Birmingham-bound: Strong Scottish cohort set for British Champs
Kilbarchan’s Krishawn Aiken and Giffnock North’s Kyle Alexander have already contested 400m races in Scotland and now head for the British Champs (photo by Bobby Gavin)
The 4J Indoor Season concluded in Scotland last weekend in terms of championships, but almost 50 or so Scots still have big targets to aim for in track and field.
It’s the British Champs in Birmingham coming up this Saturday and Sunday with the event also the trials for the World Indoors in Serbia.
As always, Scots will travel hopefully looking for a PB, a final place or even a coveted British Championship medal and/or place in the GB and NI team for the Worlds.
There’s BBC Sport coverage lined up, too, across different platforms which should allow you to follow the progress of our athletes.
Regardless of World Indoors hopes, there could even be Scottish Indoor Records on the line – sprinters Adam Thomas and Alisha Rees have been close over 60m so far this season and will hope for improvement.
With a large Scottish cohort, we won’t pick out possible medallists, but it is good to see a number of our younger athletes (U20 or recently U20) dipping their toe in British competition – with Jane Davidson, Murray Fotheringham, Reuben Nairne, Sofia Vidak, Jack Patton and Teddy Tchoudja as examples.
It should be a learning curve for coaches, too, and all at scottishathletics send good luck messages to everyone competing or coaching this weekend.
World Indoors selection policy from British Athletics
Heptathlon
Men: Howard Bell, Callum Newby
60m
Women: Georgina Adam, Sarah Malone, Katie Purves, Alisha Rees, Taylah Spence
Men: Allan Hamilton, Greg Kelly, Adam Thomas
200m
Men: Krishawn Aiken, Stewart Greenhalgh
Women: Sarah Malone
400m
Women: Carys McAuley, Sofia Vidak
Men: Krishawn Aiken, Kyle Alexander
60m Hurdles
Men: Scott Connal
Women: Erin Campbell, Jane Davidson, Heather Paton, Katie Purves
Pole Vault
Women: Courtney Maguire
Men: Reuben Nairne
Triple Jump
Women: Zara Asante, Nony Mordi
Three of the four athletes here – Sam Brown, Carys McAulay and Jill Cherry – are on start-lists for Birmingham after competing for Scotland at DNA (photo by Bobby Gavin)
800m
Women: Sarah Calvert, Jill Cherry, Jemma Reekie, Jenny Selman, Olivia Vareille
Men: Sam Brown, Ben Greenwood, Guy Learmouth
60m Para
Men: Alexander Thomson
1500m
Men: Kane Elliott, Neil Gourley, Jack Patton
Women: Hannah Cameron, Erin Wallace
High Jump
Men: Will Grimsey, Lewis Maguire, David Smith
Women: Claire McGarvey
Long Jump
Men: Alessandro Schenini, Allan Hamilton, Paul Ogun, Murray Fotheringham
Shot
Men: Craig Charlton
Women: Teddy Tchoudja
3000m
Men: Ben Potrykus, Sol Sweeney, Stuart McCallum, Alasdair Kinloch
Teddy Tchoudja is lined up to compete in the shot (photo by Bobby Gavin)
Tags: Birmingham, British Champs
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