Brian Fay has broken the Irish indoor 5,000m record in 13:16.77 at the BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Opener in Boston.
Fay’s time takes over nine seconds off the record set by Barry Keane on December 4th 2021.
The new records come within a month of Fay finishing 13thin the NCAA cross country championships.
Fay the line in eighth place overall with previous record holder Barry Keane of Waterford taking 14h, also bettering his record in 13:21.57.
Keane’s old Irish record of 13:25.96 had previously bettered the mark set by Alistair Cragg (13:28.93) which had stood since 2003.
