David Omoregie is an athlete who showed skills as a possible decathlete when he attended school in Haverfordwest has now been hailed as the next Colin Jackson in Sport Wales’ Friday Night show.
 
Dot Davies, hosting the Friday night’s ‘Sport Wales’ television programme, introduced Omoregie as possibly the next Colin Jackson, high praise indeed for the former Pembrokeshire Harriers’ athlete.
 

Interviewed by Christian

 
Former Wales and GB sprinter Christian Malcolm interviewed Omoregie and talked to him about how he got started in athletics and his meteoric rise in the hurdles event.
 
“I went to Sir Thomas Picton School, Haverfordwest and regularly competed at school, county and district level,” Omoregie told him.
“I enjoyed competing in various events so I then joined my first club, the Pembrokeshire Harriers,” he said.
 

Great strides made since then

 
Now, 18, he lives in Cardiff and has really flourished in the 110 metres hurdles, an event in which he currently holds the British indoor and outdoor junior records in times of 7.50 seconds (60 metres) and 13.17 seconds respectively.
 
When asked what is it like to be compared with the famous former Wales and GB hurdler Colin Jackson he said: “It’s really nice, but I have a long way to get anywhere near what he achieved.”
 

Bronze in Oregon

 
Amazingly this summer he claimed bronze in the 110 metres hurdles final in day three of the IAFF World Junior Championships held in Eugene, Oregon.
 
He said: “This is big. I’ve come a long way since last year. The target for this year has always been to medal here, I could have run a bit better but that’s the way it goes and I can’t do anything about that now.
 
“It wasn’t a good race technically but to come away with a medal I’m still happy with that and I don’t think I can take any negatives away from this because I’ve medalled.
I’ve just got to take away as many positives as I can to help me in my senior career.”
 
This grounded young athlete knows there is a long way to go, but Omoregie is training hard on the track and in the gymnasium to try and reach his full potential.