Sunday, 10 January 2021, 6:04 am
Promising teenage middle-distance talent Daniel Roswell
demonstrated his rising ability to secure a memorable 800m
and Lovelock Mile double today at the Lovelock Classic in
Timaru.
The 19-year-old destroyed his previous mile
best by more than seven seconds to take out the feature
event in 4:16.12 before returning to the track just under an
hour later to triumph in the 800m (1:58.00).
In a
highly-competitive mile, Roswell was content to track
Christopher Dryden and Ieaun van der Peet until the business
end of the race.
Roswell hit the bell at the front,
only for 2020 Lovelock Mile winner Chanel Muir to launch an