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29th March 2011 Connor wins Queens 5k

Connor Bradley stormed to an outstanding success at the top quality Queens 5K in Belfast on Wednesday night,absolutely smashing the 15m barrier with a brilliant new 14m 46s PB and relegating two big name athletes,2010 winner Paddy Hamilton of Annadale and St Malachys star man Joe McAlister to the minor places.

The Spartan stepped up on his impressive Armagh 3K win and his Irish Indoors 3000 metres performances back in February to destroy the high class Queens field on Wednesday evening,taking 30 seconds off his previous 5K road best as he went under 15mins for the first time with a swashbuckling 14m 46s. This gave him a four second cushion over Hamilton with McAlister a further two seconds behind in third place. A genuinely classy victory for the red vest,the first winner from these parts and confirmation that he is bang on schedule for a significant summer season.

Last year Hamilton won unchallanged in 14m 59s, the only sub 15m clocking but this time the top four --North Downs Niall Robinson ran 14m 55s for fourth--all broke the barrier and confirmed the quality of the up front action. Other locals in action included Gary Slevin,29th in 16m 15s;Cathal Logue,36th in 16m 29s and Paul McCafferty, 51st in 17m 03s. Letterkennys Ciaron Doherty ran 15m 07s to claim the M35 age group category while the ubiquitious Kerry Harty led home the female finishers with a quick 16m 36s clocking.