Now Chalmers has to wait
ALASTAIR CHALMERS faces an anxious seven-day wait to find out if he will be included in the 26-strong Great Britain squad for the inaugural European Youth Championships to take place next month.
The younger Chalmers brother has done all he can do after winning the specially-arranged U18 400m hurdles trial for the European Youth Cchampionships at Bedford.
He ran a strong first half of the race and despite clattering hurdle eight as he came into the home straight, he was able to hold on for an important victory and a clocking of 52.93sec, inside the standard set for selection and bolster his position as the UK No. 1.
Training partner Toby Glass was fourth in 58.60sec.
Meanwhile, older brother Cameron collected yet another title in a golden 12 months for the one-lap specialist.
Despite experiencing some injury problems over the past two weeks, he was able to line up and comfortably take the national junior title he craved at Bedford.
His time of 46.88sec was only one-hundredth of a second outside his month-old PB.
He now looks forward to this weekend's Olympic Trials and going for the time – 46.50 – he needs to stake a claim for a place on the GB team for the World Junior Championships.
Cameron's former training partner, Sam Wallbridge, also came away from the championships with a medal to show for his efforts.
Incredibly, he qualified for the U20 400 hurdles despite falling after colliding heavily with the final hurdle.
But he picked himself up and with a desperate dive squeezed through to the final and was able to take third in 54.82.
