Carys McAulay

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Carys McAulay
Personal information
Born (1998-01-18) 18 January 1998 (age 26)
Rutherglen, Scotland
Sport
Country Great Britain
Sport Athletics
Event 400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal bests

Carys McAulay (born 18 January 1998) is a Scottish track and field athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres.

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Early life

McAulay was born in Rutherglen on 18 January 1998. [1] [2] She moved to England and attended Bridgewater High School and Priestley College in Warrington, where 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, she reached the final of the women's 400m and finished in 7th place. [14]

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