This athletics season has brought many aspects of success to my overall career and I鈥檝e聽started my first senior year聽well. With the National U23聽Championships on the horizon at the end of June, I鈥檝e competed in a few competitions leading up to this.聽
The main highlight聽of this very early stage in the season has to be breaking the Dorset County hammer record by 10.75m (this hadn鈥檛 previously been broken for a number of years). I also came first in the two senior league competitions that have already taken place in the hammer and discus.
No sport is easy to balance alongside studying for a聽degree, but the support that I have received from my BU Sports scholarship has been phenomenal. I鈥檝e benefitted from financial support, strength and conditioning training, use of the SportBU gym, physiotherapy and workshops. They鈥檝e all helped me to continue the vigorous training that I need to do 鈥� day in, day out 鈥撀爐o ultimately get where I need to be.
And that鈥檚 not all when it comes to my scholarship. I鈥檝e also purchased new equipment and kit聽which I鈥檝e been using聽in my training sessions. Plus,聽it covered the cost for me to go to the British Universities聽Championships聽in Bedford.聽I can鈥檛聽thank BU enough for their constant support during my first year as a sports scholar.
At the Championships, I was one of the youngest in the field in both the hammer and discus.聽I went through to the next round聽with my first throw in the hammer event, achieving聽the required聽distance, and qualified 5th in discus pools; progressing to both of the respective finals.聽Overall, I finished聽5th in the discus and 8th in the hammer. I鈥檓 now determined, more than ever,聽to train harder and聽bring back a medal next year.
June 2019
