No fewer than five Welsh athletes have made the 40-strong British team to compete at the European Cross Country Championships in Samorin, Slovakia on Sunday, 10 December.

Leading the way will be Dewi Griffiths in the senior men’s race, while Melissa Courtney is included in the Mixed Relay squad that will compete for the first time.

Griffiths’ Swansea Harriers clubmate Cari Hughes, who took part in the World Cross Country Championships earlier in the year, is included in the Junior Women’s team.

European Junior 1500 metre champion Jake Heyward is joined by North Wallian Matthew Willis in the six-strong Junior Men’s squad.

 

British Team for European Cross Country Championships
Welsh athletes in bold

Senior Men: Andrew Butchart, Ben Connor, Dewi Griffiths, Tom Lancashire, Sam Stabler, Alex Teuten

Senior Women: Emelia Gorecka, Lily Partridge, Gemma Steel, Charlotte Taylor, Steph Twell, Elle Vernon

U23 Men: Patrick Dever, Daniel Jarvis, Mahamed Mahamed, Chris Olley, Jack Rowe, Joe Steward

U23 Women: Philippa Bowden, Amy-Eloise Neale, Amy Griffiths, Jess Judd, Phoebe Law, Mhairi MacLennan

Junior Men: Scott Beattie, Ben Dijkstra, Jake Heyward, William Richardson, Lachlan Wellington, Matthew Willis

Junior Women: Niamh Brown, Cari Hughes, Harriet Knowles-Jones, Khahisa Mhlanga, Erin Wallace, Victoria Weir

Senior Mixed Relay: Cameron Boyek, Melissa Courtney, Charlie Grice, Sarah McDonald