Carys McAulay

Carys McAulay (born 18 January 1998)[2] is a Scottish track and field athlete who mainly competes over 400 metres.

Carys McAulay
Personal information
Born (1998-01-18) 18 January 1998
Rutherglen, Scotland[1]
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportAthletics
Event(s)400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)

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. "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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