Current students Bekah Walton - javelin (coach: David Turner), Seamus Derbyshire – 400mH (Nick Dakin), Jessica Judd – 10,000m (Mick Judd), Holly Bradshaw – pole vault (Scott Simpson), Molly Caudery -pole vault (Simpson), Charlie Dobson – 200m and 4 x 400m (Benke Blomkvist), Alex Haydock-Wilson 400m and 4 x 400m (Blomkvist), Ben Pattison – 800m (Dave Ragan) and Matt Stonier – 1500m (Chris & Sonia McGeorge) will be joined by a further 23 athletes who are either Loughborough alumni or currently train at the Loughborough high-performance training centre. Biomechanist and Loughborough University intern Nils Bogaard will also travel with the GB&NI team as part of sport science support.
Emma Wiltshire, Loughborough’s athletics programme manager commented, “It’s an exciting and busy time for Loughborough athletics. We have athletes returning from the World Championships and preparing for the Commonwealth Games; Loughborough is hosting Team England’s immersion camp; we have staff as team coaches for Team England at the Commonwealths, and others away in Columbia for the GB&NI U20 World Championships. The European selection today highlights that Loughborough is the premier university in the UK for producing and supporting athletes, and we’re immensely proud of that achievement.”
Loughborough alumni selected:
Jessie Knight – 400mH and 4 x 400m
Emily Borthwick – High Jump
Morgan Lake – High Jump
Beth Dobbin – 200m and 4 x 100m relay
Jake Wightman – 800m
Patrick Dever – 5000m
Miguel Perera – 100mH
Reynold Banigo – Long Jump
Harry Aikines – Aryeetey – 4 x 100m relay
Rio Mitcham – 4 x 400m relay
Loughborough-based athletes selected:
Melissa Courtney-Bryant – 1500m
Samantha Harrison – 10,000m
Jazmin Sawyers – Long Jump
Sophie Cook – Pole Vault
Sophie McKinna – Shot
Amelia Strickler – Shot
Kirsty Law – Discus
Jess Mayho – Hammer
Ashleigh Nelson – 4 x 100m relay
Jack Roach – Long Jump
Joel Clarke-Khan – High Jump
Harry Coppell – Poe Vault
Lawrence Okoye – Discus
The full team can be found here: GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND SELECT 115 ATHLETES FOR THE 2022 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MUNICH | British Athletics