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