In only his second 3,000m steeplechase, the Cardiff University student posted 9min. 32.66sec. to not only go well inside the Island Games A standard but move up to fifth on Guernsey’s all-time list.
Competing on home turf at Cardiff’s International Sports Campus, he got involved in a high-quality straight final and slashed very nearly 15sec. from his previous best. A similar improvement again would see him pushing Lee Garland’s long-standing Island record of 9-17.54.
Guernsey’s other middle-distance Jack, Winchester’s Le Tissier, went into his 1,500m heat with a short warm-up following an abrupt change in line-up and then had to fight through a race full of jostling – in his case even getting spiked.
He emerged from the drama with a B standard of 4-03.37.
Following her big breakthrough over the triple jump last year, East Anglia’s Sofia Mella improved her outdoor season’s best to 10.80, which is right on the A standard.
Cardiff Met’s Emily Pike put down a 1-00.90 in her first outdoor 400m of the season – which is only marginally outside the B standard.
