Paul Hession claimed the national 100m title, in his last run in Ireland before the Olympics.

On a beautiful Sunday morning in Santry, he cruised to a stunning 10.21 in the heats, which was marginally outside the legally accepted wind speed at 2.1 m/s.

He returned later on to run 10.26 in the final, consistent world class sprinting as we have become accustomed to from the Ballydavid man.

Other Galway athletes in action included Sean Breathnach GCH, who won the National title in the Shot putt, as well as silver medals in both 56lbs height, and 56lbs distance.

Olive Loughnane, Loughrea, continued her preparation for Beijing picking up the 5000m walk title.

Mindaugas Kurcenkova picked up a bronze in the javelin, while the Finnegans of Craughwell claimed a team gold on the Long Jump.

Gary Thornton had, by his own high standards, a disappointing outing in the 10,000m and despite a strong second lap, Eddie Costello missed out on the 800m final [as did this correspondent.. I was too busy buying a bloddy sandwich!].

Full report on the AAI site

http://www.athleticsireland.ie/content/?p=4594