King Keane
Waterford AC’s Barry Keane has set an new Irish indoor record at the Boston University Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener.
Keane produced the fastest 5k of his life to clock a stunning 13:25:96, which ranks as Ireland's fastest ever by an Irishman. The performance made all the more impressive with Keane coming into the race off his recent NCAA cross country division 1 final appearance.
The time goes to top of the Irish all-time list, taking over from Alistair Cragg’s 13:28.93 record which had stood since March 2003.
Magic McCormack
Meanwhile in Valencia earlier this morning, Fionnuala McCormack produced a brilliant run at the Valencia Marathon to clock 2:23:58 for a fifth-place finish, taking three minutes off her best. The time leaves McCormack 2nd on Irish all-time list behind Catherina McKiernan's 2:22:23.
McCormack will make her 17th appearance at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships at Fingal-Dublin next weekend.
