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Finn Valley AC athlete Oisín Ó Gailín
Oisín Ó Gailín took out the Donegal 5000m record on Friday night in California.
The Ballybofey man clocked 13:41.69 while running at the Stanford Invitational.
At the Cobb Track & Angell Field in Stanford, Ó Gailín’s run eclipsed Gary Murray’s long-standing county best in the event.
At a BMC Meet in Solihull in June 2005, Murray, who hails from Stranorlar, went 13:44.62.
Back in December, Ó Gailín, who is based in Wyoming, set a new Donegal indoor 3000m record of 7:52.14.
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Also at the Stanford Invitational, Finn Valley AC’s Eimear McCarroll - now a scholarship student at Bradley University - set a new 1500m PB of 4:24.16.
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