Reece Prescod (centre): says he would have quit the sport without the support of outside funding
MARK SHEARMAN
SPRINTER Reece Prescod says he hopes to convince selectors with his performances on the track next summer that he should be on the British Athletics World Class Performance Programme (WCPP) for 2017-2018 having been overlooked in the latest selection.
The 20-year-old sprinter finished 2016 as the joint fourth fastest Briton over the 100m, clocking a 10.04 in July to go level with Olympian James Ellington in the rankings, and fifth over the 200m with a 20.38 on his Diamond League debut in Lausanne toward the end of August.
The British Athletics relay squad for the coming year saw Joel Fearon and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake added to the group, but in terms of funded athletes there were no new faces as James Dasaolu was removed from the squad.
Prescod was part of the British Athletics Futures programme in 2014 and has since been included in the 2017 programme. Prior to the Futures announcement Prescod said he believed being part of this year’s WCPP would have worked wonders in bringing out the best of his obvious talent.