TYRONE TEENAGER NICHOLAS Griggs has set a new time for the European U20 indoor mile record after a brilliant performance at the National Indoor Athletics Live meeting in Abbotstown.
Finishing narrowly behind Andrew Coscoran in second place, the 17-year-old clocked an impressive time of 3:56.40 to run his first ever sub four-minute mile. Coscoran took the win in a time of 3:56.27.
Griggs’ time smashed the previous European U20 record of 4:02.33 which was set by Britain’s Robbie-Farnham Rose back in 2013, and was just short of the 3:55.02 world record set by American athlete German Fernandez in 2009.
The Tyrone star, who only turned 17 in December, won a gold medal for Ireland in the 3000m at the European U20 Championships last summer.
Sub 4-minute mile by @AndrewCoscoran of @SpaceAthletics tonight. He wins the mile in 3:56.27 at the National Indoor Arena, Dublin & Ireland’s 17-year-old sensation Nicholas Griggs sets a new European U-20 record of 3:56.4 in second place. #running #athletics #spaceathletics #mile pic.twitter.com/WTQghHLXfK
— Space Athletics Federation (@SpaceAthletics) March 10, 2022
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