TRACKSPEED 5 READY FOR INTERNATIONAL ACTION!

Trackspeed1 have five athletes competing at the Loughborough international meeting to be held at the university's track tomorrow (Sunday 22nd May).

James Ellington (centre) leads the way in his first 2011 outing inthe UI.S.
last month, with Jason Hussain (outside left) and Lawrence EWooldridge
(black vest right) in pursuit

The annual curtain-raiser to the domestic season sees James Ellington selected to represent the England national side, while 17-year-old David Bolarinwa takes the single berth in the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Junior team.  Both will contest the 100m and sprint relay.

Elsewhere, lanes have been awarded to Dwayne Grant who is entered for both the 100m and 200m, while both Lawrence Wooldridge and Jason Hussain go in the 200m.

It will be an interesting battle between the latter two.  Jason set one of his fastest ever 200m marks in the U.S. recently of 21.46, and Lawrence came within an inch of his best with a 21.54 run in a second meeting, which saw Jason beaten in the same race.

Elsewhere the squad's younger athletes are due to compete for their clubs in various local league matches, but coach John Powell was quick to warn that it's still very early days:

"The majority of the group are in terrific shape, which is great given the winter we have had, but nobody should be thinking about peaking yet.  Nothing we have done has been intended to p[roduce the ultimate best [out of people until later in the season.

"Unless you are aiming for the World Championships, in Korea in August/September, it's a short season of barely 12-14 weeks, so it's important that we produce top performances at the right time, and this group have a history of doing just that, so we'll see!"