Andy Vernon
Vernon's debut at an international athletics competition was at the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships where he competed in the 8,000-metre junior men's race; finishing 64th in a time of 27 minutes and 12 seconds.[3] Vernon's next international competition was the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships where he again competed in the junior men's race, this time finishing 48th.[2] In December 2005 he won his first international medal in the European Junior Cross Country Championships finishing 2nd behind Hungary's Barnabás Bene.[2] At the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships Vernon competed in the 5000 metres and finished seventh in a time of 13 minutes and 59.24 seconds.[2] At the 2009 European Cross Country Championships in Dublin Vernon competed in the men's senior race; finishing 12th.[2] In March 2011 Vernon competed in the senior men's race at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and finished 58th.[2] Vernon's next major competition was the 2011 European Cross Country Championships where he finished ninth in the senior men's race.