Lavin looking to continue recent good form at Morton Games

Sarah Lavin clocked her lifetime best of 12.73 to finish a superb second at the Stockholm Diamond League last week, qualifying for the World Championships and Olympics.

CONTINUING GOOD FORM: Sarah Lavin clocked her lifetime best of 12.73 to finish a superb second at the Stockholm Diamond League last week, qualifying for the World Championships and Olympics. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

In recent weeks she produced her best all around Europe, and now it’s time for Sarah Lavin to bring it back home. The Limerick sprint hurdler will lead the Irish charge at this evening’s Morton Games in Santry, an event that’s been upgraded to World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze level.

Lavin clocked her lifetime best of 12.73 to finish a superb second at the Stockholm Diamond League last week, qualifying for the World Championships and Olympics. With a favourable wind tonight, Derval O’Rourke’s Irish record of 12.65 could be under threat, though Lavin will have to be on her game to win, with Australia’s Liz Clay and Liberia’s Ebony Morrison in opposition.