Carys McAulay
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 January 1998 Rutherglen[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and Field |
| Event | 400m |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 12.32 (100 m Manchester 2021) 24.23 (200 m Loughborough 2022) 52.86 (400 m Geneva 2022) 2:05.18 (800m Solihull 2015) |
Carys McAulay (born 18 January 1998)[2] is a Scottish track and field athlete who mainly competes over 400 metres. She was a bronze medalist at the 2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships.
Early life
Scotland-born, and a former Bridgewater High School, Warrington pupil, and Priestley College student, she ran for Warrington Athletics Club.[3]
Career
World Youth Games
She was selected for the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Cali, Colombia to compete in the 800m.[4][5] She finished fourth for Great Britain in the World Youth Championships in Colombia running a time of 2:53. That year she was also selected for the Youth Commonwealth Games held in Samoa.[6] In Samoa she won a silver medal, finishing second for Scotland in the 800m.[7]
Injury agony
After a change to Trafford Athletics Club, and committing to the shorter 400m distance, McAulay set a new personal best over 400m of 52.86 in Geneva in June 2022 to place third fastest Scot over the distance.[8] McAulay was selected to run for Scotland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[9] However, she was forced to pull-out with injury during the championships as her teammates ran for a bronze medal in the 4x400m relay.[10]
2023: British selection
McAulay ran an indoor 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.[11] McAuley was subsequently selected for the Great Britain squad for the 2023 European Indoor Athletics Championships held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul.[12] It was a first British senior selection for McAulay, who competed to the World Juniors in 2015.[13]
References
- ^ "Carys McCaulay". Team Scotland. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
- ^ "Carys McAuley". World Athletics. Retrieved February 24, 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.
- ^ "British team of 27 set for IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015". World Athletics. June 30, 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.