VIS distance runner, Sinead Diver, was looking to claim the 5000m/10,000m National Championships double after she took out Zatopek late last year, but instead had to settle for bronze defeated by an unstoppable Melissa Duncan.
An earlier pack of seven was narrowed to just three over the last mile as Duncan, Sinead Diver and surprisingly, Paige Campbell, cleared away from the field.
After Diver had piloted the field for a few laps, at the bell Duncan and Campbell were away, with Duncan unstoppable taking the title in 15:29.70, ahead of Campbell 15:31.50 and Diver the bronze in 15:35.70.
“It was very windy out there. Coming down that straight - oh my god. If it was calm, I think we would have got the standard today,”
said Diver who was really hoping for 5000m and 10,000m World Championships qualifiers this summer, ahead of the London Marathon in April.
“I’ll probably focus on the marathon training now.”
In other VIS athletics news, Georgia Griffith took out the Women’s 800m race in a season best time of 2:02.67 and new scholarship holder, Celeste Mucci, took out the 100m Hurdles.
