GREG Cackett could not hide his disappointment after finishing sixth in the final of the 60m at the UK Indoor Trials and Championships in Sheffield on Sunday.

The 22-year-old admitted to getting a "poor start" in the final, after impressing in the heats and semi-final.

His target before the event was to reach the final, so he accomplished that, but he felt he had so much more to give than sixth place, even though that can be considered a huge achievement since this is only his second full season in athletics.

The Brockham sprinter said: "I have mixed emotions really because I reacted poorly at the gun [in the final] and I had to push it and as soon as I did that I felt my hamstring and I physically couldn't get there any quicker.

"I put myself on the back foot by reacting poorly and then cramp meant I could not keep up."

Despite his obvious disappointment at not being able to perform to his best, Cackett was happy with how the weekend in Sheffield went.

"I was happy that I made the final," he said. "I equalled my personal best and I finished fourth in the same event last year, so it's definitely progress, but it's frustrating because I massively feel like I could have done a lot more.

"I'm disappointed I didn't give a better account of myself in the final, because with the times that were run I could have been challenging. I wanted a medal."

Cackett had eased through his heat and semi-final, beating the likes of Mark Lewis-Francis and Christian Malcolm on the way.

"The heat was fine," he said. "I got to the venue and was raring to go and I knew my heat wasn't massively competitive and knew I could go fairly easily in it, I ran 6.78 and that was me easing up before the line.

"Then the semi-final came and I felt strong and I was not putting my foot down completely when I knew I was away with the other guy (Andrew Robertson, who won it) and I was over the moon to have made the final and equalled my PB, because that was my goal."

Cackett revealed that friends of his had been in touch asking if "something was wrong" in the final and he revealed that he is working on bits and pieces with trainer Margot Wells.

He said: "There are issues there which we are both addressing. She knows why my legs were cramping up and a lot of it comes from back problems I've had before.

"She's pretty much the same as me, she's happy I made the final so early on in my career, but again, disappointed not to have given a better account of myself.

"We've taken out some exercises to counter the problems, I'm a bit sore at the moment, but I'll be fine for the weekend."

This weekend sees the rising star at the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham this weekend, after he told the Advertiser that he had been invited to take part, alongside the likes of Kim Collins and Asafa Powell.

He continued: "I'm keen to make up for what happened in the final this weekend.

"I'm looking forward to it, I'm not really fazed by anyone, I don't think I will be starstruck or anything, I'm just going to go there and try and run a PB against some of the best guys in the world.

"I'm one for believing in my ability, but this is a massive learning curve for me and I want to learn from running against the best in the world."

Dwain Chambers won the 60m final at Sheffield, but he was the only one to run the World Indoor Championships qualifying time, with second placed Andrew Robertson one one-hundreth of a second outside it.

That means there is still a place up for grabs in the UK team for the Istanbul event, with Cackett believing the deadline to run it to be Saturday.