Group Success

Group Success so far 1998 – 2012

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There have been 588 personal bests from just 612athletes, over the past 12 years from 60m to marathon. Of those, 57 have been competing in athletics for several years prior to joining our group.

2012 has started well with Samantha winning the Cliveden XC in Taplow, the Woodcote 10k and Black Park Park Run 5k, then, Nicole, Helen, Samantha, Chrissie and Dan came a 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th at their county XC championships. Sam Maguire came close at the South of England Indoor Champs with 4th in a PB (8.41) over 60m hurdles while Emily also set a new personal best when finishing 6th in the final of the 400m indoors.

At the South of England XC Championships Millie was 13th Samantha was 16th and Nicole was 21st (only a week after having had to drop out of the County Schools champs with a rib injury, beating all the girls who’d finished in front of her the week before) while Jack Tyler & Dan Thorne were 65th and 67th out of large field of 745 runners.

At the British University (BUCS) Cross Country Championships in Cardiff, Millie was 31st out of 347, Nicole was 6th (2nd U17) at the Schools Inter-County X C Championships in Essex, while Jack Gradwell took over 2 sec’s off of his 400m personal best when running at the London Indoor Games at Lea Valley.

At the UKA National Indoor Championships Millie was 8th in the 1500 in an indoor PB, while Matt Dorrington, Neville Harris and Joe Vaughn all ran indoor 400m PB’s at the Inter-Varsity match for Brunel. Millie also won both the 800m & 1500m at the annual RAF v British Universities match, Matt, won the 400 and 4 x 200m relay, while Neville and Joe both ran indoor 400m pb’s and Melody Kane set a new 1500m indoor pb too.

Samantha despite a bad cold, still came 3rd in the Wokingham ½ marathon

2011 started well, with Nicole Swaffield winning the county XC champs by half a minute! Khalid took the bronze at the U20 South of England Indoors in a pb, Lauren Longhurst and Nicola Gibson both ran 5 personal bests each indoors while Richard Weaver set new WSEH masters club records and was ranked UK No. 3 over 1500 and 6th over 800m indoors. Nicole recovered from a hip injury to come 6th at the National Inter-Counties XC Championships. Khalid won his county indoor champs over 1500m in a new CPB and the following week also took the team bronze at the South of England Road Relays.

Rory Graham-Watson opened his season with a 400m pb (49.61) to win the prestigious Kinnaird Trophy, while fellow Etonian, Dominic Smith started his season where he left off last year with a 48.57 first 400 of the season followed by running the final leg of the 4 x 400 setting a new club record (3:20.77) along with Sam Maguire who also set PB’s over both the U17 and U20 400m hurdles..

Nicole Swaffield, Ashley Fry & Sam Maguire all won their county championships in personal best times, despite the cool and windy conditions, Rory G-W, Nichole Gibson and Lauren Longhurst all equalled their best times at the county champs too. Rory went on to set yet another personal best over 400m (49.43) despite the windy conditions and having already won the 800 earlier the that afternoon, when winning the 137th edition of the Oxford v Cambridge Match. He also won the 4 x 400 with Cambridge winning the match too by a record margin. Rory was awarded his Cambridge “Blues” for his efforts and was a nice way to sign off his time there in his third and final year at the university.

Rory’s brother Tom, looks set to follow in his brothers footsteps, still only 17 and having taken up athletics only this year Tom has already run 51.53 for 400m with much more to come I’m sure. New comer to the squad is Jemma Colbourne is a sprint hurdler and has already set 4 pb’s since joining the group over 100, 200 and 100m hurdles, with much more to come once she gets her confidence together and Nicole continued to impress with a massive pb over 3000m (10:01.19) putting her UK No.7 and 23 sec’s inside the English Schools Qualifying standard!

Sam Maguire won the English Combined Events Champs in a new personal best, which at the time ranked him European No. 1 and World No. 7 U17 (53.13). Then Sam, Emily, Dominic and Nicole all won their events at the Berkshire schools championships, with Nicole setting another CBP – Championship Best Performance. Nicole, Sam & Dominic were selected for the English Schools.

At the South of England Championships Ben Tyler took the bronze over 1500m, Rory took the silver over 800m in a new PB (1:50.81) and Ashley won the gold running a new PB (52.91) too while Richard Weaver took two silvers over 1500 & 800m at the British Masters Championships setting his 5th WSEH Masters Club Record along the way over 800m with 2:01.09!

Dominic bounced back after struggling to recover from a bad cold to claim bronze at the English Schools over 400m in a new PB and Eton School record of 48.18. Dom had previously equalled the record with 48.5, which had stood since 1964, and off the back of this run has been selected to represent Team GB at the U20 European Championships as part of the 4 x 400m relay team. Nicole was 6th in her first English schools champs over 3000m, while Sam was selected to represent England at the Youth Commonwealth Games over 400m hurdles.

Rich ran four more personal bests to make the finals of both the 800m & 1500m at the World Masters Championships in Sacramento USA, finishing 8th in the 800 with 1:59.79 and 10th in the 1500m with 4:10.46 and a fantastic silver in the 4 x 400m relay!

2010 began with 3 girls in the final of the U17 South of England Indoor 400, with gold, silver & 5th along with 4pb’s on the way to add to the bronze in the senior men’s 800m at the same meet. Then there was another gold at the North of England Indoor champs over 400m (senior women) too.

