Strong º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ athletics contingent heading to European Championships

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Current student Bekah Walton in action. Image provided by Still Sport Photography.

On the eve of the athletics getting underway at the Commonwealth Games, British Athletics have today announced the 115-strong Great Britain and Northern Ireland team set to compete at the European Championships on the 15th – 21st August in Munich, Germany, with º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ-linked athletes making up over a quarter of the team set to take on the best in Europe.

Current students Bekah Walton - javelin (coach: David Turner), Seamus Derbyshire – 400mH (Nick Dakin), Jessica Judd – 10,000m (Mick Judd), Holly Bradshaw – pole vault (Scott Simpson), Molly Caudery -pole vault (Simpson), Charlie Dobson – 200m and 4 x 400m (Benke Blomkvist), Alex Haydock-Wilson 400m and 4 x 400m (Blomkvist), Ben Pattison – 800m (Dave Ragan) and Matt Stonier – 1500m (Chris & Sonia McGeorge) will be joined by a further 23 athletes who are either º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ alumni or currently train at the º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ high-performance training centre. Biomechanist and º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ intern Nils Bogaard will also travel with the GB&NI team as part of sport science support.  

Emma Wiltshire, º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s athletics programme manager commented, “It’s an exciting and busy time for º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ athletics. We have athletes returning from the World Championships and preparing for the Commonwealth Games; º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ is hosting Team England’s immersion camp; we have staff as team coaches for Team England at the Commonwealths, and others away in Columbia for the GB&NI U20 World Championships. The European selection today highlights that º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ is the premier university in the UK for producing and supporting athletes, and we’re immensely proud of that achievement.”

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ alumni selected:

Jessie Knight – 400mH and 4 x 400m

Emily Borthwick – High Jump

Morgan Lake – High Jump

Beth Dobbin – 200m and 4 x 100m relay

Jake Wightman – 800m

Patrick Dever – 5000m

Miguel Perera – 100mH

Reynold Banigo – Long Jump

Harry Aikines – Aryeetey – 4 x 100m relay

Rio Mitcham – 4 x 400m relay

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ-based athletes selected:

Melissa Courtney-Bryant – 1500m

Samantha Harrison – 10,000m

Jazmin Sawyers – Long Jump

Sophie Cook – Pole Vault

Sophie McKinna – Shot

Amelia Strickler – Shot

Kirsty Law – Discus

Jess Mayho – Hammer

Ashleigh Nelson – 4 x 100m relay

Jack Roach – Long Jump

Joel Clarke-Khan – High Jump

Harry Coppell – Poe Vault

Lawrence Okoye – Discus

The full team can be found here: GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND SELECT 115 ATHLETES FOR THE 2022 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MUNICH | British Athletics