As the week opened it was beginning to look b leak, but Trackspeed1's season looks to be back on the rails after a series of really good news stories suggested 2010 could yet be the best ever.
First, James Ellington's injury was reviewed by doctors and judged to be a grade two tear which would keep the British number three off the track for a few weeks, but nowhere near the weeks or months initially feared.
Then the squad's youngest athlete, 15-year-old Omari Carr-Miller, whose nightmare winter saw him nursing a recurring stress fracture in his left shin, completed his comeback with a superb 50.3 second effort over 400 metres in the Surrey Schools final to ensure selection for the prestigious English Schools Championships in July.
Omari was the country's number two last year as an under-15, but hit the rocks in October as injury frustrated his plans for a sturdy winter with his new squad.
"Omari has been incredibly determined," said coach John Powell, "and many 15-year-olds would not have stayed the distance, but Omari stuck at it and now he is almost back to his best."
In addition, Dele Onifade put a winter full of injury behind him with some solid sprints in the South of England Championships last weekend, and pronounced himself fit for the under-23 nationals this weekend in Bedford. And training colleague Danny Doyley at last opens his 2010 account in an open meeting in Tooting Bec.
"It's been a difficult time for two or three otherwise very talented sprinters in the group, but now we are optimistic that everyone can enjoy a really fruitful and productive second half of the summer," said John Powell.
Competing in this weekend's national under-20 and under-23 championships, in Bedford, are Femi Owolade, Dele Onifade, Samuel Adeyemi, and David Bolarinwa.
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