A meeting on Sunday at the Jordanstown High Performance Centre offered the only local pre-Odyssey hit-out over 60m and 60m hurdles with athletes guaranteed two races. Matthew Hamilton had a pb with a best of 7.74 sec over 60m opening his account as an U17. Stuart Brown and newcomer Steven Conlon ran 7.69 and 8.03 sec while Tom Reynolds had a best of 7.36 sec plus a hand-timed 8.6 sec over the hurdles. Impressive field performances were 8.34m at shot with the senior 4Kg implement by Beth Wilson and 1.45m at high jump by young Alex Catherwood.
