Erin Friel and Ireland Women finish seventh in relay heat at World U20 Championships
Erin Friel and her Ireland Women’s 4x400m Relay team finished seventh in their semi-final at the World U20 Athletics Championships on Saturday in Eugene, Oregon.
The Letterkenny AC woman ran the final leg, along with Maria Zakharenko, Sofia Granjo and Róisín Murray, and crossed the line in Heat 2 in a time of 3:40.06.
Italy won the heat in 3:33.63, with Great Britain second and Nigeria in third, all three teams qualifying for the final.
A Newtowncunningham native, Friel, who recently completed the Leaving Certificate in Loreto Letterkenny, will attend Florida State University this autumn.
Last year, she took a bronze medal at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in North Macedonia, and in May of this year she was part of the Ireland senior Women’s 4x400m Relay team that competed at the World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.