Kirsten McAslan

Kirsten McAslan
Personal information
Nationality British
Born (1993-09-01) 1 September 1993
Manchester, Great Britain
Sport
Country Great Britain
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 400 metres
4 × 400 metres relay
Club Sale Harriers Manchester
Coached by Trevor Painter
Medal record
Women's athletics
Competitor for  Great Britain
World Championships
2015 Beijing 4x400 m relay
European Indoor Championships
2015 Prague 4 x 400 m
European U23 Championships
2015 Tallinn 4 x 400 m
European Junior Championships
2011 Tallinn 4x400 m

Kirsten McAslan (born 1 September 1993) is a British sprinter.[1] She competed in the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.[2] Her best in the 400 m sprint is 52.13s.

Personal

She is the daughter of former Scottish athletes Ewan McAslan and Fiona Hargreaves. Her father was twice the British Universities triple jump champion. Her mother ran for Scotland at the 1986 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games and was also once the British Student 400m Champion.[3] Kirsten McAslan was the champion of the British Universities and Colleges(BUCS) Championships in 2013. She is also a graduate of Biochemistry from the University of Bath.

Career

As a junior, McAslan represented Great Britain at the 2011 European Junior Championships. She finished fourth in her heat. She later anchored the junior quartet to a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay three days later.[4]

In 2014, she ran for Scotland in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2015 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. The Scottish team placed fourth in their heat and did not make it to the final of the event.[5]

In 2015, McAslan became the British indoor 400 m champion.[6] She ran the anchor leg for Great Britain in the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2015 European U23 Championships. The team consisting of Seren Bundy-Davies, Zoey Clark, Victoria Ohuruogu and McAslan won the gold medal in a national U23 record.[7] McAslan also anchored the British 4 × 400 m quartet that won the silver medal at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Prague.

On 4 January 2015, McAslan ran the fastest 600 m by a Scottish athlete in a time of 1:26.22. This was a world lead and personal best for the young athlete. McAslan's time beat the mark of Linsey MacDonald, who ran 1:27.4 in December 1981.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Kirsten McAslan". IAAF. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Heats results
  3. ↑ Gillon, Doug (19 January 2015). "Precocious Kirsten McAslan keeping it in the family". The Herald. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Britain win women's 4x400m at Euro Junior Championships". BBC. 24 July 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Athletics, Women's 4x400 m Relay Round 1 - Heat 1". CGF. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Kirsten McAslan". Power of 10. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Relay win for GB as Germany's Haase claims triple Euro under-23 gold". Athletics Weekly. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Sutherland, Sandy (5 January 2015). "Kirsten McAslan smashes long-standing Scots record". Edinburgh Evening News-The Scotman. Retrieved 7 September 2015.

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