Outstanding Achievement winner Andrew Coscoran targets Olympic qualification

Star of the Sea athlete Andrew Coscoran was a winner at the 2020 Meath Sports Awards this evening when he scooped an Outstanding Achievement trophy.

Back in 2013 Andrew was a nominee at the Meath Sports Awards in the Youth category and this evening he was once again recognised for a tremendous 2020.

He claimed the Irish indoor 1,500m championship in March last year while he maintained his good form into 2021 despite Covid-19 restrictions.

He recorded a personal best of 3:37.20 in the men's 1,500m final at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meet in France last month.

The Star of the Sea athlete finished fifth in a highly competitive field, with a time that earned him the fifth-fastest Irish indoor runner over that distance, behind Marcus O’Sullivan, Eamonn Coghlan, Ciarán Ó Lionáird and Mark Carroll.

Last Friday night he managed a seventh place finish in the final of the 1,500m at the European Indoor Championships at the Arena Torun in Poland in a highly-competitive final in which the top athletes in Europe battled it out in the prestigious event.

Coscoran finished seventh in a time of 3:40.38 and his immediate short-term goal now is qualification for the forthcoming Olympic Games later this year.

Central to the presentation of the awards is the contribution and support from sponsors Meath County Council, Devenish Nutrition, Knightsbrook Hotel Spa & Golf Resort, Ecomm Merchant Solutions and Utmost International.