Five athletes from Blackheath & Bromley have been selected for the England Athletics team at this years Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Adam Gemili is picked for the 100 metres an event in which he continued his good start to the season by finishing in third place at the Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway. He timed 10.11. After his fine performances at the World Championships last year and the Olympics in 2012 he will be looking to challenge for medals.

Serita Solomon just missed out on selection for the 100 hurdles at last years World Championships so being chosen for the Commonwealths is justly deserved. She was competing in Geneva this week where she timed 13.30, a very good time as she was running into the teeth of a -3.3 metre per second win.

Shaunagh Brown celebrated her selection for the hammer by setting a new best and Club Record at the Folkson Grand Prix at Goteborg in Sweden. She improved by nearly 80 centimetres to 66.85.

Chioma Matthews has been chosen for the triple jump and she too was in action competing in Germany at the Anhaltmeeting in Dessau. She leapt a seasons best of 13.44 to finish in 5th Lorraine Ugen, who has been studying in the United States, goes in the long jump and she continued her preparations for Glasgow by leaping 6.40 at the NCAA D1 Championships at Eugene, Oregon.

In addition, former member Emily Godley is chosen for the England Weightlifting team; second claim members Pippa Woolven and Izzy Jeffs have been selected for the steeplechase and javelin respectively; and Woodford’s Tom Norman is coached by Life Member Mike Winch.

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