Harriet Pryke was officially nominated as a contender for the Isle of Mann U21 Female Sportsperson of the year, after setting a 3rd Island Indoor records, while Shelayna Oskan was selected to join the “On camp with Kelly” programme, to be mentored by former double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes and Laura Burke is also being mentored by former World & Olympic 400m hurdles champion and world record holder Sally Gunnell OBE.

Brunel’s women’s team beat Loughborough at the annual inter-varsity indoor match and also won the BUCS (British University & College Sports) Indoor National Championships for the 2nd year running, something never before achieved by Brunel. At the BUCS outdoor championships 5 out of the 6 athletes I had running made their finals winning a gold and silver.

Rory Graham-Watson’s Cambridge team, won the Oxford v Cambridge match with Rory winning the 800m & 4 x 400m.This was an historic team, as Cambridge won both A & B strings in both the men’s and women’s teams, something which has not happened for over 22 years! Rory received his Cambridge blues for his efforts while Richard Weaver (formerly of Oxford Uni) took the bronze at the British Masters Championships with a new WESH club record!

4 out of the 4 athletes we had running won their county school championships over 400m hurdles, 400m, 800m and 3000m. In the 400 Dominic Smith equalled the Eton Collage school record which has stood for over 40 years and Nicole Swaffield set a new 3000m CBP (Championship Best Performance). There was gold & silver at the North of England Championships over 400m and 200, both in PB’s, with another silver and two bronze medals over 400m hurdles and 400m flat at the U20/Senior South of England championships too.

In the U20/23 National championships we had 5 athletes from our group in finals. Rory almost pulled off the shock of the weekend, leading all the way to a blanket finish in which he was eventually 6th, but only 0.9 sec’s from the winner, Laura too was involved in a close finish with just 0.8 separating 1st and 5th in the 400m hurdles, but did set a PB on the way in very windy conditions. Laura has just moved up to this age group, but despite being the youngest and being troubled by a nagging back injury has still shown she is someone to watch out for! Harriet set another PB of 55.76 to come 5th with both Shelayna (400m) and Ashley (400m hurdles) taking the bronze in their finals.

At the National senior championships (and European trials) we had 3 athletes running with Shelayna taking the bronze in the “B” final, while Harriet once again set another 400 PB of 55.62 in the heats. The following weekend at the English Schools T & F Championships out of the 4 athletes we had running, 3 made the final , with 2 getting medals, Laura Burke took the bronze, while after previously not making the final over the past 2 years, Ashley Fry struck gold!

Harriet also made the final of the England senior championships and did the treble at the Isle of Mann Championships taking the 100, 200 and 400m too! Nicole Swaffield in her 1st season training with us not only won the County Champs in a new CBP, but was also 5th in both the National Championships and 5th in the UK Schools Games too with much more to come. Nicole also set our groups 500th pb in her last race of the year, when winning the Alder Valley League Finals and in his last meet of the year Ashley took 2 silvers and Emily a bronze over 400m hurdles at the National Junior League Finals in Derby to cap what’s been another great year for the group!

Next year we will be joined by another great 400m hurdler; Sam McGuire, who took the bronze at the English schools in his 1st year in the age group and I will be working even closer with Danny Hodge, “super coach” to over a dozen English schools hurdlers over the past few years who will be doing all the technical hurdle work, while I will be taking their running sessions so more exciting times ahead. Bring it on!

In 2009 we had the National U 20 indoor champion over 400m and a bronze over 800m, 2 BUCS (British Universities & Collage Sports) National Indoor champions over 800m & 4 x 200m relay along with another 6 finalists from just 10 athletes. A further 3 silvers at the BUCS outdoor National championships over 800m, 4 x 100m & 4 x 400m relay and a bronze over 400m from just 6 finalists with 3 athletes in the women’s 400m final! For the 1st time in Brunel’s history the women’s team won the National indoor title beating the mighty Loughborough University, while the men’s team finish an excellent 2nd.

We had a bronze at the senior Inter-Counties championships by a junior in the 800m a gold in the U17 South of England Championships over 300m hurdles and a silver at the North of England U20 championships over 400m. Shelayna and Laura gained their 1st GB vests and both headed the 2009 UK rankings over 3 distances, Shelayna also took silver in the National U20 400m as well as making the final of the Senior National Championships, while Laura Burke won the U17 300m hurdles title at the English Schools Championships along with a with a silver at the National U17 Championships and gained selection for the European Youth Olympic Festival in Finland finishing 6th in the 3rd fastest ever time by a U17 UK athlete.

Laura also took silver at the Schools World Cup Final in Estonia & gold in the UK Schools Games, while Harriet Pryke took 2 silvers and gold at the NatWest Island Games in Finland over 400, 200 & 4 x 400m. In addition to all this Dan Greene took 2 silvers at the National MENCAP championships over 100 & 200m and another silver the TVAC Special Olympics over 200m.

In 2008 we had 2 National U20 championship finalists, with gold in the 400m. The English Schools 400m champion and a bronze in the U17 South of England Championships too over 300m hurdles. We had the UK No.1 outdoors U20 400 leading time and a 5th place, representing England (Shelayna’s 1st England vest) in the Final of the Youth Commonwealth Games (400m) in Pune, India. Jack Tyler followed his brother Ben winning the London Collage XC individual title in consecutive years, something no one else from the university has done before.

