Christie can’t wait for Mardyke after double weekend celebration

MARK CHRISTIE qualified for both the European under-23 championships and the world student games with a career best performance in the 1,500m at the Solihull meet over the weekend and now the Mullingar athlete can’t wait for the BUPA Cork City Sports on Saturday.

A three time national junior cross-country champion, he finished fourth and sixth in the European juniors and last year broke John Treacy’s national junior 3,000m record with an 8:04.48 run.

Up to this season he had run very few 1,500m races. He once won the junior 1,500m at the BUPA Cork City Sports. Last year he ran 3:46 and this year, in his first race, he ran 3:44.