PB for Brendan Boyce in Switzerland

March 2010

Irish walkers were well represented in Lugano Switzerland at the weekend and posted some great new PBs. Laura Reynolds from Mohill AC was 12th in the women’s 20k race in a time of 1:37:29, a huge improvement on her previous best of 1:43:07.

Robert Heffernan from Togher AC was second in the men’s 20k in 1:20:45 with Colin Griffin from Ballinamore AC 13th, Michael Doyle from Tara AC 14th and Brendan Boyce from Letterkenny AC 16th. Doyle reduced his best time from 1:31:40 to 1:27:54 and Boyce took his time from 1:30:29 to 1:28:37.

Gran Premio Citta di Lugano - Memorial Mario Albisetti Lugano SUI Risultati marcia 20km donne
1. YANFEI LI CHINA 1h31′26”2
2. LI LI CHINA 1h31′32”3
3. INÊS HENRIQUES PORTUGAL 1h32′30”8
12. LAURA REYNOLDS IRELAND 1h37′28”1
Risultati marcia 20km uomini
1. ALEX SCHWAZER ITALIA 1h18′23”2
2. ROBERT HEFFERNAN IRELAND 1h20′44”2
3. GRZEGORZ SUDOL POLAND 1h20′49”2
13. COLIN GRIFFIN IRELAND 1h24′44”9
14. MICHEAL DOYLE IRELAND 1h27′54”5
16. BRENDAN BOYCE IRISH 1h28′37”7