National Review
Turnbull upsets them all! Carroll completes historic double!
Garth Turnbull had a fine race to win the National 800m title in Santry.With James Nolan gone from the final as he pulled out due to injury,Dave Matthews was the obvious favourite but it was not to be as Turnbull shot to the front with 300 to go after a 55 opening lap.Entering the home straight Matthews was closing but Turnbull had gas left in the tank as he held Dave off to win in a personal best of 1.48.57.In the 1500m Mark Carroll won gold by only .01 of a second from Niall Bruton in the closet finish of the day.Carroll won in a time of 3.46.2.Carroll had previously won the 5,000 in a leisurely time just outside 14 minutes as he completed a fine double never before achived.Carroll has enjoyed a return to form after a disasterous outing at the the Cork City Sports back in June.As for Bruton ,he is starting to show some measure but in reality won`t impress in Seville going by current times,but who knows,stranger things have happened!
Bruton wins Morton Mile
Bruton pushed hard by Walker
In the 30th aniversary of Joe Morton`s death the Morton Mile was won by Clonliffe`s Niall Bruton from UCD`s Andrew Walker.Walker gained a lead of around 8 metres on Bruton coming into the home straight but faded towards the end to allow Bruton up to win in a time of 4.01.46 with Walker finishing in 4.01.87.MSB's Ken Nason was third while former Olympic 1500m semi-finalist Shane Healy wilted to 5th as he fails to regain any sort of form. Bruton blamed lack of concentration on the gap he allow develop between himself and Walker.He also has a new coach in the form of Ballymena`s Sean Kyle who is currently coaching James McIlroy.Hopefully this change will see Bruton achieve an A standard for Seville
Matthews must improve for Seville
David Matthews must improve his 800m time in the coming months as he has not yet achieved an A standard.Both James McIlroy and James Nolan have A standard times and as a result Matthews might not travel as he only has a B standard.Niall Bruton also only has a B standard as well as Mark Carroll.
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