Athlete Profile

Somto Eruchie

Club:	Birchfield H
Gender:	Male
Age Group:	V35
County:	Warwickshire
Region:	West Midlands
Nation:	England

Lead Coach:

Tony Hadley

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Achievements
National
AAA under 20’s Great Britain Champion 2004, 3rd 2003 200 m
AAA under 20’s indoor Great Britain 3rd place, 200m 2004
BUSA British University champion 100m 2005, 2nd 2006
BUSA British University champion 200m 2005, 2006, 2007
Senior AAA Great Britain Olympic trials 200m finalist 2003
Bronze Medallist in senior AAA Great Britain Championship 2006
Senior AAA Great Britain Runner up 200m indoors 2008
Senior AAA Great Britain Runner up 400m B finals 2010
Senior CAU 200m champion 2011

International
Youth commonwealth silver medallist 200m
Youth commonwealth champion 4×100m
European under 20’s Championship 5th 200m

Awards
Young Sports personality of the year, Leicestershire 2004
Young Sports Personality of the year, Birmingham 2005
Young Sports Personality of the year, British University’s 2007
Member of the England Squad

Others
Member of the Great Britain Squads Under 20’s, under 23’s and seniors
Member of the England Squad Under 20’s, under 23’s and seniors

Best known performances

Event

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

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2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

