THREE up-and-coming Southampton AC athletes have been invited to the British Indoor Championships in Sheffield later this month.

Sophie Merritt, Louise Webb and Oli Bromby are all on the guest list for the weekend of February 27/28.

Field ace Merritt – winner of shot silver and discus bronze at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa last year - will be competing in the shot put where she currently sits second in the national under-20 rankings and fifth senior, having thrown a personal best of 13.78 metres at Lee Valley last month.

Speed machine Bromby – fourth in the 100m in Samoa - will compete in the 60 metres. He too is in cracking form, sitting second in the under-20 men’s rankings with a time of 6.81 seconds.

Louise Webb will run in the 3000 metres. She recently finished second to training partner Sarah McDonald representing England in the Elan International Meeting in Bratislava. The pair were well clear at the head of the eight-strong European field.