National Senior T&F 2023 (29th & 30th July)

National Senior Medals for Cormac Dalton and Oisin Lane

The 151st National Senior T&F Championships took place in Morton Stadium on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th July. Cormac Dalton took his place in the 5,000m and immediately showed his intentions by positioning himself prominently in the lead group. In the final mile, Cormac moved into the lead and make a brave bid to take the title. In the end he was narrowly beaten in one of the races of the Championship and was rewarded with a silver medal in a time of 13 minutes 44.43 seconds. This was an excellent run by Cormac and was his second National senior track medal, adding to his 10,000m bronze from 2021. Andrew Nevin was very competitive in his 5,000m heat finishing in a time of 15 minutes 54.50 seconds.

In the 10,000m Walk Oisin Lane produced an excellent display of racewalking to take third place in a time of 41 minutes 53.45 seconds. Oisin featured prominently from the early stages of the race and can be very proud of his performance, which was a personal best time by almost two minutes. In the end a mere 4 seconds separated him from second place. Matthew Glennon claimed fifth place in a time of 45 minutes 36.29 seconds and he can be very satisfied with his race.

Claire Fagan was in action in a very strong women’s 5,000m and finished an excellent ninth place. Claire was rewarded with a personal best time of 16 minutes 23.41 seconds, which was a five second improvement on her previous best time.