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England athletes vying for European honours

It’s set to be a pulsating start to the month for some of England’s finest track and field talent with the upcoming European Indoor Championships and European Throwing Cup.

Star names featuring for Great Britain and Northern Ireland across the two events include Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games medallists Keely Hodgkinson, Daryll Neita, Asha Philip, Lawrence Okoyo and Scott Lincoln.

The European Indoors takes place in Istanbul, Turkey (2-5 March) with the European Throwing Cup being hosted in Leiria, Portugal (11-12 March).

UKA’s aims when selecting the teams for both events is to maximise the number of medals won, whilst also providing a development opportunity for athletes capable of finishing in the top eight.

Athletes on our England Athletics Talent Pathway programmes have also been selected across the two events, including Eugene Amo-Dadzie, Jack Rowe, Isabelle Boffey, Ben Higgins, and Taia Tunstall.

The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the European Indoor Championships, Istanbul, Turkey (2-5 March)

Women

60m

  • Daryll Neita (Marco Airale, Cambridge Harriers)
  • Asha Philip (Amy Deem, Newham and Essex Beagles)

800m

  • Isabelle Boffey (Luke Gunn, Enfield & Haringey)
  • Keely Hodgkinson (Trevor Painter, Leigh)

1500m

  • Ellie Baker (Jon Bigg, Shaftesbury Barnet)
  • Laura Muir (Andy Young, Dundee Hawkhill)
  • Katie Snowden (Stephen Haas, Herne Hill)

3000m

  • Melissa Courtney-Bryant (Rob Denmark, Poole)
  • Hannah Nuttall (Helen Clitheroe, Charnwood)

Long Jump

  • Jazmin Sawyers (Aston Moore, City of Stoke)

High Jump

  • Morgan Lake (Robbie Grabarz, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)

Pentathlon

  • Holly Mills (Laura Turner-Alleyne, Andover)

4x400m Relay

  • Mary Abichi (Lorna Boothe, Enfield & Haringey)
  • Hannah Kelly (Les Hall, Bolton)
  • Nicole Kendall (Richard Holt, Thames Valley)
  • Carys McAulay (Nick Dakin, Trafford)
  • Hayley McLean (Chris Zah, Shaftesbury Barnet)

Men

60m

  • Eugene Amo-Dadzie (Steve Fudge, Woodford Green Essex Ladies)
  • Jeremiah Azu (Marco Airale, Cardiff)
  • Reece Prescod (Marco Airale, Enfield & Haringey)

800m

  • Guy Learmonth (Justin Rinaldi, Lasswade)

1500m

  • Neil Gourley (Stephen Haas, Giffnock North)
  • George Mills (Thomas Dreißigacker, Brighton Phoenix)

3000m

  • Jack Rowe (Tim Eglen, Aldershot Farnham and District)
  • James West (Helen Clitheroe, Tonbridge)

60m Hurdles

  • David King (Tim O’Neil, City of Plymouth)

4x400m Relay

  • Joe Brier (Matt Elias, Swansea)
  • Lewis Davey (Trevor Painter, Newham and Essex Beagles)
  • Ben Higgins (Stewart Marshall, Sheffield & Dearne)
  • Samuel Reardon (Nigel Stickings, Blackheath & Bromley)
  • Lee Thompson (John Henson, Sheffield & Dearne)

The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the European Throwing Cup, Leiria, Portugal, 11-12 March 2023

Senior Women

Hammer

  • Katie Head (Paul Head, Newham and Essex Beagles)
  • Charlotte Payne (Paul Dickenson, Reading AC)

Discus

  • Taia Tunstall (Harrow)

Senior Men

Shot Put

  • Scott Lincoln (Paul Wilson, City of York)

Discus

  • Lawrence Okoye (Zane Duquemin, Shaftesbury Barnet)
  • Nick Percy (Zane Duquemin, Shaftesbury Barnet)

Hammer

  • Chris Bennett (Andy Frost, Shaftesbury Barnet)

U23 Women

Shot Put

  • Serena Vincent (Mike Winch, City of Portsmouth)

Discus

  • Zara Obamakinwa (Mark Chapman, Blackheath & Bromley

U23 Men

Shot Put

  • Lewis Byng (Mark Edwards, Stratford-upon-Avon)

Discus

  • Chukwuemaka Osammor (James Taylor, Sheffield & Dearne)

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