Ricky Challinor (Liverpool Harriers) and Gina Paletta (Wrexham) will be Wales' representatives at next month's 8th European Mountain Running Championships (uphill) in Telfes im Stubai, Austria.
The Welsh duo have been named in the Aviva GB&NI Junior teams which will compete in the Championships on July 12, 2009.
It will be the second experience for Ricky at the Championships, having competed in 2008, finishing 24th.
UKA will
send a strong Junior women’s team in an effort to emulate their predecessors
who finished third at the event last year.
AVIVA
GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND TEAMS
SENIOR
MEN
Orlando
Edwards (Shaftesbury Barnet); Adam Osbourne (Leeds City); Gareth Raven (Sale);
James Walsh (Leeds City)
SENIOR
WOMEN
Kate
Goodhead (Stroud); Kaite Ingham (Horwich); Clare McKittrick (Charnwood);
Rebecca Robinson (Kendal)
JUNIOR
MEN
Ricky
Challinor (Liverpool Harriers); Alexander Hendry (Central AC);
Scott McDonald (Central AC); Robbie Simpson (Deeside Runners)
JUNIOR
WOMEN
Victoria
Graves (City of York); Blue Hayward (Lincoln Wellington); Gina Paletta (Wrexham)