We won the National Preps Schools XC title two years running in 2006/07 (never won by the school prior to my coaching them) along with gold in the National Prep Schools Track & field Championships in the 800m in 2007. While 10 of the South of England U15 girl’s hockey team I worked with made the England Team of 16. We also had a gold at the 2003 British Army Championships over 800m to add to the gold in 2002 BAC over 400m hurdles.

At the English Schools Track & Field championships, although we’ve only ever had 8 athletes compete,, we’ve come back with 7 medals, 4 of them gold’s, along with a silver and 2 bronze! In addition to all this at the county Track & Field championships & County schools championships over the past 8 years we’ve had:

County Championships:

  • 2011 4 gold’s, 1 silver, 2 bronze
  • 2010 9 gold’s, 2 silvers, 2 bronze
  • 2009 4 gold’s, 1 silver, 1 bronze
  • 2008 3 gold’s, 1 silver, 1 bronze
  • 2007 4 gold’s, 5 silvers, 1 bronze
  • 2006 6 gold’s, 3 silvers
  • 2005 6 gold’s, 2 silvers, 1 bronze
  • 2004 3 gold’s, 3 silvers, 3 bronze
  • 2003 5 gold’s, 2 silvers, 1 bronze
  • 2002 4 gold’s, 3 silvers, 1 bronze

County Schools Championships:

  • 2011 4 gold’s & a CBP
  • 2010 5 gold’s & 2 CPB
  • 2009 2 gold’s
  • 2008 1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze
  • 2007 2 gold’s
  • 2006
  • 2005 1 gold
  • 2004
  • 2003 2 gold’s
  • 2002 1 gold

English Schools Championships:

  • 2011 1 bronze & 6th
  • 2010 1 gold, 2 bronze & 6th
  • 2009 1 gold
  • 2008 1 gold
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003 1 gold, 1 silver
  • 2002

Performance Running Ltd. Company Success:

2012 Performance Running Ltd. launch Performance Running AC, a new athletic club for 8-18 year olds.
2012 Rodger Hughes selected to carry the Olympic torch.
2012 British Airways agree to be sole sponsors to the 2012 Performance Running Ltd Summer Athletics Camp.
2011 British Airways once more agree to be title sponsors of the 2011 Performance Running Ltd. Summer Athletics Camp.
2011 Craft are again to supply all the coaches’ kit & kids “T” shirts for the 2011 Performance Running Ltd. Summer Athletics Camp.
2010 Performance Running Ltd is launched, 31st March 2010.
2010 British Airways again agree to be title sponsors to the 2010 Performance Running Summer Athletics Camp.
2010 Craft are again to supply all the coaches’ kit & kids “T” shirts for the 2010 Performance Running Summer Athletics Camp.
2010 Craft once again agree to kit sponsor a dozen Rodger Hughes/Performance Running recommended athletes as per last year.
2009 Craft agree to kit sponsor a dozen Rodger Hughes/Performance Running recommended athletes in addition to last year’s dozen.
2009 Craft again supply all the coaches’ kit & kids “T” shirts for the 2009 Performance Running Summer Athletics Camp.
2009 British Airways again agree to be title sponsors to the 2009 Performance Running Summer Athletics Camp.
2008 Rodger Hughes & Danny Hodge become members of the European Coaches Association.
2008 Craft Sportswear agrees to sponsor a dozen talented young athletes recommended by Rodger Hughes at Performance Running.
2008 British Airways agree to be title sponsors to the 2008 Performance Running Summer Athletics Camp.
2008 Swedish sportswear company Craft, agree to supply kit to Performance Running coaches.
2007 The launch of the Performance Running Athletics Camps @ the UKA High Performance Centre, Brunel University, Uxbridge.
2006 Performance Running a company dedicated to improving athletic performance is launched.
2005 ATC (Athletic Training Company) is set up to improve speed, strength and fitness for all sports but especially track & field athletics.
2003 Rodger Hughes wins the BAA Sports Coach of the Year Award.
2002 Rodger Hughes selected to carry the Commonwealth Games torch.
2001 Rodger Hughes gains UKA Level 4 Performance Coach Award.

Celebrity guest star interviews on the Performance Running Ltd Athletics camps (interviewed by the BBC’s Paul – the voice of athletics - Dickenson) include:

2012 TBA - Stay Tuned
2011 Summer Camp: Denise Lewis OBE; European, Commonwealth & Olympic Heptathlon Champion, British & Commonwealth record holder (6831)
2010 Summer Camp: Sally Gunnell OBE; European, Commonwealth, World & Olympic 400m hurdles Champion and World Record holder (52.74).
2009 Summer Camp: Dame Kelly Holmes; Double Olympic & Commonwealth Champion & British Record holder (800m 1:56.21 & 1500m 3:57.90).
Special guest star: Usain Bolt; Triple World & Olympic Champion & multi World Record holder (100m – 9.58 sec’s, 200m – 19.19 sec’s & 4 x 100m).
2008 Summer Camp: Linford Christie OBE; Commonwealth, European, World & Olympic Champion & European 100m Record holder (9.87 sec’s).
2007 Summer Camp: Nicola Saunders; World 400m Silver Medallist (49.65) & European Indoor 400m Champion & British Indoor Record holder (50.02).
Winter Camp: Tim Benjamin; Ranked No.2 senior in the world (44.56) in 2005 when he beat World & Olympic Champion, Jeremy Wariner twice.

