Carys McAulay (born 18 January 1998) is a Scottish track and field athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres.
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| Born | 18 January 1998 Rutherglen, Scotland |
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| Country | Great Britain |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 400 metres |
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| Personal bests |
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Early life
editMcAulay was born in Rutherglen on 18 January 1998.[1][2] She moved to England and attended Bridgewater High School and Priestley College in Warrington, where she ran for Warrington Athletics Club.[3]
Career
editMcAulay 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, she reached the final of the women's 400m and finished in 7th place.[14]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "400 m-Women Final Finished 09/07/2023". ukacm2023. 9 July 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023.