steeplechaser Ava O'Connor poses for a portrait during the European Games team day for Team Ireland. Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Two PBs at the back end of the US college track season would suggest that things are going pretty well for Ava O’Connor at Adams State. That said, the 19-year-old from Laois did get her timing horribly wrong in the weeks since.

No sooner was she home in Emo than word came through that her teammates had secured an invite to the White House for College Athlete Day, vice-president Kamala Harris welcoming a crew that included her Irish teammate Stephanie Cotter.