Tuesday, April 26, 2016 Brown and McLean amongst team selected for European Junior Championships Ryan Brown has secured his first GBR selection for the European Juniors in Hungary this July Craig McLean will be in action at the European Junior Championships in Hungary in July The European Junior Championships are a key development opportunity for young British athletes. Ryan Brown and Craig McLean will join European Games champions Holly Hibbott and Abbie Wood in a young British Swimming team set to compete in Hungary for the European Junior Championships this summer. The team of 26 will compete in the city of Hodmezovasarhely from 6 to 10 July for continental honours. Following an impressive 2015 season on the junior circuit, British Swimming Head of Performance Pathway Tim Jones is looking forward to seeing the level of progress that has been made. “This will be the largest team we have taken to these Championships in recent years, and it is littered with quality and experience,” said Jones. “The change in female age groups this year will see a number of past gold medal winners, including Holly Hibbott and Abbie Wood, compete for the third year in succession, and this will provide invaluable experience to the team.” The European Junior Championships are a key development opportunity for young British athletes and Jones fully expects his latest contingent to continue the success of their predecessors. “We always judge the success of our junior programme on the number of athletes who manage to successfully convert to the senior ranks, so we take great pride in seeing Duncan Scott, Georgia Coates and Cameron Kurle recently named in the Rio Olympic Team,” said Jones. “We hope and fully expect to see some of this latest crop of 26 swimmers push for their own Olympic selection in Tokyo in four years’ time, and this summer will provides a great opportunity to continue their journey." The European Junior Championships take place in Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary from 6 to 10 July 2016. The British team comprises: Edward Baxter - Cockermouth Ryan Brown – City of Glasgow Swim Team Elliot Clogg – City of Sheffield Tom Derbyshire – Royal Wolverhampton School Thomas Fannon – Plymouth Leander Nathan Hughes – Hatfield Joe Litchfield – Doncaster DARTES Craig McLean – University of Stirling David Murphy – City of Oxford Freya Anderson – Ellesmere College Titans Layla Black – City of Leeds Emma Cain – Millfield Amelia Clynes – City of Leeds Hannah Featherstone – Sedgefield and District Isobel Griffiths – City of Birmingham Holly Hibbott – Southport/Stockport Metro Emily Large – Newcastle Swim Team Anna Maine – Woking Tazmin Pugh – Ellesmere College Titans Ciara Schlosshan – City of Leeds Laura Stephens – Plymouth Leander Abbie Wood – National Centre, Loughborough Lewis Clough – City of Salford Jamie O’Connor – Thanet Brodie Williams – Millfield Alex Wray – Deepings