Nine Scots in 'high-quality' British team

NINE Scots have been named in the 57-strong Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for this month's European Junior Championships in Estonia.

Described by GB&NI team leader Kevin Tyler as "one of the largest teams but also one of the highest quality teams we've sent to a European Junior Championships," the team contains four European junior rankings leaders alongside a host of Scots talent.

Kirsten McAslan is named in the individual 400m and 4x400m relay squad following her impressive lifetime best to take silver at the European Trials in Bedford and victory at the weekend while representing GB Juniors in Mannheim, Germany.

Myra Perkins, also an event winner in Mannheim, is named in the hammer and will hope to replicate the form that saw her take the Scottish U20 record to 61.94m at the British Universities Championships in May.

Long jumper James McLachlan is selected on the back of his 7.63m record jump while competing for Loyola University in America, while Emma Nuttall goes in the high jump having cleared a new outdoor best of 1.82m to secure victory at the European Trials event in Bedford and representing GB in Mannheim.

Cameron Boyek goes in the 1500m following medal winning performances at both the European Trials and last weekend's English Schools Championships.

Lasswade's Guy Learmonth is named in the 800m after recording a fourth place at the Trials, while club-mate Greg Louden travels as part of the 4x400m squad on the back of a bronze medal in Bedford

David Vernon goes in the 10,000m having raced over the shorter distance of 5,000m at the trials and there is a 4x400m relay berth for Zoey Clark, who steps up an age group for these championships having set two lifetime bests at the trials.

(for European Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, 21-24 July):

MEN

100m: David Bolarinwa; Adam Gemili; Sam Watts. 200m: Bolarinwa. 400m: Jarryd Dunn. 800m: Guy Learmonth. 1500m: Cameron Boyek; Adam Cotton; Charlie Grice. 5000m: Jonny Hay. 10,000m: Karl Billington; Paul Thompson; David Vernon. 110m hurdles: Ben Kelk; Jack Meredith; Andy Pozzi. 400m hurdles: Paul Bennett; Ben Hopkins. 4 x 100m: Bolarinwa; Gemili; Jordan Kirby Polidore; Judah Simpson; Dannish Walker-Khan; Watts. 4 x 400m: George Caddick; Dunn; David Lagerberg; Greg Louden; Dominic Smith. Pole Vault: Cameron Walker-Shepherd. Long Jump: James McLachlan. Javelin: Joe Dunderdale; Richard Shuttleworth.

WOMEN

100m: Marilyn Nwawulor; Jodie Williams. 200m: Williams. 400m: Lucy James; Katie Kirk; Kirsten McAslan. 800m: Rowena Cole. 1500m: Jennifer Walsh. 3000m: Emelia Gorecka*. 5000m: Gorecka*; Annabel Gummow. 400m hurdles: Abigayle Fitzpatrick; Megan Southwart; Sophie Wood. 4 x 100m: Jennie Batten; Mica Moore; Nwawulor; Annie Tagoe; Bianca Williams; Williams.4 x 400m: Yimika Adewakun; Zoey Clark; Amelia Clifford; James; Kirk; McAslan. High Jump: Emma Nuttall; Isobel Pooley. Pole Vault: Katie Byres. Triple Jump: Ahtollah Rose. Javelin: Izzy Jeffs; Freya Jones; Kiki Oniwinde. Hammer: Abi Carter; Myra Perkins. Heptathlon: Katarina Johnson-Thompson. *Gorecka will compete in either 3000m or 5000m.