Newport's Mica Moore named in strong Wales athletics team

Moore, who helped the Welsh women’s 4x100m relay team to a national record at last summer’s Commonwealth Games, joins Glasgow 2014 silver medalist Sally Peake in the team.

Also included are World Junior Championships bronze medalist David Omoregie and European Indoor Championships silver medalist Laura Maddox.

Maddox will captain the Wales team with pole vaulter Paul Walker, who finished fifth in Glasgow.

The traditional outdoor season opener sees Wales take on teams from England, Scotland, Loughborough students past and present, GB Juniors and the British Universities team.

In total nine athletes who represented Team Wales at Glasgow 2014 are present; Moore, Peake, Walker, Hannah Brier, Carys Parry, Curtis Matthews, Brett Morse, Osian Jones and Lee Doran.

Former Commonwealth Games finalist Elaine O’Neill returns to a Welsh vest as part of a team ranging from 16 to 33 years of age.

There are first senior Welsh vests for several athletes including Stevie Stockton, Deborah Willis, Rebecca Chapman, Amelia Reynolds, Jonathon Bailey and Iori Moore.

Women: 100m – Mica Moore (coached by Lawrence Moore); 200m – Hannah Brier (Neal Merry); 400m –Megan Rogers (Darrell Maynard); 400m hurdles – Deborah Willis (David Rice); 800m – Rachel McClay; 1500m – Melissa Courtney (Mark Pauley); 3000m – Stevie Stockton (Rob Denmark); long jump – Rebecca Chapman (Sean Power); triple jump – Sian Swanson (Power); pole vault – Sally Peake (Scott Simpson); shot – TBC; discus – Awen Rosser (Paul Jensen); hammer – Carys Parry (Adrian Palmer); 4x100m – from Moore, Brier, Elaine O’Neill (Dave Lease), Amelia Reynolds (Dave Norton), Melissa Roberts (Norton), Emily Wright (Dan Cossins); 4 x 400m – from Rogers, Willis, Rhiannon Linington-Payne (Maynard), Laura Maddox (Colin Bovell), Rebecca Williams (Matt Elias)

Men: 100m – Dewi Hammond (Elias); 200m – Sam Gordon (Elias); 400m – Owen Smith (Elias); 800m – Carl Hill (Sean Price); 1500m – Guy Smith (George Edwards); 3000m – Rowan Axe (Craig Winrow); 110m hurdles – David Omoregie (Benke Blomkvist); 400m hurdles – TBC; long jump – Curtis Matthews (Laurie Needham); triple jump – TBC; high jump – Jonathon Bailey (Stephen Bailey); pole vault – Paul Walker (Simpson); discus – Brett Morse (Nigel Bevan); hammer – Osian Jones (Dennis Roscoe); javelin – Lee Doran (Chris Watts); 4x100m – from Hammond, Gordon, Gareth Hopkins (Norton), Lemarl Freckleton (Elias), Iori Moore (Moore), Anax Da Silva (Neil Wheeler); 4x400m – Smith, Adebowale Ademuyewo (Alastair Abrams), Dan Blain (Elias), Paul Bennett (Elias)