April Athlete of the Month: Phil Healy

Club: Bandon AC

Bandon athlete Phil Healy received the Cork City Sports Athlete of the month award for April 2013. At the ceremony in the River Lee Hotel, Lord Mayor Cllr John Buttimer presented the award to Phil.

Phil, a 19 year old sprint athlete from Bandon had her season opener at Leevale 2013, winning the 100m in an impressive time of 12:16 from a loaded field of top class senior sprinters. This performance earned her the female athlete of the meet award from Leevale.

Phil subsequently did a double in the Munster Schools convincingly winning both the 100m & 200m events. In doing so she achieved the 100m B standard and the 200m A standard for the European Junior Championships which will be held in Rieti, Italy this summer.

Phil heads to Tullamore this weekend to compete in the Avia All-Ireland School’s Championships. Achieving the A standard for the 100m and taking double in the 100m & 200m is well within her capabilities.

Phil is young talented Cork athlete to be watched for the future.