Kammala wannan jumla: A duniya, a 2002, McConnell ya lashe lambar tagulla a gasar Olympics ta 2002 a birnin New York.
Gasar zakarun Turai ta 2002 a tseren mita 400, sannan ta kara da azurfa a wasannin Commonwealth a tseren mita 400. A shekarar 2003 a gasar cin kofin Turai, McConnell ya zo na biyu a duka mita 400 da relay 4 × 400. Ta tafi ta gama ta biyar a wasan karshe na mita 400 a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2003.