
31st July 2018
GLOBAL MEDALLISTS HEAD BRITISH TEAMS FOR BERLIN U20 MATCH AND MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL
A host of World U20 Championship and European U18 Championship medallists will head the British teams competing in the Berlin U20 Match on Sunday, 5 August, and Manchester International on Wednesday, 15 August.
European Under-18 Championship gold medallist over 3000m Thomas Keen (coach: Mark Vile, club: Cambridge & Coleridge) will headline the British junior team for the Berlin U20 Match on Sunday.
The Match, which takes place ahead of the European Championships getting underway in the German capital, sees Great Britain & Northern Ireland take on France and Germany in ten events.
After taking gold in Gyor, Hungary, last month, Keen will compete internationally once again, this time in the men’s 1500m.
He will be joined in Germany by World U20 Championship 110m hurdles finalist Jason Nicholson (Janice Kaufman, Gateshead Harriers) and European U18 fifth placer in the pole vault, Jade Spencer-Smith (Ellie Spain, Harrow) will also make the trip to the German capital.
British Athletics Championship bronze medallist in the javelin Bethan Rees (Mike Pinner, Cannock & Stafford) will join fellow British U20 leaders Isabella Hilditch (100m hurdles, John Blackie, Blackheath & Bromley), Lauren Williams (400m hurdles, Wynford Leyshon, Swansea) and Daniel James Thomas (shot put, Judy Oakes, Eastbourne) in the team.
World U20 Championship gold medallist and British junior record holder in the men’s hammer Jake Norris (coach: Paul Dickenson, club: Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow) and U18 world leaders Max Burgin (800m, Brian Burgin, Halifax) and Dominic Ogbechie (high jump, Marius Guei / Carol Jackson, Highgate Harriers) head the British Junior team for Manchester International on Wednesday, 15 August.
Burgin broke the British U18 record as he claimed gold in Gyor in 1:47.36, while Ogbechie, who also claimed gold in Hungary, is just one centimetre shy of equalling the British U18 record, his personal best is currently 2.22m.
Norris will hope to add the world lead to his British record and gold medal in Tampere, Finland, in Manchester. He is second in the world rankings with a best of 80.65m, with the current world leading mark at 81.32m.
Double World U20 medallist in the women’s 100m and 4x100m Kristal Awuah (Matthew Thomas, Herne Hill Harriers) runs in the individual event in Manchester, while fellow 4x100m medallist Vera Chinedu (Ryan Freckleton, Cambridge), heads the relay team.
The British Athletics junior team for the Great Britain & Northern Ireland Under-20 Berlin Match on 5 August 2018:
Men:
100m
Chad Miller (Ryan Freckleton, Hercules Wimbledon)
1500m
Thomas Keen (Mark Vile, Cambridge & Coleridge)
110m Hurdles
Jason Nicholson (Janice Kaufman, Gateshead Harriers)
Long Jump
Calum Henderson (John Scott, Edinburgh AC)
Shot Put
Daniel James Thomas (Judy Oakes, Eastbourne)
Women:
100m Hurdles
Isabella Hilditch (John Blackie, Blackheath & Bromley)
400m Hurdles
Lauren Williams (Wynford Leyshon, Swansea)
High Jump
Emily Race (Peter Anthony Fendley, Worksop)
Pole Vault
Jade Spencer-Smith (Ellie Spain, Harrow AC)
Javelin
Bethan Rees (Mark Pinner, Cannock & Stafford)
The British Athletics U20 team for Manchester International on Wednesday, 15 August:
Men:
100m
Kaie Chambers-Brown (Sharon Morris, Birchfield Harriers)
200m
Shemar Boldizsar (Vincent Lawrence, Harlow AC)
400m
Ethan Brown (Lloyd Cowan, Blackheath & Bromley)
800m
Max Burgin (Brian Burgin, Halifax)
1500m
Joshua Lay (Anthony Love, Rugby & Northampton)
10,000m
Tom Mortimer (Christopher Brown, Stroud)
110m Hurdles
Ethan Akanni (Jerzy Maciukiewicz, Bexley)
400m Hurdles
Seamus Derbyshire (Derek Yeomans, City of Stoke)
3000m Steeplechase
Alfred Yabsley (Simon Goodwin, Bedford & County)
3000m Race Walk
Chris Snook (Verity Snook, Aldershot, Farnham & District)
4x100m
Matthew Buckner (Ken Spencer, Bracknell AC)
Dylan DaCosta (Paul Weston, Croydon)
Joe Ferguson (Lewis Samuel, Leeds City)
Micah Francis-Dwyer (Paul Weston, Croydon)
Samir Williams (Paul Weston, Croydon)
High Jump
Dominic Ogbechie (Marius Guei / Carol Jackson, Highgate Harriers)
Pole Vault
Frankie Johnson (Simon Eastwood, Bedford & County)
Long Jump
Shandell Taylor (Trevor Wells, Havering)
Triple Jump
Osaze Aghedo (Steve Ingram, Swansea)
Shot Put
Lewis Byng (Paul Bearman, Stratford-upon-Avon)
Hammer
Jake Norris (Paul Dickenson, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)
Discus
James Tomlinson (Paul Jensen, Pembrokeshire)
Javelin
Tom Hewson (Andover)
Women:
100m
Kristal Awuah (Matthew Thomas, Herne Hill Harriers)
200m
Kiah Dubarry-Gay (Alf Vickers, Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets)
400m
Natasha Harrison (Pete Torrance, Stockport)
800m
Isabelle Boffey (Douglas Stone, Enfield & Haringey)
1500m
Erin Wallace (Dudley Walker, Giffnock North)
10,000m
Ella Revitt (Edinburgh AC)
100m Hurdles
Anastasia Davies (John Blackie, Blackheath & Bromley)
400m Hurdles
Jasmine Jolly (Peter Crook, Preston)
3000m Steeplechase
Alex Barbour (Shireen Higgins, WSEH)
3000m Race Walk
Ana Garcia (Mark Wall, Sheffield & Dearne)
4x100m
Vera Chinedu (Ryan Freckleton, Cambridge Harriers)
Kiah Dubarry-Gay (Alf Vickers, Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets)
Amy Hunt (Joe McDonnell, Charnwood)
Hannah Kelly (Les Hall, Bolton)
Cassie-Ann Pemberton (Sharon Morris, Birchfield Harriers)
High Jump
Rebecca Hawkins (John Bancroft, Bexley)
Pole Vault
Felicia Miloro (Maxine Robbins, Sutton-in-Ashfield)
Long Jump
Josie Oliarnyk (Dominic McNeillis, Halesowen)
Triple Jump
Abazz Shayaam-Smith (Daniel Parton, Birchfield Harriers)
Shot Put
Hannah Molyneaux (Malcolm Fenton, Sheffield & Dearne)
Hammer
Katie Head (Paul Head, Newham & Essex Beagles)
Discus
Heather Cubbage (Andrew Neal, City of Portsmouth)
Javelin
Bekah Walton (David Turner, Blackheath & Bromley)