There were 2 Sportsworld men in universities action at the IUAA road relays in Maynooth on Saturday. Both were on the DIT B team that finished 17th out of the 28 university teams that went to the starting post. The DIT A team finished a record 6th place in a field riddled with Ireland’s top middle and long distance track stars. 230 athletes of either gender ran and it was superbly organised. The lap was a very flat one that is 1620m long, so it was just over a mile. Similar to other relays, the team’s first competitor did one lap, that athlete tagged his/her team mate and the next competitor went off. It was a 1:2:3:2:1 formation for the men, while the 4 aside girl’s teams (there were no Sportsworld girls in action) had a 1:2:2:1 formation. Colin, who did a bike session that morning in preparation for triathlons, made a rare short excursion over a mile. Packie ran leg 4.
Leg 1 Colin Bolger 4:57
Leg 4 Packie Enright 11:04
The best mile of the day was a blistering Patrick Linden from Queen’s in Belfast who ran 4:03. Surely he’ll be Ireland’s next sub 4 minute man. Eight men ran under 4:30. UL’s Michael Mulhare ran the quickest 2 mile time with 9:08, up there with college mate Liam Reale who ran 9:09. Fifteen people broke 10 mins. The quickest 3 mile time of the day went to DCU’s Breandan O Neill in 14:21, with 10 men running under 15:30.
Well done to all involved.
Full results.
Report By
Packie Enright
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