Tuohy shocks training partner McCarthy to claim 800m title
It was the first time McCarthy was beaten at schools level having won titles every year from junior boys’ upwards and he has the unique distinction of winning the intermediate schools cross-country, 400m and 800m titles in the same year.
On Saturday he bounced back for an emphatic victory in the 1,500m and while he was never going to defend his 800m title at the Irish schools championships in Tullamore in two weeks’ time his defeat came as a major shock.
