Gary Ryan (Nenagh Olympic) set an Irish Indoor record in the 200m running 20.99 in Birmingham, England on 23rd February. Ryan wrestled the record away from Paul Brizzel who set the record (21.06) on 1st February also in Birmingham. In fact, Ryan tied that mark winning his semifinal.

Tom Comyns (Limerick AC) also ran a respectable 21.77. Juliet Claffey placed 3rd in the pole vault in 3.40m.

Paul McKee (Beechmount AC) placed 2nd in Heat B and 5th overall 46.69 at the Meeting Gaz de France held in Lievin, France on Sunday, 23rd February.

Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie set the World Record in the 2-mile at the Norwich Union Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham meeting held on 21st February. Gebrselassie ran 8.04.69 going through the mile in 4.03.1 and hitting the 3,000-metre mark in 7.32.81. Paula Radcliffe set a World best in a 10-kilometre road race running 30.21. Her impressive splits were 3K-8.53, 8K-24.05, also a World Best.

Róisín McGettigan (Co. Wicklow) led the Providence College women's with a victory in the 1,000-metre event in 2.48.28 at the 2003 Big East Conference Indoor Track & Field Champs held on 22-23 February at the Carrier Dome on the campus of Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. Mary Cullen, from Sligo placed 3rd in the 3k in 9.30.64; Sligo, Ireland), who has already qualified for the NCAA's in the 3,000 meters, placed third in a time of 9:30.6. Deirdre Byrne (Avoca, Co. Wicklow) finished 5th in the 800m final in a time of 2.13.22 and ran 2.14.28 in her qualifier. McGettigan (2.13.7) senior Emer O'Shea (Co. Limerick) ran 2.12.4, Róisín Quinn (Co. Waterford) ran 2.18.6 and Byrne (2.10.9) placed 3rd in the 4 x 800m relay in 8.55.69. In the distance medley relay, Fiona Crombie (Christchurch, New Zealand) ran 3.35.8-1,200m, Quinn (59.2-400m), O'Shea (2.13.6) and Cullen (4.46.8-1,600m) placed fourth in a time of 11.33.40.

Providence College's Liam Reale (Hospital, Co. Limerick) placed 3rd in the 800m in 1.52.73, Reale won his qualifying heat 1.53.04. Paul Reilly (Loughrea, Co Galway) took 4th in the 5k in 14.39.02 with Mullingar's Martin Fagan (Providence) placing 8th in the 3,000m-event in 8.28.24 with Clonmel's Patrick Guidera placing 15th for PC in 8.43.16. Fagan also anchored the PC DMR that placed 5th in 10.07.22 running 4.13.9 for 1,600 metres. Thomas Chamney, also from Clonmel (University of Notre Dame) ran the 3rd leg helping his team place 3rd in the 4 x 800m relay. Providence placed 5th in 7.42.45 with Reale running second (1.53.7) and Reilly anchoring in 1.55.5. The Notre Dame men and the Miami women won the team titles.

Zoe Brown, competing for Loughborough won the pole vault in 3.80m (CBP) at the British Universities Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow's Kelvin Hall on 22-23 February. Eva Massey (Ulster) won the Shot Putt in 15.80m (CBP). Anna Boyle (Ulster) placed 2nd in the 60m in 7.55 and third in the 200m (24.96).

Joe McAlister placed 3rd in the 3,000m in 8.37.44 and the 5,000m (14.52.58) at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships held on 22 February at Manhattan College, in Riverdale, New York. McAlister (St. Malachy's) ran with teammates Nigel Wray (1st, 8.32.47/14.47.79) and Peter Riley (2nd, 8.35.29/14.52.48) for the race giving the Iona Gaels a sweep of the top 3 spots in both distance events.

Leevale's James Grufferty (East Tennessee State University) placed 3rd in the 3,000m in 8.28.65 and 8th in the 5,000-metre event (15.27.13) at the Southern Conference Indoor Championship held at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee on 21-22 February.

Dermot Donnelly (Annandale Striders) won the Northern Irish Long Course Cross Country Championships in Derry covering the 12-kilometre course in 35.20 held on the Gransha Park Hospital Grounds on 22nd February in Derry.

Wicklow's Brian Farrell (Stony Brook) placed 7th in the mile in 4.17.35 at the America East Conference Indoor Championships held at Boston University on 22nd February.

Damien Bateman (Mullingar) ran the opening leg of the McNeese State University Distance Medley Relay team that placed 5th in 10.27.19 at the Southland Conference Championships held in Houston, Texas on 21-22 February.