Craig Pickering - GBR Youth Team (© Mark Shearman)
The Norwich Union GB Under 20 Team has been selected for the Loughborough International at Loughborough University on Sunday 6 June. The team will take on a Norwich Union GB International Select Team, Loughborough Students past and present, and teams from Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The Norwich Union GB Under 20 Team includes some of the athletes who performed well in international age group competitions last year:
Craig Pickering, who won the 100m bronze medal at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Sherbrooke, competes in the 100m; European Junior 100m champion Leon Baptiste competes over 200m; Michael Rimmer, who placed fourth in the 800m at the IAAF World Youth Championship, competes at that distance; pole vault bronze medallist from Sherbrooke Steven Lewis goes in the vault and shot finalist Chris Gearing in the shot.
In the women's team, World Junior finalist from 2002 Amy Spencer runs in the 200m; 800m fifth placer from the IAAF World Youth Championships, Laura Finucane, steps down to the 400m and Jessica Ennis, fifth in the heptathlon in Sherbrooke competes in the 100m Hurdles.
Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern Ireland Junior Team
Men
100m: Craig Pickering
200m: Leon Baptiste
400m: Richard Davenport
800m: Michael Rimmer
1500m: Tom Snow
3000m: Gary Davenport
110mh: Robert Henry
400mh: Ryan Dinham
3000m SC: Mark Buckingham
High Jump: Nick Stanisavijevic
Pole Vault: Steven Lewis
Long Jump: Chris Kirk
Triple Jump: Anthony Mattis
Shot: Chris Gearing
Discus: Simon Cooke
Hammer: Alex Smith
Javelin: Martin Travis
4x100m: Leon Baptiste, Wade Bennett-Jackson, Simon Farenden, Rikki Fifton, Craig Pickering, Julian Thomas 4x400m: Richard Buck, Richard Davenport, Jason Hussain, Set Osho, Martyn Rooney, Richard Strachan
Women
100m: Lucy Sargent
200m: Amy Spencer
400m: Laura Finucane
800m: Charlotte Best
1500m: Katrina Wootton
3000m: Susie Hignett
110mh: Jessica Ennis
400mh: Faye Harding
3000m SC: Victoria Webster
High Jump: Charis O'Connor
Pole Vault: Natalie Olson
Long Jump: Dominique Blaize
Triple Jump: Rachel Brenton
Shot: Chloe Edwards
Discus: Eden Francis
Hammer: Susan McKelvie
Javelin: Rebecca Bartlett
4x100m: Johnelle Gibbons, Joscelyn Hopeson, Sinead Johnson, Nicole Macdermott, Lucy Sargent, Kadi-Ann Thomas 4x400m: Charlotte Best, Laura Finucane, Katie Flaherty, Faye Harding, Gemma Nicol
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