The 15-year-old Beaulieu student, who runs in the T35 category for track athletes with cerebral palsy, discovered late last month that her 100m personal best of 18.71sec is over a second faster than the mark set by the International Paralympic Committee for the rescheduled Games next August.
However, as it stands the Islander is unlikely to travel with Team GB to Japan because, despite being ranked 19th in the world, she currently sits fourth on the British rankings
Paralympic Games track and field regulations only tend to cater for one athlete per nation in each classification and top Brit Maria Lyle is all but guaranteed a ticket to the Far East, as defending world champion and Rio 2016 bronze medallist.
A more likely scenario is that Greenwood, one of only two under-17s in the world’s top 20, will appear at the World Junior Games and Birmingham Commonwealth Games in upcoming seasons, before challenging for a spot at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris.
Greenwood – coached by Karen Le Mottée at JSAC and GB Paralympic coach Joe McDonnell – is also backed by the Jersey Sport Foundation.
