THE new entries in the 2010 athletics record book tell us much about the strengths of the GIAAC.

RUN-OFFS as late as next May are on the cards to determine final selection for Guernsey’s 2011 Island Games track and field team.

PERFECT conditions heralded the opening domestic track and field meeting of the season at Foote’s Lane.

IN COLD but calm conditions Lee Merrien cruised to a time nearly four minutes under the previous course record to open the road race calendar with a superb victory in the GIAAC 10-mile road championship, held over the Imperial loop.

THE GIAAC’s FirstRand junior endurance squad had another successful day at the Hampshire Cross-Country League in Reading’s Prospect Park on Saturday.

THE GIAAC OSA Recruitment Winter Cross-country League takes to Fauxquets Valley tomorrow for the third race of its five-strong series.

BEN CUDDIHEE has had to stare at the back of Sam Hall’s vest for years while the two developed as juniors at the GIAAC.

EIGHT golds, all arriving on day one, made for a satisfying haul for the young GIAAC track and field squad at this year’s Hampshire county championships in Portsmouth.

WHILE his younger brother was tackling the boards at the world indoor championships, Lee Garland was making an impressive debut over 20 miles in winning the GIAAC’s annual Church to Church.