Ciara Mageean finishes 2nd at Great North City Games Mile...

At the Great North City Games Mile in Newcastle today (Sat 6th Sept), Ciara Mageean from Ireland finished an impressive second in the womens mile race. Aged just 22 years old, Ciara finished in 4:35.47 beating her previous best of 4:38.81 set back in 2011.

15.14 | BUPA GREAT NORTH MILE - WOMEN (1 MILE)
Pos    Forename    Surname    Country/Club    Performance
1    LAURA    MUIR    GBR    4:34.84
2    CIARA    MAGEEAN    IRL    4:35.47
3    HANNAH    ENGLAND    GBR    4:36.07
4    HELLEN ONSANDO    OBIRI    KEN    4:36.23
5    BRIE    FELNAGLE    USA    4:37.01
6    LAURA    WEIGHTMAN    GBR    4:37.13
7    TRENIERE    MOSER    USA    4:39.38
8    GIULIA    VIOLA    ITA    4:39.56
9    DIANA    SUJEW    GER    4:40.85
10    ANGIE    SMIT    NZL    4:50.99

In the 2-3 years, she has been out of action with an injury after putting in some fine performances in 2011 when she set a new national junior record in the 1500m. She only started running again in March of this year and just four months later, she won the 1500m national title. She is coached by Jerry Kiernan and certainly looks like one of the great hopes for Irish athletics in the years ahead.

Race video........Ciara is in the orange shorts...