| Natasha Phillips | |
| Nationality: | British |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Long distance running |
| Birth Date: | 1 March 2005 |
| Pb: | 1500m: 4:38.95 (Livingstone, 2022) 3000m: 9:33.16 (Glasgow, 2022) 5000m: 16:18.50 (Chelmsford, 2023) Half marathon: 71:20 (Antrim, 2023) AU20R |
Natasha Phillips (born 1 March 2005) is a Scottish runner. In 2023, she broke the European U20 record for the half marathon.[1]
From Dundee, she was a competetive swimmer and triathlete before concentrating on athletics. She studies at the University of Dundee.[2]
A Dundee Hawkhill Harriers athlete, she represented Scotland at the WMRA International Youth Cup in Italy in 2022. That year, she came third in the Scottish National Cross Country Championships and sixth in the UK Inter-Counties across Country Championships.[3]
In March 2023, she became the Scottish half marathon champion in Inverness in a course record of 71:53 to break the previous women’s mark of 73:21 set by Kenya’s Cathy Mutwa in 2007.[4] [5] In May 2023, she won the Scottish national title and set a British-born U18 record for the 10km of 33:00 in Glasgow.[6]
In August 2023, she ran at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, finishing fourth in the 5000 metres.[7] That month, she set a British and European U20 record for the half marathon of 1:11:20 in Antrim.[8] [2]
In October 2023, she won the half marathon at the Great Scottish Run in Glasgow in a time of 1:12:23.[9]
In March 2024, she was selected for the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Serbia alongside Eliza Nicholson and Innes FitzGerald.[10] [11] She finished in 30th place, as Britain finished fifth in the team U20 event.[12]