{"id":1040007224,"date":"2025-08-28T09:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/athleticsweekly.com\/?p=1040007224"},"modified":"2025-08-28T12:35:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:35:43","slug":"beattie-rowe-bell-and-quirk-chase-uk-5km-titles-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/athleticsweekly.com\/news\/meetings\/beattie-rowe-bell-and-quirk-chase-uk-5km-titles-in-cardiff-1040007224\/","title":{"rendered":"Beattie, Rowe, Bell and Quirk chase UK 5km titles in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scott Beattie, Jack Rowe, Alex Bell and Amelia Quirk among the entries for the event in South Wales on Saturday<\/p>\n

The Sportsshoes Home Nations 5km returns on Saturday (Aug 30) on a fast multi-lap circuit of Coopers Field in Bute Park, writes Alex Donald.<\/em><\/p>\n

The 2025 event is sponsored by Nike and will incorporate the UK 5km Championships for the first time. The event welcomes athletes competing for national, composite and club teams. Last year\u2019s races were won by Iceland\u2019s Baldvin Magnussen and Georgie Grgec with course records sitting with Tom Mortimer at 13:39 and Calli Hauger-Thackery with 15:29.<\/p>\n

A total of 26 athletes in the men\u2019s race have slipped under 14 minutes in the past with 2023 UK 5km champion Scott Beattie (13:32) fastest on paper. Beattie set his lifetime best at the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga in October 2023, a month after sealing the UK title at Gateshead.<\/p>

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Jack Rowe (13:36) has previously claimed victories at The Big Half, The Vitality London 10,000 and the Manchester Half Marathon. Earlier this month he clocked an impressive 13:14 for 5000m in Oordegem.<\/p>\n

Jack Kavanagh (13:34) heads a strong England team following a runner-up finish in Armagh and an impressive fifth place at the Podium Festival in Leicester. He is joined by Jack Gray (13:47), Matthew Merrick (13:57) and Freddy Richardson (14:19).<\/p>\n

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Home Nations 5km (Paul Stillman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hosts Sportsshoes have entered a strong Sportsshoes X Nike team headed by Jacob Cann (13:50), who will be joined by Oscar Bell (13:52), Joe Armstrong (13:50) and Charlie Brisley (13:56).<\/p>\n

Dewi Griffiths is the top Welsh entrant with a PB of 13:43 set in 2020 and showing more recent form with a 29:09 clocking over 10km in May. The Welsh team however will be led by Dan Nash (14:05). The Scotland Team is led by Jamie Mackinnon (13:55) with the Northern Ireland squad led by Conall McClean (14:00).<\/p>

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Steeplechaser Zak Seddon (13:55) was the runner-up at the recent Novuna UK Championships, qualifying for the World Championships in Tokyo and will be in action here for Birch Hill Track Club.<\/p>\n

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Home Nations 5km (Paul Stillman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kadar Omar (14:02) is a highly competitive racer and enjoys competing in South Wales, setting his lifetime best at this event in 2023.<\/p>\n

UK Inter-Counties cross country champion Amelia Quirk (15:33) is fastest on paper in the women\u2019s race, competing for the Pick n Mix composite team and joined by Holly Dixon (15:39) and English 1500m champion Lucy Jones (15:48).<\/p>\n

Olympian Alex Bell (15:41) is perhaps the most notable athlete here, better known as a 1:57 800m runner but having moved on to the roads in 2025, claiming 5km victories so far this year in Liverpool and at Battersea Park.<\/p>

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The England team will be led by Poppy Tank (15:44) who was the silver medallist at the BUCS Cross Country Championships in Cardiff in February, backed up by Sarah Dufour-Jackson (15:47), Charlotte Dannatt (16:01) and Emily Ruane (16:25).<\/p>\n

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Home Nations 5km (Paul Stillman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Megan Davies (15:34) was eighth here last year and returns on Saturday. Holly Dixon (15:39), Holly Weedall (15:48) and UK Inter-Counties bronze medallist Mia Waldman (15:49) are also amongst the fastest athletes on paper with Yvie Lock (16:03) perhaps the standout entry for the Sportsshoes x Nike team.<\/p>\n

Scotland will be looking to their National 5km champion Morag Millar (15:50) to make an impact with Roise Roberts (17:25) leading the Northern Ireland team\u2019s efforts. Anna Bracegirdle (16:09) is the fastest Welsh woman in action.<\/p>\n

English National U20 cross country champion Isabel Holt (16:27) will be in action for the England U20 team.<\/p>\n

Races start at 5pm with the Home Nations \/ UK Championship races at 6:30pm (women) and 7pm (men).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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