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...
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