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{{Short description|Scottish athlete}}
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Carys McAulay (born 18 January 1998)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/carys-mcaulay-14627467|title=Carys McAuley|website=World Athletics|access-date=February 24, 2023}}</ref> is a Scottish [[track and field]] athlete who competes over [[400 metres]].
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| birth_place = [[Rutherglen]],&nbsp;Scotland<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamscotland.scot/athlete/carys-mcaulay/|title=Carys McCaulay|website=Team Scotland|access-date=February 25, 2023}}</ref>
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| country = [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]]
| sport = [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]
| event = [[400 metres]]
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|'''[[100 metres|100&nbsp;m]]''': 12.32 ([[Manchester]] 2021)
|'''[[200 metres|200&nbsp;m]]''': 24.23 ([[Loughborough]] 2022)
|'''[[400 metres|400&nbsp;m]]''': 52.86 ([[Geneva]] 2022)
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'''Carys McAulay''' (born 18 January 1998)<ref name="WAprofile">{{cite web |title=Carys MCAULAY – Athlete Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/carys-mcaulay-14627467 |website=[[World Athletics]] |access-date=1 March 2023}}</ref> is a Scottish [[track and field]] athlete who mainly competes over [[400 metres]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
Scotland-born, and a former [[Bridgewater High School, Warrington]] pupil, and [[Priestley College]] student, she runs for Warrington Athletics Club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sport/23335892.2023-british-indoor-athletics-championships-results-carys-mcaulay|title=2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships results, Carys McAulay|date=February 21, 2023|website=Warrington Guardian|access-date=February 24, 2023}}</ref>
Scotland-born, and a former [[Bridgewater High School, Warrington]] pupil, and [[Priestley College]] student, she ran for Warrington Athletics Club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sport/23335892.2023-british-indoor-athletics-championships-results-carys-mcaulay|title=2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships results, Carys McAulay|date=February 21, 2023|website=Warrington Guardian|access-date=February 24, 2023}}</ref>

==Career==
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McAulay competed in the [[800 metres]] at the [[2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics]] in [[Cali]], Colombia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sport/13379694.carys-mcaulay-and-harriet-knowles-jones-set-for-gb-action-at-world-youth-championships/|date=July 9, 2015|title=Carys McAulay and Harriet Knowles-Jones set for GB action at World Youth Championships|website=Warrington Guardian|access-date=February 24, 2023}}</ref> She finished fourth running a time of 2:05.3.<ref name="WAprofile" /> That year she was also selected for the [[Athletics at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games|Commonwealth Youth Games]] held in [[Apia]], Samoa,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.priestley.ac.uk/carys-stays-on-track-for-success/|title=Carys stays on track for success|website=Priestly.ac.uk|date=September 3, 2015|access-date=February 24, 2023}}</ref> where she won the silver medal for Scotland for the event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/seven-medals-for-our-six-at-samoa-2015|date=September 10, 2015|title=7 medals for our six in Samoa|website=Scottish Athletics|access-date=February 22, 2023}}</ref>

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After a change to Trafford Athletics Club and committing to the shorter [[400 metres]] distance, McAulay set a new personal best of 52.86&nbsp;s over the distance in Geneva in June 2022 to put her third in the Scottish rankings for that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sport/wolves/reports/20206339.latest-news-warrington-athletics-club|title=The latest news from Warrington Athletics Club|date=June 13, 2022|website=Warrington Guardian|access-date=February 24, 2023}}</ref> She was selected to run for Scotland at the [[Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|Birmingham Commonwealth Games]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/20254247.carys-mcauley-4x400m-scotland-commonwealth-games |date=July 4, 2022|title= Carys McAuley in 4x400m for Scotland in Commonwealth Games|website=Warrington Guardian|access-date=February 24, 2023}}</ref> However, she was forced to pull-out with injury during the championships as her teammates ran for the bronze medal in the women's [[Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 x 400&nbsp;m relay]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/relay-bronze|title=Make that eight! Bronze for 4x400m Women after England DQ|date=August 7, 2022|website=Scottish Athletics|access-date=February 22, 2023}}</ref>

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McAulay ran an indoor personal best of 52.98&nbsp;s in the 400&nbsp;m to finish third at the [[2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships|2023 British Indoor Championships]] in February, one of ten Scottish medalists at the championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/indoor-medal-tally/ |website=Scottishathletics.org|title=Medal moments: Birmingham tally is second best this century!|date=February 21, 2023|access-date=February 22, 2023}}</ref> She was subsequently selected for the Great Britain squad at the [[2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]] held in [[Istanbul]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/gb-ni-team-selected-for-the-european-indoor-championships/|title=GB & NI team selected for the European Indoor Championships|website=British Athletics|date=February 22, 2023|access-date=February 22, 2023}}</ref> It was the first British senior selection for McAulay.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/european-team/|website=Scottishathletics.org|title= Four Scots are selected for GB and NI team for European Indoors|date=February 22, 2023|access-date=February 22, 2023}}</ref> She was selected for the British team for the [[2023 European Athletics Team Championships]] held in [[Chorzów]], [[Silesia]], Poland between 20 and 25 June 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/british-squad-announced-for-the-2023-european-team-championships/|website=British Athletics|accessdate=8 June 2023|date= 7 June 2023|title=BRITISH SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2023 EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS}}</ref>


