800m cracker in store
And it appeared for a long time as if the senior record would fall as Crowe, running for An Riocht, peeled off three successive 30-second laps before fading in the finishing straight and eventually being caught on the line by Everard, who put her name to the record time of 2:05.76.
They will line up again this weekend at the Woodies DIY Senior Championships in the Odyssey in Belfast, where a repeat of that duel could produce the most exciting event of a programme that has some notable absentees.