Tarplee Achieves European Standard

There were just two Irish athletes competing in the big XL Galan meet in Stockholm on Thursday 21st of February and both came away with new personal bests and a European Indoor Championships standard.

Claire Tarplee (Dundrum South Dublin AC), who was so close to the standard in her last couple of races, finished sixth in a the 1,500m in a time of 4:13.16, a new personal best for her and also inside the European standard of 4:14.00. Her previous best was 4:14.53 set in Vienna at the end of January. At the British championships the weekend before last she won the 800m in 2:03.66, just outside the 2:03.00 European standard.

After setting a new personal best over 1,500. at the Woodie's DIY Senior Indoor Championships of Ireland, Fionnuala Britton (Kilcoole AC) was back in action, this time in the 3,000m, finishing fifth in a time of 8:54.37, just inside her previous best of 8:55.22 achieved at the start of February.