Coscoran runs second fastest time by an Irishman 

Andrew Coscoran turned in a solid showing on Sunday won by USA’s Yared Nuguse in 3:30.44.

SECOND FASTEST TIME: Andrew Coscoran clocked the second fastest time ever by an Irishman on Sunday. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Fourteenth place had never been so fast, not in a 1500m, but that was the fate awaiting Andrew Coscoran at the Diamond League in London. Coming off his huge Irish 1500m record of 3:30.42 in Poland a week earlier, this was always going to prove a difficult second album. But despite the lingering fatigue of that breakthrough performance, the Balbriggan man turned in a solid showing on Sunday, clocking the second fastest time ever by an Irishman in what was a race of astonishing depth, won by USA’s Yared Nuguse in 3:30.44.

His training partner Michelle Finn was in action in the 3000m steeplechase, the two-time Olympian 10th in a season’s best of 9:34.76. That was a B-standard for next month’s World Championships, but Finn remains outside the qualification quota on world rankings. She will need to win next week’s national title in a time in the low-9:40s to earn a spot.

Elsewhere, Cathal Doyle scored an impressive win at the Flanders Cup in Ninove, Belgium, clocking 3:36.85 to win the 1500m. Back at home, John Travers (Donore Harriers) and Meghan Ryan (Dundrum South Dublin AC) led their respective clubs to victories at the Irish Runner 10-mile in the Phoenix Park, with Travers clocking 49:57 to win the men’s race and Ryan clocking 58:03 to take the women’s title.