Ireland : 23 year old Irish Junior Record falls in Dublin

There was an outstanding start to the Dublin County Board Graded Series this week when the 3,000m development race produced a new Irish Junior Record as well as a large number of PB's.

Mullingars Mark Christie recorded a time of 8.04.48 in 2nd place beating the 23 year old record
of 8.06.3 set by Brian O Keefe back in July 1981. The race also produced twelve Personal Bests led by European U-23 5000m bronze medallist Rob Connolly.

3,000m Development Race, ALSAA

1 Rob Connolly 8 03.34 P B
2 Mark Christie 8.04.48 P B (National Jnr Record)
3 Dermot Donnelly 8.07.04
4 Mark Kenneally 8.07.32
5 Eugene O Neill 8 14.58 P B
6 Paul Mc Namara 8 23.26
7 Richard Corcoran 8 24.44 P B
8 Gary O Hanlon 8 28.20
9 Eoin Higgins 8.28.26 P B
10 Paul Fleming 8 32.52 P B
11 Conor Mc Gee 8 33.38
12 Richard Yeates Jnr 8 39.42 P B
13 Pat Cassidy 8 41.98 P B
14 Karl Byrne 8.42.70
15 Vinny Sullivan 8.50.42 P B
16 Niall Sherlock Jnr 9.00.66 PB
17 Sean O Hegarty 9.07.42PB
18 Ivan Toner 9.17.12 PB

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