Sky’s the limit for focused Wallace

ONE of the big winners at the Carifta Trials over the weekend was Zachary Wallace in the boys’ under-20 400 metres. Now representing Elite Performance Track Club, the former Maggotty High athlete raced to a personal-best 45.77 seconds to capture the event, beating a very strong line-up.

In his first year at the club level, the 19-year-old was very pleased with his performance, where he dragged second-place finisher Junior Gallimore of Hydel High and third-placed Jabari Matheson of William Knibb Memorial High to personal bests of 45.87 and 45.90, respectively.

Wallace explained the reasons for his rapid improvement in the one-lap event after just coming out of the high school programme.

“I was really focused coming into the Carifta Trials, and for me it was all about execution and I achieved that,” he said.

“I have a really good training partner in Deandre Watkins, who pushes me in training, and this has really helped with my improvement in the event. Also, I am now healthy. In the past I was plagued with hamstring injuries, but now I have overcome them, allowing me to train properly,” he shared.

Now in the spotlight, he is not letting that get the better of him.

“I know that it was a good performance and I will not let that (being in the spotlight) get to me, as it is all about staying focused and listening to my coaches; and as long as I stay injury-free the sky’s the limit for me,” he concluded.