Transatlantic Series

Oxford and Cambridge have a big rivalry on the track but we put this to one side and team up to take on American Universities in the Transatlantic Series. The first match took place over 100 years ago, and as the oldest international athletics match in the world the series is steeped in history. It is even older than the modern Olympics! The team for these matches is a selection of the best athletes from the two universities who come together to compete in the same vest and under one flag as an Achilles team.

 

Women's 800m HY 2019

 

The series operates on a four yearly cycle:

2020 - Break for the Olympics

2021 - Achilles Tour to the US

2022 - Achilles v Penn & Cornell at Cambridge

2023 - Achilles v Harvard & Yale at Oxford