Carys McAulay
Personal information
Born (1998-01-18) 18 January 1998
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

Scotland-born, and a former Bridgewater High School, Warrington pupil, 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 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

  1. ↑ "Carys McCaulay". Team Scotland. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "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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