Bobby Curtis Goes 8:09.64 in Cork City 3000

After tweaking his calf in his previous race -- a DNF over 5000 meters in Sweden 10 days ago -- Bobby Curtis competed today over 3000 meters at the Cork City Sports meet in Ireland. Curtis came 7th in the race in 8:09.64 -- about 5.5 seconds off the outdoor PR (8:04.12) at this distance he set in August 2010 at Crystal Palace. Curtis has gone 7:50.17 indoors over 3000 meters (February 2008). Today's race was won by Australian Olympian Collis Birmingham, who clocked 7:55.31.






Cork City Sports 3000 Meters

 1. Collis Birmingham    84 Australia        7:55.31        
 2. Michael Mulhare      89 Ireland          8:02.62        
 3. Jonathan Taylor      87 Great Britain    8:03.32        
 4. Gebremariam Tigabu      Ethopia          8:03.37        
 5. Jake Robertson       89 New Zealand      8:04.57        
 6. Ryo Kiname           91 Japan            8:06.56        
 7. Bobby Curtis         84 USA              8:09.64        
 8. Dan Mulhare          85 Ireland          8:10.84        
 9. Kazuharu Takai       84 Japan            8:11.06        
10. Juan van Deventer    83 South Africa     8:12.85        
11. Teruo Taneno         89 Japan            8:14.17        
12. Kenta Matsumoto      91 Japan            8:15.49        
13. Ryuji Kashiwabara    89 Japan            8:18.88        
14. John Travers         91 Ireland          8:19.97        
15. Matt Lambert         87 New Zealand      8:21.54        
16. Joe Townsend         89 Great Britain    8:23.73        
17. James McCarthy       84 Ireland          8:34.08        
18. Daire Bermingham     87 Ireland          8:44.47        
--. Billy Ryan           90 Ireland               DNF        
--. Frank Bollen         82 Belgium               DNS        
--. Sean Hehir           85 Ireland               DNS