Amy-Eloise Neale

OLY Oly or OLY may refer to: * Oly, informal name for Olympia, Washington Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington. It had a population of 55,605 at the 2020 census, making it the state of Washington's 23rd-most populous cit ...

(formerly Markovc; born 5 August 1995) is a British middle- and

long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. Within endurance ru ...

. She won the gold medal in the

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...

at the 2021 European Indoor Championships. Neale is a two-time British national champion. In 2024, Neale chose to go by her birth name of Amy-Eloise Neale instead of Amy-Eloise Markovc.

Career

Born in

Stockport, England Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The Rivers Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. It is the main settlement of the wider ...

, she later moved to the United States and took up

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

. At the age of 14 she won the

2000 metres steeplechase The 2000 Metres Steeplechase is a rarely run senior athletics and a standard youth athletics event for the steeplechase in track and field. The event was part of the athletics programme for boys and girls at the IAAF World Youth Championships in ...

at the 2010

USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships The USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships, also known as the USATF Junior Olympics, is an annual track and field competition for American athletes between the ages of seven and eighteen. It is organised by USA Track & Field and f ...

. While studying at

Glacier Peak High School Glacier Peak High School is a high school in Snohomish, Washington, United States, operated by the Snohomish School District. Glacier Peak was opened in 2008 to relieve overcrowding at Snohomish High School; the facility designed by NAC Archit ...

, Neale was the

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Gatorade Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year for three years running (2011, 2012, 2013). Neale had top eight finishes each year at the

Nike Cross Nationals Nike Cross Nationals (NXN) (formerly known as Nike Team Nationals) is an invitational cross country meet that serves as the unofficial team national championship of United States high school cross country. Sponsored by Nike, It was designed to he ...

from 2010 to 2012, with her highest finish being 3rd in 2010. Her international debut for Great Britain followed at the

2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics The 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics were the seventh edition of the World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held in Lille Métropole, France, with stadium-based events at Stadium Lille Métropole in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, on 6� ...

, where she placed eleventh in the steeplechase final. Neale competed in her first major

cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and soil, earth, pass through woodlands and ope ...

event at the 2013 World Cross Country Championships, placing 21st in the junior race. She was also a steeplechase finalist at the 2013 European Junior Championships and 2014 World Junior Championships. After the latter event she did not compete for 18 months. In 2016, she began to compete again for the

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track team for her alma mater, the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...

. She took eighth place at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships. The following year, Neale made the final in the

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at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships. In the outdoor track season, she made the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

final at the NCAA Division I Championships. It was in cross country that she began to make an impact in 2017, becoming the runner-up at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships. Neale then placed fourth in the under-23 race at the

European Cross Country Championships The European Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition. Organised by the European Athletic Association, it is the area championships for the region and is held in December each year. The championship ...

, earning U23 women's team title. Her focus returned to the track in 2018, with highlights including twelfth in the

at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships and fifth in the

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...

at the NCAA Division I Championships. Later that year, she signed with the

Reebok Boston Track Club The Reebok Boston Track Club (RBTC) is an American training group sponsored by Reebok for professional distance runners (known as "RBTC Elite") as well as a separate recreational club for casual runners. RBTC Elite is supported by head coach Chri ...

under coach Chris Fox. In 2019, Neale secured her first national podium at the

British Indoor Athletics Championships The British Indoor Athletics Championships is the annual national championship in indoor track and field for the United Kingdom, organised by UK Athletics. Eight track and five field events for both men and women are contested, with athletes being i ...

with third in the 3000 m. In February 2021, she broke the British two mile record at

New Balance Indoor Grand Prix The New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, formerly known as the Boston Indoor Games, is an annual indoor track and field meet which is held in late January or early February at the Track at New Balance. Prior to 2023, it was hosted at the Reggie Lewis Tr ...

in New York, completing the distance in 9:30.69. In March that year, Neale won the gold medal in the 3000 m at the

European Indoor Championships The European Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played in Berlin, Germany. The event was played as part of the ATP Tour in 1990 and 1991. It was played on indoor carpet court A carpet court is a type of tennis court. The Intern ...

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, Poland in a personal best time of 8:46.43. In 2022, she claimed her first national title with a 3000 m victory at the British Indoor Championships and outdoors added second title for the 5000 m. Neale set new personal bests in the 3000 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m, 5 km road race and

half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish, or shortcu ...

that year.

Statistics

International competitions

National titles

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: 2022

References

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