Paul Hession ran a seasonal best in the 200 metres at the EWE Athletics meeting in Cuxhaven, Germany on 7th July. Hession, 23, who competes for Athenry AC ran 20.75 (0.0) to win Heat 1 and had the fastest time on the day in the event.

Providence College graduate Liam Reale placed third in the 1,500 metres in 3.39.29 and Thomas Chamney, a senior at the University of Notre Dame, placed fifth in the 800-metre event in 1.48.61.

Sinéad Evans (KCH) placed fifth in the 1,500 metres in 4.13.94. Evans, 35, ran 4.08.91 at last year's Cuxhaven meeting which qualified her for this year's European Championships.

Ciara Sheehy (Dublin City Harriers) placed fourth in the Race 1 of the 200 metres in 23.86 (+0.2) with Anna Boyle running 24.29 (-0.9) to place fourth in Race 2 of the event. Boyle also ran 11.67 (-0.2) to place fourth in Race 2 of the 100 metres.

Alistair Cragg sets Irish 5,000m Record was the headline on both the IAAF and the Gaz de France websites shortly after the Gaz de France Paris Saint-Denis meeting ended on Saturday evening. A computer timing and subsequent results snafu had Cragg credited with breaking Mark Carroll's record of 13.03.93 set in Berlin on 1st September in Berlin. Cragg who was ill before last weekend's Cork City Sports 1,500m race had obviously not fully recovered and was forced to drop out of the 5,000 in Paris. No one doubts that Cragg is capable of breaking Carroll's 8-year-old mark but it will have to wait another day. Cragg ran 13.08.97 in New York on 3rd June.