England team selected for Trofeo Nasego World Cup Mountain Race

We are delighted to share the team selected to represent England at The Nasego World Cup.

The Nasego World Cup involves two races which makes for a tough weekend. The first race is uphill only over 4.2km and 1000m of ascent, then the following day it’s an up and down race over 21km and over 1300m of ascent. The team will compete in both events. There will also be a seven nations team competition against Italy, France, Switzerland, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

This will be the third time England Athletics has sent a team to this prestigious mountain race weekend in Italy and it will be a fantastic experience, as well as a very tough weekend for all the team.

We wish all of the team the very best of luck!

Meet the team

• Matthew Knowles (Carnethy Hill RC, Sophie Dunnett): Matt is one of our most experienced mountain runners, having competed for GB&NI as an U20 at European and World Championship level, he is now making his mark as a senior and recently doubled up at the European Off Road Running Championships in Slovenia, finishing 23rd in the uphill only race and an impressive 16th in the classic up and down race.
• Oscar Subuh-Symons (Ambleside AC, Sarah McCormack): Oscar also represented GB&NI at the recent European Off Road Running Championships competing in the up and down race, he also had a great race finishing 22nd. Oscar will be returning to the Trofeo Nasego World Cup races for the second time, having competed last year.
• Finn Lydon (Carnethy Hill RC): Finn will be representing England for the second time having competed in Italy last year at the Trofeo Vanoni Mountain Relays. Finn was also a late replaced for the GB&NI team at this year's European Off Road Running Championship in Slovenia.
• Edward Hobbs (Ilkley Harriers AC, Andi Drake): Edward will be making his senior England debut having finished 4th in the uphill trial race to gain selection. Edward also finished a very impressive 4th representing GB&NI at the 2024 European Off Road Running Championships in Annecy, France, competing in the U20 Uphill race.
• Elle Twentyman (Rugby & Northampton AC): Elle is another who represented GB&NI at the European Off Road Running Championships in Slovenia finishing 27th and was part of the bronze medal winning team. Elle finished 5th at the recent Vauban World Cup, up and down race in Briancon, France and has run a fantastic 32:57 for 10km this season.
• Caroline Lambert (Keswick AC): Caroline will be representing England for the second time this season, having competed at the Snowdon Mountain race in July. Caroline recently finished 2nd at the prestigious Borrowdale Fell race, one of the classic races in the English calendar. Caroline is also currently leading the English Fell Running Championship series.
• Ellen Crombie (Ilkley Harriers, Cameron Richardson): Ellen will be making her England debut after some impressive performances this season so far. Ellen recently competed in the Grossglockner Mountain Race, her first World Cup race in Austria, finishing 6th and followed that result with another 6th place at the Vauban World Cup race in Briancon, France a couple of weeks later.
• Betty Bergstrand (Keswick AC, Dan Connolly): Betty will also be making her England debut. Betty has raced a few times in the World Cup series this season and finished 10th in the early season race at Sao Bras in Portugal and recently had a great run at Briancon in France to finish 9th.