Trackspeed1's James Ellington signed off his summer season in style at the weekend with another blistering performance over 100m in Belgium.Ellington, whose winter preparations were blighted with injury issues stemming back over the previous two seasons, saw off top British and American opposition to win the international meet in Antwerp.
His time of 10.32s saw him finish ahead of Britain's Leon Baptiste and Dwayne Grant, with a time that now sees the fastest four races of his life all in Belgium, and all in 2009.
"James has shown tremendous character to come through the frustrations of rehab' last winter to reproduce the form of his life this year," said coach John Powell, "and the even better issue is that he is clearly still well short of his true potential. If his injury issues can now be kept at bay, 2010 could see a new face getting into the mix!"
The season, which for some individuals is still in full swing, has been a far better one for the squad than 2008, and with new names joining for winter, John Powell reckons it could be the beginning of a return to the golden years of 2002-3-4. That era saw squad athletes win European gold medals, World student titles, numerous domestic national and international honours, and of course saw Chris Lambert go to the Athens Olympic Games.