Competing at the [[British Athletics Championships]] in July 2023, in [[Manchester, England]], she reached the final of the women's 400m and finished in 7th place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukacm2023.microplustimingservices.com/#/athletic-result-json/AT/ASF/005/004/001|website=ukacm2023|accessdate=July 10, 2023|title= 400 m-Women Final Finished 09/07/2023|date=9 July 2023}}</ref>
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She was selected for the [[2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics]] in [[Cali]], Colombia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sport/13379694.carys-mcaulay-and-harriet-knowles-jones-set-for-gb-action-at-world-youth-championships/|date=July 9, 2015|title=Carys McAulay and Harriet Knowles-Jones set for GB action at World Youth Championships|website=Warrington Guardian|access-date=February 24, 2023}}</ref> finished fourth for Great Britain in the World Youth Championships in Colombia and second for Scotland in the Youth Commonwealth Games in Samoa in 2015.


==References==
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McAulay was selected to run for Scotland at the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/20254247.carys-mcauley-4x400m-scotland-commonwealth-games |date=July 4, 2022|title= Carys McAuley in 4x400m for Scotland in Commonwealth Games|website=Warrington Guardian|access-date=February 24, 2023}}</ref> However, she was forced to pull-out with injury as her teammates ran for a bronze medal in the [[Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4x400m relay]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/relay-bronze|title=Make that eight! Bronze for 4x400m Women after England DQ|date=August 7, 2022|website=Scottish Athletics|access-date=February 22, 2023}}</ref>
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McAulay ran a personal best 52.98 to finish third at the [[2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships]] in February 2023 in the 400m race, one of ten Scottish medalists at the championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/indoor-medal-tally/ |website=Scottishathletics.org|title=Medal moments: Birmingham tally is second best this century!|date=February 21, 2023|access-date=February 22, 2023}}</ref> McAuley was subsequently selected for the Great Britain squad for the [[2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2023 European Indoor Athletics Championships]] held at the [[Ataköy Athletics Arena]] in Istanbul.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/gb-ni-team-selected-for-the-european-indoor-championships/|title=GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS|website=British Athletics|date=February 22, 2023|access-date=February 22, 2023}}</ref> It was a first British senior selection for McAulay, who competed to the World Juniors in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/european-team/|website=Scottishathletics.org|title= Four Scots are selected for GB and NI team for European Indoors|date=February 22, 2023|access-date=February 22, 2023}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 01:28, 3 May 2024

Carys McAulay
Personal information
Born (1998-01-18) 18 January 1998 (age 26)
Rutherglen, Scotland[1]
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportAthletics
Event400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal bests

Carys McAulay (born 18 January 1998)[2] is a Scottish track and field athlete who mainly competes over 400 metres.

Early life[edit]

Scotland-born, and a former Bridgewater High School, Warrington pupil, and Priestley College student, she ran for Warrington Athletics Club.[3]

Career[edit]

McAulay competed in the 800 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Cali, Colombia.[4] She finished fourth running a time of 2:05.3.[2] That year she was also selected for the Commonwealth Youth Games held in Apia, Samoa,[5] where she won the silver medal for Scotland for the event.[6]

After a change to Trafford Athletics Club and committing to the shorter 400 metres distance, McAulay set a new personal best of 52.86 s over the distance in Geneva in June 2022 to put her third in the Scottish rankings for that year.[7] She was selected to run for Scotland at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.[8] However, she was forced to pull-out with injury during the championships as her teammates ran for the bronze medal in the women's 4 x 400 m relay.[9]

McAulay ran an indoor personal best of 52.98 s in the 400 m to finish third at the 2023 British Indoor Championships in February, one of ten Scottish medalists at the championships.[10] She was subsequently selected for the Great Britain squad at the European Indoor Championships held in Istanbul.[11] It was the first British senior selection for McAulay.[12] She was selected for the British team for the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships held in Chorzów, Silesia, Poland between 20 and 25 June 2023.[13]

Competing at the British Athletics Championships in July 2023, in Manchester, England, she reached the final of the women's 400m and finished in 7th place.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Carys McCaulay". Team Scotland. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Carys MCAULAY – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships results, Carys McAulay". Warrington Guardian. February 21, 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  4. ^ "Carys McAulay and Harriet Knowles-Jones set for GB action at World Youth Championships". Warrington Guardian. July 9, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  5. ^ "Carys stays on track for success". Priestly.ac.uk. September 3, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "7 medals for our six in Samoa". Scottish Athletics. September 10, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  7. ^ "The latest news from Warrington Athletics Club". Warrington Guardian. June 13, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  8. ^ "Carys McAuley in 4x400m for Scotland in Commonwealth Games". Warrington Guardian. July 4, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  9. ^ "Make that eight! Bronze for 4x400m Women after England DQ". Scottish Athletics. August 7, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  10. ^ "Medal moments: Birmingham tally is second best this century!". Scottishathletics.org. February 21, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  11. ^ "GB & NI team selected for the European Indoor Championships". British Athletics. February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  12. ^ "Four Scots are selected for GB and NI team for European Indoors". Scottishathletics.org. February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  13. ^ "BRITISH SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2023 EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  14. ^ "400 m-Women Final Finished 09/07/2023". ukacm2023. 9 July 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
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