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The Irish Sun
5 days ago
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- The Irish Sun
Sophie O'Sullivan storms to NCAA gold as Rhasidat Adeleke fades to in Stockholm Diamond League meeting
SUNDAY was a Mixed day for Irish stars as Rhasidat Adeleke finished sixth in Stockholm while Sophie O'Sullivan won NCAA gold. Tallaght ace Adeleke had to settle for sixth place in the women's 400m at Sunday's Diamond League meeting in Stockholm. 2 Rhasidat Adeleke slumped to sixth in Stockholm on Sunday 2 Sophie O'Sullivan celebrates winning the 1500 meter event at the NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships It comes just four days after her fourth place finish on her season debut. Running from lane four, the Dubliner was in contention coming into the final straight but faded in the closing metres against a stacked field. American Isabella Whittaker won in 49.78 seconds, ahead of Norway's Henriette Jaeger (50.07) and Great Britain's Amber Anning, who clocked a season's best 50.17 in third. Adeleke, 22, crossed the line in 50.48. read more on sport The Dublin sprinter is targeting the World Championships in Tokyo later this year. Meanwhile, Sophie O'Sullivan enjoyed a landmark moment in her own career on Saturday The daughter of Irish legend Sonia powered to gold in the 1500m at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The 23-year-old University of Washington athlete produced a stunning final kick to leave the field behind and win in a personal best time of 4:07.94. Most read in Athletics It makes O'Sullivan just the fifth Irishwoman ever to win an NCAA title, She follows in the footsteps of her legendary mother Sonia O'Sullivan (3000m, 1990 & 1991), Valerie McGovern (5000m, 1989 & 1990), Mary Cullen (5000m, 2006) and Adeleke herself (400m in 2023 and relay golds in 2022 and 2023). Alex Scott and Dermot O'Leary forced to apologise as Tyson Fury swears live on ITV during Soccer Aid coverage
RTÉ News
5 days ago
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- RTÉ News
Rhasidat Adeleke sixth in Stockholm, Sophie O'Sullivan wins NCAA title
Rhasidat Adeleke had to settle for sixth at Sunday's Diamond League 400m meeting in Stockholm. Drawn in lane 4, Adeleke was in the shakeup as they turned for home, but she got swallowed up at the climax in a tough field. The American Isabella Whittaker took victory in 49.78 ahead of Norway's Henriette Jaeger (50.07) and Great Britain's Amber Anning, who ran a season's best tme of 50.17. Adeleke crossed the line in 50.48. On Thursday, she was fourth (50.42) at the Oslo Diamond League in what was her first outing over 400m this season. The 22-year-old is building towards the World Championships in Tokyo this September. Earlier, Sophie O'Sullivan produced a superb performance to win the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 1500m title in Oregon. The 23-year-old left the rest for dust as she kicked for home to cross the line in a career-best 4:07.94. O'Sullivan is in her final year at the University of Washington. She's just the fifth Irishwoman to win gold at an NCAA event, following in the footsteps of her mother Sonia (3000m in 1990 and 1991), Valerie McGovern (5000m in 1989 and 1990), Mary Cullen (5000m in 2006) and Adeleke (400m in 2023 and 4x100m relay in 2022 and 2023).
Irish Daily Mirror
5 days ago
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- Irish Daily Mirror
O'Sullivan wins prestigious title in America to emulate Olympic legend mother
Sophie O'Sullivan picked up the biggest win of her career so far as she stormed to victory in the NCAA 1,500m title at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday evening. The 23-year-old was competing in her final ever race for the University of Washington in Seattle, and having finished 12th in this event for the past two seasons, the daughter of Olympic legend Sonia O'Sullivan wasted no time in asserting her dominance. Hitting the front with two laps to go, Sophie never looked back and raced to victory on the biggest night of collegiate athletics in America. She clocked an impressive time of 4:07.94, finishing off with a stunning final lap of 58.43 to complete the famous win. With that win, O'Sullivan becomes just the fifth Irish woman in history to win an NCAA title, following in the footsteps of her mother Sonia (1990 and 1991), Valerie McGovern (1990), Mary Cullen (2006) and Rhasidat Adeleke (2023). 'Pretty f*****g happy' was her response when asked to sum up her emotions, reports the Irish Independent. 'I was just trying to hold my position on the inside lane and not let everyone box me out and trying to find a way out,' she said when asked about the race. On her future plans, O'Sullivan said: 'My visa's up so I've got to leave America soon, I'm going to fly to London and go from there. We'll see.'