Group success from 1998 - 2011:

2012 RAF v British Universities match Matt Dorrington 4x200m 1st  
2012 RAF v British Universities match Millie Courtney 1500m 1st  
2012 RAF v British Universities match Matt Dorrington 400m 1st  
2012 RAF v British Universities match Millie Courtney 800m 1st  
2012 National Indoor Championships Millie Courtney 1500m (iPB) 8th  
2012 Schools Inter-County XC Champs Nicola Swaffield XC 6th (2nd U17)  
2012 BUCS (British University XC Champs) Millie Courtney XC 31st  
2012 U17 London Indoor Games Jack Gradwell 400m (PB) 1st  
2012 South of England XC Championships Dan Thorne XC 67th  
2012 South of England XC Championships Jack Tyler XC 65th  
2012 South of England XC Championships Nicole Swaffield XC 20th  
2012 South of England XC Championships Samantha Amend XC 16th  
2012 South of England XC Championships Millie Courtney XC 13th  
2012 South of England Indoor Championships Sam Maguire 60mH (PB) 4th  
2012 South of England Indoor Championships Emily Barrett 400m (PB) 6th  
2012 Woodcote 10k Samantha Amend 10k 1st  
2012 XC Championships Helen XC 2nd  
2012 Berkshire XC Champion Nicole Swaffield XC 2nd  
2012 Bucks XC Championships Samantha Amend XC 3rd  
2012 Middlesex XC Championships Christina Hall XC 4th  
2012 Berkshire XC Championships Dan Thorne XC 5th  
2012 Cliveden XC Samantha Amend 6+ miles 1st  
2011 Marlow 5k Samantha AMend 5k 1st  
2011 Andy Reading 10k Samantha Amend 10k 1st  
2011 The Rugged Radnage 10k Samantha Amend Multi-terrain 10k 1st  
2011 The Druid Three Day Challenge Samantha Amend Multi-terrain race 1st  
2011 Marlow ½ marathon Samantha Amend ½ marathon 1st
2011 Frankfurt Marathon Samantha Amend Marathon 26th (PB 2:44.11 & 2nd Brit home)
2011 Reading O2o 10k Samantha Amend 10k 1st
2011 Odense Marathon – Denmark Samantha Amend Marathon 3rd (1st England vest)
2011 Maidenhead ½ marathon Samantha Amend ½ marathon 1st
2011 Burnham Beaches Half Marathon Samantha Amend ½ marathon 1st
2011 National Young athletes League Finals Nicole Swaffield 1500m Silver
2011 Youth Commonwealth Games Sam Maguire 400mH 4th (sf)
2011 South of England U17 Champs Nicole Swaffield 3000m 5th
2011 European U20 Championships Dominic Smith 4 x 400m 4th (1st GB vest for Dominic)
2011 Manchester BMC Grand Prix Rory G-W 800m (PB 1:49.46) 4th (Ranked UK No.7 U23)
2011 World Masters Championships Richard Weaver 4 x 400m relay Silver (Ranked UK No.5 M35 for 800m)
2011 World Masters Championships Richard Weaver 1500m (PB & MCR) 10th (WSEH V35 Club Record)
2011 World Masters Championships Richard Weaver 800m (PB & MCR) 8th (WSEH V35 Club Record)
2011 English Schools Championships Nicole Swaffield 3000m 6th
2011 English Schools Championships Dominic Smith 400m (PB & ESR) Bronze (Eton school record 48.18)
2011 Watford Open Meeting William Ryle-Hodges 3000m (PB)
(Eton school record 8:48.91)
2011 British Masters Championships Richard Weaver 800m (PB & MCR) Silver (WESH V35 Club Record)
2011 British Masters Championships Richard Weaver 1500m Silver
2011 South of England Championships Ashley Fry 400mH (PB) Gold (Ranked UK No.11 U23)
2011 South of England Championships Rory G-W 800m (PB) Silver
2011 South of England Championships Ben Tyler 1500m Bronze
2011 Eton v Tonbridge William Ryle-Hodges 5000m (PB) 1st (Eton school record 15:31.3)
2011 Watford Open Meeting Richard Weaver 800m (PB & MCR) 1st (WSEH V35 Club Record)
2011 Berkshire Schools Championships Nicole Swaffield 3000m (CBP) Gold (Selected for English Schools)
2011 Berkshire Schools Championships Dominic Smith 400m Gold (Selected for English Schools)
2011 Berkshire Schools Championships Emily Barrett 400mH Gold
2011 Berkshire Schools Championships Sam Maguire 400mH Gold (Selected for English Schools)
2011 England Combined Events Championships Sam Maguire 400mH (PB & CR) Gold (Ranked European No.1 U17)
2011 Watford Open Meeting Nicole Swaffield 3000m (PB) 1st (Ranked UK No.7 U17)
2011 Watford Open Meeting Richard Weaver 1500m (PB & MCR) 1st (WESH V35 Club Record)
2011 National Junior League Match Nicola Swaffield 1500m (PB) 3rd (Ranked UK No.12 U17)
2011 National Junior League Match Sam Maguire 400mH (PB) 3rd (Ranked UK No.3 U17)
2011 137th Oxford v Cambridge Varsity Match Rory G-W 800m 1st Triple gold + Cambridge won
2011 137th Oxford v Cambridge Varsity Match Rory G-W 400m (PB) 1st the match by a record margin &
2011 137th Oxford v Cambridge Varsity Match Rory G-W 4 x 400m 1st Rory received his Cambridge blues
2011 County Championships (Berkshire) Nicole Swaffield 1500m (PB) Gold
2011 County Championships (Berkshire) Ashley Fry 400m (PB) Gold
