Cragg smashes Carroll's Irish 10,000m record

Alistair Cragg has smashed Mark Carroll's Irish 10,000m record by seven seconds.

Mon, 30 Apr, 2007 - 14:40

Alistair Cragg has smashed Mark Carroll's Irish 10,000m record by seven seconds.

Cragg ran 27 minutes 39.55 seconds to finish fourth overall at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational in Stanford University in the US against some of the world's top runners over that distance.

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Courts Athletics Heathrow Place: Stanford University Place: US Place: University of Arkansas Place: Birmingham Person: Cragg Person: Carroll Person: Alistair Cragg Person: Mark Carroll Person: Martin Fagan Person: Mark Kenneally Event: European Indoor Championships Organisation: Clonliffe Harriers

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