TRACKSPEED1 SET TO IMPRESS

Trackspeed1 are spending a month in Florida, USA, training at the
impressive ESPN complex.

Trackspeed1 have taken 11 athletes some four thousand or so miles south west to the luxury town of Orlando, Florida, where their four-week training camp is already seeing some massive lifetime best marks being set in training.

The group ranges from 16-year-old Josh Atille, to 28-year-old Dwayne Grant, and  none of those in between are dragging their feet now they have hit the sun!

Their winter training had been close to a nightmare at times with the British  weather confining the group to the indoor straight at Crystal Palace, but as the cold snap passed, performances improved, and now coach John Powell is hoping this is the start of things to come this summer:

"There isn't an athlete out here who is under-performing," he said, " and whilst I wouldn't put pressure on individuals by predicting their future at this stage, I really couldn't be asking for alot more so far.

"In training rep's on the track we have had PB's al over the place and, although it's my hand timing, and way short of official, it's all leading to a really upbeat trip this time round."

The group open their competitive season on Saturday April 30th when they compete at the Florida Gliders Spring Classic meeting at the Lake Brantley High School facility, in Orlando, and then move on to the University of Central Florida meeting on Thursday 5th May.

"Opening marks are always interesting," said John, "but they rarely represent what an athlete is really going to produce at his or her peak later in the summer.  IT's good feedback for me though, and we are really looking forward to getting off the mark now."

The athletes training in Florida are: James Ellington, Joshua Atille, Ellis Zorro, Ellie Doel, Dwayne Grant, Jason Hussain, David Bolarinwa, Edmond Amaning, Omardo Anson, Matthew Threadgold, and Lawrence Wooldridge, with therapist Greg' Funnell.