6.94i

6.99i

6.98i

6.94i

100

10.56/10.47w

10.93

100

10.77w

11.01/10.56w

10.79

10.68/10.64w

10.65

10.58/10.47w

10.56

10.71

200

20.79

21.85

21.45

21.69

200

21.09

21.26

21.14

21.17

20.99

20.79

21.02

21.32

400

46.51

47.19i

46.51

47.32

400

48.25/48.0

46.62

47.13

48.90

1:41:19

Performances	Submit
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

2014 SEN Birchfield H
Event	Perf			Pos		Venue	Meeting	Date
200	21.85		1.8	5	B	Loughborough	Loughborough International	18 May 14
400	47.19	i#		3	A	Mustasaari, FIN	Botnia Games	1 Feb 14
400	47.59			6	2	Clermont FL, USA	NTC/PURE Athletics Spring Invitational	26 Apr 14
400	48.66	i		1	h1	Birmingham	Midland Championships	9 Feb 14
400	48.76			5	1	Namur, BEL	Atletissima	28 May 14
400	DNF			-	3	Gainesville FL, USA	Tom Jones Memorial Invitational	19 Apr 14
400	DQ			-	h1	Birmingham	British Championships (Inc European Trials)	27 Jun 14
HM	1:41:19	c		1677		Birmingham	Bupa Great Birmingham Half Marathon	19 Oct 14
2013 SEN Birchfield H
Event	Perf			Pos		Venue	Meeting	Date
100	10.93		-0.6	2	3	Birmingham	Birmingham Games	20 Jul 13
100	11.02		0.2	6	A	Hendon	British Athletics League Premiership	3 Aug 13
200	21.45		0.0	5	1	Loughborough	Loughborough EAP Open Meeting	23 Jul 13
200	21.8		0.9	1	h1	Birmingham	Midland Counties U20 / Senior Championships	23 Jun 13
400	46.51			2	4	Birmingham	Birmingham Games	20 Jul 13
400	46.53			1	A	Hendon	British Athletics League Premiership	3 Aug 13
400	47.00			4		Cork, IRL	Cork City Sports	2 Jul 13
400	47.17			1	2	Birmingham (Un)	BRAT Club Open	26 Jun 13
400	47.18			3	h2	Birmingham	Sainsbury's British Championships	12 Jul 13
400	47.20			1	B	Sportcity	British Athletics League Premiership	8 Jun 13
400	47.31			4	2	Geneva, SUI	AtletiCAGenève	1 Jun 13
400	47.43			1	A	Cardiff	Welsh Athletics International	31 Jul 13
400	47.57			7	s2	Birmingham	Sainsbury's British Championships	13 Jul 13
2012 SEN Birchfield H
Event	Perf			Pos		Venue	Meeting	Date
200	21.69		1.7	5	h4	Birmingham	Aviva British Championships inc. Olympic Trials	24 Jun 12
200	21.99		0.0	1	h2	Birmingham	England Championships (Inc North & Midland Championships)	3 Jun 12
200	DNF			-	UKA	Olympic Park	BUCS Championships	6 May 12
200	DNS			-	s1	Birmingham	England Championships (Inc North & Midland Championships)	3 Jun 12
400	47.32			5	2	Gainesville FL, USA	Tom Jones Memorial Invitational	21 Apr 12
400	47.55			1		Peterborough	BAL Super8 Cup 2012 Men	21 Jul 12
400	47.65			6	A	Hendon	British Athletics League Premiership	28 Jul 12
400	47.74			5	5	Gainesville FL, USA	Florida Relays	6 Apr 12
400	DQ			-	h4	Birmingham	Aviva British Championships inc. Olympic Trials	23 Jun 12
2011 SEN Birchfield H
Event	Perf			Pos		Venue	Meeting	Date
100	10.77	w	4.0	6	ns1	Cardiff	British Athletics League Premiership	4 Jun 11
200	21.09		1.2	1		Bedford	CAU Inter Counties Championships	30 May 11
200	21.29	w	2.1	2	s3	Bedford	CAU Inter Counties Championships	30 May 11
200	21.3	w	5.3	1	L	Nuneaton	Leicestershire & Rutland & Warwickshire County Championships	15 May 11
200	21.48	w	2.9	2	h1	Bedford	CAU Inter Counties Championships	30 May 11
400	48.0			1	1	Stretford	Trafford Grand Prix	6 Sep 11
400	48.25			2	B	Newham	British Athletics League Premiership Division	27 Aug 11
400	51.04	i		1	h3	Cardiff	Welsh Open Senior Championships inc. Junior 800m Championships	23 Jan 11
2010 SEN Birchfield H
Event	Perf			Pos		Venue	Meeting	Date
100	10.56	w	2.9	1	1	Donnas, ITA	Meeting internazionale EAP	10 Jul 10
100	11.01		-0.6	2	L	Birmingham	Leicestershire, Rutland & Warwickshire County Championships	8 May 10
200	21.26		0.5	5	1	Donnas, ITA	Meeting internazionale EAP	10 Jul 10
200	21.28			1	L	Birmingham	Leicestershire, Rutland & Warwickshire County Championships	9 May 10
200	21.37		1.0	2	B	Eton	British Athletics League Premiership	31 Jul 10
200	21.45		1.7	5	A	Birmingham	British Athletics League Premiership	3 Jul 10
200	21.55	w	2.5	2	h1	Bedford	CAU Inter Counties Championships	31 May 10
400	46.62			5	h4	Birmingham	Aviva British Championships inc. European Trials	26 Jun 10
400	46.66			2	B	Birmingham	Aviva British Championships inc. European Trials	26 Jun 10
400	47.46			2	4	Geneva, SUI	Atletica Genève EAP Meeting	12 Jun 10
400	47.63			4	3	Celle Ligure, ITA	Meeting Arcobaleno	8 Jul 10
400	47.71			1	B	Loughborough	Loughborough International	23 May 10
400	48.3			1	B	Loughborough	Up and Running Midland League Division 1	1 May 10
400	48.39			8	1	Amsterdam, NED	Amsterdam Open	7 Aug 10
400	48.45			3	h3	Gateshead	England Senior Closed Championships	17 Jul 10
400	48.64			1	2	Cosford	RAF Invitation Match	24 Apr 10
2009 SEN Birchfield H
Event	Perf			Pos		Venue	Meeting	Date
100	10.79		-0.5	2	h1	Birmingham	McCain Birmingham Games	18 Jul 09
