Roisin Flanaghan of Finn Valley AC set a new Donegal indoor record in the United States as she clocked a time of 4:40.12 to win a mile event. She was competing in the New Mexico Team Open Women’s 1 Mile Run, and was more than nine seconds ahead of Elena Carey who was second.
Meanwhile, Oisin O’Gailín, also of Finn Valley AC, recorded a sub-4 minute mile at the John Thomas Terrier Classic meet in Boston as he finished in 3 minutes 58.28 seconds. He was fifth in a strong field in heat two in a race won by Boston College’s Steven Jackson.
At the same meeting, Ireland’s Andrew Coscoran smashed the Irish 5,000 metres record as he finished in 13 minutes, 12.56 seconds.
