15th July 2024

UPDATE TO THE GB & NI TEAM HEADING TO THE EUROPEAN U18 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Bethany Trow (Shrewsbury) has been called-up to the European U18 Championships which take place in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia between 18-21 July.

Trow comes into the women’s 800m replacing Phoebe Gill who has been called up to the Olympic Games following her victory at the recent Microplus UK Athletics Championships.

The Shrewsbury athlete holds a PB of 2:05.27 which she set at the BMC Grand Prix in Birmingham last week.

The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the European U18 Championships:

Women

100m

Nell Desir (Lisa Waddon, Cardiff Archers)

400m

Kara Dacosta (Stephen Ball, Trafford)

800m

Shaikira King (John Skevington, Wreake & Soar Valley)

Bethany Trow (Shrewsbury)

1500m

Lyla Belshaw (David Smith, Colchester Harriers)

Isla McGowan (Ros Kelling, Banbury)

3000m

Olivia Forrest (Paul Forrest, Brentwood Beagles)

Katie Pye (Mick Woods, Aldershot Farnham and District)

2000m Steeplechase

Ava James (David Leach, Lewes)

Rae Le Fay (Peter Baker, Hastings AC)

Pole Vault

Isabella Turner (Dacorum)

Long Jump

Daisy Snell (Guy Spencer, Blackheath & Bromley)

Ella Woods (Paul Harrison, Birchfield Harriers)

Heptathlon

Thea Brown (Joanne Harding, Sale Harriers Manchester)

Ava John (Yasmine Regis, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)

Medley Relay

Elsie Brindle (Winchester)

Thea Brown (Joanne Harding, Sale Harriers Manchester)

Kara Dacosta (Stephen Ball, Trafford)

Nell Desir (Lisa Waddon, Cardiff Archers)

Ava John (Yasmine Regis, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)

Shiloh Omotosho (Sarah Robinson, Basildon)

 

Men

100m

Joel Ajayi (Gary Howard, Havering)

Joel Masters (Joel Humphries-Cuff, BFT Track Academy)

200m

Jake Odey-Jordan (Victor Blackett)

Aron Tugwell (Lisa Waddon, Cardiff Archers)

800m

Matthew McKenna (Martin Norman, Walton)

Tom Waterworth (Derek Darnell, Huntingtonshire)

1500m

Evan Grime (Ian Grime, Salford Harriers)

Alex Lennon (Nick Hancock, Sutton & District)

3000m

Liam Conway (Richard Park, Cambridge & Coleridge)

Oliver MacDonald (Giffnock North)

2000m Steeplechase

Iwan Thomas (Neil Thomas, Carmarthen)

Dillon Millard (Dave Lee, Taunton)

110m Hurdles

Toby Wright (Steve Shaw, Taunton)

High Jump

Regan Corrin (Emma Lowry, Manx)

Discus Throw

Owen Garrett (Paul Filer, Yate)

Hammer Throw

Louis Tutcher (Matt Spicer, Yate)

Javelin

Lewie Jones (Richard Jones, Swansea)

Medley Relay

Joel Ajayi (Gary Howard, Havering)

Harry Bradley (Darryn McAtee, Newport Harriers)

Joel Masters (Joel Humphries-Cuff, BFT Track Academy)

Jake Odey-Jordan (Victor Blackett)

Aron Tugwell (Lisa Waddon, Cardiff Archers)

Toby Wright (Steve Shaw, Taunton)

 

Team Staff

Team Leader – Darren Ritchie

Team Coaches – Kyle Bennett, Thomas Dobbing, Scott Grace, Alison Grey, Allan Hamilton, John Herbert, Sharon Morris and Laura Weightman

Team Medical – Lucy Eggleton-Wood, Dr Daniel Fitzpatrick, Ciaran Keen

Team Management – Ethan Walker