Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A duniya, a 2002, McConnell ya lashe lambar tagulla a gasar zakarun Turai ta 2002 a cikin mita 400, sannan ya kara da azurfa a wasannin Commonwealth a cikin mita 400. A shekarar 2003 a gasar cin kofin zakarun Turai
, McConnell ya zo na biyu a duka mita 400 da kuma 4 × 400 m relay. Ta tafi ta gama ta biyar a wasan karshe na mita 400 a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2003.