Resurgent Ledwith named on Irish team
The teak tough Meathman, on an athletics scholarship with Mick Byrne at Iona College, had a sensational day at the collegiate conference indoor meeting in Washington the weekend before last when he won back to back 3,000m and 5,000m titles.
The times — 8:16.16 and 14:53.46 — were not world shattering but the significance of the respective performances was reflected in the fact that he beat athletes who would normally have finished ahead of him in previous years and he had just had one indoor race over a mile prior to that.
