UK Athletics has today announced an additional 5 athletes who will join the Norwich Union GB team in Beijing 15-20 August for the IAAF World Junior Championships..
UK Athletics’ U20 team leader Martin Rush said: “This team has been selected with a clear expectation that they will perform to top eight level and aspire to podium positions. “We very much want to support a generation of athletes that see selection as a stepping stone, and that making finals is the norm – this generation clearly has 2012 in its sights, and the build up to success in 2012 has to start at this World Junior Championships.”
UK Athletics Performance Director Dave Collins said: “Some very hard decisions had to be made by the selection committee. It is massively promising looking towards the future that a large number of athletes achieved or got close to the harder selection standards we have set – this can only bode well for the future. “In deciding on the team we are taking, we have tried to ensure there is a world class preparation experience for those with top eight and medal aspirations.”
Team: (additions in bold)
Men
100m
Harry Aikines Aryeetey (Sutton)
Wade Bennett Jackson (Belgrave Harriers)
200m
Alex Nelson (City of Stoke)
Rion Pierre (Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)
400m
Grant Baker (Leicester Coritanian)
Martyn Rooney (Croydon Harriers)
800m
James Brewer (Cheltenham Harriers)
Mark Mitchell (Forres Harriers)
110mH
Julian Adeniran (Charnwood AC)
Gianni Frankis (Basildon AC)
4x100m
Harry Aikines Aryeetey (Sutton)
Wade Bennett-Jackson (Belgrave Harriers)
Alex Nelson (City of Stoke)
Rion Pierre (Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)
Ryan Scott (Yate)
Leevan Yearwood (Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets)
4x400m
Grant Baker (Leicester Cortanian)
Chris Clarke (Marshall Milton Keynes)
Robert Davis (Birchfield Harriers)
Kris Robertson (Kirkintilloch Olympians)
Martyn Rooney (Croydon Harriers)
Louis Sellers (Winchester & District)
High Jump
Robbie Grabarz (Bedford & County)
Pole Vault
Luke Cutts (Dearnside)
Javelin
James Campbell (Cheltenham Harriers)
Hammer
Alex Smith (Hull Achilles)
Amir Williamson (Blackheath & Bromley AC)
Decathlon
Daniel Awde (Woodford Green with Essex Ladies)
Women:
100m
Asha Philip (Newham & Essex Beagles)
800m
Danielle Christmas (Crawley AC)
Emma Jackson (City of Stoke)
1500m
Hannah England (Oxford City)
Stephanie Twell (Aldershot Farnham & District)
5000m
Sian Edwards (Kettering Town Harriers)
100mH
Zara Hohn (Wakefield & District)
400mH
Ellen Howarth-Brown (City of Portsmouth)
Perri Shakes-Drayton (Victoria Park)
3000mSC*
Ruth Senior (City of Norwich)
4x100m
Zara Hohn (Wakefield & District)
Hayley Jones (Wigan & Dist)
Elaine O‘Neill (Wessex & Bath)
Asha Philip (Newham & Essex Beagles)
Lucy Sargent (Havering Mayesbrook)
Amy Harris (Birchfield Harriers)
High Jump
Vikki Hubbard (Grantham & District)
Jessica Leach (Dudley & Stourbridge)
Long Jump
Amy Harris (Birchfield Harriers)
Hammer
Sarah Holt (Sale Harriers)
Heptathlon
Dominique Blaize (Kingston & Poly)
Jade Surman (Birchfield Harriers)
Notes
*Emily Pidgeon has withdrawn from the team
For additional information on the athletes named above and their events please visit www.powerof10.info
