NATIONAL champion, Sergiu Ciobanu shaved 20 seconds off the course record which he set last year to retain the Bord Gáis Energy Cork City Marathon title yesterday in 2:25:34 and now sets his sights on Olympic qualification.

JOHN FOLEY is the interim chief executive of Athletics Ireland, an organisation that has gone through a traumatic period with the resignation of their very first chief executive, Brendan Hackett, early last year.

MULLINGAR’S Martin Fagan will go to the line at today’s NCAA Cross Country Championships in Indiana buoyed by receiving a top award at the weekend.