World Top 10 For Heffernan, McGettigan And O’Keeffe

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World Top 10 For Heffernan, McGettigan And O’Keeffe

2 January 2008

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These statistics bear testimony to an exceptional year at the upper end of the sport for Irish athletes Robert Heffernan ( 20k walk ), Roisin McGettigan (3000m s/c) and Eileen O’Keeffe ( hammer ) have made the world top 10 in the annual ranking lists ( based on overall performances in 2007 ) in the prestigious publications Athletics International and Track and Field News. Both Robert and Eileen are ranked 9th in Athletics International while Track and Field News has Rob 8th with Eileen 10th. Roisin is ranked 8th in Track and Field News and 10th in Athletics International. In the top 50 lists for the year there are 14 Irish athletes ranked. These statistics bear testimony to an exceptional year at the upper end of the sport for Irish athletes. The full list of those achieving world top 50 status is as follows: