Cork Graded Series No 2

Three club members travelled to Cork for the 2nd night of the Cork Graded Series on Friday, June 26th, held at CIT.

Keith Egan got off to a winning start with a win in the grade C 800m. In a very tactical race Keith controlled it from the front and with 150m to go kicked hard and left the field well behind.

Brendan Leahy followed in the Grade A 100m with an excellent 2nd in a time of 10.99 secs. A nervey race with 2 false starts before the final off Brendan finished strong to just dip under the 11 sec barrier for the first time this year. Good preparations for the All Ireland senior Track & Field championships coming up in 2 weeks where he will compete in the 100m and 200m on July 10/11 in Santry stadium in Dublin.

Tom O'Brien came 2nd in the 100m Grade B race with a new PB of 11.7 secs and narrowly missed a PB of 1.72m in the high jump..but thats for another day.

Next outing in the series is Monday evening, July 12th at the Mardyke in Cork at 7pm with events including 400m, 3K and Javelin.