Wisil primed

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TOEA Wisil heads to Canberra tomorrow for the third time this year as she continues her quest to run the world championship 100m and 200m qualifying times of 11.26 and 23.10 seconds respectively.
The track at the Australian Institute of Sport has a reputation for producing fast times and although the 29-year-old hit the 100m mark of 11.26 on Feb 11, the following wind (2.6mps) on that occasion was over the legal limit for record purposes.
The Papua New Guinea sprint star will face her strongest competition of the season yet, with three Australian Rio Olympians out to test their speed and challenge for honours in the Summer of Athletics Grand Prix.
Local favourite Melissa Breen,  who is getting back to form after a slow start to the season, will run in both the 100m and 200m and will be aiming to turn the tables on Wisil, who got the better of her over both distances in their last meeting at the Australian Capital Territory Championships last month (Feb 18-19).
Olympic 200m semi-finalist Ella Nelson, who ran 22.50 seconds in Rio, will contest both the 100m and 200m.
Nelson has just returned from a training stint in Phoenix, Arizona, so this will be her first outing over these distances this year.
Australia’s top-ranked 400m runner Morgan Mitchell, who clocked 51.25 seconds last year and also made the event’s semi-finals in Rio De Janeiro has also nominated for the 200m.