O’Rourke, O’Keeffe set records but team relegated

DERVAL O’ROURKE set another new national under-23 record and continued progress towards world championship and Olympic qualification standard when she finished third in the 100m hurdles in 13.19 seconds at the European Cup match in Finland yesterday.

Despite this performance, a national record in the hammer from Eileen O'Keeffe, and impressive performances from Ciara Sheehy in the 200m and Freda Davoren in the 1,500m, the team were relegated.

O'Rourke was running inside her national record for a third time this season The Cork girl, who has just graduated from UCD, will now take a 10 day break from competition to train for her next outing the BUPA Cork City Sports.