100	10.84		0.9	3	B	Don Valley	British Athletics League Premiership	7 Jun 09
100	10.89			6	h5	Loughborough	Loughborough European Permit Meeting (LEAP)	29 Jul 09
100	10.9		1.1	2	A	Coventry	Midland League Division 1	2 May 09
100	10.91		1.5	5		Birmingham	Midland Counties Senior & U20 Championships	21 Jun 09
100	10.99		1.5	2	h2	Birmingham	Midland Counties Senior & U20 Championships	21 Jun 09
100	11.10		-1.6	3	A	Hendon	British Athletics League Premiership	1 Aug 09
100	11.27		0.9	6		Birmingham	McCain Birmingham Games	18 Jul 09
200	21.14		1.9	2	B	Manchester	British Athletics League Premiership	4 Jul 09
200	21.36		1.6	1		Birmingham	McCain Birmingham Games	18 Jul 09
200	21.63		0.5	1	B	Don Valley	British Athletics League Premiership	7 Jun 09
200	21.68		-0.6	2	2	Loughborough	Loughborough European Permit Meeting (LEAP)	29 Jul 09
200	21.68		-2.9	4	A	Hendon	British Athletics League Premiership	1 Aug 09
200	21.72		1.1	1	h1	Birmingham	Midland Counties Senior & U20 Championships	21 Jun 09
200	21.73		1.4	5	2	Kalamata, GRE	Papaflessia	30 May 09
200	21.77		-1.2	5		Cardiff	McCain UK Challenge Final	15 Aug 09
200	21.8		1.1	1		Leicester	Leicestershire County Championships	10 May 09
200	21.94		1.4	2	h1	Birmingham	McCain Birmingham Games	18 Jul 09
200	22.1		-0.7	1	h2	Leicester	Leicestershire County Championships	10 May 09
200	22.19		1.4	1	h1	Birmingham	Birmingham Games Open	19 Jul 09
200	DNF		1.7	-		Birmingham	Midland Counties Senior & U20 Championships	21 Jun 09
400	47.13			2	A	Newham	British Athletics League Premiership	22 Aug 09
400	48.13			3	h1	Antwerp, BEL	International Antwerp Athletics Gala	29 Aug 09
400	48.21	i		3	s3	Birmingham	Birmingham Games	31 Jan 09
400	49.0			6	h1	Loughborough	McCain Loughborough International	17 May 09
400	49.16	i		1	h2	Birmingham	Birmingham Games	31 Jan 09
2008 U23 Leicester/Birchfield H
Event	Perf			Pos		Venue	Meeting	Date
60	6.99	i		3	6	Loughborough	Saucony Loughborough Indoor Open Meeting	19 Jan 08
60	7.05	i		3	1	Loughborough	Saucony Loughborough Indoor Open Meeting	19 Jan 08
100	10.64	w	2.7	2	h2	Birmingham	Midland Senior & U20 Championships	15 Jun 08
100	10.68		0.9	4		San Diego CA, USA	Triton Invitational	26 Apr 08
100	10.70	w	2.9	3		Birmingham	Midland Senior & U20 Championships	15 Jun 08
100	10.94		-1.1	5	4	Bedford	BIG (Bedford International Games)	1 Jun 08
100	10.94	w	2.6	8	A	Birmingham	British Athletics League Premiership	8 Jun 08
200	21.17		1.0	2		San Diego CA, USA	Triton Invitational	26 Apr 08
200	21.36		2.0	1		Birmingham	Midland Senior & U20 Championships	15 Jun 08
200	21.38	w	2.3	1	h1	Birmingham	Midland Senior & U20 Championships	15 Jun 08
200	21.48	w	2.2	2	1	Long Beach CA, USA	Long Beach Invitational	19 Apr 08
200	21.60	w	3.4	3	h2	Bedford	England Athletics Open Championships (U23/U20)	22 Jun 08
200	21.69		0.7	3	B	Hendon	British Athletics League Premiership	2 Aug 08
200	21.70		1.6	5	B	Birmingham	British Athletics League Premiership	8 Jun 08
200	21.74	i		2	s2	Birmingham	Birmingham Games	3 Feb 08
200	21.79		0.0	6=	4	Bedford	BIG (Bedford International Games)	1 Jun 08
200	21.93	w	2.4	6		Bedford	England Athletics Open Championships (U23/U20)	22 Jun 08
200	22.13	i		5		Sheffield	UKA Indoor City Challenge Final	17 Feb 08
200	22.18	i		1	h4	Birmingham	Birmingham Games	3 Feb 08
200	22.37	i		4		Sportcity	uk:a Indoor City Challenge	27 Jan 08
200	22.45		-3.3	6	s2	Bedford	CAU Inter Counties Championships	26 May 08
200	22.46		-1.6	1	h1	Bedford	CAU Inter Counties Championships	26 May 08
2007 U23 Leicester/Birmingham Uni/Birchfield H
Event	Perf			Pos		Venue	Meeting	Date
60	6.98	i		6	h6	Sheffield	Norwich Union European Indoor Trials	11 Feb 07
60	6.99	i		6	h1	Sheffield	Indoor City Challenge Final	18 Feb 07
100	10.65		-0.1	6	2	Bedford	BIG (Bedford International Games)	10 Jun 07
100	11.41					Birmingham	Midland Senior & U20 Championships	17 Jun 07
200	20.99		-0.9	1	1	Bedford	BIG (Bedford International Games)	10 Jun 07
200	21.11	i		2		Sheffield	Norwich Union European Indoor Trials	10 Feb 07
200	21.13	i		1	s1	Sheffield	Norwich Union European Indoor Trials	10 Feb 07
200	21.14		0.5	1		Birmingham	Midland Senior & U20 Championships	17 Jun 07
200	21.16		nwi	1		Bedford	BUSA Championships	7 May 07
200	21.28	w	2.3	1	h1	Bedford	BUSA Championships	6 May 07
200	21.34		-0.9	1	h1	Birmingham	Midland Senior & U20 Championships	17 Jun 07
200	21.35		-0.9	2		Loughborough	Loughborough International	20 May 07
200	21.37		-0.7	1	s1	Bedford	BUSA Championships	7 May 07
200	21.49	i		1		Sheffield	Indoor City Challenge Final	18 Feb 07
200	21.54	i		4		Glasgow	Norwich Union International	27 Jan 07
200	21.55	i		1	h2	Sheffield	Norwich Union European Indoor Trials	10 Feb 07
