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42 Juniors selected to compete for British Athletics at Manchester International

British Athletics has announced a team of 42 juniors to compete at next Wednesday’s (16 August) Manchester International at the Manchester Regional Arena, Manchester.

Including a host of medal winners from last month’s European Junior Championships, the juniors team will compete against teams representing England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland & Ulster and a combined British Athletics League/ UK Women’s League team.

In the sprints, European Junior 200m champion Maya Bruney (John Blackie) is one of those set to don the British vest as she goes over 400m, with Khahisa Mhlanga (Mick Judd) and Jemma Reekie (Andy Young), both of whom also won gold in Grosseto, also selected.

After fine European Junior silver medals in the 110m hurdles and 800m respectively, Robert Sakala (Piotr Spas) and Markhim Londsale (Keith Lonsdale) will line up in those same events, while after a personal best display to win the British senior title followed by European Junior bronze, Naomi Ogbeta (Tom Cullen) will aim to continue her sensational form in the triple jump as the season draws to a close.
Elsewhere, the competition also offers another opportunity for likes of Jake Norris (Paul Dickenson), Molly Caudery (Stuart Caudery) and James Tomlinson (Paul Jensen) to test themselves against senior opposition in their respective disciplines.

The full British Athletics team for the Manchester International on Wednesday 16 August:

Men
100m: Eden Davis (Coach: Catherine Walker, Club: Herts Phoenix)
200m: Charlie Dobson (Coach: Stephen Garnham, Club: Colchester H/Chelmsford)
400m: Ellis Greatrex (Coach: Alex Nwenwu, Club: Wolverhampton & Bilston)
800m: Markhim Lonsdale (Coach: Keith Lonsdale, Club: Crook)
1 Mile: Jamie Gormley (Coach: John Wood, Club: Sheffield & Dearne)
3000m: Will Richardson (Coach: Peter Stewart, Club: Birchfield Harriers)
110m Hurdles: Robert Sakala (Coach: Piotr Spas, Club: Croydon)
400m Hurdles: Alex Knibbs (Coach: Julie Feeney, Club: Amber Valley / Notts)
3000m Steeplechase: James Beeks (Coach: Peter Bolton, Club: Basingstoke & Mid Hants)
3000m Race Walk: Tom Partington (Coach: Steve Partington, Club: Manx)
4x100m: Eden Davis, Jona Efoloko (Coach: John Smith, Club: Sale Harriers Manchester), Camron Lyttle (Coach: Christopher Harris, Club: Blackheath & Bromley), Kesi Oludoyi (Coach: Marvin Rowe, Club: Harrow), Kaie Chambers-Brown (Coach: Sharon Morris, Club: Birchfield Harriers)
High Jump: Joel Khan (Coach: Diedre Elmhurst, Club: Worcester / Thames Valley)
Pole Vault: Joel Leon Benitez (Coach: Alan Richardson, Club: Notts)
Long Jump: Ben Fisher (Coach: Rhiannon Rose, Club: Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow / City of Lisburn)
Triple Jump: Osaze Aghedo (Coach: Steve Ingram, Club: Swansea)
Shot: Daniel Cartwright (Club: Birchfield Harriers)
Discus: James Tomlinson (Coach: Paul Jensen, Club: Pembrokeshire)
Hammer: Jake Norris (Coach: Paul Dickenson, Club: Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)
Javelin: Sam Dean (Coach: Peter Ditchfield)

Women
100m: Ebony Carr (Coach: Mike Leonard, Club: Marshall Milton Keynes)
200m: Alisha Rees (Coach: Willy Russell, Club: Edinburgh AC/Banchory Stonehaven)
400m: Maya Bruney (Coach: John Blackie, Club: Blackheath & Bromley/East London U)
800m: Khahisa Mhlanga (Coach: Mick Judd, Club: Chelmsford)
1 Mile: Jemma Reekie (Coach: Andy Young, Club: Kilbarchan)
3000m: Amelia Quirk (Coach: Beverly Kitching, Club: Bracknell AC)
100m Hurdles: Sophie Yorke (Coach: David Warner, Club: Cheltenham)
400m Hurdles: Lauren Williams (Coach: Arnie Wray, Club: Swansea)
3000m Steeplechase: Emily Moyes (Coach: Mick Woods, Club: West Suffolk/St. Mary's Uni)
3000m Race Walk: Ana Garcia (Coach: Mark Wall, Club: Sheffield & Dearne)
4x100m: Ebony Carr, Alisha Rees, Maya Bruney, Jazz Crawford (Coach: Piotr Spas, Club: Blackheath & Bromley), Mair Edwards (Coach: John Davis, Club: Basingstoke & Mid Hants/Southampton)
High Jump: Rebecca Hawkins (Coach: John Bancroft, Club: Bexley / Blackheath & Bromley)
Pole Vault: Molly Caudery (Coach: Stuart Caudery, Club: Cornwall / Truro College / Thames Valley)
Long Jump: Josie Oliarnyk (Coach: Dominic McNeillis, Club: Halesowen)
Triple Jump: Naomi Ogbeta (Coach: Tom Cullen, Club: Trafford / Manchester Uni)
Shot: Sophie Merritt (Coach: David Callaway, Club: Southampton / Jacksonville State Uni)
Hammer: Katie Lambert (Coach: Steve Pearson, Club: Kidderminster & Stourport / Thames Valley)
Discus: Luisa Chantler Edmond (Coach: Peter O’Keefe, Club: Radley / Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)
Javelin: Emma Hamplett (Coach: David Parker, Club: Birchfield Harriers / Loughborough Students)

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