Emily Borthwick and Amelia Strickler have both received invitations to compete at next week’s World Athletics Indoor Championships, and these have been accepted by UK Athletics.
High jumper Borthwick, a Wigan & District athlete, has been in excellent form this year. She cleared a new personal best of 1.95m and finished second during the World Indoor Tour series.
I’m off to Worlds !! 🌎🇷🇸✈️ Overwhelmed with emotions after this indoor season but I am so proud and happy to be on this team ❤️ #BelgradeBound pic.twitter.com/lJReESefxm
— Emily Borthwick OLY (@emilyborthwick2) March 10, 2022
European and Commonwealth finalist, Strickler (Zane Duquemin, Thames Valley) will compete in the women’s shot put where she will join Sophie McKinna on the field.
However, Ed Faulds (James Wright, Rugby, and Northampton) has withdrawn from the British team.
Faulds endured a fitness setback following the Muller Indoor Grand Prix last month, where he set a European indoor U20 record, therefore he will not compete in the individual 400m or the 4x400m relay at the championship next week.
The team now stands at 37 members.
The British team for the World Athletics Indoor Championships, Belgrade, Serbia, March 18-20:
Women’s 60m
Cheyanne Evans-Gray (Nat Senior, Croydon)
Daryll Neita (Marco Airale, Cambridge Harriers)
Women’s 400m
Jessie Knight (Marina Armstrong, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)
Ama Pipi (Marco Airale, Enfield, and Haringey)
Women’s 800m
Keely Hodgkinson (Trevor Painter, Leigh)
Jenny Selman (Lewis Walker, Fife)
Women’s 1500m
Erin Wallace (Andy Young, Giffnock North)
Women’s 3000m
Amy-Eloise Markovc (Chris Fox, Wakefield)
Amelia Quirk (Mick Woods, Bracknell)
Women’s 60m Hurdles
Megan Marrs (Alex Nwenwu, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)
Women’s High Jump
Emily Borthwick (Wigan & District)
Women’s Long Jump
Jazmin Sawyers (Lance Braunman, City of Stoke)
Lorraine Ugen (Dwight Phillips, Thames Valley)
Women’s Shot Put
Sophie McKinna (Great Yarmouth)
Amelia Strickler (Zane Duquemin, Thames Valley)
Women’s Pentathlon
Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Petros Kyprianou, Liverpool)
Holly Mills (Laura Turner-Alleyne, Andover)
Women’s 4x400m Relay
Keely Hodgkinson (Trevor Painter, Leigh)
Yemi Mary John (Alan James, Woodford Green Essex Ladies)
Jessie Knight (Marina Armstrong, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)
Ama Pipi (Marco Airale, Enfield and Haringey)
Victoria Ohuruogu (Newham and Essex Beagles)
Hannah Williams (Steve Fudge, Herts Phoenix)
Men’s 60m
Andrew Robertson (Sale Harriers Manchester)
Adam Thomas (Bracknell)
Men’s 800m
Charlie Da’Vall Grice (Brighton Phoenix)
Elliot Giles (Jon Bigg, Birchfield)
Guy Learmonth (Justin Rinaldi, Lasswade)
Men’s 1500m
Neil Gourley (Ben Thomas, Giffnock North)
George Mills (Brighton Phoenix)
Men’s 3000m
Jamaine Coleman (Preston)
Marc Scott (Jerry Schumacher, Richmond and Zetland)
Men’s 60m Hurdles
David King (Tim O’Neil, City of Plymouth)
Andrew Pozzi (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Men’s Shot Put
Scott Lincoln (Paul Wilson, City of York)
Men’s 4x400m Relay
Alex Haydock-Wilson (Benke Blomkvist, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)
Ben Higgins (Stewart Marshall, Sheffield & Dearne)
Samuel Reardon (Nigel Stickings, Blackheath and Bromley)
Thomas Somers (Newham and Essex Beagles)
James Williams (Paul Waters, Liverpool)
