| Carys McAulay | |
| Birth Date: | 18 January 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Rutherglen, Scotland |
| Country: | Great Britain |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 400 metres |
Carys McAulay (born 18 January 1998) is a Scottish track and field athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres.
McAulay was born in Rutherglen on 18 January 1998.[1] [2] She moved to England and attended Bridgewater High School and Priestley College in Warrington, where she ran for Warrington Athletics Club.[3]
McAulay competed in the 800 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Cali, Colombia.[4] She finished fourth running a time of 2:05.3. That year she was also selected for the Commonwealth Youth Games held in Apia, Samoa,[5] where she won the silver medal for Scotland for the event.[6]
After a change to Trafford Athletics Club and committing to the shorter 400 metres distance, McAulay set a new personal best of 52.86 s over the distance in Geneva in June 2022 to put her third in the Scottish rankings for that year.[7] She was selected to run for Scotland at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.[8] However, she was forced to pull-out with injury during the championships as her teammates ran for the bronze medal in the women's 4 x 400 m relay.[9]
McAulay ran an indoor personal best of 52.98 s in the 400 m to finish third at the 2023 British Indoor Championships in February, one of ten Scottish medalists at the championships.[10] She was subsequently selected for the Great Britain squad at the European Indoor Championships held in Istanbul.[11] It was the first British senior selection for McAulay.[12] She was selected for the British team for the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships held in Chorzów, Silesia, Poland between 20 and 25 June 2023.[13]
Competing at the British Athletics Championships in July 2023 in Manchester, she reached the final of the women's 400m and finished in 7th place.[14]