Solid GB performance in Tallahassee
It was a A solid but underwhelming performance by the British team at the 2026 World Championships in Floridamaking a total of 9th place The best team result was recorded by the youth men’s team, securing the 5th place in the team calculation. The best personal installation Michael Clarke 20:00th in the junior men’s race. The team finished a respectable seventh in the medley relay, with two athletes making their senior debuts. Clarke commented. “I’m over the moon, it’s something I’ve been training for a long time. The fact that I could finally go out without anything happening to me shows the shape I’m in. I’m really happy with it.”
At the Europeans, one of Clarke’s spikes dislodged in the first round, laughing about managing the problem for Worlds, he said.
David Malarkey Finishing 26th in the senior men’s race, the best result by a Briton in a senior men’s race since Mo Farah finished 20th in 2010. Having lived in Florida in recent years, the climate and soil were familiar territory. “It’s an honor and a privilege. I like to thank all the people who shout for me, my home away from home. I did a good job of staying calm and collected, and I think that reflected in my upswing, walking it well to start it and going down the field. higher.”
The Senior Women’s team put in a brave performance against over 100 entrants to the event, finishing 7th in the team standings in the heat of the day in challenging conditions.
For the entire race, Megan Keith (Ross Cairns, Inverness) pushed on, chasing a top 20 finish and sitting around 14th for most of the race. Unfortunately, he slipped and finished 25th after the heat took its toll on the final lap. The European silver medalist said she was given a chance in her race today. “I wanted to take a risk today and I’m proud that I did. I fell back a bit in the last lap, but I don’t regret hitting it. It has to be the toughest race in the world. It’s a humbling experience but you know you’re up against the best runners in the world and you see how you stack up and that’s what it’s all about.
Poppy Tank: “It was very difficult, I went out very carefully and I know from Australia how hot and long it is, it’s the longest cross-country course we do, and I made sure I felt as good as I could, until three laps I started to go very slow and then I said: On the world stage, I train by myself, I do a lot of things on my own, I train alone and I’m very independent to a fault, but I’m really proud of myself and the girls, I’m really good friends with all three of them and I love competing with them and it’s always an honor. It’s amazing to be on the course with your team and work together, even if it’s an individual sport, and it means a lot to bring each other together, it’s really special.”
In the junior women’s race, the team only had three finishers and therefore did not place.
Individual results.
Younger women
Eliza Nicholson 36
Zara Redmond 49
Maisie Bellwood 54
Kitty Scott DNF
Younger men
Michael Clarke 8 p.m
Luke: Dunham 24:00
Alex Lennon 31:00
Johnson Hughes 35
Senior women
Megan Keith 24:00
Poppy tank 29:00
Phoebe Anderson 35
Reality Okkeden 41
Senior men
David Malarkey 26:00
Matt Ramsden 53
Rory Leonard 79
Jacob Cann 71
