Kerry's Shona Heaslip and Tipp's Seán Tobin claim national 10k titles

Elsewhere, Jodie McCann continued her fine form Down Under.

Riocht A.C's Shona Heaslip. Picture: ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

Shona Heaslip and Seán Tobin claimed the national 10km titles on the roads of Dunboyne this afternoon, with Heaslip and women’s runner-up Ann Marie McGlynn securing B-standards for the European Championships in Rome.

Heaslip clocked a course record of 32:49 to take the women’s crown, the Kerrywoman going well under the European 10,000m B-standard of 33:15, with road races now eligible for track qualification. McGlynn was next in with 33:10 ahead of national cross country champion Fiona Everard (33:22).