2011 County Championships (Berkshire) Sam Maguire 400mH (PB) Gold
2011 County Championships (Cambridge) Rory G-W 400m Silver
2011 County Championships (Cambridge) Nichole Gibson 400m Bronze
2011 County Championships (Cambridge) Nichole Gibson 200m (PB) Bronze
2011 Inter-Schools Match - Harrow Dominic Smith 400m (= ESR) 1st (Ranked UK No.4 U20 - 48.57)
2011 National Junior League Match Dominic Smith 4 x 400m (CR) 1st (New U20 club record 3:20.77)
2011 National Junior League Match Sam Maguire 4 x 400m (CR) 1st (New U20 club record 3:20.77)
2011 Kinnaird & Sword Match Rory G-W 400m (PB) 1st (Winner of the Kinnaird Cup)
2011 European Indoor Masters Championships Richard Weaver 1500m (PB & MCR) 7th (WSEH V35 Club Record)
2011 South of England Road Relays Khalid Al-Abaidy
Bronze
2011 Hertfordshire Indoor Championships Khalid Al-Abaidy 1500m (CBP) Gold (Championship Best Performance)
2011 National Inter-Counties XC Championships Nicole Swaffield
6th
2011 British Masters Indoor Championships Richard Weaver 800m (PB & MCR) 4th (WSEH V35 Club Record)
2011 Southern Masters Indoor Championships Danny Hodge 400m Silver
2011 U20 South of England Indoor champs Khalid Al-Abaidy 1500m (PB) Bronze
2011 Berkshire County XC Championship Nicole Swaffield
Gold
2010 UK Schools Games Nicole Swaffield 3000m 5th
2010 Southern U20 Inter-Counties Nicole Swaffield 1500m (PB) 5th (Set our groups 500th pb)
2010 U17 National Championships Nicole Swaffield 3000m 5th
2010 Bedford International Games Shelayna Oskan 800m 1st
2010 England Senior Championships Harriet Pryke 400m 7th
2010 English Schools Championships Ashley Fry 400mH Gold
2010 English Schools Championships Laura Burke 400mH Bronze
2010 English Schools Championships Dominic Smith 400m 6th
2010 British Masters Championships Richard Weaver 800m Silver
2010 Senior National Championships Shelayna Oskan 400m “B” Final Bronze
2010 Senior National Championships Harriet Pryke 400m hts (PB) 6th
2010 U20/23 National Championships Shelayna Oskan 400m Bronze
2010 U20/23 National Championships Harriet Pryke 400m (PB) 5th
2010 U20/23 National Championships Rory G-W 800m 6th
2010 U20/23 National Championships Ashley Fry 400m Bronze
2010 U20/23 National Championships Laura Burke 400mH (PB) 5th
2010 Midland Championships Lotte Alley 200m (PB) Bronze
2010 North of England Championships Harriet Prike 200m (PB) Silver
2010 North of England Championships Harriet Pryke 400m (PB) Gold
2010 South of England Championship Ashley Fry 400mH Silver
2010 South of England Championships Laura Burke 400mH (PB) Bronze
2010 South of England Championships Shelayna Oskan 400m Bronze
2010 National Women’s League Match Laura Burke 400mH 2nd (UK No.1 U20 – 60.76)
2010 CAU Inter-Counties Championships Laura Burke 400mH 6th
2010 CAU Inter-Counties Championships Ashley Fry 400mH (PB) 6th (UK No.3 U20 – 53.18)
2010 CAU Inter-Counties Championships Lotte Alley 200m (PB) 8th
2010 136th Oxford v Cambridge Varsity Match Rory G-W 4 x 400m 1st (1st time for 22 years
2010 136th Oxford v Cambridge Varsity Match Rory G-W 400m (PB) 2nd Cambridge won both men’s &
2010 136th Oxford v Cambridge Varsity Match Rory G-W 800m 1st women’s A & B strings)
2010 Surrey County Championships (U20) Laura Burke 400mH Gold
2010 Berkshire County Championships (SM) David Sadkin 400m (PB) Gold
2010 Berkshire County Championships (U20) Dominic Smith 400m (PB) Gold ( Eton College School Record )
2010 Berkshire County Championships (U20) Ashley Fry 400mH(PB & CBP) Gold (Championship Best Performance)
2010 Berkshire County Championships (U17) Nicole Swaffield 3000m (PB & CBP) Gold (Championship Best Performance)
2010 Middlesex County Championships (U20) Emily Barrett 400m (PB) Gold
2010 Middlesex County Championships (U20) Emily Barrett 400mH (PB) Gold
2010 Northamptonshire County Champs (SL) Lotte Alley 200m Gold
2010 Northamptonshire County Champs (SL) Lotte Alley 100m (PB) Gold
2010 Sussex County Championships (SM) Rory G-W 800m Gold
2010 BUCS National Outdoor Championships Harriett Pryke 4 x 400m Silver
2010 BUCS National Outdoor Championships Harriett Pryke 400m 5th
2010 BUCS National Outdoor Championships Lotte Alley 4 x 100m Gold
2010 The Malta International Games Harriett Pryke 400m 1st
2010 BUCS National Indoor Championships Harriett Pryke 4 x 200m Gold (For the 2nd year running Brunel
2010 BUCS National Indoor Championships Lotte Alley 4 x 200m Gold win the women’s indoor title while
2010 BUCS National Indoor Championships Harriett Pryke 400m Bronze the men are 2nd
2010 BUCS National Indoor Championships Lotte Alley 60m (iPB)

