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
Lillian Palmer (athlete) yards event she finished fourth. At the 1934 Women's World Games in London she was captain of the Canadian team and flag bearer at the opening ceremony, she finished fourth in the 200 metres event. Lillian Palmer (athlete) Competitor for Canada Lillian Emily Palmer (later "Alderson", June 23, 1913 – March 28, 2001) was a Canadian athlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. She was born and died in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 1932 she competed in the 4×100 metres where she won the silver medal with her team mates Mildred Fizzell, Mary Frizzel and Hilda Strike who had