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MEETING PREVIEW

THERE is always a sense of great anticipation ahead of a new British Milers Club Grand Prix season and 2026 promises to be another cracking summer.

 

The excitement of staging two major competitions on home solid this summer – the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow (July 23-August 2) and the European Championships in Birmingham (August 10-16) — will add even greater significance to early season performances and the pursuit of qualifying standards.

 

And let’s not also forget the World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon (August 5-9) and the European Athletics U18 Championships in Rieti, Italy (July 16-19) which are great prizes for our best young athletes.

 

So the opening Grand Prix at Trafford, which is again incorporated into the World Athletics Continental Challenger Tour and is sponsored by Adidas and Sportsshoes.com, will be an early-season marker for many aspiring young runners.

 

A packed timetable of 26 races in a little over two hours of non-stop racing has become a hallmark of the BMC programme and a strong domestic entry is sure to deliver some highly competitive races.

 

“The Grand Prix series will be an exciting one and we are looking to build upon the last four years when we have gone from strength to strength,” said GP director and BMC co-chairman Tim Brennan.

 

But clearly all eyes will be on be focused on the women’s 1500m A race with the entry of 19-year-old Phoebe Gill.

 

The race will be Gill’s first outdoors competition since finishing fourth in the semi finals of the Olympic Games 800m, in Paris, on August 4th 2024.

 

Then only 17 that remarkable achievement meant Gill became Great Britain’s youngest track and field Olympian for more than 40 years.

 

Unfortunately since then the St Albans AC runner has suffered two back-to-back stress fractures, meaning she didn’t race outdoors at all last year and only competed twice indoors, albeit posting a personal best of 53.65secs to win the 400m at the London Indoor Games in January.

 

Hopefully the problems are now behind her and the BMC is delighted to welcome her to the start line for only her second appearance in a Grand Prix event, having made her debut at Sportcity in 2023 finishing sixth in the 800m (2:06.37).

 

Her current PB over 1500m stands at 4:05.87, which she ran two years ago at Watford and will clearly be on her mind.

 

But first and foremost she will want a competitive race experience and she is sure to get it with the likes of Molly Hudson and Holly Dixon in the field.

 

Hudson opened her season with a sparkling PB of 4:07.27 in Belfast last weekend while Dixon has good memories of Trafford having won the GP there last year in a lifetime best of 4:10.56.

 

“We are very happy to se Phoebe Gill back in action with her long history of progressing in BMC races,” added Brennan.

 

“We are very happy to support as we are with all athletes at whatever stages of their career who are returning from injury.”

 

In addition, meeting organiser Steve Green has managed to secure the services of a top class pacemaker in Australian Jaylah Hancock-Cameron.

 

“She is the new Australian record holder for the road mile and she offered to do the pacemaking for the women’s 800m and 1500m events,” said Green.

 

“It is not easy to get a top class pacemaker at this level so we are really thankful for Jaylah’s offer to help.”

 

 

 The men’s 1500m race looks wide open and set for someone to make a breakthrough. Arlo Ludewick (3:38.12) and Jacob Cann (3:38.25) were ranked 24th and 25th in the Uk last year and will be keen to push on from that. 

 

And can veteran over 35 record holder Harry Wakefield improve upon his PB of 3:38.57?

 

As for the 800m races Andrew Thompson, who is coached by BMC President Norman Poole,  is the fastest man in the men’s A field on times this summer having opened up with a 1:47.08 in Belfast last weekend.

 

With that behind him Thompson will be looking to challenge his lifetime best of 1:46.66 and ultimately get as close to a 1:45 time as possible.

 

Also targeting a 1:45 time will be Thomas Randolph, who is the fastest man in the field on paper with a PB of 1:44.88 Piers Copeland and Elliot Savage.

 

The women’s A 800m also looks very competitive and it will be interesting to see if Aberdeen’s Hannah Cameron can follow up her opening 2:03.44 in Belfast – just outside her PB of 2:03.04 – and move into the 2:02s if not quicker.

 

Up against her will be Khahisa Mhlanga, who has a season’s best of 2:05.84 and is a sub-two runner, U20 Bethany Trow and 15-year-old Ezra Harold.

 

Harold, who will turn 16 later this summer, went to No 2 in the UK U18 Rankings with a PB off 2:07.42 at Loughborough last month and is looking to improve upon that with one eye surely on that European U18 qualifying standard of 2:06.

 

Also in the field are experienced campaigns like Jill Cherry and Bethan Morley.

 

There are also two men’s 5000m race and one to watch out for could be Central AC’s Jamie Crowe, who will be attempting to get close to the Scotland qualifying standard for the Commonwealth Games.

 

Tickets for the stadium will be be available on the gate but if you can’t make it in person then the next best option is to watch excellent live coverage from Vinco.

 

Vinco recently signed a new three-year broadcasting partnership with the BMC, starting in May 2026 and running until 2029.

 

So there is no reason to miss any of the action from the Grand Prix series. All meetings will be streamed live and on demand on Vinco via RunnerSpace+, while free live results will be available via AthleticLIVE.