Highland athlete named in Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad for World Athletics Championship in Budapest

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HIGHLAND athlete Megan Keith has been named in the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad for the World Athletics Championship.

The 21-year-old has been officially selected to compete in the 5000 metres at the World Championships in Budapest next month.

Keith will compete in the heats which take place on Wednesday, August 23 at 11.10am CET.

If she qualifies, she will compete in the 5000 metres final which takes place on Saturday, August 26 at 8.50pm CET.

Keith put herself into contention for world championship selection when she ran under the qualifying time which she finished the distance in 14 minutes and 56.98 seconds at the Diamond League on Sunday.

It is the first time Keith has qualified for the World Athletics Championship, but she at the World Cross Country Championships in February.

In June, Keith also became European Under-23 5000 metres champion when she claimed gold at Espoo in Finland.

Keith will be one of two British athletes competing in the 5000 metres at the World Championships along with Amy-Eloise Markovc from Wakefield.

The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the 2023 World Athletics Championships:

Women

100m:

Dina Asher-Smith (John Blackie, Blackheath & Bromley)

Imani-Lara Lansiquot (Ryan Freckleton, Sutton & District)

Daryll Neita (Marco Airale, Cambridge Harriers)

200m:

Dina Asher-Smith (John Blackie, Blackheath & Bromley)

Daryll Neita (Marco Airale, Cambridge Harriers)

Bianca Williams (Linford Christie, Thames Valley)

400m:

Victoria Ohuruogu (Newham and Essex Beagles)

Ama Pipi (Linford Christie, Enfield & Haringey)

800m:

Isabelle Boffey (Luke Gunn, Enfield & Haringey)

Keely Hodgkinson (Trevor Painter, Leigh)

Jemma Reekie (Jon Bigg, Kilbarchan)

1500m:

Melissa Courtney-Bryant (Rob Denmark, Poole)

Laura Muir (Dundee Hawkhill) *coached by World Class Plan Endurance Performance Manager Steve Vernon and the wider WCP Endurance team at UK Athletics.

Katie Snowden (Stephen Haas, Herne Hill)

5000m:

Megan Keith (Ross Cairns, Inverness)

Amy-Eloise Markovc (Rob Denmark, Wakefield)

10,000m:

Eilish McColgan (Liz Nuttall, Dundee Hawkhill)

Jessica Warner-Judd (Mick Judd, Blackburn)

3000m Steeplechase:

Aimee Pratt (Thomas Dreißigacker, Sale Harriers Manchester)

100m Hurdles:

Cindy Sember (Chris Johnson, Woodford Green Essex Ladies)

400m Hurdles:

Jessie Knight (Marina Armstrong, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)

4x100m Relay:

Dina Asher-Smith (John Blackie, Blackheath & Bromley)

Alyson Bell (Anne Scott, Glasgow Jaguars)

Imani-Lara Lansiquot (Ryan Freckleton, Sutton & District)

Daryll Neita (Marco Airale, Cambridge Harriers)

Asha Phillip (Amy Deem, Newham and Essex Beagles) *subject to fitness.

Annie Tagoe (Vince Anderson, Thames Valley)

Bianca Williams (Linford Christie, Thames Valley)

4x400m Relay:

Amber Anning (Chris Johnson, Brighton & Hove)

Yemi Mary John (Alan James, Woodford Green Essex Ladies)

Jessie Knight (Marina Armstrong, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)

Laviai Nielsen (Phillip Unfried, Enfield and Haringey)

Victoria Ohuruogu (Newham and Essex Beagles)

Ama Pipi (Linford Christie, Enfield & Haringey)

Nicole Yeargin (Boogie Johnson, Pitreavie)

High Jump:

Morgan Lake (Robbie Grabarz, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)

Pole Vault:

Molly Caudery (Stuart Caudery, Thames Valley)

Long Jump:

Jazmin Sawyers (Aston Moore, City of Stoke)

Heptathlon:

Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Aston Moore, Liverpool)

Marathon:

Natasha Cockram (Robert Hawkins, Micky Morris Racing Team)

Men

100m:

Eugene Amo-Dadzie (Steve Fudge, Woodford Green Essex Ladies)

Zharnel Hughes (Glen Mills, Shaftesbury Barnet)

Reece Prescod (Marco Airale, Enfield & Haringey)

200m:

Zharnel Hughes (Glen Mills, Shaftesbury Barnet)

400m:

Matthew Hudson-Smith (Gary Evans, Birchfield)

800m:

Max Burgin (Ian Burgin, Halifax)

Ben Pattison (Dave Ragan, Basingstoke and Mid Hants)

Daniel Rowden (Jon Bigg, Woodford Green & Essex Ladies)

1500m:

Elliot Giles (Jon Bigg, Birchfield)

Neil Gourley (Stephen Haas, Giffnock North)

Josh Kerr (Danny Mackey, Edinburgh)

110m Hurdles:

Tade Ojora (Joanna Hayes, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow)

4x100m Relay:

Eugene Amo-Dadzie (Steve Fudge, Woodford Green Essex Ladies)

Jeremiah Azu (Marco Airale, Cardiff)

Jona Efoloko (Clarence Callender, Sale Harriers Manchester)

Adam Gemili (Marco Airale, Blackheath and Bromley)

Zharnel Hughes (Glen Mills, Shaftesbury Barnet)

Reece Prescod (Marco Airale, Enfield & Haringey)

4x400m Relay:

Joe Brier (Matt Elias, Swansea)

Lewis Davey (Trevor Painter, Newham and Essex Beagles)

Charlie Dobson (Benke Blomkvist, Colchester)

Alex Haydock-Wilson (Benke Blomkvist, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)

Matthew Hudson-Smith (Gary Evans, Birchfield)

Rio Mitcham (Leon Baptiste, Birchfield)

Discus:

Lawrence Okoye (Zane Duquemin, Croydon)

Mixed 4x400m Relay:

All athletes involved in the women’s and men’s 4x400m relay squads.

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