Ciara Neville bridges difficult six year gap between national senior titles

SIX TOUGH YEARS: Ciara Neville celebrates winning the race. Pic: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy.
It was an experience she’d lived before. But this one felt so different. For Ciara Neville, six years and a slew of difficulties had separated her two national senior titles over 100m.
The latest, last Sunday, saw her power to gold in 11.44 seconds and when the Limerick sprinter crossed the line, five hundredths of a second ahead of Lauren Roy, she initially kept a lid on her emotions.