Galway athletes Philip Magnier (Athenry AC) and Martin McEvilly (GCH) flew the Irish flag at the recent 16th European Veterans Athletic Championships in Ljubljana, Slovenia from July 23 - August 3, 2008.
Philip took part in the 10,000m and the 5,000m events in the M55 division on the 24th July and 30th July respectively, posting competitive times of 44:22 and 21:21 in these races.
Martin McEvilly was in superb form taking a bronze medal in the 2,000m steplechase (M60 division) in a time of 7:28 and placing 6th in both the 10,000m and 5,000m in times of 39:44 and 18:37 respectively.