John Travers became the first Irishman to run a sub-4 indoor mile on Irish soil when he finished 3rd at the AIT Grand Prix tonight.

In an exciting race in an atmospheric and packed AIT featuring Olympian and Australian national record holder Ryan Gregson, John was in the mix from the start and when Gregson piled on the pressure in the last 2 laps, Travers was on his tail, only tying up in the home straight when the Polish runner Gregor Kalinoski pipped him. His finish time was 3.59.40, just 2 seconds off winner Gregson.

In the post race interview on TG4, John expressed his satisfaction with the race, it comes after a hectic week with the Armagh 5k, then winning the National 3k indoors.

Here is John with Donore’s Charlie O’Neill postrace!