Kate Axford, Tomer Tarragano and Innes FitzGerald are a part of the GB group who will compete on December 8
The Nice Britain and Northern Eire group who will journey to Antalya, Turkey, subsequent month (December 8) for the 2024 European Cross Nation Championships has been introduced.
Main the entries are Kate Axford and Tomer Tarragano, who each triumphed within the senior trials on the Liverpool Cross Problem.
Kate Axford and Tomer Tarragano take Euro trials victory in Liverpool
Coming off a robust efficiency and victory in Liverpool, Axford has proven the kind of kind she is in. Anticipated to be a robust contender in Turkey, she can be joined by Abbie Donnelly, the present European bronze medallist, who can be trying to enhance on her third place from 12 months in the past. Collectively, they are going to assist defend the group gold Britain claimed in Brussels final yr.
Abbie Donnelly (Getty)
Within the senior males’s race, Tarragano will look to proceed his rise after a breakthrough victory in Liverpool, the place he defeated defending champion Hugo Milner and final yr’s fourth-placer on the European Championships.
Tarragano and Milner can be supported by a robust squad, together with under-23 silver medallist in 2022, Zak Mahamed, who didn’t run at trials however confirmed good kind on the Cardiff Cross Problem earlier this month.
Reigning European champions Innes FitzGerald and Will Barnicoat will each purpose to defend their titles within the under-20 girls’s and under-23 males’s races respectively.
Innes FitzGerald (Getty)
FitzGerald, coached by Gavin and Jo Pavey, secured each particular person and group gold in Brussels final yr and can look to replicated that success in Turkey.
Jess Bailey, one other key member of the 2023 profitable under-20 group, may also return to the championships, hoping to enhance on her eighth place from final yr.
Barnicoat faces a robust problem from team-mate David Stone, who beat him on the trials in Liverpool.
The Euro Cross will solely be Stone’s second competitors of the yr, as he had missed out on final yr’s trials on account of an harm that required two surgical procedures. His final full aggressive season was in 2019.
Liverpool males’s leaders (Gary Mitchell)
The under-23 girls’s group can be led by trials winner Meg Gadsby, whereas Henry Dover, who claimed his second consecutive title in Liverpool, will head the under-20 males’s group.
The blended relay group will function Josh Lay, who defended his title in Liverpool whereas Maddie Deadman shocked herself as she took the ladies’s victory. They are going to be joined by Elise Thorner and Tyler Bilyard.
Workforce chief, Sarah Benson, stated: “The trials in Liverpool showcased the energy and depth of cross nation operating within the UK and we’re delighted to have chosen a group stuffed with skilled athletes and numerous gifted people who’ve reached a Nice Britain and Northern Eire group for the primary time.
“The championships are extremely prestigious, and we’ve an incredible historical past within the occasion. You will need to recognise the importance of the occasion within the pathway for our endurance athletes within the UK, so I stay up for seeing the athletes step up and obtain their objectives on the championships subsequent month.”
Full group
Senior Ladies: Kate Axford; Abbie Donnelly; Izzy Fry; Jess Gibbon; Cari Hughes; Poppy Tank
Senior Males: Scott Beattie; Ellis Cross; Rory Leonard; Zak Mahamed; Hugo Milner; Tomer Tarragano
U23 Ladies: Phoebe Anderson; Poppy Craig-McFeely; Meg Gadsby; Mia Waldmann; Kate Willis; Tia Wilson
U23 Males: Will Barnicoat; Dafydd Jones; James Kingston; David Stone; Peter Molloy; Brett Rushman
U20 Ladies: Jessica Bailey; Innes Fitzgerald; Zoe Gilbody; Isobelle Jones; Eleanor Strevens; Lizzie Wellsted
U20 Males: Oliver Conway; George Couttie; Henry Dover; Quinn Miell-Ingram; William Rabjohns; Miles Waterworth
Senior Blended Relay: Tyler Bilyard; Maddie Deadman; Joshua Lay; Elise Thorner
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