Mordi returns to jump for Scotland

Published on Tuesday 24 June 2008 23:32

AFTER earning her first British vest at last weekend’s European Cup, triple jumper Nony Mordi will return to Scotland colours for the Bank of Scotland Cup at Grangemouth Stadium on Tuesday, 1 July.

The 20-year-old, who finished a disappointing eighth in Annecy as Britain’s women came in fourth, leads the female Scots in an event that sees the host country take on Wales, Ireland, USA Juniors and a Bank of Scotland Development Team at the track in a competition formerly known as the Celtic Cup.

Edinburgh AC’s Gillian Cooke lands the prize draw of lining up against Carolina Kluft, the reigning world and Olympic heptathlon champion, in the long jump.

In the men’s events, Nick Smith leads off in the 100 metres, while Pitreavie’s Graeme Oudney takes on Andy Baddeley, winner of the Dream Mile in Oslo earlier this month, in the 800 metres.

TEAM

Men: 100m: Nick Smith (Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers). 800m: Graeme Oudney (Pitreavie AAC/Belgrave Harriers). 400m hurdles: Francis Smith (Pitreavie AAC). 2k steeplechase: Andrew Lemoncello (Fife AC). Team triple jump: David Watson (Kilbarchan AAC). Javelin: James Campbell (Cheltenham). Medley relay 200m legs: Nick Smith; Darren Scott (Trafford AC).

Women: 300m: Carey Easton (Edinburgh AC). 400m hurdles: Eilidh Child (Pitreavie AAC). 800m: Joanna Ross (Victoria Park City of Glasgow). Long jump: Gillian Cooke (Edinburgh AC). Team triple jump: Nony Mordi (Shaftesbury Barnet/Fife AC). High jump: Jayne Nisbet (Edinburgh AC). Medley relay: 400m leg: Carey Easton; 800m leg: TBC.