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Amy Melissa Harris-Willock (born 14 September 1987 in Birmingham)^[1]^[2] is an English long jumper of Antiguan descent competing as Amy Harris,^[3] and a former titleholder of the pageant Miss Caribbean UK.^[4]

Athletics career

Competing under her birth name Amy Harris and a member of UK Athletics, she won the long jump gold medal at the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games in Bendigo, Victoria with a jump of 6.19 m (20.3 ft)^[5] and silver at the 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania with a personal best jump of 6.35 m (20.8 ft).^[6]^[7]

She was holder of the England Athletics Championship outdoors under-20 women's long jump record 2006–12 with a jump of 6.40 m (21.0 ft) made while she was competing for Birchfield Harriers athletics club.^[8]

Harris attended courses at Florida State University 2008–12 during which time she competed both for the Florida State Seminoles^[9]^[10] and Birchfield Harriers.^[11] In 2010, she won silver at the UK championships in Birmingham and gold at the England Track and Field Championships in Gateshead.^[11]

She was Atlantic Coast Conference champion in both outdoor and indoor long jump for 2012^[10] and made the fourth best ever long jump at Florida State with 21 ft 1.25 in (6.43 m).^[10]

In 2014 Harris, whose grandfather Etel Nathaniel Willock lived in Bolans until his death in 2010,^[12] transferred her allegiance to Antigua and Barbuda in recognition of her heritage and is a member of the Antigua & Barbuda Athletic Association. She is the national record holder for the long jump. She competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games long jump.^[13]

Miss Caribbean UK 2015

Amy Harris-Willock competed and won the 2015 edition of Miss Caribbean UK. She was selected from four finalists in the Birmingham heat of the pageant competition on 25 July 2015. She then went on to join sixteen other hopefuls from around the United Kingdom and was placed as one of the seven who made it through to the final round at the Grand Finalé on 5 December at the Shaw Theatre.^[14]

She won best evening gown in her red bespoke tailored dress designed exclusively for her by Francis Agyapong of AgyeFrance Design.^[15] She was then announced the 2015 winner of the entire competition.^[16]

References

^ "Amy Harris Profile". Florida State University. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012.
^ "Amy Harris". Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015.
^ "Homeland Woos UK Based Athlete". The Daily Observer. St. John's, Antigua. 15 March 2014. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
^ "About us". Miss Caribbean UK. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
^ "Commonwealth Youth Games". gbrathletics. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
^ "Athletics: Lifetime-best Harris sparks British success". Birmingham Post. The Free Library. 25 July 2005. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
^ "European Athletics Championships Statistics: Junior – Women" (PDF). European Athletics. p. 18. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
^ "England Athletics Championship Records". England Athletics. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
^ "Florida State Women's Track & Field – 2008–09 Year in Review". Florida State University. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Track & Field Media Guide 2013 (PDF). Florida State University. 2013. pp. 6, 31, 34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b McCook, Tom (29 July 2010). "West Midlands Win Seven England Senior Titles at Gateshead". England Athletics. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. With lead picture of Harris jumping.
^ "Homeland Woos UK Based Athlete". The Daily Observer. St. John's, Antigua. 15 March 2014. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014.
^ Baptiste, Neto (18 July 2014). "Athlete cleared to compete". The Daily Observer. St. John's, Antigua. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015.
^ "Caribbean: Amy Harris-Willock is Miss Caribbean UK 2015" (Press release). St. Lucia News Online. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
^ Hudson, Rykesha (18 January 2016). "Meet the African designer dressing Caribbean queens". The Voice. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016.
^ "Winner for the 2nd annual Miss Caribbean UK beauty pageant Crowned" (Press release). 8 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.