Catching up on news from last weekend, Ciarán Ó Lionáird from Cork set a new personal best time of 3:52.20 in the Wannamaker mile last Saturday (16th Feb) at the Millrose Games in New York.
Place Athlete Name Affiliation Time
1 Lopez Lomong Nike Oregon TC 3:51.21
2 Matthew Centrowitz Nike 3:51.34
3 Ciaran O'Lionaird Nike Oregon TC 3:52.10
4 Chris O'Hare University of Tulsa 3:52.98
5 Lawi Lalang Arizona 3:54.56
6 Ryan Hill NC State 3:54.89
7 Garrett Heath Saucony 3:55.55
8 Ryan Gregson Nike 3:55.97
9 Donn Cabral Nike 4:00.21
10 Liam Boylan-Pett NJ/NY TC 4:05.49
Not only was this over two seconds faster than the his previous best of 3:54.76 which he ran in
February 2012 but he also becomes the 4th fastest Irish man over the distance on the Irish alltime indoor list.
Irish Alltime indoor list...Mile sub 4.02.00
1 3.49.78 Eamonn Coghlan 27.02.83
2 3.50.94 Marcus O'Sullivan 13.02.88
3 3.51.20 Ray Flynn 27.02.83
4 3.52.10 Ciaran O'Lionaird 16.02.13 (Old PB 3.54.76 11.02.12)
5 3.52.30 Frank O'Mara 25.01.86
6 3.54.50 Mark Carroll 18.02.01
7 3.55.04 Alistair Cragg 21.01.06
8 3.55.40 Niall O'Shaughnessy 28.01.77
9 3.55.75 David McCarthy 28.01.12
10 3.56.39 Paul Donovan 25.01.86
In the race video below, Ciarán is in the black and green strip and is safely at the back of the pack in about 7th place for the initial few laps...
Post race interview...