The Journal
5 days ago
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- The Journal
Sophie O'Sullivan wins 1500m gold at NCAA Championships
The 42 SOPHIE O'SULLIVAN BECAME the fifth Irish woman last night to win an NCAA title after claiming victory in the 1500m race in Oregon. Competing in the Division 1 Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, the 23-year-old took gold in a time of 4:07:94. The final year student at the University of Washington emulates her mother Sonia, who took gold at 3000m in 1990 and 1991. The other Irish female athletes that have won gold at this level are Rhasidat Adeleke (400m in 2023 and 4x100m relay in 2022 & 2023), Mary Cullen (5000m in 2006), and Valerie McGovern (5000m in 1989 & 1990). Advertisement O'Sullivan finished last night ahead of Margot Appleton, from University of Virginia, in second place in a time of 4:08.99. O'Sullivan, who competed for Ireland in the Paris Olympics last year, reflected on her victory after the race. 'Being the person that wants to win the most and I think there's bit of that like, maybe I really wanted to win the most, but I think also I was probably okay with it if I didn't win, if it meant I gave my best. I was just confident I could do the best that I could and I was going to be okay with that. 'Pretty f**king happy. I just kind of really thought someone was going to close on me there, so I was probably a bit scared and just run as far as I could and then kind of finished, looked around, I was like actually that's not too bad. I heard them say my name I was winning, soI kind of think there was at least some separation, but you kind of just never know.' 𝐍𝐂𝐀𝐀 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧! 🥇☘️ Sophie O'Sullivan (@UWTRACK/Ballymore Cobh AC) has stormed to gold in the Women's 1500m at the NCAA Division 1 Outdoors clocking 4:07.94 😮💨 She becomes just the fourth Irishwoman to win an NCAA Division 1 outdoor title 🙌 #IrishAthletics — Athletics Ireland (@irishathletics) June 15, 2025 Written by Fintan O'Toole and originally published on The 42 whose award-winning team produces original content that you won't find anywhere else: on GAA, League of Ireland, women's sport and boxing, as well as our game-changing rugby coverage, all with an Irish eye. Subscribe here .
Irish Times
6 days ago
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- Irish Times
Like mother, like daughter: Sophie O'Sullivan wins the NCAA 1,500m title in dominant style
With a dominant style reminiscent of her mother, Sophie O'Sullivan won the prestigious NCAA 1,500m title at Hayward Field in Oregon on Saturday night, the climax of the US collegiate track and field season. It was O'Sullivan's final race representing the University of Washington in Seattle, and the 23-year-old made the absolute most of it. Hitting the front with two laps to go, she gradually wore down her rivals before kicking clear in the last 200 metres – her last lap a blazing 58.43 seconds, her winning time a season best of 4:07.94. Sophie O'Sullivan of the Washington Huskies reacts after winning the Women's 1,500m NCAA title at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Photograph: C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images There was no disguising her utter delight on the line, O'Sullivan finished at the back of this race in her last two appearances, her preparations hampered by injury. 'Pretty f**king happy,' she told trackside reporters. 'I felt this year I was a different person, a different athlete. And based on the races I've had recently, I had no reason to think I should run bad.' O'Sullivan became only the fifth Irish woman to win an NCAA title, following in the strides of her famous mother Sonia, who won the 3,000m with Villanova in 1990 and 1991. Valerie McGovern also won the 5,000m in 1990 and later Mary Cullen in 2006, before Rhasidat Adekele became the first Irish woman to win a sprint title, running 49.20 to claim the 400m with the University of Texas three years ago. READ MORE Women's 1500m National Champion 🏆 Sophie O'Sullivan of 📊 4:07.94 — NCAA Track & Field (@NCAATrackField) After the bunched field reached 800m in 2:21, O'Sullivan had seen enough, taking over at the front and never looking back. She ran her last two laps in 2:04.51, and although Margot Appleton from the University of Virginia chased hard, she had to settle for second in 4:08.99. 'Usually there's a lot of talk about being the person that wants to win the most, and I think there was a bit of that,' added O'Sullivan. 'I really wanted to win the most, but I think also I was probably okay if I didn't win, if it meant I gave my best.' Sophie O'Sullivan with her mother Sonia after winning the NCAA 1,500m title in Oregon, June 2025. Photograph: University of Washington Her mother Sonia was present at the famed Hayward Field to witness the moment of triumph. O'Sullivan will now continue her preparations for the World Championships in Tokyo in September, having run a lifetime best 4:00.23 at the Paris Olympics last summer, just missing out on qualification for the semi-finals. She made her Irish debut at the European Under-18 Championships in Gyor, Hungary in 2018, winning silver in the 800m behind Britain's Keely Hodgkinson, who won the Olympic gold medal in Paris last summer. O'Sullivan then added the European Under-23 1,500m title in 2023, beating teammate Sarah Healy into second place. Oregon was hosting the 43rd staging of the women's NCAA championships, beginning in 1982 in Provo, Utah, while the men's championships have been running since 1921. Only four Irish-born men achieved the feat of winning an NCAA title on the track; Ronnie Delany, John Lawlor (twice in the hammer) Eamonn Coghlan (twice in the 1,500m) and Frank O'Mara. Sean Dollman and Alistair Cragg, both South African born before declaring for Ireland, also won three, Cragg the last of them with his 10,000m title in 2004. Bow Down!!! 🥇✨ Sophie O'Sullivan DOMINATES to become the first UW woman to win a running event at NCAAs since Katie Flood also won the 1500m in 2012. — Washington Track & Field and Cross Country (@UWTrack) Elsewhere, Efrem Giday finished second in the British 10,000m championships in Birmingham, clocking 28:09.36. The title went to Britain's Emile Cairess who clocked a new personal best of 27:27.95, with Ellis Cross third in 28:14.47. Nick Griggs also made welcome return to form at the British Milers Club event in Belfast, winning the mile in 3:55.97, having missed several months of training due to an infection in his knee.
