World Indoor 60 metre champion from Stockton Richard Kilty will compete in the 4 x 100 metres relay
Teessider Richard Kilty will represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the forthcoming European Team Championships after being named in a 48-strong team by British Athletics.
The 24-year-old World Indoor 60 metre champion from Stockton, will compete in the 4 x 100 metres relay along with Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, James Ellington and Adam Gemili.
Greg Rutherford and Phillips Idowu have also been selected for the Championship. Olympic gold medallist and British long jump record holder Rutherford and former world champion triple jumper Idowu will compete in the German city of Braunschweig later this month.
Middle-distance runners Hannah England and Jenny Meadows and hurdlers William Sharman and Eilidh Child are among the more experienced members of the squad, while Chris Baker, Lucy Bryan and Jazmin Sawyers are named in a senior team for the first time.
Baker is a high-jump specialist, Bryan won silver for pole vaulting at the British Indoor Championships in Sheffield earlier this year and 20-year-old Sawyers took silver at the British Championships in 2013.
Great Britain and Northern Ireland finished third overall with a total points score of 339 at the 2013 European Team Championships in Gateshead and performance director Neil Black is eyeing an improvement in central Germany.
He said: “We head to Germany with the aim of being competitive and to challenge for as many points as possible.
“In comparison to last year’s team, this is very much a developmental squad due to the confines of a crowded calendar this summer.
“I am really looking forward to seeing how these guys perform.
“There may be one or two surprises.”
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