Irish athletes in action in Padova, Italy...Sun 1st Sept 2013

At the Citta di Padova meet in Italy on Sunday, three Irish athletes were in action. Laura Crowe of An Ríocht AC set a new personal best time of 4m 12.06s in the womens 1500m when she finished in 4th place. Her previous best was 4:12.25 which she set back in June in Manchester.

In the mens 400m, Brian Gregan was 5th in 46.48 and Paul Robinson was 7th in 1:48.05 in the 800m

Padova (Italy), 1.9.2013 -27th Meeting Città di Padova-
1500m
1 Elena Korobkina (rus) 4:11.42;
2 Emily Infeld (usa) 4:11.51;
3 Margherita Magnani 4:11.56;
4 Laura Crowe (irl) 4:12.06;
5 Violah Lagat (ken) 4:12.94;
6 Lea Wallace (usa) 4:13.33;
7 Dureti Edao (eth) (96) 4:15.91;
8 Sonja Roman (slo) 4:17.45;
9 Beverly Ramos (pur) 4:19.82;

400m
1 LaShawn Merritt (usa) 45.18;
2 Rusheen McDonald (jam) 45.56;
3 Matteo Galvan 45.57;
4 Manteo Mitchell (usa) 45.96;
5 Brian Gregan (irl) 46.48; (PB 45.53)
6 Isalbet Juarez 46.90;
7 Michele Tricca 47.50;

800m
1 Giordano Benedetti (ita) 1:46.93;
2 Antoine Gakeme (bdi) 1:47.06;
3 Erik Sowinski (usa) 1:47.31;
4 Andrew Wheating (usa) 1:47.33;
5 Tamás Kazi (hun) 1:47.38;
6 Sammy Kirongo (ken) (94) 1:47.40;
7 Paul Robinson (irl) 1:48.05;  (PB 1:45.86)
8 David Torrance (usa) 1:48.20;