Competing in a local open meeting in Norman Park, Bromley tonight (Monday 23rd) he lopped a healthy two tenths of a second off his fastest ever 100m, but clocking exactly 11.00 seconds was tantalisingly close to the elusive 10-point bracket hotly pursued by so many!
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| Chaka Maillet was in the form of his life at Bromley tonight |
"There are some significant barriers for a progressing sprinter," said coach John Powell, "and eleven seconds is one. A 10-point for Chaka will come for sure, but we all laughed out loud when the time was read out at Bromley, because for the sake of one hundredth of a second, Chaka has to wait until next time for his big breakthrough. But let's not forget though, it was a great personal best anyway!"
Just 24 hours earlier training partners David Bolarinwa and Dean Hylton were in action at the Loughborough University International, and both posted hugely encouraging times.
Hylton set a season's fastest by three tenths of a second with a 10.72 second sprint, while Bolarinwa clocked 10.59 seconds. The latter was slower than his opening 10.35 blast in the USA a few weeks earlier, but having been buried in final university exams ever since he flew back across the Atlantic, coach John Powell, as well as his athlete, was more than happy.
David went on to time 21.18s with a really positive 200m - his opening performance over the distance this season, and his fastest since 2013.
"There is far more to come from David, we know that," said John Powell, "but he's got to finish his uni' course, then we can get back to business on the track."
It was an encouraging finale to a frustrating week for two other squad members, with Niclas Baker especially aggrieved after a twisted ankle sustained at home falling down the stairs prevented him from being able to accept a call-up to the England senior team for the Loughborough International clash.
It was yet another international born within the group, but on this occasion, it will be at least a few weeks before any second chances. As this blog was published, Nic' was cautiously optimistic of getting back into training this week, and getting competition fit for the South England Championships, at Lee Valley, on June10/11th.
The vast majority of Trackspeed1-UK athletes have already surpassed their personal best times this year already, and that even stretched to the youngest member the group has had in several years. Princess Manning, just turned 13, clocked 13.60s at Bromley in her first ever race in any competition. catapulting her into the top 80 athletes of her age in the United Kingdom.
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