Record-equal number of Scots on GB and NI team at Euro U23 Champs

Wednesday 21st June 2023

British Athletics website team announcement

Seven Scottish athletes are headed for Finland next month with the GB and NI team for the European U23 Championships.

It is a record-equalling representation for athletics in Scotland in terms of the British team at these particular champs – with seven only achieved once before back in 2019.

We offer our warm congratulations to all seven athletes involved, and to their families, with selections at international level always backed up by years of commitment, dedication and development in the sport.

And we thank and acknowledge the key role player by individual coaches and clubs along the pathway towards this successful moment.

The European U23 Champs are taking place in Espoo, Finland, from July 13-16 and the GB and NI team numbers 44 athletes in total.

Here are the Scots selected (with coach and clubs) . . .

Women

100m: Alyson Bell (Anne Scott) Giffnock North/Edinburgh Uni

1500m: Sarah Calvert (Lewis Walker) Livingston/Edinburgh Uni

5000m: Megan Keith (Ross Cairns) Inverness Harriers/Edinburgh Uni; Eloise Walker (Trevor Painter) Edinburgh AC/Glasgow Uni

10,000m: Alice Goodall (Mark Nixon) Edinburgh AC/Edinburgh Uni

3000m Steeplechase: Sarah Tait (Linda Smith) Lasswade AAC/Stirling Uni

4x100m Relay: Alyson Bell

Men

400m: Brodie Young (James McMenemy) Airdrie Harriers/New Mexico Uni