Two ‘On Camp with Kelly’ athletes, Rowena Cole (pictured right) and Louise Small, have been selected for the Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland Team for the IAAF World Youth Championships, in Bressanone, Italy, from 8 to 12 July.

Rowena Cole (Coventry Godiva Harriers) will compete in the 800m at the championships.  She has improved her personal best to 2:06.42 and run inside the World Youths qualifying time of 2:09.00 in all three of her 800m races this season.  She also improved her 400m best to 55.72 when winning at the Midland Under 20 Championships last weekend.

Louise Small (Aldershot Farnham & District - pictured below with Kelly) is selected for the 1500m.  She has improved her personal bests for 800m (2:09.9), 1500m (4:21.07) and 3000m (9:21.96) this season and moved to tenth on the UK Under 20 all-time list with a time of 16:11.03 in her debut at 5000m.

Dame Kelly said: “I would like to congratulate Rowena, Louise and their coaches on their excellent performances so far this season and on their selection for the World Youth Championships.  They are both very talented athletes and I have no doubt that they will perform very well in Italy and that it will be a valuable learning experience for them.”

Tanya Veingard, Head of Sponsorship at Aviva UK, said: “I am delighted to see that athletes supported by ‘On Camp with Kelly’ and Aviva have again excelled and earned selection to represent Great Britain at the World Youth Championships.  I am sure that they will do the country proud.  As the team behind UKA, Aviva is proud to be able to offer support for all levels of athletics – from grassroots through to elite – and ‘On Camp with Kelly’ is a fantastic programme for young athletes who dream of winning gold.”