2010 UKA Indoor City Challenge Shelayna Oskan 800m (iPB) 3rd
2010 National Indoor U20 Championships Laura Burke 400m (iPB) 5th
2010 National Indoor U20 Championships Amy Allcock 400m (iPB) Silver
2010 Inter-Varsity Indoor Match Lotte Allee 60m (iPB) 1st
2010 Inter-Varsity Indoor Match Harriet Pryke 400m (iPB) 2nd (Isle of Mann Indoor Record)
2010 Indoor Inter-Varsity Match Rory G-W 4 x 800m 1st
2010 Indoor Inter-Varsity Match Rory G-W 4 x 200m 1st
2010 Indoor Inter-Varsity Match Rory G-W 4 x 400m 1st
2010 London Indoor Games Harriet Pryke 400m (iPB) 1st (Isle of Mann Indoor Record)
2010 North of Engalnd Indoor Championships Harriet Pryke 400m (iPB) Gold (Isle of Mann Indoor Record)
2010 South of England Indoor Champs (U17) Amy Allcock 400m (iPB) Gold
2010 South of England Indoor Champs (U17) Laura Burke 400m (iPB) Silver
2010 South of England Indoor Champs (U17) Emily Barrett 400m (iPB) 5th
2010 South of England Indoor Championships Nick Bates 800m (iPB) Bronze
2009 World Schools Games (U19) Laura Burke 400mH 6th
2009 National Junior League Finals (U20) Laura Burke 100mH Bronze (Laura’s still an U17 UK No.14)
2009 National Junior League Finals (U20) Laura Burke 400mH Bronze (Laura’s still an U17)
2009 National Young Athletes League Finals Emily Barrett 300m 4th
2009 UK Schools Games (U19) Laura Burke 300mH Gold
2009 UK Schools Games (U19) Laura Burke 4 x 300m Silver
2009 U20 Scottish Championships Rory GW 800m Silver
2009 U17 Inter-Counties Championships Emily Barrett 300m 4th
2009 National Championships (U17) Laura Burke 300mH Silver
2009 European Youth Olympic Festival (U19) Laura Burke 400mH 6th (F)
2009 European Youth Olympic Festival (U19) Laura Burke 400mH (PB & CR) 3rd (UK No.1 U17 time 60.75)
2009 Aviva World Champs Trials Shelayna Oskan 400m 6th (1st U20)
2009 English Schools Championships (U17) Luara Burke 300m H (PB) Gold (UK No.1 U17 time 42.94)
2009 TVAC Special Olympics Dan Greene 200m (PB) Silver
2009 NatWest Island Games (U20) Harriet Pryke 4 x 400m Gold (55.4 split)
2009 NatWest Island Games (U20) Harriet Pryke 200m (PB Silver
2009 NatWest Island Games (U20) Harriet Pryke 400m (PB) Silver
2009 National U23 Championships Ben Tyler 1500m (PB) 12th (5:53.17 PB in the heats)
2009 National U20 Championships Shelayna Oskan 400m (SB) Silver (UK No.2 U20 time 54.86)
2009 MENCAP National Championships Dan Greene 100m (PB) Silver
2009 MENCAP National Championship Dan Greene 200m Silver
2009 Schools World Cup Final Laura Burke 300m H (PB) Silver (UK No.1 U17 time 43.35)
2009 North of England U20 Championships Harriett Pryke 400m (PB) Silver
2009 National Junior League Match Laura Burke 400m H (PB & CR) 1st (UK No.1 U17 time 61.89)
2009 BMC Grand Prix Shelayna Oskan 800m (PB & CR) 3rd (UK No.5 U20 time 2:06.29)
2009 Bedford International Games Shelayna Oskan 400m 3rd (1st U20) (UK No.1 U20 time 55.05)
2009 Bedford International Games Laura Burke 400mH (PB & CR) 4th (1st U17) (UK No.1 U17 time 62.12)
2009 Inter-Counties Championships Rory GW 800m Bronze (2 x 1:52’s in the same afternoon!)
2009 Inter-Counties Championships Ben Tyler Mile (PB) 7th
2009 South of England U17 Championships Laura Burke 300mH (PB & CR) Gold (UK No.1 U17 time 43.57)
2009 Loughborough International Rory GW 800m (B) 1st
2009 Loughborough International Shelayna Oskan 4 x 400m 3rd (1st GB Vest)
2009 Loughborough International Shelayna Oskan 400m 6th (1st U20) (UK No.1 U20 time 55.4)
2009 Surrey County Championships U17 Laura Burke 400m H (PB & CR) Gold (UK No.1 U17 time 63.39)
2009 Southern League Match Laura Burke 300m H (PB & CR) 1st (UK No.1 U17 time 44.0)
2009 BUCS National Outdoor Championships Shelayna Oskan 4 x 400m Silver
2009 BUCS National Outdoor Championships Charlotte Alley 4 x 100m Silver
2009 BUCS National Outdoor Championships Ben Tyler 5000m (PB) 11th
2009 BUCS National Outdoor Championships Jack Tyler 1500m 11th
2009 BUCS National Outdoor Championships Rory GW 800m (PB) Silver (UK No.2 U20 time 1:51.62)
2009 BUCS National Outdoor Championships Shelayna Oskan 400m Bronze
2009 BUCS National Indoor Championships Charlotte Alley 4 x 200m Gold (New BUCS Indoor Record)
2009 BUCS National Indoor Championships Jordan Donney 800m (iPB) 5th (For the 1st time in Brunel’s history
2009 BUCS National Indoor Championships Rory GW 800m 4th the women’s team win indoor title
2009 BUCS National Indoor Championships Charlotte Alley 200m (iPB) 4th while the men are 2nd)
2009 BUCS National Indoor Championships Shelayan Oskan 800m (iPB) Gold (But then wrongly DQ for leaning)
2009 National U20 Indoor Championships Rory GW 800m (iPB) Bronze (UK No.3U20 indoor time 1:53.24)
2009 National U20 Indoor Championships Shelayna Oskan 400m (iPB) Gold (UK No.1 U20 indoor time 55.79)
2009 London Indoor Games Shelayan Oskan 400m (iPB) Gold (UK No.1 U20 indoor time 56.04)
2009 South of England U17 Indoor Champs Laura Burke 300m (iPB) Bronze
2008 Youth Commonwealth Games (U19) Shelayna Oskan 400m (2nd B) 5th
2008 Crystal Palace Grand Prix Jack Tyler 3000m (PB) 8th (U20 race)
2008 National Junior League Match Shelayna Oskan 400m (PB & CR) 1st (UK No.1 U20 outdoor time 54.39)
2008 English Schools Championships Shelayna Oskan 400m Gold
2008 National U20 Championships Shelayna Oskan 400m Gold
2008 National U20 Championships Rory GW 800m (PB) 8th
2008 South of England Championships Rob Heaney 800m (PB) 8th
2008 North of England Championships Jordan Donnelly 1500m 9th
2008 St. Marys Classic Jack Tyler 1500m 3rd
2008 Loughborough International Jack Tyler 1500m 3rd
2008 BUSA National Outdoor Championships Jack Tyler 1500m (PB) 6th (1st U20) (UK No.2 U20 time 3:49.78)
2008 London Collage Cross country League Jack Tyler
Overall winner (1st time Brunel have retained it)
2007 South of England Championships Ben Tyler 1500m 10th
2007 South of England Inter-Counties Shelayna Oskan 800m Gold
2007 TVAC Special Olympics Dan Greene 100m Silver
2007 TVAC Special Olympics Dan Greene 200m Silver
2007 National Prep Schools XC Champions Chesham Prep School Gold

