GOLD! KIERAN DALY HITS THE FORM OF HIS LIFE.

Kieran Daly added his name to the highly decorated Trackspeed1 UK Hall of Fame today with a scintillating win in the South of England 100 metre final, on his home track, Crystal Palace.  It was the most spectacular of three lifetime bests by the three competing TS1 sprinters.

The 21-year-old from Downham, South East London, shattered the already hugely impressive 10.37s personal best set last month, with a crowd thrilling 10.28s, aided only by a +1.1m/s tail wind.  It took him to his first major championship medal, let alone title, and lines him up as one of the favourites for the National under-23 title next weekend in Bedford.

To add to coach John Powell's super Saturday, Jason Hussain improved his lifetime best over the 100m to 10.66s in the heats, going on to finish fourth in the final behind Daly in what is without doubt his number two event - the 200m is tomorrow!

Kieran Daly: SEAA 100m Champion 2014

"It really is going rather well at the moment," commented John Powell.  "Kieran caught the crowd's attention from the off today with a terrific heat clocking a wind assisted 10.35 (+2.5), and his semi was great too with 10.30.  I'm delighted for him, and really excited about how his 200m could improve now, because he is showing all the signs of being in great shape for the longer sprint."

Daly certainly left his best until last, although his exit from the blocks was far from great in the final, leaving the expectation that there is yet more to come.  His time leaves him as 11th fastest overall in the United Kingdom, and third fastest under-23 behind the great Adam Gemilli and the now sub-10 man Chijindu Ujah.

Hussain ran highly respectable semi and final times of 10.71 and 10.70s, and his fourth at the close of play also bodes well for his next outing over 200 metres, which will be at the same track tomorrow in the South of England event.  His fastest this season is 21.38, achieved last week.  That was inside the 21.4 qualifying mark for the British Championships in 2 weeks' time, but due to the wind gauge not working at that meeting the time has not been accepted.

"I need to run at least 21.5 or quicker to stand a chance of getting an invite," he said.  "It was really annoying not having a wind reading last week - especially as it was a British league meeting!"

Coach John Powell was less than impressed with the meeting at Crystal Palace today also.  It took officials 45 minutes after the semi-final to announce finalists, giving them 25 minutes to warm up for the final due to a dead heat for the last qualifier. And times were kept secret for a further 15 minutes!

"It was disappointing," he said.  "I don't understand why you can't publish results straight after the event minus any dispute.  In any other country you would know the result seconds after the race has ended with electronic scoreboards.  At Crystal Palace the scoreboard is now a home for the local pigeon fraternity!"

The third best time for Trackspeed1 UK on the day came from James Kasire-Sebalu, who clocked his first ever sub-11 run of 10.93.  He went out of the competition in the semi-finals.