10th June 2021

11 SELECTED FOR THE IAU 24-HOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

11 athletes have been selected to represent the British team at the 2021 IAU 24 Hour World Championships in Bucharest, Romania between the 2-3 October.

Jo Zakrzewski (self-coached, Durham) has represented the British team over the trail, 50km and 100km, winning individual and team medals at these championships. She qualified for her first 24-hour team with a very impressive 235.5km distance last summer.

After recently breaking the British 100-mile record with 14:34:03 at the Centurion Track 100, Samantha Amend (Norman Wilson, Belgrave) will contest her first 24-hour race in a British vest. Jo Newens (Matt Holland, Road Runners Club) is another debutant for the team who qualified in 2019 with a 221km win at the Tooting Bec 24-hour race in London.

In 2019, ICU nurse Cat Simpson (Robbie Britton, Sheen) ran two high-quality 24-hour performances with a 221km win at Crawley 24-hour and a 220km to finish 23rd at the world championships in Albi, France. She is joined by a consistent GB & NI international in recent years, Ali Young (Robbie Britton, Chiltern Harriers AC), who clocked a 100-mile PB at the Centurion Track 100 this April with a time of 15:41:17.

In the men’s line-up, Paul Maskell (Robbie Britton, St Austell ARC) was the top British finisher at the 2019 world championships. The air ambulance paramedic ended the race in 15th with a then PB of 251.261km.

He is joined by returning members James Stewart (Paul Giblin, Victoria Park City of Glasgow), who was 17th at that event, and Grant MacDonald (Paul Giblin, Garscube), who finished 43rd.

Meanwhile, Rob Payne (Robbie Britton, Caistor RC) is one of three British men to achieve their first international team call-up having qualified with a 251km win at the Tooting Bec 24-hour race two years ago.

Nathan Flear (self-coached, 3M Gorseinon) and Ry Webb (Robbie Britton, Waverley) complete the men’s team who will be heading to Romania later in the year.

The British team for the IAU 24 Hour World Championships in Bucharest, Romania on 2 & 3 October 2021.

Women:

Samantha Amend (Norman Wilson, Belgrave)

Jo Newens (Matt Holland, Road Runners Club)

Cat Simpson (Robbie Britton, Sheen)

Ali Young (Robbie Britton, Chiltern Harriers AC)

Jo Zakrzewski (Durham, self-coached)

Men:

Nathan Flear (self-coached, 3M Gorseinon)

Grant MacDonald (Paul Giblin, Garscube)

Paul Maskell (Robbie Britton, St Austell ARC)

Rob Payne (Robbie Britton, Caistor RC)

James Stewart (Paul Giblin, Victoria Park City of Glasgow)

Ry Webb (Robbie Britton, Waverley)