26th June 2018

BRITISH JUNIOR RECORD HOLDERS SPEARHEAD 40-STRONG TEAM FOR WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

British junior record holders Molly Caudery (pole vault, coach: Stuart Caudery, club: Cornwall AC) and Jake Norris (hammer, Paul Dickenson, Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow) head the 40-strong British junior team for the World Junior Championships in Tampere from 10-15 July.

Caudery twice broke the British record in Mannheim at the weekend, vaulting 4.45m and 4.53m on her way to victory, moving her to outright second place on the world junior rankings.

Norris, who is ranked second in the world, backed up his record breaking 80.45m throw in Bedford at the England U20/U23 trials with another 80m plus throw in Mannheim, recording 80.28m to take victory.

Gold Coast Commonwealth Games bronze medallist in the women’s heptathlon Niamh Emerson (David Feeney, Amber Valley & Erewash), who is currently ranked fourth in the world at junior level, will look to add another medal to her tally on the world stage.

Fellow Commonwealth Games star Alastair Chalmers (Dale Garland, Guernsey) set another 400m hurdles personal best at the weekend of 50.52 in his native Guernsey, while fellow 400m hurdler Alex Knibbs (Nick Dakin, Amber Valley & Erewash) set a huge personal best of his own, clocking 50.57 in Mannheim – the pair sit fourth and fifth respectively on the all-time British junior list for the 400m hurdles.

Jona Efoloko (John Smith, Sale Harriers Manchester) will look to build on his European Under 18 and Under 20 200m medals in 2016 and 2017 respectively with a first world championship medal, while Kristal Awuah (Matthew Thomas, Herne Hill Harriers) will compete outside of the United Kingdom for only the second time.

European Under-18 gold medallists Holly Mills (long jump, James Coney, Andover) and Isabelle Boffey (800m, Douglas Stone, Enfield & Haringey) earn another British vest, as does double European Under-18 & Under-20 1500m champion, Jake Heyward (James Thie, Cardiff).

Current under-20 women’s 3000m European leader and fourth placer at the European Junior Championships in Tbilisi last year Amelia Quirk (Mick Woods, Bracknell) is selected, as does Tom Mortimer (Christopher Brown, Stroud), who is ranked second in Europe in the 5000m and recorded a 20-second personal best at the weekend of 13:57.95.

Team Leader for the British juniors, Trevor Painter, said: “We’ve selected a strong team for the World Junior Championships that we believe has an excellent chance of challenging for medals.

“We saw some excellent performances at Mannheim International over the weekend which produced great levels of competition from all our athletes, with personal bests broken all over the track and field, a trend which we hope continues in Tampere.

“The team contains a strong array of medal prospects and athletes that we believe can reach the finals of their respective event and thrive on the World Junior Championship stage.”

The British Athletics junior team for the World Junior Championships on 10-15 July 2018:

 

Men:

100m

Dom Ashwell (Marvin Rowe, Shaftesbury Barnet)

Chad Miller (Ryan Freckleton, Hercules Wimbledon)

200m

Charlie Dobson (Stephen Garnham, Colchester Harriers)

Jona Efoloko (John Smith, Sale Harriers Manchester)

800m

Alex Botterill (Andrew Henderson, City of York)

Markhim Lonsdale (Keith Lonsdale, Crook)

1500m

Jake Heyward (James Thie, Cardiff)

5000m

Tom Mortimer (Christopher Brown, Stroud)

110m Hurdles

Jason Nicholson (Janice Kaufman, Gateshead Harriers)

Josh Zeller (Ken Spencer, Bracknell AC)

400m Hurdles

Alastair Chalmers (Dale Garland, Guernsey)

Alex Knibbs (Nick Dakin, Amber Valley & Erewash)

4x100m

Dom Ashwell (Marvin Rowe, Shaftesbury Barnet)

Kaie Chambers-Brown (Sharon Morris, Birchfield Harriers)

Charlie Dobson (Stephen Garnham, Colchester Harriers)

Jona Efoloko (John Smith, Sale Harriers Manchester)

Chad Miller (Ryan Freckleton, Hercules Wimbledon)

Michael Olsen (Bill Walker, Edinburgh AC)

4x400m

Joe Brier (Matt Elias, Swansea)

Alastair Chalmers (Dale Garland, Guernsey)

Alex Haydock-Wilson (Earl Herbert, WSEH)

Charles Hilliard (Sharon Morris, Birchfield Harriers)

Aidan Leeson (James Wright, Rugby & Northampton)

Alex Knibbs (Nick Dakin, Amber Valley & Erewash)

Hammer

Bayley Campbell (Paul Dickenson, WSEH)

Jake Norris (Paul Dickenson, WSEH)

Discus

James Tomlinson (Paul Jensen, Pembrokeshire)

 

Women:

100m

Kristal Awuah (Matthew Thomas, Herne Hill Harriers)

200m

Georgina Adam (Denise Timmis, Lincoln Wellington)

Alisha Rees (Leon Baptiste, Edinburgh AC)

800m

Isabelle Boffey (Douglas Stone, Enfield & Haringey)

Katy-Ann McDonald (Philip Kissi, Blackheath & Bromley)

1500m

Francesca Brint (Paul Roden, Sale Harriers Manchester)

Erin Wallace (Dudley Walker, Giffnock North)

3000m

Amelia Quirk (Mick Woods, Bracknell)

3000m Steeplechase

Holly Page (Jason Marchant, Dartford Harriers)

4x100m

Georgina Adam (Denise Timmis, Lincoln Wellington)

Kristal Awuah (Matthew Thomas, Herne Hill Harriers)

Ebony Carr (Mike Leonard, Marshall Milton Keynes)

Vera Chinedu (Ryan Freckleton, Cambridge Harriers)

Mair Edwards (John Davis, Basingstoke & Mid Hants Harriers)

Alisha Rees (Leon Baptiste, Edinburgh AC)

Pole Vault

Molly Caudery (Stuart Caudery, Cornwall AC)

Long Jump

Lucy Hadaway (Matt Barton, City of York)

Holly Mills (James Coney, Andover)

High Jump

Abby Ward (Ian Hill, Wakefield)

Hammer

Katie Head (Paul Head, Newham & Essex Beagles)

Heptathlon

Niamh Emerson (David Feeney, Amber Valley & Erewash)

Jade O’Dowda (Marcia Marriott, Oxford City)