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Listen: Donegal Sports Star of the year Sommer Lecky on ‘raising that bar’

written by Chris McNulty January 26, 2019

2018 Donegal Sports Star of the Year Sommer Lecky says she ‘just wants to keep raising that bar’.

The Finn Valley AC high jumper was last night named the Donegal Sports Star of the Year following a year in which she won silver at the World U20 Championships in Finland.

Picture by Geraldine Diver

Lecky also competed at the Commonwealth Games in Australia, where she finished 10^th.

“I don’t like to put pressure on myself. I just want to keep raising that bar and keep jumping as well as I can jump,” she told Donegal Daily/Donegal Sport Hub last night.

Listen to the full interview below …

https://soundcloud.com/donegalsportstalk/sommer-lecky-2018-donegal-sports-star-of-the-year

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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

Listen: Donegal Sports Star of the year Sommer Lecky on ‘raising that bar’

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