At the London Indoor Games this week CUAC showed their depth of talent with an impressive performance despite missing some key athletes. With only three weeks to go until the Varsity Indoor Field Events and Relays competition this was an important opportunity to test the squad and it was a test which they passed.

There were some notable performances across the team with some quick times for both the men and women. Following up from his club record of 7.00 seconds in the 60m sprint last weekend, Mark Dyble ran an almost as blistering 7.05. However, Mark will need to up his game again if he is beat his Oxford rival who has already recorded an astounding 6.95 seconds earlier this year. The men’s sprints are all very competitive at the moment but Eamonn Katter stood out as he continued to build on his performances achieved in Australia over Christmas, running 23.84 in the 200m and 53.25s in the 400m.

The women all ran well but it was an excellent weekend for Fresher Nikki Moss in particular. She ran a personal best in the 60m with a time of 8.52 seconds, as well as in the 200m clocking up only 27.87 seconds. Club President Lucy Spray scored well all round on the back of some hard winter training, whilst women’s captain Kate Laidlow ran her 400m personal best of 60.37 seconds.

It is hard to know how Oxford are shaping up as they have been surprisingly quiet, not sending a team to any competitions so far. Nevertheless, the Blues have reason to be confident, with good times this weekend and with many of the clubs best athletes yet to open their season.