Foster and O’Neill keep Irish flag flying

AMY FOSTER, silver medallist at the European Youth Olympics a few weeks ago, revelled in the sunshine at Tullamore on Saturday when she won a gold medal in the 100m, took silver in the 200m before anchoring the Irish schools to silver in the 4x100m relay at the international track and field match between Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales.

The energy-sapping conditions in the middle distance events did not deter Brendan O’Neill (St. Michael’s College), who turned in the performance of the day with a gun-to-line victory in the boys’ 3,000m in 8:33.84.

The Dubliner toyed with Lee Carey, the English representative, and then literally ran away from him with three laps remaining. The last time they met was in the schools international cross-country when O’Neill had to settle for third place behind the English boy.