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
Casey Tibbs (athlete) Long jump - F44 event, did not finish in the men's Pentathlon - P44 event and finished fourth in the men's 200 metres - T44 event Casey Tibbs (athlete) Casey Tibbs is a Paralympian athlete from America competing mainly in category P44 pentathlon events. He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There he won a gold medal in the men's 4 x 100 metre relay - T42-46 event, a silver medal in the men's Pentathlon - P44 event and finished fifth in the men's 400 metres - T44 event. He also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics