Hession looking to kick on
The Athenry sprinter has not been beaten for the past three years in Cork and he insists that this is a record he intends to defend with all his might against the powerful challenge of Brendan Christian (Antigua & Barbuda).
He has been sparring with Christian over the past couple of seasons when there has been little between the pair on the world circuit. Christian, a graduate of the University of Texas, moved to the US when he was three years of age. His father, Donald, competed as a cyclist at the Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976 but the younger Christian embarked a different path that took him to a total of eight national records over 100m and 200m. Hession holds the national records at 10.18 secs for 100m and 20.30 secs for 200m while Christian has recently recorded times of 10.20 and 20.26.
