Phil Healy of Bandon AC wins 60m indoor race in Athlone...

At the new national indoor league in the AIT International Arena in Athlone today, Phil Healy of Bandon AC in Cork won the womens 60m race in a time of 7.46 seconds. Phil's previous best time was 7.58 seconds and she now moves to 10th overall on the all time Irish indoor list.

Phil Healy #16 and Sarah Lavin #72 in the womens 60m

Athletics Ireland said this about Phil Healy's performance..."The performance of the day in the individual competition came from Phil Healy (Bandon AC). European junior 100m fourth placer Healy stormed down the track to win the 60m in a time of 7.46. The time moves Healy to tenth on the Irish all time indoor 60m lists, a very impressive performance in her first year in the senior ranks."

In the same race, European junior silver medalist Sarah Lavin of Emerald AC in Limerick finished in second place in a time of 7.61, just five one hundredths of a second slower than her personal best of 7.56. Sarah Lavin had earlier run 8.40 seconds to win in the 60m hurdles event.

Women's 60 m
 1 Phil Healy Bandon A.C. 7.46
 2 Sarah Lavin U.C.D. A.C. 7.61
 3 Catherine McManus Dublin City Harriers A.C. 7.66

Women's 60 m Hurdles
1 Sarah Lavin U.C.D. A.C. 8.4
2 Laura Frey Lagan Valley A.C. 9.98
3 Karen Dunne Bohermeen A.C. 12.22

The full results can be seen HERE 

Also in action over the weekend was Kelly Proper of Ferrybank AC in the English Athletics Combined Events Championships in Sheffield. In the womens 60m hurdles, Kelly finished in 3rd place in a time of 8.68 seconds. That is the joint 9th fastest time on the Irish indoor all time list.

Senior Women's 60m Hurdles - Race 4
1 Karla Drew City of Sheffield AC 8.36
2 Marilyn Nwawulor Harrow AC 8.47
3 Kelly Proper Ireland 8.68
4 Jade Surman Birchfield Harriers 8.69