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DNA Team Selection
21/01/2022 00:00, In Blog / Track & Field /
The Dynamic New Athletics event taking place in Glasgow on Saturday 5th February is a fun, brand new innovative, team based competition created by European Athletics.
With modified rules, whilst remaining true to the essence of athletics, the event will include:
- Mixed gender teams.
- A compact programme of interchangeable disciplines .
- Head-to-head competition in the field events with every attempt counting towards the team match score.
- Team match results remain open and unpredictable until the final competition discipline
Welsh Athletics are excited to announce a strong and competitive team heading up to Glasgow to compete in the DNA event. The selected athletes will be competing against teams from England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain and Turkey as they attempt to become crowned champions!
Congratulations to the following selected athletes :
| EVENT | SELECTION NAME(S) |
CLUB |
COACH |
| 60m M |
Jeramiah Azu |
Cardiff AAC | Helen James |
| 60m F |
Mica Moore |
Birchfield Harriers | Lawrence Moore |
| 60m Hurdles M |
Tom Wilcock |
Northampton | Jerzy Maciukiewicz |
| 60m Hurdles F |
Caryl Granville |
Swansea Harriers | Darrell Maynard |
| 800m F |
Rachel McClay |
Bracknell AC | Laurence Kingsbury |
| 4x400m |
Owen Smith, Reece Middleton, Amy Odunaiya, Rhiannon Linington-Payne |
Cardiff AAC, Coventry AC, Wrexham AC, Cardiff AAC |
Matt Elias, Stewart Marshall, Trevor Painter, Matt Elias |
| 2x2x200m |
Arron Jolly, Sian Harry |
Cardiff AAC, Belgrave Harriers | Helen James, Bob Bridges |
| The Hunt |
Rachael Scott, David Locke, Caryl Granville, Arron Owen |
Wigan & District, Cardiff AAC, Swansea Harriers, Cardiff AAC | Trevor Painter, Sonia McGeorge, Darrell Maynard, David Norton |
| Shot Put M |
Patrick Swan |
Cornwall AC | Mo Pearson |
| Long Jump F |
Rebecca Chapman |
Cardiff AAC | Gareth Hopkins |
| High Jump M |
Osian Roberts |
Carmarthen Harriers | Phillip Warwicker |
Team Managers are as follows:
- Chris Jones
- Rhys Williams
- Zoe Brown
For more information on the event, CLICK HERE.