Derg girl makes records for the third time in a Month

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by Gráinne Connolly

Sommer Lecky from Castlederg took place in the National Senior Indoor Championships, in Dublin on Saturday. 

For the third time this month she is getting her name in the record books. 

At the weekend she equalled the current Irish Junior record for high jumping, as she leaped 1.81 metres. 

This led her to victory, winning the high jump competition at the event. 

Sommer, who's a Finn Valley athlete, broke records previously this month in Dublin and Glasgow; breaking the Irish Girls' Youth records and winning both high jumping competitions.

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