Killarney runner Oisín Lynch is fast making a name for himself on US collegiate circuit
Lynch had a career-enhancing success in Southern California where he ran the 800m of his life at the Bryan Clay Invitational meet at the Azuza Pacific University in a time of 1:50.01
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'It's the coach and the altitude,' says Connie Lynch, father of Oisín Lynch (Killarney Valley AC and Adams State University, Colorado).
Lynch had a career-enhancing success on Friday in Southern California. The kinesiology major ran the 800m of his life so far at the Bryan Clay Invitational meet at the Azuza Pacific University in a time of 1:50.01. This is personal best by over half a second for the Killarney athlete that underscores his huge upward trajectory in middle distance running.
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