200	DQ		-0.3	-	I	Glasgow (S)	Norwich Union Classic	3 Jun 07
2006 U23 Leicester/Birmingham Uni/Birchfield H
Event	Perf			Pos		Venue	Meeting	Date
60	6.94	i		2	1.1	Loughborough	Saucony Lsac Open Meeting	4 Feb 06
60	6.95	i		2	2.1	Loughborough	Saucony Lsac Open Meeting	4 Feb 06
100	10.47	w	2.2	2		Birmingham	BUSA Championships	29 Apr 06
100	10.58		-0.5	4	M	Loughborough	Loughborough International	21 May 06
100	10.68		0.3	4	A	Birmingham	British Athletics League Premiership	1 Jul 06
100	10.69		0.0	3	h4	Sportcity	Norwich Union European Trials inc AAA Championships	15 Jul 06
100	10.70		0.6	1	3	Bedford	BIG (Bedford International Games)	11 Jun 06
100	10.70		-0.5	4	1	Bratislava, SVK	Bratislava, SLO	13 Jun 06
100	10.70		-0.2	1		Birmingham	Midland Senior & U20 Championships	18 Jun 06
100	10.71		1.5	1	s2	Birmingham	BUSA Championships	29 Apr 06
100	10.78	w	2.5	1	h7	Birmingham	BUSA Championships	29 Apr 06
100	10.86		0.4	6	s3	Sportcity	Norwich Union European Trials inc AAA Championships	15 Jul 06
100	10.90		-0.8	5	A	Hendon	British Athletics League Premiership	6 May 06
100	11.03		-0.1	7		Eton	British Athletics League Premier Division	5 Aug 06
200	20.79		0.3	3		Sportcity	Norwich Union European Trials inc AAA Championships	16 Jul 06
200	21.00		1.6	3	s2	Sportcity	Norwich Union European Trials inc AAA Championships	16 Jul 06
200	21.01		1.7	1	1	Bedford	BIG (Bedford International Games)	11 Jun 06
200	21.01		1.1	2	1	Bratislava, SVK	Bratislava, SLO	13 Jun 06
200	21.01		0.9	1	h4	Sportcity	Norwich Union European Trials inc AAA Championships	16 Jul 06
200	21.08		-2.3	1	A	Birmingham	British Athletics League Premiership	1 Jul 06
200	21.13		1.0	1	M	Loughborough	Loughborough International	21 May 06
200	21.35		-2.2	1	A	Sportcity	British Athletics League Premiership	3 Jun 06
200	21.42	w	2.1	1		Birmingham	BUSA Championships	1 May 06
200	21.42		-0.9	1		Birmingham	Midland Senior & U20 Championships	18 Jun 06
200	21.47		1.6	5		Eton	British Athletics League Premier Division	5 Aug 06
200	21.56			1	A	Hendon	British Athletics League Premiership	6 May 06
200	21.56			1		Birmingham (Un)	Ivy League Athletics	21 Jun 06
200	21.67	i		2		Sheffield	UK Athletics Indoor City Challenge Final	19 Feb 06
200	21.68	w	3.1	1	s1	Birmingham	BUSA Championships	1 May 06
200	21.85	w	2.4	1	h1	Bedford	AAA U23-U20 Championships	23 Jul 06
200	22.21		-0.7	1	h10	Birmingham	BUSA Championships	30 Apr 06
200	22.29		-3.5	2		Derby	Northern Inter-Regional Match U23 Cleveland Cup	13 Aug 06
2005 U20 Leicester/Birmingham Uni/Birchfield H
Event	Perf			Pos		Venue	Meeting	Date
100	10.56			1	B	Loughborough	Loughborough International Match	22 May 05
100	10.58		0.1	2		Merksem, BEL	-	27 Aug 05
100	10.59		1.1	1		Glasgow (S)	BUSA Championships	2 May 05
100	10.63		1.9	1	s2	Glasgow (S)	BUSA Championships	2 May 05
100	10.73		-1.0	3		Abingdon	SEAA Inter-Regional Match	4 Sep 05
100	10.8		-2.7	1		Birmingham	Midland U20 Champioships	28 May 05
100	10.9			1		Tamworth	National Junior League Trent Division	24 Apr 05
100	10.94		-2.3	2	1	Derby	U23 Inter Territorial (Cleveland Cup)	14 Aug 05
100	10.96			1	h2	Glasgow (S)	BUSA Championships	2 May 05
100	11.08			ht	ht	Tamworth	Tamworth Games	29 Aug 05
100	11.1		-3.4	1	L	Nuneaton	Leicestershire & Warwickshire County Championships	14 May 05
200	21.02		0.4	1		Bedford	AAA U20 / U23 Championships	3 Jul 05
200	21.17		-0.7	1		Birmingham	Midland U20 Champioships	29 May 05
200	21.31			1	I	Loughborough	Loughborough International Match	22 May 05
200	21.36		-0.2	2	s2	Bedford	AAA U20 / U23 Championships	3 Jul 05
200	21.47		-0.7	1	h4	Kaunas, LTU	European Junior Championships	21 Jul 05
200	21.5			1		Tamworth	National Junior League Trent Division	24 Apr 05
200	21.5		-0.7	ht		Birmingham	Midland U20 Champioships	29 May 05
200	21.55		-1.3	1		Abingdon	SEAA Inter-Regional Match	4 Sep 05
200	21.56		-1.6	7		Kaunas, LTU	European Junior Championships	23 Jul 05
200	21.60		0.6	1	h2	Bedford	AAA U20 / U23 Championships	3 Jul 05
200	21.63			1		Glasgow (S)	BUSA Championships	2 May 05
200	21.89		-4.1	3	s2	Kaunas, LTU	European Junior Championships	23 Jul 05
200	21.96			1	s3	Glasgow (S)	BUSA Championships	2 May 05
200	22.14	i		3	h4	Sheffield	AAA Championships	12 Feb 05
200	22.40		-1.4	1	h8	Glasgow (S)	BUSA Championships	2 May 05
400	48.90			2		Tamworth	Tamworth Games	29 Aug 05
2004 U20 Leicester/Birchfield H
Event	Perf			Pos		Venue	Meeting	Date
200	21.32		0.4	1	h2	Bendigo AUS	Commonwealth Youth Games	3 Dec 04
200	21.37		-1.9	2		Bendigo AUS	Commonwealth Youth Games	3 Dec 04
2003 U20 Leicester/Birchfield H
Event	Perf			Pos		Venue	Meeting	Date
100	10.71		1.7	1	h1	Don Valley	ESAA English Schools' Championships	11 Jul 03
100	10.81	w	2.3	4		Don Valley	ESAA English Schools' Championships	11 Jul 03

