Galway athletes produced some superb performances in the second Irish Milers Club event of the season, which was held in Belfast.
Robert McDonnell of Galway City Harriers continues to impress, clocking two very swift times - 10.43 over 100 metres and 20.61 seconds over 200m, the sixth fastest ever by an Irish athlete.
In a field of high-quality competition, Galway’s Alanna Lally and Emma Moore both impressed in a stellar 800m women's race, in which Louise Shanahan broke the Irish record, ahead of Ciara Mageean.
Lally, now with UCD, clocked 2.06, while young star Moore of GCH ran a personal best of 2.07.98 as she continues to progress.
And there was more success when Kyle Moorhead of Craughwell AC produced one of the races of his life to set a new club senior 1500m record of 3:53.95, and clubmate Sinead Gaffney also set a new second of 4:38 over 1500.
Galway 5k Series: Adrian Grogan of Castlegar AC won the second leg of the 2022 EY sponsored Galway 5k Series in Craughwell AC on Tuesday last in a time of 17.09, ahead of Ed Maher in second in 17.12 and Paul Keane of GCH.
Jane Ann Healy of GCH won the women's section in a fast time of 18.04 ahead of clubmate Grainne Ni Uallachain in 18.09 and Aisling Moyles of Castlegar AC in third spot.
The Galway 5k Series was in Caltra on Tuesday May 17 for leg four, with Athenry and Clarenbridge to follow.
U23 Indoor: There were more impressive performances at the U23 Indoor Championsips from Galway athletes. 1500m champion Patrick Noonan of Craughwell clocked a first sub four-minute 1500m, hitting 3:57.51, while Jamie Fallon of Craughwell clocked 15.05 in the men’s 5k.
GCHs Ellen Moran ran a great women's 5k in 17:54, and GCH juniors were also impressive with Isabella Burke clocking 2:23 for 800m, just behind a great sub 2:19 by Ella O’Connor, whose promising indoor season is now yielding strong outdoor times.
European Masters Athletics: The European Masters non-stadia championships are taking place in Grossetto, Italy, at present and three Castlegar AC athletes have travelled to represent Ireland, already with great success.
Two of the trio have just achieved 5km men’s M45 European bronze medals - Sean McDermott and Frank Gilmore both scored on the Irish team, along with Ronan Kearns. Ian Egan also competed at M50 level.
Kerry Ultra: GCH distance runner Jerome Debize came in third in the Kerry 50k ultra on Saturday in a time of 3 hours 46 minutes.
