Dina Asher-Smith and Asha Philip named in GB squad for Russia

Sprinters Dina Asher-Smith and Asha Philip have been named in the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad for the European Team Championships in Russia.

Asher-Smith became the fastest British sprinter in history when she clocked 11.02 seconds in the 100m at a meeting in the Netherlands last month, while Philip claimed a personal best of 11.10 seconds in the same race.

The GB and NI squad for the two-day meeting, which takes place in the Chuvash Republic city of Cheboksary on June 20-21, features six debutants including 1500m runner Rhianwedd Price and discus thrower Kirsty Law.

At the 2014 European Team Championships in Braunschweig, GB & NI finished fifth overall with a total points score of 281.5.

British Athletics Performance Director Neil Black said: "The European Team Championships provides a good opportunity for us to develop and explore the pool of talent we have in this country.

"At this time of the season, good decisions have to be made and we have selected a team with the aim of being competitive whilst giving some crucial debut opportunities to new names."

Women’s squad in full:

100m: Asha Philip

200m: Dina Asher-Smith

400m: TBC

800m: Alison Leonard

1500m: Rhianwedd Price

3000m: Kate Avery

5000m: Lily Partridge

3000mSC: Lennie Waite

100mH: Serita Solomon

400mH: Eilidh Child  

High Jump: Isobel Pooley

Pole Vault: Sally Peake

Long Jump: Jazmin Sawyers

Triple Jump: Laura Samuel

Shot: Rachel Wallader  

Discus: Kirsty Law

Hammer: Sophie Hitchon

Javelin: Laura Whittingham

4x100m: Margaret Adeoye, Dina Asher-Smith, Asha Philip, Bianca Williams, Jodie Williams