Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month February 2017 Phil Healy

Phil Healy is Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month for February 2017

River Lee Hotel

Friday March 31st 2017

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Phil Healy, Bandon AC, Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month for February 2017

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Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month - February 2017 - Award Citation

The Cork City Sports Athlete for the Month of February is Phil Healy (Bandon AC, and UCC).

February 2017 Citation:

Phil receives the award for winning the 400m at the National Senior Indoor Championships, in a time of 53.49sec, inside the qualifying standard for the European Indoor championships, held in March. Among many other top class performances in February, Phil won the Intervarsity 200m Indoor title, in a very brisk time of 23.55sec, setting an Irish varsity record in the process.

This afternoon, Friday March 31st, 2017, Phil Healy, Bandon AC, was the recipient of the Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month for February 2017, at a function in the River Lee.

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Phil Healy Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month, February 2016

Coincidentally, exactly twelve months ago, in February 2016, Phil was also recipient of the Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month.

Phil Healy Cork City Sports Athlete of the Month February 2016s

Phil Healy receiving her February 2016 a

February 2016 Citation:

A busy month of indoor racing at the ultra modern Athlone IT Indoor track culminated in a double gold medal performance at the national senior championships in the 60m (7.47sec) and 200m (23.75sec).

Making a welcome return to top class sprinting form again Phil began the month of February by winning both the 60m (7.47sec) and 200m (24.04sec) at the national Under 23 championships on the 3rd of the month. Three days later she set a new national under 23 record of 7.35sec for the 60m. at a National League event. The following day she won the 200m (23.74sec) at the AAI games. On the 12th of February Phil won the Inter Varsity 200m title in a time of 24.13sec. and on the 17th she came a very credible 4th at the AIT International Grand Prix 60m (7.35sec)