Half marathon medal 'not meant to happen'
Troy ran a personal best of one hour 23 minutes 58 seconds to finish runner-up behind Isle of Man's Christa Cain in Orkney.
The medal was even more remarkable as Troy has been working 15-hour shifts as part of the team filming the Island Games for local media.
"I came into this race injured and I'd been working filming the races for TV for the whole week," Troy told BBC Jersey.
"I was just looking to have fun, enjoy it and represent Jersey one last time - that was not meant to happen, getting a medal."
It was a second Island Games medal for the Jersey runner who won bronze at the 2019 Island Games in Gibraltar.
"I started out far too fast," she added.
"I was up with the lead pack and I shouted to my team manager 'I've really messed this up'.
"He was like 'just keep going, just see how long you can hold it' and even the girls who were with me were like 'just stick with us and see what you can do'.
"So I did that, expecting to be dropped by them, but they kept peeling back and I'm apparently better at running hills than I realised.
"I didn't even think I'd finish this race today because of injury, so to come home with a medal I'm so immensely proud of myself, I can't put it into words."
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