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23 Feb 2026

Local athletes Ciara Neville and Sharlene Mawdsley fourth in European relay

Emerald AC and St Mary's of Newport stars part of Irish four

Local athletes Ciara Neville and Sharlene Mawdsley fourth in European relay

Scott, Mawdsley, Ake-Moses and Neville in Grosseto

LIMERICK’S Ciara Neville and Newport’s Sharlene Mawdsley were part of the Irish U/20 4x100m relay team that finished fourth at the European games last weekend. The local duo were joined in the the team by Molly Scott and Gina Akpe-Moses.

The Irish quartet missed out on a bronze medal by .30 of a second, coming in at 44.47 behind the Great Britain team on 44.17. Germany took Gold in a time of 43.44, while France claimed silver in 44.03.

Earlier in the championships Emerald AC’s Ciara Neville finished seventh in the 100m final in a time of 11.98, a race won by Ake-Moses in an exceptional time of 11.71

 

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