CIARA MAGEEAN SMASHED her own national indoor record over 1500 metres yesterday as she surged to a Grand Prix win in Athlone.
The Down woman produced a powerful finish to kick and overtake Romania’s Claudia Bobocea on the final lap, crossing the line with the track clock reading 4:06.78. The official time rounded her mark down slightly to 4:06.76.
That time eclipses Mageean’s own previous personal best over 1500m indoors, the 4:08.66 recorded in Karlsruhe in 2016.
Bobocea’s second-place time of 4:07.05 was also a personal best, while Mageean’s training partner Anna Silvander took bronze in 4:13.80.
Rás den scoth ag @ciaramageean anseo in @AthloneIT! 1500m PB faighte aici leis an bua!
— Spórt TG4 (@SportTG4) February 13, 2019
What a race from @TeamIreland Ciara Mageean at the Grand Prix in Athlone! Its a track record & a PB for Ciara herself! pic.twitter.com/gZMU5ZklSP
It’s the second time in less than three weeks that Mageean has broken a national record after she broke her previous PB for the indoor mile with a 4:28.31 run in Boston.
The 26-year-old will be back on the track again this weekend for the National Indoor Championships, with the European Indoors coming up in Glasgow next month.
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