Athletes keen to get on track

ENCOURAGING numbers are already turning out for Mount Isa Athletic Club's training sessions with 26 attending the pre-season session this week.

A number of the athletes will make up part of the 14 strong team which is heading to Cairns in April for the Suncorp North Queensland Games.

If the intensity that some of the athletes are already putting in is any indication, good results should be the order of the day.

This week saw the arrival of the Athletics North Queensland (ANQ) development officer Cameron Clayton.

Clayton will be conducting athletic clinics at a number of schools around the district as well as a special session for the club's Development Squad Qualifiers and hopefuls.

He will also assist club officials at the second of the clubs sign-on days on Sunday from 10am at Sunset Oval.

The seasonwill start on March 21, with competition getting underway at 9.30am.

One of Mount Isa's star athletes, Mason Holm, is currently in Sydney competing at the National Under 20 Track and Field Championships.

Holm is hopeful of good results having already run a blistering 100m time of 11.2 and 22.3sec in the 200m event.

The 18-year-old has been putting in the hard yards at Sunset Oval every afternoon.

"Hopefully all of the training pays off," Holm said. "The body is feeling really good at the moment, so hopefully the results reflect that."