Athletics: Healy praise for ‘mastermind’ coach

Phil Healy has described her coach Shane McCormack as a “mastermind” after the Bandon sprinter broke the long-standing Irish 100m record at Morton Stadium on Wednesday night.

Healy set a women’s 100m national record of 11.28 seconds at the Dublin Championships in Santry, taking a huge chunk off the long-standing mark.

McCormack, in his role as a development officer with the Waterford IT Athletics Club, oversees Healy’s training on a near daily basis since the Cork woman returned to third level studies at WIT.