Andrew Coscoran (Star of the Sea AC) has lowered his own Irish indoor 1500m record tonight.
Competing at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais in Liévin, a World Indoor Tour Gold event, the Balbriggan man clocked a time of 3:33.09 to finish third behind Italy’s Federico Riva and world champion Isaac Nader from Portugal, who took victory in 3:32.44.
Coscoran’s previous best indoors was set during last year’s Wannamaker Mile at the Millrose Games in New York when he passed through 1500m in 3:33.40.
The 29-year-old impressed tonight going out hard, fading only slightly in the final 50 metres on the way to another national record.
Coscoran is entered in both the 1500m and 3000m for the 123.ie National Senior Indoor Championships in Dublin on February 28th and March 1st and will also be focusing on the upcoming World Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland.
Sharlene Mawdsley (Newport AC) was also in action at the meet in Liévin. The Tipperary sprint sensation opened her season by clocking 51.85 to finish third in the Women’s 400m. Mawdsley’s time is the fastest in the event by an Irishwoman so far this year and is also inside the Athletics Ireland ‘B’ Standard for the World Indoor Championships.
Paris Olympian Luke McCann (UCD AC) finished sixth in the Men’s B 1500m race, clocking a season’s best of 3:39.89 as he continues his comeback from a long-term injury.
