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The final year student at the University of Washington emulates her mother Sonia, who took gold at 3000m in 1990 and 1991. The other Irish female athletes that have won gold at this level are Rhasidat Adeleke (400m in 2023 and 4x100m relay in 2022 & 2023), Mary Cullen (5000m in 2006), and Valerie McGovern (5000m in 1989 & 1990). O’Sullivan finished last night ahead of Margot Appleton, from University of Virginia, in second place in a time of 4:08.99. Advertisement O’Sullivan, who competed for Ireland in the Paris Olympics last year, reflected on her victory after the race. FloTrack / X (Formerly Twitter) “Being the person that wants to win the most and I think there’s bit of that like, maybe I really wanted to win the most, but I think also I was probably okay with it if I didn’t win, if it meant I gave my best. I was just confident I could do the best that I could and I was going to be okay with that. Cathal Dennehy / X (Formerly Twitter) “Pretty f**king happy. I just kind of really thought someone was going to close on me there, so I was probably a bit scared and just run as far as I could and then kind of finished, looked around, I was like actually that’s not too bad. I heard them say my name I was winning, soI kind of think there was at least some separation, but you kind of just never know.” 𝐍𝐂𝐀𝐀 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧! 🥇☘️ Sophie O'Sullivan (@UWTRACK/Ballymore Cobh AC) has stormed to gold in the Women's 1500m at the NCAA Division 1 Outdoors clocking 4:07.94 😮‍💨 She becomes just the fourth Irishwoman to win an NCAA Division 1 outdoor title 🙌#IrishAthletics pic.twitter.com/BHcpErPcqH— Athletics Ireland (@irishathletics) June 15, 2025 Written by Fintan O’Toole and originally published on The 42 whose award-winning team produces original content that you won’t find anywhere else: on GAA, League of Ireland, women’s sport and boxing, as well as our game-changing rugby coverage, all with an Irish eye. Subscribe here. 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