O'Donovan and Wright in Indoor Action - January 2019
Leevale AC's Charlie O'Donovan and Alex Wright Set Pace in Europe and USA
New York & Brataslavia
January 24th - 27th 2019
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| Charlie O'Donovan lining up for start of Men's 3,000m at Dr Sanders Invitational 2019 | Alex Wtight closing in on an emphatic victory at 17th annual Elán Indoor Meet 2019 |
Leevale AC's Charlie O'Donovan & Alex Wright were both in action over the weekend, with Charlie representing his college, Villanova University, at the Dr. Sanders Invitational, in Columbia University, in New York, last Thursday. At the other side of the Atlantic, and the far side of Europe, Alex Wright took part in the 17th annual Elán Indoor Meet, which was held in Bratislava, Slovakia
Charlie ran 8:33.72, for 30th place overall, in an extremely competitive 3,000m. This put Charlie in the 5th Freshman place. As yet unconfirmed, this is a big PB for Charlie, who is studying in Villanova, and is under the guidance of Villanova's, and Leevale's iconic Marcus O'Sullivan, who is Head Coach at the University
Results of Dr. Sanders Invitational 3,000m 2019
Charlie O'Donovan's Dr. Sanders 3,000m Splits
17th Annual Elán Indoor
The 17th annual Elán indoor meet was held on Sunday January 27th, in the Slovakian capital, Bratislava, with three Irish walkers taking part.
Alex Wright, Leevale AC, set a blistering pace, from the gun, in the Men's 5,000m Walk, finishing in 19:10.76. Guatemala's Eric Barrondo finished second, in 19:21.18, with England's Corbishley Cameron third in 19:49.53. Tthere was an excellent performance from the Farranfore Maine Valley AC's Irish Under-23 Walker David Kenny producd an excellent performance, taking 40 second off his PB, to finish 7th, in 21:13.58.
David Kenny, Farranfore Maine Valley AC
Kate Veale, West Waterford AC, was in action earlier,. in the 3,000m Womens Walk, finishing 4th in a time of 13:52.68. Victory went to Maria Czakova, Slovakia, in 12:36.00, from Mirina Ortiz, Guatemala, in 12:41.36, with Hana Burzalovā, Slovakia, third in 13:44.92.
Kate Veale, West Waterford AC
