The AAI Games took place on Sunday in Morton Stadium Santry with many of Ireland’s top athletes in action. Ben Reynolds produced the performance of the day in the 110m Hurdles winning in 13.63. His brother Tom Reynolds was 2nd in 15.23 sec. Rachel Gibson had a stand-out performance in the 1500m, taking a massive 11 sec of her pb with 4:31.49 min. She was 2nd to Siofra Cleirigh Buttner in 4.27.01 inside the B World Juniors Standard (4.28).. Curtis Woods had a podium place, finishing 3rd in 49.34 sec in the very competitive 400m.
Ben’s time was just inside the qualification standard of 13.65 for the European Track and Field Championships which take place in Zurich in August however the wind of +2.1 was agonisingly just outside the legal limit of +2, therefore it will not count as a qualifier. His winning time of 13.63 improved on his season debut last week at the Loughborough International of 13.79. Speaking after the race Ben said “I was satisfied with the run, it’s a lot faster than I was going in my early races last year”.
Rachel was also delighted with her 1500m time, coming after her fastest lady performance at the recent BMC Festival of Miles.