2007 London Collage Cross country League Ben Tyler
Overall winner (1st time Brunel have won this)
2006 National Prep Schools XC Champions Chesham Prep School Gold

2006 South of England Championships Vicky Cooney 200m 6th
2004 National Youth Services Champs Caroline Hopkins 4 x 300m Bronze
2004 National Youth Services Champs Caroline Hopkins 300m (PB) Bronze
2004 South of England Championships Loretta Thorne 400m 4th
2003 BBC “Born to Win” TV sports show Ashleigh P-Johnson
Finalist (8th)
2003 Inter-Counties championships (U20) Vicky Cooney 200m Gold
2003 English Schools Championships Ashleigh P-Johnson 300m 7th
2003 English Schools Championships Vicki Cooney 4 x 100m Gold
2003 English Schools Championships Vicki Cooney 200m (PB) Silver
2003 South of England championships Ashleigh P-Johnson 300m (PB) Bronze
2003 South of England Championships Vicky Cooney 200m 5th
2003 Edinburgh Marathon Nicola Aitken Marathon 4th
2003 British Army Championships Paul Coldridge 800m Gold
2003 London Marathon Nicola Aitken Marathon (PB) 27th
2002 National Junior League Finals (U20) Ashleigh P-Johnson 4 x 100m Gold (Ashleigh was still an U17)
2002 National Junior League Finals (U20) Ashleigh P-Johnson 400m (PB) 4th (Ashleigh was still an U17)
2002 National Young Athletes League Finals Ashleigh P-Johnson 300m (PB) 4th
2002 South of England Championships (U17) Ashleigh P-Johnson 300m (PB) 5th
2002 Inter-Counties Championships Ashleigh P-Johnson 200m (PB) 5th
2002 British Army Championships Paul Coldridge 400m H (PB) Gold
2002 Dublin Marathon Nicola Aitken Marathon 14th
2001 Women’s National League Finals Alison Thorne 400m 1st (Alison’s 2nd best ever time 55.27)
2001 South of England Championships Alison Thorne 400m 6th
2001 New York Marathon Nicola Aitken Marathon 98th

International Masters Athletics:

We have had 47 Major International Masters Championships medals (Either European or World indoors and out) with 21 of them gold, 18 silver and 8 bronze. We’ve had 8 World Records, 18 British Records & 68 club records between 7 athletes along with National titles at 10 different distances from 60m to 3000m indoors & 100m to 5000m outdoors between 1998 & 2011. In addition to this all 6 members of my masters group ran their season best (often a PB and or record) at the major event of the year, each year for over 10 years in a row! Something I’m sure many of the current senior GB team would love to be able to say.

