80 year old Flor O'Leary from Cork sets new national 400m masters record

Flor O'Leary (L) pictured with Fergus O'Donovan, 
head coach of St.Finbarrs AC

At the recent Cork County Track & Field Championships, Flor O'Leary of St.Finbarr's AC in Cork set a new age record for the 400m. Flor finished in a time of 1m 29.37s to set a new M80 record. The previous record of 1m 42.8s was set by Paddy Whelan in Kilkenny in 1995.

Flor also holds the M75 record for 400m...
M75    Flor O'Leary    St Finbarrs    1.19.4 secs    01/08/2010    Cork

...and for 1500m...
M75    Flor O'Leary    St Finbarrs    6.36.41    16/08/2009    Tullamore


The current M80 record is 7m 52.34s held by Nick Corish which might be on shaky ground now :o)
M80    Nick Corish    Raheny    7.52.34    14/09/2007    Riccione

Flor also holds a number of age records for road races as well....
5k    M65    Flor O'Leary    St Finbarrs    19mins 21secs    10/10/1999    Dublin
5k    M75    Flor O'Leary    St Finbarrs    23mins 30secs    09/09/2010    Cloyne

...including the Marathon...
M55    Flor O'Leary    St Finbarrs    2hr 41.27    Oct. 1989    Dublin
M60    Flor O'Leary    St Finbarrs    2hr 48.48    Oct. 1994    Dublin