Twell to lead Scots women at Commonwealth Half Marathon
SIX athletes will represent Scotland at the inaugural Commonwealth Half Marathon Championships in Wales in October.
The championships will be incorporated into the Cardiff University Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday, October 7 at 10am.
And Scotland will field two teams of three athletes in the men’s and women’s races with Delhi 1500m medallist, Steph Twell, stepping up in distance to lead our women’s team. The 29-year-old Colchester-born Twell, who achieved bronze in India back in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, hasn’t raced the half marathon distance for a number of years but certainly looks well-capable after another track season which featured appearances in the 5000m final at Gold Coast 2018 and the European Championships as well as winning the British team.
Joining Steph in the Scotland selection are Fiona Brian of Metro Aberdeen and also Annabel Simpson of Fife AC. The Scotland men’s team has a strong North district presence with Kenny Wilson of Forres and John Newsom of Inverness Harriers to be joined by Mike Crawley – the Corstorphine AAC athlete who has raced for GB and NI over 50K.
The event currently holds an IAAF Silver Label. The route for the race is near identical to the one that is used for the IAAF/Cardiff University World Half Marathon Championships in 2016, where several national records were set for both half marathon and 15km.
The race route is flat, fast and currently holds the British All-Comers Record for women set at 65.52.
In addition to the individual championship races, the first three finishers for each team shall score for the team. The team results shall be decided by the aggregate of times recorded by the athletes of each team.