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| Kieran Daly - moved to a whole new level of athletics with sensational lifetimes best performances at Windsor. |
In far from ideal conditions, he blasted to a phenomenal 10.21s in the 100m - some 0.37 inside his lifetime best - and left his nearest rival in the UK's premier club competition some 0.25s behind! It was also the fourth fastest time clocked by a British athlete this year with or without wind assistance!
The only statistic that took the shine off the after-party was the following wind - a gale of +5.0m/s - but as any sprinter will testify, a wind that strong - even if it's in your favour - is as much a hindrance as an aid, as balance and leg speed is adversely affected.
This was, however, not all, and arguably the best performance of the day was to come in the 200m, Here the 21-year-old Blackheath and Bromley Harrier placed first again, clocking a sensational 21.08s. That was 0.48s inside his fastest ever mark set in the United States 3 weeks ago but, most importantly, this was wind legal with a following breeze of +1.1 well below the permitted 2.0. It also ranks as one of the fastest ten performances by any athlete in the `UK this year!
As the news broke, Kieran's coach, John Powell, was out with his family inLondon's West End, and he confessed to being stopped in his tracks when he got the message:
"We all knew Kieran was in the form of his life," said John, "but in the conditions around London today I must admit I didn't think this was the day when we would get a breakthrough like this. It's nothing less than he deserves though - Kieran's potential has been frustrated by injury the last couple of seasons, but we are all hoping and praying that 2014 will see something closer to his true ability."
The positives to come out of Windsor for Daly were not only the times, but also the knowledge that there were a number of technical issues that could be vastly improved, and so even further improvement cold be reasonably expected as the season progresses.
Kieran's next outing is due to be at the Loughborough international meeting next Sunday 18th May when he is hoping to get lanes in both sprints. Having trained under John Powell's tutelage for 4 years now, he represents yet further evidence of TS1UK's ability to create and develop world class athletes form the ground floor!
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| Kieran holds his bottle of champagne, awarded to him as the 'Man of the Match' at the British League's opening fixture in Windsor. |
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