Predictably it was Kieran Daly (20) and Frederick Afrifa (16) who improved lifetime sprint marks after some very focussed training during the squad's first couple of weeks Stateside.
Daly, whose 200m best remained static last year due to the lack of outings over the distance, reduced his 21.9 best to 21.69s, but clearly has far more to come.
Afrifa, the youngest in the America party, took a tenth off his 200m best to record 22.51s after struggling to an 11.27s 100m which coach John Powell said was well below what he is capable of.
"These best times were well deserved by two guys who have worked very hard in training," said John Powell. "The most encouraging thing though is that Kieran has much more to offer as he steps his training levels up, and Fred at only 16 will progress significantly."
Afrifa's 200m was a World Youth Championships qualifying mark for his home country of Italy, and so puts him n pole position to represent his country in Donetsk later this year.
Other Trackspeed1 UK performances were all encouraging given it was the first competition day of the year, and that the conditions hardly promoted excellent sprinting.
Julian Thomas stretched is legs with an opening 100m in 10.66s burst, but will be looking to improve on his 21.57s 200m. Remaining results are below...
Ed' Amaning
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Did
not compete
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Frederick Afrifa
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100m – 11.27 +1.4;
200m – 22.51 +1.6 PB
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Julian Thomas
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100m – 10.66 +0.8;
200m – 21.57 +0.4
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Kieron Daly
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100m – 10.82 +0.2;
21.69 +0.8 PB
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Lloyd Gumbs
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200m – 22.57 +0.8;
400m – 49.52
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Matthew Sinclair
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Trained,
did not compete
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Nathan Gilbert
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Trained,
did not compete
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