Masters 5k team announced

Our Masters programme offers England Athletics affiliated runners, age 35+, an annual rolling programme of qualifying events and representative opportunities.

The selection panel have met and we are pleased to announce the team for the forthcoming England Masters 5k representative race against Wales.  This year's event is incorporated into the Mid Cheshire 5k which takes place in Kingsley on 23 August. 

The selected athletes have already communicated their delight at being able to represent England, F40 Lucy Wasinski from Glossop Harriers enthused, "I would not have entered a 5k last month without this England Athletics opportunity - so would never have found out what I was capable of! I am hugely proud and hope I can now do the vest justice.”

M35 Mark Emmerson reiterated this point;

"I started running in late 2017 via parkrun, aged 32. And to be representing England less than 7 years on is the stuff of dreams and beyond my wildest imagination."

At the higher end of the age groups, 68 year old Jenny Morgan F65 is also a keen parkrunner:

"I was delighted and very honoured to have been selected to represent my country; it will be a very proud day and one that I will treasure for ever.

And in the men's 65+ category, Tim Taylor told us, "Running DNA is in my blood so it means so very much."

Working her way up the AGe Groups, Kirsty Longley commented,

"I have the 4th fastest 5k in history for a V45 in 16.43. As I am now 48 can I go quicker?"

Team

• F35: Sarah Howard (club: Liverpool Harriers/Wirral AC, coach: Anthony Clarke), Carla Davies (Preston Harriers), Fay Hughes (Wirral AC), Nicola Sutton (Preston Harriers)
• M35: Mark Emmerson (Border Harriers & AC), Lee Gratton (Rugeley runners, John Danahay), Ben Robinson (Bristol & West AC), Chris Williams (Vale Royal AC)
• F40: Dawn Atherton (Western AC (Isle of Man)), Nichola Evans (Tonbridge AC, Richard Owen), Lucy Wasinski (Glossopdale Harriers ), Nadine Weeks (UTS Run club )
• M40: Jonathan Carter (Birmingham Running and Triathlon Club, Matthew Long), James Connor (Havering AC), Adam Hill (BRAT), Stephen Jackson (Sunderland Harriers & AC)
• F45: Niki Densley (Camberley), Kirsty Longley (Liverpool Pembroke Sefton AC, Tom Craggs), Joanna Marsden (Cheshire dragons ), Donna Sherwin (City of Stoke AC)
• M45: Neil Adams (North Norfolk Beach Runners), Richard Coen (Wilmslow Running Club), Mark Ince (Brat club), Mark Kearney (Elvet Striders)
• F50: Anne Chinoy (Sale Harriers, David Rodgers), Danielle Jepson (Fylde Coast Runners), Kathryn Metcalfe (Eden Runners), Lucie Tait-Harris (Wolverhampton and Bilston)
• M50: John Clifford (Darlington harriers ), Rob Grantham (Wirral AC), Andrew Grinnell (St Theresa's Athletics Club), Gareth Raven (East Cheshire Harriers, Paul Roden)
• F55: Sara Avery (Cheshire dragons ), Debbie Broad (Vale Royal Athletic Club ), Susan Harrison (Wilmslow Running Club), Kay Noyce (Andover AC)
• M55: Joseph Gonzalez-Armas (26.2 Road Runners Club, Kevin Quinn), Richard Johnson (Altrincham and District Athletics Club), Simon Mugglestone (Bideford AAC), François Rafferty (Southport & Waterloo)
• F60: Dawn Broom (Penistone Footpath Runners & AC, John Broom), Lauren Eadon (Richmond and Zetland Harriers), Carol Higgs (Trentham Running Club), Val Jennings (Ipswich Jaffa RC)
• M60: Stuart Dunbar (Saltaire Striders), Andy Green (Northants Tri), Koji Miyazaki (Aldershot, Farnham & District AC, Tad Dicker), David Shepherd (Lordshill Road Runners)
• F65: Jacqueline Cordingley (Sale Harriers Manchester ), Susan Lockhart (Ipswich Jaffa RC ), Jenny Morgan (St Edmund Pacers), Barbara Stevens (Mansfield Harriers & AC)
• M65: Richard Drage (Tavistock Athletic Club, Allan Herdman), David McLean (Sphinx AC, Wayne Broadbent), Tim Taylor (Western Tempo), Gareth Webb (Horwich RMI Harriers)

England Athletics Masters Road Running Coordinator Chris Hollinshead said,

There are a number of athletes who are making their debut for England Masters and I wish the whole team the best of luck.

Photo - some of last year's Masters runners at Chester