Herbie McDaid and Danny McDaid realise they’ve done it as the clock shows the four minute mile has been broken!
The delight on Danny McDaid’s face said it all.
Last year they came so close but today the elusive four minute mile was finally smashed for the first time in Co Donegal.
The winner of the mile race Barrios.
Not just one athlete but two runners, Juan Luis Barrios from Mexico and Vincent Mutai form Kenya, managed to get in under the four minute time at the Aura Leisure Centre for the event which was organised by Letterkenny Athletics Club.
Danny, who was swamped by family and friends, revealed “I am just so happy that we did it. There was a strong breeze today and it looked for a while as if it might not happen.
“But we managed to squeeze over the line to cap what was a wonderful day. It’s a great thing to achieve and I want to thank anybody who helped in any way to make today’s event happen.”
The four minute mile event was the last race of a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon in which various track records were smashed.
As well as the mile other local athletes including Mark English, Danny Mooney and Ruairi Finnegan were on display.
RESULTS
13th July 2014 100m Men
Number Name Lane Track Place Track Time Elect Place Elect Time
63 Philip Redrick 4 1 10.87
70 Keith Doherty 5 2 10.98
100 Jonathan Browning 2 3 11.05
13th July 2014 200m Women
Number Name Lane Track Place Track Time
40 Steph Creaner 4 1 25.02
43 Vicky Harris 3 2 25.28
91 Kelly Mc Grory 5 3 25.42
90 Kate Mc Gowan 2 4 25.68
89 Jenny O’Brien 6 5 27.13
13th July 2014 400m Men
Number Name Lane Track Place Track Time
76 Mark English 4 1 46.88
73 Curtis Woods 5 2 49.29
75 Conor McLaughlin 2 3 50.49
66 Mark Rodgers 6 4 53.28
42 Brian Boyce 7 5 54.07
13th July 2014 800m Women
Number Name Lane Track Place Track Time
47 Emily Dudgeon 1 2.03.42
48 Hannah Tarver 2 2.04.26
46 Nikki Hamblin 3 2.04.46
49 Katie Kirk 4 2.05.57
51 Emily Lipari 5 2.08.06
50 Celia Peters 6 2.09.26
Rachel Gibson 7 2.12.47
54 Denise Toner 8 2.16.31
13th July 2014 800m Men
Number Name Lane Track Place Track Time
12 Reuben Bett 1 1.49.51
97 Patrick Schoenball 2 1.50.49
77 Patrick Zwicker 3 1.50.64
Declan Murray 4 1.50.96
83 Mark Hoy 5 1.53.70
81 Tom Atkinson 6 1.55.01
78 Ruairi Finnegan 7 1.55.04
85 Cian McBride 8 1.56.40
96 Gary Campbell 9 2.01.52
13th July 2014 Mile Men
Number Name Lane Track Place Track Time
4 Juan Luis Barrios 10 1 3.59.43
13 Vincent Mutai 11 2 3.59.63
14 Cameron Boyek 1 3 4.00.23
8 Jon Peterson 4 4 4.00.54
2 Tommy Schmitz 9 5 4.02.63
7 Hamish Carson 5 6 4.03.99
9 Ali Hamdi 3 7 4.04.75
5 Kyle Merber 7 8 4.06.37
6 Eric Finan 6 9 4.06.92
10 Danny Mooney 8 10 4.07.63
11 Harvey Dixon 2 11 4.12.56
3 Matt Elliott 12 12 4.20.68
(pace) Tom Marshall 13 N/a
13th July 2014 3000m Men/Women
Name Lane Track Place Track Time
15 Eric Keogh 13 1 8.40.46
19 Conor Duffy 11 2 8.43.13
20 Declan Reed 10 3 8.44.79
21 Stephen Prentice 9 4 8.47.14
17 Scott Rankin 12 5 8.47.27
24 Greg Roberts 5 6 9.01.62
27 Noel Logan 4 7 9.02.66
23 Pauric McKinney 7 8 9.06.98
18 Conor Doherty 14 9 9.08.14
WOMEN
92 Addie Bracy 2 1 9.16.92
93 Anne Marie McGlynn 3 2 9.30.32
94 Clerc Simpson 1 3 9.55.54
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