Oldham and Woodward set Jersey records at Glasgow 2026

Jersey sprinter Jamie Oldham and heptathlete Lucy Woodward have broken island records at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Oldham set a new mark in the 200m, having also set a new Jersey 100m record on Tuesday

He was the fastest of the island's trio of runners in Glasgow as his time of 21.02 seconds lowered the island record of 21.21 he set earlier this year as he finished 0.19 seconds off a place in the semi-finals.

Meanwhile Woodward set four individual personal bests as she finished 12th in the heptathlon.

The first-ever Jersey woman to compete in a multi-sport event at the Commonwealth Games ended on 5,530 points, 139 more than her previous best of 5,391 that she set in May in order to qualify for Glasgow 2026.

Woodward had already beaten her best marks in the 200m, shot put and 100m hurdles on Tuesday.

She went on to get a personal best for the fourth time in six events as she registered 5.82m in the long jump.

The jump earned her 795 points, moving her on to 4,030 and up to 12th place.

She went on to throw a season's best of 34.62m in the javelin, getting her 564 points and consolidating her 12th position.

Knowing she could run 11 seconds slower than her personal best in the 800m and still break her Jersey record Woodward was in no mood to relax, going through the halfway point in fifth place.

She finished strongly to consolidate fifth place as she came home in a 2:11.94, 0.92 seconds off her personal best.

"I'm feeling incredible," she told BBC Jersey.

"That was great, a huge heptathlon PB and I don't know if anyone watched that 800m, but I had much more in me.

"That was a lesson in competitive 800m running, championship running, it was a great time, only a bit off my PB and I still had legs left.

"I got four PB's and season's bests and there's so much more in the tank.

"There's a fire in my belly now and I'm hungry for more, it's my second year back in heptathlon, I've just smashed my PB, have put 500 points on last year's PB and I'm ready to chase that 6,000."

Oldham finished fourth in his heat, less than half a second off Botswana's heat winner Justice Oratile as he finished 26th-fastest.

"I had an outside lane, I wasn't too happy about that coming in as I wanted someone quick on my outside to chase," Oldham told BBC Radio Jersey.

"But my coach just said 'run your race' and that's what I did.

"I got out hard, maybe a bit too hard as I felt myself dying towards the line, but I'm happy with the time.

"This is the pinnacle for my sport and for my life.

"It's been a dream of mine and my dad's since I could walk really, so to be here and to PB twice at the Games, I can't really put it into words, it's a dream come true."

Elsewhere, Zachary Saunders finished 29th-fastest after he was fourth behind Jamaica's Rashawn Clarke in his heat in a time of 21.29 seconds.

Steve MacKay was 0.10 seconds off his personal best as he finished fifth in his heat in 21.70 seconds and 35th-fastest.

Jersey's bowlers, meanwhile, have yet to win a match in their men's pairs and women's singles campaigns.

Ross Davis and Malcolm de Sousa came closest to breaking their duck as they lost a tie-breaker to Malaysia's Amirul Danial Abdul Rahim and Mohammad Soufi Rusli.

The islanders had an excellent first set, winning it 8-0, but lost the second 6-4, having gone 6-0 down.

They then went on to lose a tie-breaker 1-0 to leave them joint-bottom of their group with two losses from two matches.

Abbey Andrieux suffered a heavy defeat by Canada's Kelly McKerihen in her second game of Glasgow 2026.

She lost 13-2 in the first set having been 11-0 down after three ends.

Andrieux did go into a two-shot lead in the second set but McKerihen rallied to win it 10-4 to leave the Jersey bowler bottom of her group.