A quartet of talented Scots who finished top of the class in Eton have been named in British Triathlon's Olympic Talent Squad.

Named in the squad, for athletes aged 14-17 years who have shown the potential to achieve medal success in 2016 and beyond, are the highly regarded Andrew Hood (Cupar), Cameron Milne (Kinross), Peter Anderson (Laurencekirk) and Will Johnston (Edinburgh).

All four teenagers caught the eye in a stunning showing in England earlier this year when they took a clean sweep of the medals at the Eton Youth Triathlon, finishing 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively.

By virtue of their podium places, Andrew, Cameron and Peter then represented Great Britain at the European Youth Relay Championships, where they came fifth. Now, the four are determined to make the most of their selection.

“It is very encouraging for Scotland that we have so many guys in the one squad and we can all spur one another on,” said Will, 16, who missed out on the relays, but consoled himself with the Scottish Youth title.

“It is a bit of a coincidence that we are all about the same age and all doing so well,” added Andrew, who finished 7th in the ITU Triathlon European Youth Olympic Games qualifier. “We train together on a regular basis which helps to push each other on. Whenever you start a race, it could go any way as you never know who is going to perform the best on the day.”

Peter, who won the 2009 London Junior Elite Sprint race, is following in the family footsteps, his mum Margaret having represented Scotland.

He said: “I started out as a swimmer and had always done a bit of biking with my parents. My first race was a local kids triathlon and it just went from there. GB selection will mean input from more coaches and the more you learn, the more things you can apply to your race situation and your technique in all three disciplines.”

And Cameron, crowned the 2009 British Youth Champion, added: “Being selected will give me opportunities to improve my performance looking forward to Glasgow 2014 and then Rio in 2016. Plus it makes it much more competitive to have all the Scottish guys involved.”

The quartet are already part of triathlonscotland’s performance squad, based at the University of Stirling and are members of the Area Institute of Sport network, which provides integrated support, delivering essential services such as sports medicine and sports science.

British Triathlon’s involvement will provide them with a high performance environment and a world-class support system to enable the talented triathletes to achieve their full potential and deliver their best performances on the World and Olympic stage.

triathlonscotland National Performance Development Coach Chris Volley said: “There is a core group of very promising Scottish triathletes and British Triathlon has acknowledged this in its performance squad selection. Many of these athletes are well on their way to being the best in Britain and the next aim is to get them thinking they can be the best in the world.”