The Irish 4×400m team finished 2nd to Belgium in their heat of the European Team Championships Division 1 at the weekend.

The team of Brian Gregan, Brian Murphy, Nick Hogan and Tim Crowe recorded a time of 3:06.76 which is the 3rd fastest performance at a European Cup by an Irish team.

There is a bootleg video of the race on Youtube. Enjoy!

Congratulations to Brian Gregan on a superb performance in the World Junior Final this evening.

Running in lane 9, Brian got out well and ran a great last 60m to take fifth place (in a new National Junior Record of 46.60)

Update: Unfortunately Brian was disqualified for running out of his lane, so while the time is voided it was nevertheless a great performance.

Brian Gregan is through to tonight’s World Junior Final in Bydgoszcz in the 400m. Last night’s second place in his semi final in 46.88 saw him progress through to the final as an automatic qualifier.

Brian will run from lane 8 tonight and will be looking for a new personal best in what looks to be a very competitive final. British Eurosport will be covering the evening session of the World Junior’s tonight so tune in and cheer on Brian.

All the lads in Project400 want to wish all our Juniors competing in Poland the very best of luck.

Flying high in Sweden

Gordon Kennedy and Brian Murphy were both in action today in the Folksham GP in Sollentuna, Sweden. Ranked fourth and sixth respectively on the Irish rankings this year, the boys battled well. Taking on a top class field, Gordon led most of the way to be just pipped on the line, coming second in a time of 47.04. Brian, running on the outside lane, ran a brave race and came back to grab third place in a time of 47.73 which was a little outside his SB (47.45) that he set in Wicklow last week.

Brian Gregan through to semi final

Running in the World Juniors Championships today, Brian excelled himself winning his heat in 47.32. This was a crucial move in terms of the lane draw as Brian will now have the enviable position of lane 3 when he takes to the line for his semi-final in the morning. The very best of luck to him in his semi-final.