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==Early life== |
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She went to [[Bridgewater High School, Warrington]], 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> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
Revision as of 10:17, 18 June 2023
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Born | Rutherglen, United Kingdom[1] | 18 January 1998
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Country | Great Britain |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 400 metres |
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Carys McAulay (born 18 January 1998)[2] is a Scottish track and field athlete who mainly competes over 400 metres.
Early life
She went to Bridgewater High School, Warrington, and Priestley College student, she ran for Warrington Athletics Club.[3]
Career
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 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]
References
- ^ "Carys McCaulay". Team Scotland. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
- ^ a b "Carys MCAULAY – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships results, Carys McAulay". Warrington Guardian. February 21, 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
- ^ "Carys McAulay and Harriet Knowles-Jones set for GB action at World Youth Championships". Warrington Guardian. July 9, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
- ^ "Carys stays on track for success". Priestly.ac.uk. September 3, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
- ^ "7 medals for our six in Samoa". Scottish Athletics. September 10, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ "The latest news from Warrington Athletics Club". Warrington Guardian. June 13, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
- ^ "Carys McAuley in 4x400m for Scotland in Commonwealth Games". Warrington Guardian. July 4, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
- ^ "Make that eight! Bronze for 4x400m Women after England DQ". Scottish Athletics. August 7, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ "Medal moments: Birmingham tally is second best this century!". Scottishathletics.org. February 21, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ "GB & NI team selected for the European Indoor Championships". British Athletics. February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ "Four Scots are selected for GB and NI team for European Indoors". Scottishathletics.org. February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ "BRITISH SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2023 EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.