Claim: Wendy Cearns narrowly missed out on Olympic selection in 1988 but won the AAA Championships title in 1989 at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium.
Evidence: Competing as Wendy Cearns, she narrowly missed out on Olympic selection in 1988 after she finished fourth at the AAA Championships (incorporating the Olympic trials) in 57.01, just behind Simone Laidlow who ran 57.00 in third. In 1989, she won the AAA Championships title in a lifetime best of 56.05, to rank second in the UK behind Gunnell. The 1989 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held from 11–13 August at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England. 
Birmingham, England Competing as Wendy Cearns, she narrowly missed out on Olympic selection in 1988 after she finished fourth at the AAA Championships (incorporating the Olympic trials) in 57.01, just behind Simone Laidlow who ran 57.00 in third. In 1989, she won the AAA Championships title in a lifetime best of 56.05, to rank second in the UK behind Gunnell.