Bermuda’s Aaron Evans and Lamont Marshall remain confident of winning their race against time to qualify for the London Olympics.Both athletes are closing in on their qualifying standards in their respective events; Evans in the 800 metres and Marshall in the 1,500 metres.Marshall had an encouraging race he competed in Boston recently in the 1,500m, posting a time of three minutes, 46 seconds — eight seconds off the qualifying standard.Although still some way short of his target, Marshall pointed to his gradual progression as an indication he can shave more seconds off his time.“I recently ran 3:46 in Boston which is a great time for me and qualified for Canada’s National Track League which is in July and will be my last qualifying chance,” said Marshall, who won the men’s open 1,500 metres in a time of 3:59.96 at last weekend’s Bermuda National Championships.“At the beginning of the season I was 15 seconds off the mark, so with each race I’m taking off two or three seconds off of my previous times and I’m pleased with how it is going.“Racing against the clock is completely different to having someone breathing down your neck when you have a definite sense of knowing how you are doing in the race.“If you know you aren’t about to win you can kick right through the line and then realise you have made it.”Evans will join Marshall in Canada next month but is also casting his eye to Trinidad where he will try and meet the Olympic 800 metre standard of one minute, 46.30 seconds.He recently competed in the NCAA Track and Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa where he finished seventh in a time of 1.46.66 — just three tenths of a second off the qualifying mark.“I’m looking to go to Trinidad in a week or two to try and make the standard down there and I will also be competing in Canada with Lamont,” he said.“I believe I can get to it but I just need the right conditions and competition to get it done.“In events like this you need someone next to you pushing you to get you to the mark, it’s difficult to get the result when you run the last 400 metres by yourself.”Evans and fellow Olympic hopefuls, Tre Houston and Jasmine Brunson, will look to book their tickets to London 2012 when they perform at the NACAC Under-23 Championships next month.Long jumper Tyrone Smith is the only track and field athlete to have qualified for the Olympics although Evans, Houston (200 metres) and Brunson (triple jump) hope to join him.Tristian Joyiens (110 metre hurdles), Henry Stevens-Carty (800 metres), Sean Trott (10,000 metres) and Allison Outerbridge (triple jump) are also making the trip Guanajuato, Mexico from July 6 to 8.A team of 13 Bermuda athletes, including Carifta medal winners Taylor Ashley-Bean, Kyrah Scraders, Shaquille Dill, Justin Donawa and Juma Mouchette, will head to El Salvador for the CAC Juniors from June 29 to July 1.Bean will compete in three events — the 800 metres, 1,500 metres and 3,000 metres — while Scraders will run the 800 and 1,500 metres, Dill the 400 and 800 metres, Donawa the long and triple jump and Mouchette the 1,500 metres.Also making the trip to El Salvador’s capital, San Salvador, are Kyle Webb (100 and 200 metres) Chas Smith (high jump and long jump), Kidane Callender (100 and 200 metres), Dage Minors (800 and 1,500 metres), Taahirah Butterfield (100 and 200m), Rachel Fox (800 metres) and Shuntae Hendrickson (1500 metres).Webb, Callender, Donawa and Smith will also compete in the 4X100 relay.