YET ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL IS BORN!

Edmond Amaning with the England 200m Championship trophy - he's off toBarcelona
for the World Junior Championships!

It just keeps on getting better and better for Trackspeed1 this year.  Hot on the heels of the squad's brand new Olympian in James Ellington, came the selection of Edmond Amaning to the British team competing in the World Junior Championships in two weeks' time.


Edmond, who has improved his 200 metres time on virtually every outing this year to within three hundredths of a second of the World Championships qualifying mark of 21.10s, has been rewarded with a berth in the relay squad, and will travel with the British team to Barcelona in two weeks' time.

"He was obviously delighted when he heard," said coach John Powell, "and it's nothing short of what he deserves.  He missed virtually all of last year with a recurrent hamstring issue, but this year has made up for lost time with improvement from 21.9 to 21.13, and I reckon there is still a bit more in his legs!"

Amaning recently won the England Senior Championship, despite still being only 18 years old, and came within a whisker of securing the under-20 title at the World Junior Championship trials.  But selection for international duty these days is pretty cut-throat, and he just missed the standard.

Trackspeed1 coach John Powell has declared the 2012 season as the most successful ever.  Although 2003 produced three major championship gold medals, their depth of success this year has outdone any other group in the past.

"It keeps getting better and better," said John, "and I am enjoying every moment of it.  I am so pleased for my guys because they are a terrific group of people to work with."