Compared to her fellow athletes, Meg Gadsby was a latecomer to running, making her rise all the more impressive.

 

Meg was a county standout in Norfolk and slowly established herself as a useful player in the South of England before the COVID-19 pandemic. Once racing resumed over a year later, Meg finding joy in the final of the English Schools Championships over 1500m and achieved a top 20 finish at the European Cross Country Trials in 2021.

 

This trajectory continued upwards, culminating with victory in the Under 23 race at Liverpool, just three years after her modest finish there. Earlier in 2024, she finished sixth at the ECCA English Cross Country Championships and by the end of the year she donned the British vest to finish 23rd at the European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey.

 

2025 started with a bang, winning the South of England Cross Country Championships and setting a new 10K personal best of 32:55.