Fionnuala Britton sets new PB time over 3000m, Claire Tarplee runs qualifying standard

At the XL Galan meet in Stockholm last night, Fionnuala Britton ran a new personal best time of 8:54.37 in the 3,000m indoors. Her previous best of 8:55.22 achieved at the start of February.

Women 3000 m
1 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 8:26.57 MR PB WL
2 Eilish McColgan GBR 8:49.31
3 Almaz Ayana ETH 8:50.10
4 Siham Hilali MAR 8:53.12
5 Fionnuala Britton IRL 8:54.37
6 Polina Jelizarova LAT 8:56.06
7 Gete Dima (pace) ETH 9:00.88

This only comes days after running a PB and winning the Irish senior indoor title in the 1,500m in Athlone last weekend.

Also at the same event, Claire Tarplee of Dundrum South Dublin AC finished sixth in the 1,500m in a time of 4:13.16, a new PB for her and also inside the European standard of 4:14.00. Her previous best was 4:14.53 set in Vienna at the end of January. At the British championships the weekend before last, she won the 800m 2:03.66, just outside the 2:03.00 European standard.

XL Galan Stockholm, SWE
Women 1500 m
1 Abeba Aregawi SWE, Hammarby IF 3:58.40
2 Axumawit Embaye ETH 4:09.11
3 Rabab Arrafi MAR 4:09.36
4 Treniere Moser USA 4:12.09
5 Mimi Belete BRN 4:12.16
6 Clarie Tarplee IRL 4:13.16
7 Katarzyna Broniatowska POL 4:14.15
8 Charlotte Schönbeck SWE, IFK Lidingö 4:16.12
9 Kristine Eikrem Engeset NOR 4:17.99
10 Alem Gebremariam ETH 4:19.46