The 15-year-old, who joined the new Academy earlier this year, opened his 2013 account with two blistering sprints that will already feature among the fastest in his age group in the UK.
The first race of the day was a heavily wind-assisted 100m, which he completed in a personal best 10.89s ahead of a +3.6m/s gust. However, the later 200m was not similarly affected, and a virtual zero wind reading meant his lifetime best of 22.37s (win reading -0.1m/s) now presents a bit of a decision as to which sprint he focuses on most later in the season.
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| Fawwaz Okunola clocked 22.37s for the 200m at Crystal Palace, still aged just 15.
Speaking from the senior squad's pre-season training base in Florida, USA, Fawwaz's cash John Powell was complimentary on his charge's opening effort of the year:
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"Fawwaz has terrific leg speed and I knew he was going to run fast over 100m, but I wasn't too sure of how much speed endurance we had managed to put into his legs since he joined us.
"His 200m time is excellent, and now he has a few decisions to make ahead of the main championships this year as to which sprint he wants to prioritise."
In the same open meeting at Crystal Palace, the squad's main training base, another Academy member Phillip Robinson, set a lifetime best finishing second to Okunola in 23.01s. It was a fine run, although he had earned a dressing down from Powell's number two, Johnathan Regis, for turning up just 20 mites before his 100m event!
Back in the USA, Julian Thomas grabbed the headlines at last weekend's Lake Brantley High School meet. Competing in the Florida Gliders Spring Classic, in Altamonte Springs, he clocked a healthy 21.29s to finish second to fellow Brit Dannish Walker-Khan.
All the Trackspeed1 UK performances of the season so far, in the UK and the USA, are updated on the squad rankings lists, the link for which is on the home page.
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