January 11th 2003

As the indoor season gets underway, Crusaders AC is inaugurating its men's indoor Club Records. Although indoor athletics has only been a serious feature of the Irish domestic scene for around a decade now, Crusaders athletes have a long and successful history 'on the boards' both at home and abroad. Ronnie Delany broke the Indoor World Record for the mile no less than three times in the late fifties, and his mark of 4:01.4 still stands as the Club Record today. He also set a European Indoor Record of 3:51.0 for the 1500m in 1957; who knows what times he may have run had his career enjoyed the longevity of the modern era. Two of the Club Records are also Irish National Records; Paul Quirke's shot putt of 18.07m, and Peter Coghlan's 7.57s for the 60m hurdles. One of the more remarkable feats on the books is Niall Dunne's 800m record of 1:49.08 - this was recorded in 1998 when he was just pipped on the line by the legendary Johnny Gray in only his fifth ever race at 800m! The women's indoor records will hopefully be released shortly.

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Men's Indoor Club Records: