David Campbell ran 1.46.99 to place third in the 800 metres 'A' Race at the British Milers Club Nike Grand Prix meeting held at the Norman Green Athletics Centre in Solihull, England on 24th June. Campbell, 24, met the standard (1.47.20) and qualified for the upcoming European Championships slated for Göteborg, Sweden in August.

Campbell began the 2006 campaign with a 1.49.44 personal best (BMC London, 6 August 2005) and quickly improved with a 1.49.31 at the Papendal Games on 31st May in Arnhem, Nederlands. Next, the St Coca's athlete progressed to 1.48.06 at the Leiden Golden Spike in the Nederlands meeting on 10th June.

His 1.46.99 was still a massive improvement of 1.07 seconds and moved Campbell to #9 on the All-Time Irish Outdoor 800m list ahead of living legend Ronnie Delany's 1.47.2 set in Austin, Texas on 15th June 1957, a year after he won 1,500m Olympic Gold in Melbourne.

Raheny's Vinny Mulvey placed eighth in the 5,000 metres in 13.58.44, a mere .18 off his personal best. Mulvey, Iona College grad, ran 28.58.29 to win the 10,000m at the BMC meeting held a fortnight ago in Watford. Mulvey's performance narrowly missed the European Championships standards which are 5,000m (13.42.00) and 10,000m (28.50.00).

Mark Christie is another athlete on the cusp of qualifying for Göteborg. Christie placed fifth in the 1,500m with a time of 3.42.63, just .72 off his PB set at last year's BMC Solihull meeting. He's chasing the European 1,500m Standard which is 3.41.00.

A trio of Irish women performed well in the 1,500-metre event. Dundrum South Dublin's Linda Byrne placed sixth in women's 'A' race in 4.18.58.

Orla Drumm ran 4.19.76 to place 11th overall. This is Drumm's second consecutive personal best improving on her recent performance of 4.21.74, set at the BMC Watford event.

Ellen Diskin, 18, improved on her Watford PB of 4.30.76 running 4.27.19 to place ninth in the 'B' race.

Rosemary Ryan (Bilboa AC) placed fifth in the women's 5,000m in 16.00.79. Orla O'Mahoney placed eighth in a personal best time 16.20.53 improving on her 16.22.54 set in Waltham, Massachusetts on 26th June 2004.

Men
800m A 3rd David Campbell, 1.46.99; 800m B 7th Feidhlim Kelly, 1.52.19; 800m F 9th Daragh McDaid, 1.59.85; 800m H 2nd Alan McDonnell, 1.57.69; 800m H 8th Colm Healy, 2.04.08

1,500m A 7th Mark Christie, 3.42.63; 1,500m B 5th Colm Rooney, 3.48.03; 1,500m B 11th Brian Farrell, 3.49.26; 1,500m C 7th Emmett Dunleavy, 3.48.34; 1,500m C 9th Martin Conroy, 3.48.87; 1,500m D 9th Gary Hynes, 3.53.32; 1,500m E 5th Dáire Bermingham, 3.54.36; 1,500m F 1st Brendan O'Neill, 3.56.68; 1,500m F 10th Thomas Maunsell, 4.06.13; 1,500m G 8th Robert Corbally, 4.09.08;1,500m G 11th Cathal Jenkinson, 4.17.36

5,000m A 8th Vinny Mulvey, 13.58.44; 5,000m A 13th Mark Kenneally, 14.09.50; 5,000m A 14th Gary Thornton, 14.09.65; 5,000m A 21st Joseph Sweeney, 14.24.06; 5,000m A 22nd Mick Clohissey, 14.28.86; 5,000m B 11th John Eves, 14.44.31; 5,000m B 14th Alan McCormack, 14.48.12;5,000m B 22nd Brian MacMahon, 15.18.70

3,000m A Steeplechase 6th Eugene O'Neill, 9.03.05; 3,000m A Steeplechase 10th Eoin Healy, 9.31.55;3,000m A Steeplechase 11th Eoin McCormack, 9.38.77

Women
800m D 9th Ciara Halley, 2.41.48

1,500m A 6th Linda Byrne, 4.18.59; 1,500m A 11th Orla Drumm, 4.19.76; 1,500m B 9th Ellen Diskin, 4.27.19; 1,500m C 15th Ashling Baker, 4.45.55; 1,500m D 11th Ciara Baker, 4.54.60

5,000m A Rosemary Ryan, 16.00.79; 5,000m A Orla O'Mahoney, 16.20.53; 5,000m A Niamh Devlin, 16.55.15