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Phil Healy added to her stellar season when she ran 22.99 seconds to become the first Irish female athlete to break 23 seconds in the 200m.
Competition at Cork City Sports on the CIT track, the 24-year-old She broke the established record since Sarah Reilly clocked a time of 23.02 in 2001, en route to a third place.
Crystal Emmanuel of Canada, twice Olympian, took the first place in 22.76
Last month, the Cork woman set a new Irish record in the 100m with a time of 11.28, while she posted her personal best times in the 200m and 400m days later in Geneva.
She now has the standards of the European Athletics Championships for the 100m, 200m and 400m that will take place in Berlin next month.
Sophie O 'Sullivan, fresh out of her silver medal feats in the 800m at the U18 European Championships in Hungary, took the first place in the 1500m with his other Sonia among the spectators
Marcus Lawlor ran a better 20.40 in the men's 200m to position himself behind Paul Hession as an Irish athlete the fastest on that particular distance.
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