Brian Fay finished 11th in the European Under-23 steeplechase final in Glave on Sunday posting 8:56.22.
Germany’s Frederik Ruppert won gold in eight minutes 44.49 seconds with silver going to Alexis Phelut of France in 8:45.09 and Sweden’s Simon Sundstrom taking bronze in 8:45.82.
Very impressive running from Brian Fay between his semi-final on Friday and finish inside 10 seconds outside the top five.
Brian Fay on being 11th in the men's 3,000m steeplechase in 8:56.22 pic.twitter.com/s0RsrxdV7l
— Athletics Ireland (@irishathletics) July 14, 2019
On Saturday evening Mark Smyth posted 21.71 seconds for eighth in his semi-final another impressive performance for Smyth who was less than a second outside the race winner.
Smyth set a new personal best in his heat on Friday of 21.29 seconds and importantly will be elidigible for these championships in Bergen, Norway.
Mark Smyth on his 200m and experience of the championships to get to the next level pic.twitter.com/C2XW35uhi9
— Athletics Ireland (@irishathletics) July 13, 2019
