After the excitement of the National Indoor championship at the weekend it was back up to the Abbotstown on Wednesday evening for the final night of the Track & Field Live.
In Heat 1 of the 60 m Adam Festus was 2nd in 7:56 with Kamil Tomko in 6th in 8:44. Heat 3 Mark Murray was 4th in 7:53 with Evan Storey in 7th in 7:55. In the Final Race Mark Murray improved on his earlier race to finish in 2nd in 7:41 with Evan Storey in 6th in 7:57.
In the Women’s Long Jump Snezana Bechtina was 2nd with a first round jump of 4.69m.
On the track Fintan Kerins continued his fine recent performance in the Men’s Elite Mile, finish 6th in a time of 4:17:73, the race was won by National 3000m champion Sean Tobin in 4:03:14.
In the Men’s 800 m there were 6 Clonliffe men in the 3 heats. Fastest on the night and agonisingly close to the 2:00 minute barriers was Evan Lynch who was 3rd in Heat 3 in a time of 2:00:67, this was a 7 sec PB! Also in Heat 3 was Ben Power who ran an equally impressive PB of 6 secs to register a time of 2:26:02 in 7th place.
In Heat 1 Dylan Connolly Finished 2nd in a PB of 2:05:57, with Rob Mackey, making his Clonliffe debut, in 3rd in 2:06:24, also a PB and Tadgh Cowley, a Junior Athlete, in 6th in 2:18:65. In Heat 2 James Murphy ran an indoor PB of 2:13:5, finishing 2nd .