D-Day for Cork Sprinter Phil Healy as she sets a new national record

Top Cork sprinter Phil Healy from Ballineen set a new national record today in the Dublin Championships when she ran the 100m in a time of 11.28 seconds. The tail wind was legal at the limit of +2.0m/s.

Top Cork sprinter Phil Healy with her coach Shane McCormack from Wexford

The previous national record of 11.40 seconds was held jointly by Ailis McSweeney and Amy Foster.

1 11.40    NR 0.8 Ailis McSweeney Prov Liège    Naimette-Xhovémont    13 Jul 2010
1 11.40    NR 1.7 Amy Foster  Sprint Elite Clermont FL    10 May 2014

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Cork Sprinter Phil Healy runs 400m PB in Austria

Cork sprinter Phil Healy of Bandon AC was in action in Vienna on Friday evening and won a 400m race there in a time of 52.08 seconds. This was an improvement of 1.1 seconds on her previous best time for the distance. It was also her second qualifying time for the World Indoor Championships coming up in Birmingham in March.

Phil is now based in Waterford IT and is coached by Shane McCormack of Menapians AC (pictured above), one of the top sprints coaches in the country.

Cork athlete Phil Healy sets new national 300m record!

Cork athlete Phil Healy of Bandon AC set a new national 300m record of 37.56 seconds in Athlone on Wednesday evening. The photo above shows Phil with her coach Shane McCormack of Menapians AC.

Great to start the season off tonight by breaking the @irishathletics national 300m record with 37.56 😊First time repping @waterfordit colours 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/bhjgCRuscl

— Phil Healy (@philhealy2) December 13, 2017

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