Total Performances: 182

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UK Rankings

Event	AG	Year	Rank
60i	U23	2006	9
60i	ALL	2006	43
60i	ALL	2007	71
60i	U23	2007	25
60i	ALL	2008	70
60i	U23	2008	21
60	U23	2006	9
60	ALL	2006	43
60	ALL	2007	73
60	U23	2007	25
60	U23	2008	22
60	ALL	2008	70
100	U20	2005	9
100	ALL	2005	31
100	ALL	2006	27
100	U23	2006	7
100	U23	2007	16
100	ALL	2007	44
100	ALL	2008	52
100	U23	2008	18
100	ALL	2009	71
100	ALL	2010	236
100	ALL	2013	178
200i	ALL	2005	29
200i	U20	2005	9
200i	ALL	2006	10
200i	U23	2006	3
200i	U23	2007	2
200i	ALL	2007	2
200i	U23	2008	9
200i	ALL	2008	16
200	U20	2005	4
200	ALL	2005	11
200	U23	2006	2
200	ALL	2006	6
200	U23	2007	5
200	ALL	2007	14
200	ALL	2008	17
200	U23	2008	5
200	ALL	2009	18
200	ALL	2010	26
200	ALL	2011	20
200	ALL	2012	81
200	ALL	2013	53
200	ALL	2014	121
200	U20	AT	65
200	ALL	AT	114
200	U23	AT	54
400i	ALL	2009	18
400i	ALL	2011	128
400i	ALL	2014	10
400	U20	2005	24
400	ALL	2005	96
400	ALL	2009	21
400	ALL	2010	14
400	ALL	2011	49
400	ALL	2012	34
400	ALL	2013	12
400	ALL	2014	30
400	ALL	AT	155