{"id":2329,"date":"2017-07-28T16:10:15","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T16:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/?p=2329"},"modified":"2017-07-28T16:10:15","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T16:10:15","slug":"alumnus-achieves-steeplechase-commonwealth-games-time-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/2017\/07\/28\/alumnus-achieves-steeplechase-commonwealth-games-time-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumnus achieves steeplechase Commonwealth Games time again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former student on the BSc Anthropology programme, Adam Kirk-Smith boosted his chances of being picked for the Commonwealth Games by achieving the 3,000m steeplechase standard for a second time.<\/p>\n

Derry Track Club’s Kirk-Smith clocked 8:37.41, cutting 0.21 seconds off his previous best set in May and coming well under the Games mark of 8:43.30.<\/p>\n

Having graduated from the school in 2012, the steeplechaser has become the seventh Northern Ireland athlete to achieve a Commonwealth Games consideration standard.<\/p>\n

Image courtesy of BBC.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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