Brian Fay set a new club 5,000 metres record of 13.44.37 in Lucerne, Switzerland on Tuesday evening. Fay’s time broke his own club record of 13.51.59 set last October in the Netherlands. It’s been a good week for Fay who won national steeplechase gold on Saturday morning and still a lot left for him this season.
Mark Smyth took national senior 200m silver as he clocked a personal best of 20.97 seconds. Smyth continued his powerful season to finish second behind former European junior medallist for Great Britain Leon Reid. Reid clocked 20.79 seconds for gold with Smyth powerfully close behind taking silver in 20.97. Clonliffe’s Marcus Lawler took bronze crossing the line in 20.99 seconds. Smyth had qualified for the final winning his heat in…
Brian Fay and Niamh Fogarty landed gold on day two of the national track and field championships in Santry while Cillian Kirwan took 800 metre bronze. The day got off to an excellent start with Brian Fay producing a controlled almost polished performance in wintry conditions to take the 3,000m steeplechase title in 8:52.88 Finley Daly of Sligo took the silver medal trailing behind Fay in 8:56.57. Niamh Fogarty landed…
Stephen Fay took fourth place at the St. Coca’s 5K on Friday night posting 15 minutes and three seconds as Evan Fitzgerald won out in 14:53. Cillian O’Leary took sixth place in 15:07 and was followed home by Ian Conroy 15:43, Wes O’Brien 16:04, Graham O’Dwyer 16:16, Ian McConkey 16:19m Colm Delaney 16:40. Terry Keogh 16:51, Colm Dunne 16:54, Zoe Quinn 18:00, Mary Walsh 18:34 and Gabriel Byrne 20:24. Congratulations…