Olympians Rowden and Fontes join Belfast entries
Gill to headline Belfast meeting
The Belfast meeting will be headlined by St Albans athlete Phoebe Gill who returns to the Mary Peters Track event after smashing the 45-year-old European Under-18 800m record when clocking 1:57.86 which cut almost four seconds off her personal best as she clinched a remarkable victory. Gill, who went on to reach the Olympic 800m semi-finals in Paris after winning the UK title, will be competing over 1500m in Belfast.Other big names at the Belfast meeting will include Ireland's 400m star Sharlene Mawdsley and Great Britain's double Paris Olympics relay medallist Sam Reardon.Tipperary woman Mawdsley anchored her country to a dramatic mixed 4x400m relay gold at last year's European Championships and also won silver in the women's 4x400m at the Rome championships.Reardon, 21, was part of Great Britain's quartet that clinched third place in the mixed 4x400m relay final in Paris and also helped his country secure bronze in the men's 4x400m relay at the Games.
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