Seamus Clarke produced one of the standout Irish performances on Day Four of the World Athletics U20 Championships in Oregon, setting a new National U20 Record in the men\u2019s 5000m Race Walk.<\/p>\n
Clarke delivered an outstanding performance to finish 5th in the world in 19:28.27, taking more than 17 seconds off his previous best of 19:45.34, set in Tullamore last month.<\/p>\n
Matthew Newell also represented Ireland strongly in the final, finishing 22nd in 20:26.11.<\/p>\n
There was further impressive Irish representation in the 400m hurdles, with Ethan Dewhirst securing his place in the men\u2019s final. Dewhirst clocked 50.53 for third in his semi-final to guarantee himself a top-nine finish at the championships.<\/p>\n
Des O\u2019Neill signed off his campaign with a 51.28 personal best for seventh in his semi-final, while Ellis McHugh also produced a PB of 58.49 to finish fifth in her women\u2019s 400m hurdles semi-final and 15th overall.<\/p>\n
RELAY SQUADS BOW OUT<\/p>\n
Ireland\u2019s women\u2019s 4x400m relay team produced a brave showing in a competitive heat, clocking 3:40.06 for seventh in Heat 2.<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s 4x100m squad also delivered another consistent performance, safely getting the baton around in 40.39 to finish fourth in Heat 2. While progression proved just out of reach, both young relay squads gained valuable championship experience on the world stage.<\/p>\n
O\u2019CALLAGHAN COMPLETES DECATHLON<\/p>\n
Eoin O\u2019Callaghan completed a demanding two days of decathlon competition with a personal best total of 7,159 points, securing 19th overall.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Callaghan opened Day Four with 14.48 in the 110m hurdles (913 points) before recording 38.39m in the discus (632) and 3.80m in the pole vault (562).<\/p>\n
He continued his strong finish with a 54.96m personal best in the javelin (662) before closing out the ten-event competition with 4:48.04 in the 1500m (631).<\/p>\n
Attention now turns to the next day of action in Oregon, with Ireland continuing its World U20 Championships campaign.<\/p>\n
Team Ireland Results Summary<\/p>\n
Day Four Results<\/p>\n
Eoin O\u2019Callaghan \u2013 Men\u2019s Decathlon \u2013 110m Hurdles \u2013 14.48 (913 points)Seamus Clarke \u2013 Men\u2019s 5000m Race Walk \u2013 Final \u2013 5th (19:28.27 PB NU20R)Matthew Newell \u2013 Men\u2019s 5000m Race Walk \u2013 Final \u2013 22nd (20:26.11)Eoin O\u2019Callaghan \u2013 Men\u2019s Decathlon \u2013 Discus Throw \u2013 38.39m (632 points)Women\u2019s 4x400m Relay \u2013 Round One \u2013 Heat 2 \u2013 3:40.06 (7th)Eoin O\u2019Callaghan \u2013 Men\u2019s Decathlon \u2013 Pole Vault \u2013 3.80 (562 points)Men\u2019s 4x100m Relay \u2013 Round One \u2013 Heat 2 40.39 (4th)Eoin O\u2019Callaghan \u2013 Men\u2019s Decathlon \u2013 Javelin Throw \u201354.96 PB (662 points)Ellis McHugh \u2013 Women\u2019s 400m Hurdles \u2013 SF 3 \u2013 58.49 PB (5th)Ethan Dewhirst \u2013 Men\u2019s 400m Hurdles \u2013 SF 2 \u2013 50.53 Q (3rd)Des O\u2019Neill \u2013 Men\u2019s 400m Hurdles \u2013 SF 1 \u2013 51.28 PB (7th)Eoin O\u2019Callaghan \u2013 Men\u2019s Decathlon \u2013 1500m \u2013 4:48.04 (631 points)Eoin O\u2019Callaghan \u2013 Men\u2019s Decathlon \u2013 7159PB (19th overall)<\/p>\n
Team Ireland Schedule: Irish Time<\/p>\n
Local Oregon time in brackets<\/p>\n
Day Five \u2013 Evening Session \u2013 Sunday Aug 9th<\/p>\n
Si\u00fan Quinn \u2013 Women\u2019s High Jump \u2013 Final \u2013 20:30 (12:30)Ethan Dewhirst \u2013 Men\u2019s 400m Hurdles \u2013 Final \u2013 21:40 (13:40) *<\/p>\n
WHERE TO WATCH<\/p>\n
The World Athletics U20 Championships will be available to watch on the Eurovision Sport website\u00a0HERE<\/a>\u00a0and app. An account which you can register for free for is required.<\/p>\n Athletics Ireland\u2019s World Athletics U20 Championships selection policy is\u00a0HERE<\/a>Irish team selection is\u00a0HERE<\/a>World Athletics U20 Championships website is\u00a0HERE<\/a>World Athletics U20 Championships timetable is\u00a0HERE<\/a>Championship updates will be available on the Athletics Ireland social media channels<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seamus Clarke produced one of the standout Irish performances on Day Four of the World Athletics U20 Championships…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-587743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}