Athletics Review: Another fantastic weekend for Donegal athletes


It was a busy weekend for Donegal Athletes with many different events taking place.
Brendan Boyce retained his 30km walk title in Dublin on Saturday with a time of two hours, 21 minutes and 24 seconds.
Also competing was Finn Valley’s Brian O’Domhaill who finished third and set a new Personal Best time of 2 hours 50 minutes and 48 seconds. He also set a National Masters record.
Nakita Burke was also in action as she finished ninth and set a new Personal Best of 34 minutes and eight seconds when she represented Ulster in a 10k event in Telford.
In the European Cross Country Championship Roisin and Eilish Flanagan from Gortin were part of Ireland’s Under 23 team which picked up a silver medal in the team category at the Championships.
Athletics correspondent Patsy McGonagle joined Pauric Hilferty on Sunday Sport to discuss the weekends action…

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