Brits name team for World U20 Champs in Lima
Written by I Dig SportsTeenagers will face tough competition from the rest of the world in the big junior event in late August
Sprint hurdler Daniel Goriola, distance runner Innes FitzGerald and Nia Wedderburn-Goodison are among the British team selected for the World Under-20 Championships in Lima, Peru, on August 27-31.
Some athletes from the recent European Under-18 Championships in Slovakia such as Thea Brown and Kara Dacosta are also in the squad.
The selection follows the England Athletics Champs for seniors, under-23 and under-20 athletes full results here.
Men
100m: Teddy Wilson (Marvin Rowe, Shaftesbury Barnet); 200m: Jake Odey-Jordan (Victor Blackett); 800m: Henry Jonas (Tim Ash, City of Norwich); William Rabjohns (Mark Pauley, Poole); 1500m: George Couttie (Joanne Day, Harrogate); Alex Riley (Allison Benton, Brighton & Hove); 3000m: Ed Bird (Mark Pauley, Poole); Henry Dover (Shaftesbury Barnet): 110m Hurdles: Daniel Goriola (Tony Jarrett, Blackheath and Bromley); Noah Hanson (Carl Graham, Newham & Essex Beagles); 400m Hurdles: Sam Lunt (Wirral); 4x100m: Rhys Elias (Martin White, Mansfield); Jake Odey-Jordan (Victor Blackett); Dean Patterson (David Watson, Glasgow Jaguars); Fabian Powell (James Wright, Rugby & Northampton); Joel Masters (Jon Humphries-Cuff, BFT Track Academy); Teddy Wilson (Marvin Rowe, Shaftesbury Barnet); Pole Vault: Will Lane (Trevor Fox, Sheffield & Dearne)
Women
100m: Mabel Akande (Denise Timmis, Lincoln Wellington); Nia Wedderburn-Goodison (Ryan Freckleton, Harrow); 200m: Kissiwaa Mensah (Prince Duwai, Chelmsford); Renee Regis (Darren Braithwaite, Shaftesbury Barnet); 400m: Kara Dacosta (Stephen Ball, Trafford); Charlotte Henrich (Nigel Stickings, Invicta East Kent): 1500m: Ava Lloyd (Trevor Painter, Wigan & District); 3000m: Jessica Bailey (Matthew Long, Leven Valley); Innes FitzGerald (Gavin Pavey, Exeter); 5000m: Innes FitzGerald (Gavin Pavey, Exeter); Lizzie Wellsted (Colchester)
100m Hurdles: Thea Brown (Joanne Harding, Sale Harriers Manchester); Mia McIntosh (Jake Awe, Harrow); 4x100m: Mabel Akande (Denise Timmis, Lincoln Wellington); Faith Akinbileje (John Blackie, Blackheath and Bromley); Kissiwaa Mensah (Prince Duwai, Chelmsford); Renee Regis (Darren Braithwaite, Shaftesbury Barnet); Nia Wedderburn-Goodison (Ryan Freckleton, Harrow); Jasmine Wilkins (Mike Bennett, Bedford & County)
4x400m: Jessica Astill (Paul Keeble, Stevenage & North Herts); Kara Dacosta (Stephen Ball, Trafford); Rebecca Grieve (Francis Smith, Woodford Green Essex Ladies); Charlotte Henrich (Nigel Stickings, Invicta East Kent); Emma Holmes (Victor Oyesola, West Cheshire); Nandy Kihuyu (John Henson, Sheffield & Dearne): Shot Put: Cleo Agyepong (John Hillier, Blackheath and Bromley); Javelin: Ayesha Jones (Janina Pawnall, Marshall Milton Keynes); Hammer: Angela McAuslan-Kelly (Michelle Eisenreich, Thames Valley); Combined Events: Eden Robinson (Christian North, North Devon)