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Golden weekend for athletes from Loughborough College

Posted: 27th February 2020 - 10:32am
Golden weekend for athletes from Loughborough College

Loughborough College is celebrating a weekend of success after staff and students joined the UK’s top athletes competing for national titles at the British Athletics Indoor Championships, the England Athletics Indoor Age Group Championships and the National Cross Country Championships.

At the British Athletics Indoor Championships Loughborough College sport student Keely Hodgkinson followed her recent European junior indoor record-breaking 800m victory in Vienna with gold in the women’s 800m in Glasgow.

Fellow College student Amy Hunt also excelled at the Emirates Arena, becoming 60m champion on her senior women’s debut. “To come away with the gold and to have such a good race I was absolutely so happy,” she said. “I know a lot of people are talking about the Olympics … I don’t like to get carried away by all the noise and all the hype. But coming away today with gold has given me a massive confidence boost.”

Kate Rooney, from the College’s Elite sport staff team, coached all three athletes who took the top spots in the women’s pole vault, including former College student Sophie Cook in 1st and Kate’s Loughborough College elite sport team colleague Courtney MacGuire, who came third in the event.

George Mills was 1st in the Men’s 1500m while fellow Loughborough College alumni Yasmin Miller took 1st in the women’s 60m hurdles.Tom Gale secured 1st in the men’s high jump and Adam Hague and Ethan Walsh respectively 1st and 2nd in the men’s pole vault. It was 3rd for Reynold Bangio in the men’s long jump and for Piers Copeland in the men’s 800m final while Amy Griffiths took 4th in the women’s 3000m.

At the England Athletics Indoor Age Group Championships in Sheffield, Loughborough College student Hannah Moat became U20 women’s high jump champion and fellow College student Sophie Ashurst took gold in the U20 women’s pole vault. Classmate Abi Pawlett meanwhile won both the U20 60m hurdles and the long jump, Tom Wilcock took 2nd in the 60m and alumnus Dan Maud was 2nd in the 800m. Loughborough College sport student Acacia Williams took 3rd in the 200m.

At the National Cross Country championships Loughborough College sport student Maya Todd McIntyre rounded off the golden weekend with the under 17 women’s top spot.

Pictured: Loughborough College student Amy Hunt after winning 60 m gold on her senior women’s debut at the British Athletics Indoor Championships