The list below outlines just their international masters success, but further medals were won at national, regional and county level too from Ed Roe in 1998 to Richard Weaver in 2011, with Mary Edwards, Val Parsons and Danny Hodge in-between it’s been a fantastic group of talented, dedicated athletes, which I have learnt a lot from too and which I’m sure has helped me immensely with the rest of my athletes.

2011 World Masters Championships Richard Weaver 4 x 400m relay Silver
2011 World Masters Championships Richard Weaver 1500m (PB & MCR) 10th (Masters Club Record)
2011 World Masters Championships Richard Weaver 800m (PB & MCR) 8th (Masters Club Record)
2011 European Indoor Masters Championships Richard Weaver 1500m (PB & MCR) 7th (Masters Club Record)
2009 World Masters Championships Danny Hodge 400m H

7th

 
2007 World Masters Championships Val Parsons 100m (SB) Silver  
2007 World Masters Championships Val Parsons 200m (SB) Bronze  
2007 World Masters Championships Mary Edwards 400m (SB) 8th  
2007 World Masters Championships Mary Edwards 800m (SB) 6th  
2007 World Masters Championships Mary Edwards 4 x 400m Bronze  
2007 European Indoor Masters Championships Val Parsons 60m (WR) Gold (Masters World Record)
2007 European Indoor Masters Championships Val Parsons 200m (WR) Gold (Masters World Record)
2007 European Indoor Masters Championships Val Parsons 4 x 200m Gold  
2006 European Masters Championships Val Parsons 100m(SB & CBP) Gold (Championship Best Performance)
2006 European Masters Championships Val Parsons 200m (SB) Gold  
2006 European Masters Championships Val Parsons 4 x 100m Gold  
2006 European Masters Championships Danny Hodge 400m H 8th  
2006 World Indoor Masters Championships Val Parsons 60m (SB) Gold  
2006 World Indoor Masters Championships Val Parsons 200m (SB & BMR) Silver (British Masters Record)
2006 World Indoor Masters Championships Val Parsons 4 x 200m Gold  
2006 European Masters Championships Mary Edwards 800m (SB) Silver  
2006 European Masters Championships Mary Edwards 4 x 400m Silver  
2006 World Indoor Masters Championships Ed Roe 200m (SB) 4th  
2006 World Indoor Masters Championships Ed Roe 400m (SB) 4th  
2006 World Indoor Masters Championships Ed Roe 4 x 200m Silver  
2006 World Indoor Masters Championships Rob Briggs 800m 7th  
2005 World Masters Championships Val Parsons 60m (SB) Silver  
2005 World Masters Championships Val Parsons 200m (SB) Silver  
2005 World Masters Championships Val Parsons 4 x 200m Bronze  
2005 World Masters Championships Mary Edwards 800m(SB) Silver  
2005 World Masters Championships Mary Edwards 4 x 400m Silver  
2005 World Masters Championships Ed Roe 200 (SB) 6th  
2005 World Masters Championships Ed Roe 400m (SB & MCR) 6th (Masters Club Record)
2005 World Masters Championships Ed Roe 4 x 400m (WR) Gold (Masters World Record)
2005 European Indoor Masters Championships Danny Hodge 400m (SB) 4th  
2004 European Masters Championships Mary Edwards 800m (SB) 5th  
2004 European Masters Championships Mary Edwards 4 x 400m Silver  
2994 European Masters Championships Ed Roe 200m (SB) 7th  
2004 European Masters Championships Ed Roe 4 x 400m Gold  
2003 World Masters Championships Danny Hodge 400m H (2nd B) Bronze  
2003 World Masters Championships Danny Hodge 4 x 400m Silver  
2002 European Masters Championships Mary Edwards 400m (SB) 7th  
2002 European Masters Championships Mary Edwards 800m (SB) 4th  
2002 European Masters Championships Mary Edwards 4 x 400m Silver  
2001 World Masters Championships Val Parsons 100m (SB & BMR) Gold (British Masters Record)
2001 World Masters Championships Val Parsons 200m (SB) Gold  
2001 European Indoor Masters Championships Val Parsons 60m (IPB) Gold  
2001 European Indoor Masters Championships Val Parsons 200m (IPB & MCR) Bronze (Masters Club Record)
2001 European Masters Championships Val Parsons 4 x 200m Gold  
2001 World Masters Championships Ed Roe 400m (PB & MCR) Bronze (Masters Club Record)
2001 World Masters Championships Ed Roe 4 x 400m Gold  
2001 European Indoor Masters Championships Ed Roe 200m (IPB & MCR) Bronze (Masters Club Record)
2001 European Indoor Masters Championships Ed Roe 400m (IPB & MCR) Silver (Masters Club Record)
2001 European Indoor Masters Championships Ed Roe 4 x 200m Gold  
2000 European Masters Championships Ed Roe 400m(PB & MCR) Silver (Masters Club Record)
1999 World Masters Championships Ed Roe 400m (PB) 8th  
1999 World Masters Championships Ed Roe 4 x 100m Gold  
1998 European Masters Championships Ed Roe 200m 7th  
1998 European Masters Championships Ed Roe 400m (SB) 7th  
1998 European Masters Championships Ed Roe 4 x 100m Gold  
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