Brian Fay moves to second in Irish all-time list for 10,000m

The Dublin athlete clocked 27:43.45 at The Ten in California on Saturday night.

Brian Fay of Ireland who was in action at The Ten in California on Saturday night. File pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Brian Fay moved to second on the Irish all-time list for 10,000m when clocking 27:43.45 at The Ten in California on Saturday night, which brought him home 22nd in a race won by USA’s Grant Fisher in 26:52.04.

Fay went into the race with eyes on Alistair Cragg’s Irish record of 27:39.55, having broken Cragg’s record over 5000m last summer by clocking 13:01.40. The Dubliner hit halfway on course in 13:44 and began to fall off the required pace in the eighth kilometre. Nonetheless, it was a 38-second PB for Fay and a qualifying standard for the European Championships in June.