Two of our Island Games athletes, distance runner Corrin Leeming and sprinter Carla Teece, have been in brilliant form in off-island events.
Corrin was entered for Sunday’s Half Marathon in Ramsey, and for the No Rest for the Wicked series, but opted instead to gain more experience of high-level competition on the track.
He contested the 5,000 metres B race at the British Miler’s Club Grand Prix meeting at Trafford, completely justifying his decision with a fantastic run.
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Corrin ran a brilliant time of 14:23.6, taking almost 20 seconds off his previous best set last year, finishing fourth in the race against very good opposition.
Meanwhile Carla Teece, who has spent the summer setting one personal best after another, did it again at the weekend.
Running in the Northern Ireland Championships 100 metres in Belfast, Carla ran a time of 12.28 seconds in the heat to qualify for the final.
In the final, running against senior athletes even though she is an U20, she placed fourth in a time of 12.18 seconds, taking three-hundredths of a second off her personal best which she set in the Island Games final in Orkney.
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