UKA today announced European Cross Country Champion Hayley Yelling (Conrad Milton) is amongst eleven athletes selected for the Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships to be held in Bydgoszcz, Poland on 28 March.
European Indoor 3000m champion Farah, who won the McCain Cross Challenge final and trials event in Cofton Park, Birmingham on 13 March returned to the UK in great shape following a long phase of altitude training in Kenya.
Yelling, who returned to competitive action last winter to be a surprise, yet convincing, winner at the European Cross Country, leads a team of five women including top three finishers from the trials Freya Murray (Steve Jones), Steph Twell (Mick Woods) and Fay Fullerton (Georgina Fullerton).
Impressive U17 youngster Emelia Gorecka (Mick Woods), who won the European Cross Country trials at Sefton Park in late 2009 but was too young for selection, has the chance to compete for her country this time around, following her birthday in January and another spectacular win at the recent trials in Birmingham.
She will be joined by a strong team, looking for a top five team finish, including Hannah Walker (Mike Dunphy) and Annabel Gummow (Chris Wooldridge) who finished second and third respectively in the trials.
Junior athletes will attend a preparation camp at Loughborough University prior to competition.
AVIVA GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND TEAM
SENIOR WOMEN
Faye Fullerton (Georgina Fullerton) Havering Mayesbrook
Freya Murray (Steve Jones) Chester Le Street & Dist AC
Stevie Stockton (George Gandy) Vale Royal
Stephanie Twell (Mick Woods) AFD
Hayley Yelling (Conrad Milton) Windsor Slough, Eton & Hounslow
JUNIOR WOMEN
Kate Avery (Robert Ashwood) Shildon
Emelia Gorecka (Mick Woods) AFD
Annabel Gummow (Chris Wooldridge) Bristol & West
Sarah Inglis (Steve Cottom) Lothian
Beth Potter (John Nuttall) Victoria Park City of Glasgow
Hannah Walker (Mike Dunphy) Dacorum & Tring
