{"id":123912,"date":"2026-06-26T08:47:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/picked-for-scotland-39-to-take-steps-to-scotstoun-as-full-glasgow-2026-team-now-revealed-scottish-athletics\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T08:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:47:25","slug":"picked-for-scotland-39-to-take-steps-to-scotstoun-as-full-glasgow-2026-team-now-revealed-scottish-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/picked-for-scotland-39-to-take-steps-to-scotstoun-as-full-glasgow-2026-team-now-revealed-scottish-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Picked for Scotland! 39 to take steps to Scotstoun as full Glasgow 2026 team now revealed &#8211; Scottish Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"meta-date\">Friday 26th June 2026<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>Athletes gather earlier this week for Team Scotland photo-shoot (photo by James Williamson)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Team Scotland<\/strong> today revealed the full team for the track and field programme at<strong> Glasgow 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A further 28 names have been added to previous announcements to take to 39 in total our cohort to compete in the Commonwealth Games this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Three athletes were pre-selected last autumn \u2013<strong> Jake Wightman, Megan Keith<\/strong> and <strong>Neil Gourley<\/strong> \u2013 and they were joined by eight Para athletes in May.<\/p>\n<p>A further 28 athletes have now been picked for the action at Scotstoun via a detailed process and the Team Scotland selection uncludes<strong> Mixed 4x400m Relay<\/strong> and <strong>Women 4x100m<\/strong> Relay selections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laura Muir <\/strong>and <strong>Eilish McColgan<\/strong> were among those confirmed today with Laura taking on the 5000m and Eilish seeking to defend the 10,000m title she won at Birmingham 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Muir, McColgan and Wightman all competed at Glasgow 2014 and so did hammer thrower<strong> Chris Bennett<\/strong> and pole vaulter <strong>Jax Thoirs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Scottish Combined Events is well represented via decathlon selections <strong>Callum Newby<\/strong> and<strong> Joel McFarlane<\/strong> as well as heptathlete, <strong>Allie Routledge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The athletics action at Scotstoun runs over six days from the morning of <strong>Monday 27 July<\/strong> to the evening of <strong>Saturday 1 August<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/top-trio-names-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trio are first names for Games<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/eight-great-para\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strong Para selection for Glasgow 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FINAL.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-116800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FINAL-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FINAL-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FINAL-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FINAL-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FINAL.png 1417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>All at <strong>scottish<\/strong>athletics and across our whole track and field community, and beyond, offer our warm congratulations to the 39 selected athletes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We say well done and good luck, too, to their families, coaches and support teams and the clubs involved in their development over a number of years.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Full Team Scotland selection and events:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Women<\/p>\n<p>200m: Alyson Bell<\/p>\n<p>400m: Nicole Yeargin<\/p>\n<p>800m: Jemma Reekie, Erin Wallace, Mena Scatchard<\/p>\n<p>Mile: Jemma Reekie, Erin Wallace, Sarah Calvert<\/p>\n<p>5000m: Megan Keith, Laura Muir, Eloise Walker<\/p>\n<p>10,000m: Megan Keith, Eilish McColgan<\/p>\n<p>3000m Steeplechase: Sarah Tait<\/p>\n<p>Hammer: Angela McAuslan-Kelly<\/p>\n<p>Heptathlon: Allie Routledge<\/p>\n<p>4 x 100m: Alyson Bell; Kaya Slater; Lucy Fraser; Alisha Rees; Georgina Adam<\/p>\n<p>Mixed 4 x 400m: Nicole Yeargin; Rebecca Grieve; Georgina Adam<\/p>\n<p>Men<\/p>\n<p>400m: Brodie Young<\/p>\n<p>800m: Jamie Phillips<\/p>\n<p>Mile: Jake Wightman; Neil Gourley; Josh Kerr<\/p>\n<p>5000m: Andrew Butchart<\/p>\n<p>10,000m: Andrew Butchart<\/p>\n<p>Long Jump: Stephen MacKenzie<\/p>\n<p>Pole Vault: Jax Thoirs<\/p>\n<p>Hammer: Chris Bennett<\/p>\n<p>Discus: Nick Percy<\/p>\n<p>Decathlon: Callum Newby; Joel McFarlane<\/p>\n<p>Mixed 4 x 400m: Brodie Young; Bradley Francis<\/p>\n<p>Any further M4x4 runners required will come from within the team<\/p>\n<p><strong>Para Athletics Team as previously announced:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s 1500m T20: Steven Bryce, Owen Miller, Ben Sandilands<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s 1500m T54: Sean Frame<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s Long Jump T20: Steven Stone<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s 100m T38: Alexander Thomson<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s 1500m T54 &amp; Women\u2019s 400m T54: Joanna Robertson<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s 1500m T54 &amp; Women\u2019s 400m T54: Melanie Woods<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-fjSYaNeCjhOA-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-116803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-fjSYaNeCjhOA-1024x474.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-fjSYaNeCjhOA-1024x474.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-fjSYaNeCjhOA-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-fjSYaNeCjhOA-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-fjSYaNeCjhOA-1536x711.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-fjSYaNeCjhOA-2048x948.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lucy Fraser, Jax Thoirs and Alyson Bell (photos by James Williamson)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Para-Athletics-Team-02-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-115559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Para-Athletics-Team-02-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Para-Athletics-Team-02-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Para-Athletics-Team-02-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Para-Athletics-Team-02-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Para-Athletics-Team-02-1536x1073.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Para-Athletics-Team-02-2048x1431.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo by Craig Watson\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/tag\/commonwealth-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Commonwealth Games<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/tag\/glasgow-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glasgow 2026<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/tag\/team-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Team Scotland<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function ( d, s, id ) {\n        var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName( s )[0];\n        if ( d.getElementById( id ) ) return;\n        js = d.createElement( s );\n        js.id = id;\n        js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=234654626717555\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore( js, fjs );\n    }( document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk' ));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/39-strong-team-named-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday 26th June 2026 Athletes gather earlier this week for Team Scotland photo-shoot (photo by James Williamson) Team Scotland today revealed the full team for the track and field programme at Glasgow 2026. 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