1978 UK Athletics Championships below also competed at the 1978 AAA Championships. Sonia Lannaman defended her 100 metres/200 metres sprint double from 1977. Allan Wells took his first sprint double on the men's side and Jane Colebrook managed a double in the 400 metres and 800 metres. Athletes to retain their titles from 1977 included Lannaman, sprint hurdlers Berwyn Price and Sharon Colyear, Geoff Capes (men's shot put), Meg Ritchie (women's discus) and Tessa Sanderson (women's javelin). The main international track and field competition for the United Kingdom that year was the 1978 European Athletics Championships. Two athletes at the UK event won individual
Ray Watson (athlete) seventh in the 1500 metres event. At the 1928 Olympics he finished ninth in the 800 metres competition. Anchor of four mile relay team which held world record for many years. Honorary life member Illinois athletic club. Taught chemistry and coached track at Quincy High School. Ray Watson (athlete) Raymond "Ray" Bates Watson (December 10, 1898 – September 1974) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics, in the 1924 Summer Olympics, and in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was born in Garden City, Kansas and died in Quincy, Illinois. At the age of