UK Athletics has today announced a team of 38 athletes set to travel afar to Beijing in pursuit of strong performances at the IAAF World Junior Championships 15-20 August.
The selections, which follow on from last weekend’s trials held at Bedford, comprises those athletes who finished first in their trial or have shown convincing potential to finish in the final eight at the World Junior Championships.
UK Athletics’ U20 team leader Martin Rush said:
“The selection criteria for these championships were set at a level to ensure that the Great Britain athletes could be competitive at a top eight or world final level.
“Therefore it was pleasing to see a number of those named in today’s team achieve those marks with regularity this season and further stamp their authority on those places with winning performances at the Trials.
“Those still in contention for places have had contact with their performance manager or point of contact and know where they stand, I look forward to adding more names to the squad following this weekend’s competitions.”
Further selections will be made next weekend and announced on Tuesday 1st August.
Team:
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)
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)
AN OTHER
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)
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
Emily Pidgeon (Gloucester)
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)
High Jump
Vikki Hubbard (Grantham & District)
Jessica Leach (Dudley & Stourbridge)
Long Jump
Amy Harris (Birchfield Harriers)
Heptathlon
Dominique Blaize (Kingston & Poly)
Jade Surman (Birchfield Harriers)
